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  • Title: beta-Amyloid (25-35) or substance P stimulates [3H]MK-801 binding to rat cortical membranes in the presence of glutamate and glycine.
    Author: Calligaro DO, O'Malley PJ, Monn JA.
    Journal: J Neurochem; 1993 Jun; 60(6):2297-303. PubMed ID: 7684071.
    Abstract:
    Micromolar concentrations of beta-amyloid (25-35) or substance P stimulated [3H]MK-801 binding in the presence of low concentrations of glutamate (1 microM) and glycine (0.02 microM). Unlike polyamines spermine and spermidine, neither beta-amyloid (25-35) nor substance P increased [3H]MK-801 binding in the presence of maximally stimulating concentrations of glutamate and glycine. 5,7-Dichloro-kynurenic acid, CGS-19755, and arcaine completely inhibited the stimulated [3H]MK-801 binding. There was an apparent decreased potency of the [3H]MK-801 binding inhibition curve for 5,7-dichlorokynurenic acid, but not CGS-19755 or arcaine, in the presence of either beta-amyloid (25-35) or substance P. The compounds do not appear to act through the strychnine-insensitive glycine binding site because neither beta-amyloid (25-35) nor substance P displaced [3H]glycine binding. Full-length beta-amyloid (1-40), up to 10 microM, did not stimulate [3H]MK-801 binding. Concentrations > 10 microM could not be tested because they formed large aggregate precipitates in the assay. The data indicate that beta-amyloid (25-35) or substance P does not stimulate [3H]MK-801 binding at either the N-methyl-D-aspartate, glycine, or polyamine binding sites. Furthermore, the nonpeptide substance P receptor (NK1) antagonist, CP-96,345, did not block beta-amyloid (25-35)- or substance P-stimulated [3H]MK-801 binding. Therefore, the effect is not due to an interaction between the substance P receptors and the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-operated ionophore. Finally, if these observations can be verified using single-channel recording techniques, they may have implications in the pattern of selective neuronal loss observed in patients with neurodegenerative processes such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases.
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