Abstract
High-throughput ligand displacement screens of a series of endogenous indoles revealed that tryptamine, serotonin and 5-methoxytryptamine readily displace [3H]spermidine and [3H]MK-801 from their respective binding sites in rat brain homogenate. These data, coupled with their potent inhibition of spermidine-potentiated [3H]MK-801 binding, suggest that certain endogenous indoles may act as ligands to one or more polyamine binding sites in the brain, including those on the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 343-346 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Brain Research |
| Volume | 890 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This investigation was supported by National Institutes of Health, National Research Service award DA07304 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Fellowships (A.K.B. and D.R.W.) and National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant AA12600.
Funding
This investigation was supported by National Institutes of Health, National Research Service award DA07304 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Fellowships (A.K.B. and D.R.W.) and National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant AA12600.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
| Author National Institute on Drug Abuse DA031791 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse DA006634 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA026117 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA028162 Elizabeth G Pitts National Institute of General Medical Sciences GM102773 Elizabeth G Pitts Peter McManus Charitable Trust Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse | R01DA007304 |
| Author National Institute on Drug Abuse DA031791 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse DA006634 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA026117 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA028162 Elizabeth G Pitts National Institute of General Medical Sciences GM102773 Elizabeth G Pitts Peter McManus Charitable Trust Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse | |
| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | AA12600 |
| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | |
| American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education |
Keywords
- CNS
- Endogenous indole
- N-Methyl-D-aspartate
- Neuroprotection
- Polyamine recognition domain
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
- Molecular Biology
- Clinical Neurology
- Developmental Biology