Enhancement of Specific [3Hlquipazine Binding with Triton X-100-Treated Membranes from Rat Cortex
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Improvement of 5-HT3 Receptor Binding Assay: Enhancement of Specific [3HlQuipazine Binding with Triton X-100-Treated Membranes from Rat Cortex Teruaki Une, Kiyoshi Furukawa and Masanobu Komiya Department of Pharmacology, Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 33-94, Enokicho, Suita, Osaka 564, Japan Received April 9, 1991 Accepted July 1, 1991 ABSTRACT-The 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)3 receptor binding assay using [3H]quipazine was examined. It was impossible to obtain specific [3H]quipazine bind ing with the membrane fractions from rat cortex prepared by the usual procedure. When the membranes were pretreated with detergent Triton X-100, the ratio of spe cific [3H]quipazine binding markedly increased, depending upon the concentration of Triton X-100 in the range of 0.01-0.1% (w/v). At a concentration of more than 0.05%, the specific binding reached a maximum of 55 to 60% of the total binding. The specific [3H]quipazine binding to the Triton X-100-treated membranes was re versible and was potently inhibited by several 5-HT3 antagonists, while 5-HT], 5-HT2 receptor antagonists and other receptor-specific ligands had no effect on the binding. Scatchard analysis indicated a single class of binding sites with a Kd of 0.62 nM and Bmax of 97 fmol/mg protein. Thus, the Triton X-100-treated membranes retained the characteristics of 5-HT3 binding sites, making it possible to use [3H]quipazine for a 5 HT3 receptor binding assay with a high ratio of specific binding. Serotonin (5-HT) receptors have been di their method, because of high percentages of vided into three different subtypes: 5-HT1, 5 non-specific binding. To obtain 5-HT3 recep HT2 and 5-HT3 (1). Recently, the binding tor preparations with a high affinity for sites of 5-HT3 in the central nervous system [3H]quipazine, we performed various addition have been identified by radioligand binding al treatments on the membranes; and inter techniques using tritium-labeled 5-HT3 antago estingly, we found that the specific binding of nists such as [3H]GR65630 (2), [3H]zacopride [3H]quipazine increased markedly when the (3), [3H]BRL 43694 (4), [3H]LY278584 (5) membranes were treated with Triton X-100 and [3H]GR67330 (6). (polyethylene glycol p-isooctylphenyl ether). Peroutka and Hamik (7) have reported that In the present paper, we describe a reliable [3H]quipazine, a commercially available radio method for 5-HT3 receptor binding assay with ligand, has a high affinity for 5-HT3 binding [3H]quipazine using Triton X-100-treated mem sites in rat cortical membranes. However, we branes of the rat cortex. have been unsuccessful in attempts to obtain A preliminary account of these findings has highly specific [3H]quipazine binding using been presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society (8). scintillation cocktail (Amersham). Specific binding was defined as the excess over blanks MATERIALS AND METHODS taken in the presence of 1 uM BRL 43694. Protein concentration was determined by the Preparation of membranes method of Lowry et al. (9) using bovine serum Male Std-Wistar rats (200-250 g) were de albumin as a standard. capitated. The frontal cortex was dissected and homogenized in 10 volumes of ice-cold Drugs 0.32 M sucrose in a Potter-Elvehjem glass The following compounds were used: homogenizer fitted with a Teflon pestle. The [3H]quipazine (Dupont New England Nuclear, homogenate was centrifuged at 1000 X g for Specific Activity = 68.1 Ci/mmol); serotonin 10 min and the pellet was discarded. The su creatinine sulfate (Merck); metoclopramide pernatant was centrifuged at 17,200 X g for 10 hydrochloride, 1-alprenolol (Sigma); clonidine min. The crude mitochondrial pellet was re hydrochloride, spiperone, SCH23390, amitrip suspended in 20 volumes of Krebs-HEPES tyline hydrochloride (RBI), methysergide buffer and centrifuged at 17,200 X g for 10 maleate (extracted from Sansert, Sandoz); min. The pellet (fraction P2) was resuspended cisapride (extracted from Acenaline, Janssen in 20 volumes of Krebs-HEPES buffer con Kyowa); and ICS 205-930, BRL 43694, BRL taining 0.01-0.1% Triton X-100. After a 30 24924, GR38032F, MDL 72222, 2-methyl-5 min incubation at 37°C, the membranes were hydroxytryptamine maleate (synthesized in our washed twice by recentrifuging (50,000 X g, laboratories). 15 min) and resuspending in Triton X-100-free buffer (Krebs-HEPES buffer). The pellet was RESULTS finally suspended in 40 volumes of the same buffer. A Krebs-HEPES buffer consisting of Effect of treatment of rat cortical membranes 25 mM HEPES, 180 mM NaCl, 5 mM KCI, with Triton X-100 on [3H]quipazine binding 2.5 mM CaCl2 and 1.2 mM MgCl2 (pH ad The fraction P2 prepared from rat cortex justed to 7.4) was used. was incubated with 1.0 nM [3H]quipazine. No significant amount of specific [3H]quipazine Binding assay binding could be detected, because the non Krebs-HEPES buffer (500,ul) with or with specific binding of [3H]quipazine was very out the drug, was added to assay tubes and high. Although the amount and proportion of 100 ul of [3H]quipazine was added at final the specific binding varied in different batchs concentrations of 1.0 nM and 0.3 4.0 nM for of [3H]quipazine, the specific binding was less drug competition and saturation studies, re than 30% of the total binding. To remove spectively. Subsequently, the membrane sus possible endogenous serotonin from the mem pension (0.2 mg protein/400 ul) was added to branes, the membrane preparation (fraction initiate binding. The assay tubes were incu P2) was incubated for 30 min at 37°C in bated for 30 min at 25°C. The incubation was Krebs-HEPES buffer, pH 7.4. The specific terminated by rapid filtration under reduced [3H]quipazine binding increased slightly with pressure through Whatman GF/B filters pre increasing total [3H]quipazine binding. soaked in 0.03% polyethyleneimine. The fil When the membrane preparation was incu ters were immediately washed three times with bated for 30 min at 37°C in Triton X-100 solu 4 ml of ice-cold 50 mM Tris-HC1 buffer (pH tion and washed with Triton X-100-free buffer 7.7). by centrifugation twice, the ratio of specific All experiments were performed in dupli [3H]quipazine binding to the Triton X-100 cate or triplicate. Radioactivity was measured treated membranes markedly increased. As by liquid scintillation counting in 10 ml ACS II shown in Table 1, the increases in the ratio of Table 1. Effect of Triton X-100 treatment on specific [3H]quipazine binding specific binding were dependent on the con centration of Triton X-100 in the range of 0.01 -0 .1%. The treatment with more than 0.05% Triton X-100 gave maximal specific binding that was 55 60% of the total binding at 1.0 nM [3H]quipazine. In preliminary experiments a remarkable decrease of specific binding was observed when the membranes were treated with more than 0.1% Triton X-100, such as 0.3% (data not shown). These effects of Tri ton X-100 treatment were observed consistent ly with any batch of [3H]quipazine. Characterization of Triton X-100-treated mem branes The binding of [3H]quipazine to 5-HT3 bind ing sites in Triton X-100-treated membranes Fig. 1. The linearity of the specific binding of 1.0 nM was assessed. [3H]quipazine to the Triton X-100-treated membranes. The amount of the specific [3H]quipazine binding was linear over a range of membrane 0.99. It revealed a homogeneous population of protein (25 500 ,ug protein per tube, Fig. 1). [3H]quipazine binding sites having a Kd value In saturation analysis of [3H]quipazine bind of 0.62 ± 0.01 nM and Bmax value of 97 ± 6.9 ing, the specific binding increased with concen fmol/mg protein. trations ranging from 0.3 to 2 nM [3H]quipazine Kinetic analysis of [3H]quipazine binding and reached a saturation at higher concentra demonstrated that [3H]quipazine associated tions (Fig. 2). Scatchard transformation of rapidly with the specific binding sites (K+t = these data was linear with a coefficient of 7.64 X 106/M/s); and once equilibrium had been reached, the binding was shown to be In drug competition studies, selective 5-HT3 completely reversible by the addition of 1 u M antagonists, zacopride, ICS 205-930, BRL BRL 43694 to initiate dissociation (K_1 = 43694, GR38032F, BRL 24924 and MDL 72222, 6.36 X 10-3/s, Fig. 3). The Kd (= K+1/K1) potently inhibited the specific [3H]quipazine calculated from these rate constants gave a binding at subnanomolar to nanomolar con value of 0.83 nM. This Kd value was in close centrations (Table 2). All competition curves agreement with that obtained from Scatchard were steep and monophasic. Nonselective 5 analysis. HT3 antagonists, metoclopramide and cisa Fig. 2. The saturation analysis of binding of [3H]quipazine (0.3-4.0 nM) to the Triton X-100 (0.05%) treated membranes. (A) shows the saturation curve for the binding of [3H]quipazine. Symbols represent (0) total, (A) specific and (0) non-specific binding. Non-specific binding was defined with 1 uM BRL 43694. (B) shows the Scatchard transformation of these data. The correlation coefficient was 0.99. Fig. 3. The association (40) and dissociation (0) induced by BRL 43694 of [3H]quipazine binding to the Triton X-100 (0.05%)-treated membranes. The membranes were incubated with 1.0 nM [3H]quipazine for the indicated times at 25°C. After a 30-min incubation, the dissociation was induced by an addition (arrow) of 1 u M BRL 43694.