Autoradiographic visualization in rat brain of receptors for omega-conotoxin GVIA, a newly discovered calcium antagonist. 1988

M Takemura, and H Kiyama, and H Fukui, and M Tohyama, and H Wada
Department of Pharmacology II, Osaka University School of Medicine, Japan.

Putative N-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels were localized autoradiographically in thaw-mounted rat brain slices using [125I]omega-conotoxin GVIA as a ligand. Density of the toxin binding sites were highly heterogeneous throughout the brain. The highest density of the binding sites was observed in the glomerular layer of the olfactory bulb, cerebral cortex, molecular layer of the hippocampus, amygdaloid complex, reticular part of the substantia nigra, molecular layer of the cerebellar cortex, and nucleus of the solitary tract. White matter tract regions such as the internal capsule, corpus callosum, fimbria of the hippocampus, fornix, and fasciculus retroflexus showed an extremely low density.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008978 Mollusk Venoms Venoms from mollusks, including CONUS and OCTOPUS species. The venoms contain proteins, enzymes, choline derivatives, slow-reacting substances, and several characterized polypeptide toxins that affect the nervous system. Mollusk venoms include cephalotoxin, venerupin, maculotoxin, surugatoxin, conotoxins, and murexine. Conus Venoms,Octopus Venoms,Snail Venoms,Conus Venom,Mollusc Venoms,Mollusk Venom,Octopus Venom,Snail Venom,Venom, Conus,Venom, Mollusk,Venom, Octopus,Venom, Snail,Venoms, Conus,Venoms, Mollusc,Venoms, Mollusk,Venoms, Octopus,Venoms, Snail
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D001923 Brain Chemistry Changes in the amounts of various chemicals (neurotransmitters, receptors, enzymes, and other metabolites) specific to the area of the central nervous system contained within the head. These are monitored over time, during sensory stimulation, or under different disease states. Chemistry, Brain,Brain Chemistries,Chemistries, Brain
D002121 Calcium Channel Blockers A class of drugs that act by selective inhibition of calcium influx through cellular membranes. Calcium Antagonists, Exogenous,Calcium Blockaders, Exogenous,Calcium Channel Antagonist,Calcium Channel Blocker,Calcium Channel Blocking Drug,Calcium Inhibitors, Exogenous,Channel Blockers, Calcium,Exogenous Calcium Blockader,Exogenous Calcium Inhibitor,Calcium Channel Antagonists,Calcium Channel Blocking Drugs,Exogenous Calcium Antagonists,Exogenous Calcium Blockaders,Exogenous Calcium Inhibitors,Antagonist, Calcium Channel,Antagonists, Calcium Channel,Antagonists, Exogenous Calcium,Blockader, Exogenous Calcium,Blocker, Calcium Channel,Blockers, Calcium Channel,Calcium Blockader, Exogenous,Calcium Inhibitor, Exogenous,Channel Antagonist, Calcium,Channel Blocker, Calcium,Inhibitor, Exogenous Calcium
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001345 Autoradiography The making of a radiograph of an object or tissue by recording on a photographic plate the radiation emitted by radioactive material within the object. (Dorland, 27th ed) Radioautography
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D020866 omega-Conotoxin GVIA A neurotoxic peptide, which is a cleavage product (VIa) of the omega-Conotoxin precursor protein contained in venom from the marine snail, CONUS geographus. It is an antagonist of CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE. Conus geographus Toxin,Conus geographus Toxin GVIA,omega-CgTX,omega-CgTX GVIA,omega-Conus geographus toxin,GVIA, omega-CgTX,GVIA, omega-Conotoxin,Toxin, Conus geographus,geographus Toxin, Conus,geographus toxin, omega-Conus,omega CgTX,omega CgTX GVIA,omega Conotoxin GVIA,omega Conus geographus toxin,toxin, omega-Conus geographus

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