期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
卷 35, 期 3, 页码 466-473出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.06.008
关键词
Mu opiod receptor; Nociceptin receptor; G-protein; [S-35]GTP gamma S binding; Adenylyl cyclase; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Neocortex
资金
- National Council for Sciences and Technology of Mexico [J110.342/2007]
- Academy of Sciences of Hungary and Hungarian [ETT577/2006, RET67/2005]
There is no information concerning signal transduction mechanisms downstream of the opioid/nociceptin receptors in the human epileptic brain. The aim of this work was to evaluate the level of G-proteins activation mediated by DAMGO (a mu receptor selective peptide) and nociceptin, and the binding to mu and nociceptin (NOP) receptors and adenylyl cyclase (AC) in neocortex of patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy. Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy associated with mesial sclerosis (MTLE) or secondary to tumor or vascular lesion showed enhanced [H-3]DAMGO and [H-3]forskolin binding, lower DAMGO-stimulated [S-35] GTP gamma S binding and no significant changes in nociceptin-stimulated G-protein. [H-3]Nociceptin binding was lower in patients with MTLE. Age of seizure onset correlated positively with [H-3]DAMGO binding and DAMGO-stimulated [S-35]GTP gamma S binding, whereas epilepsy duration correlated negatively with [H-3]DAMGO and [H-3]nociceptin binding, and positively with [H-3]forskolin binding. In conclusion, our present data obtained from neocortex of epileptic patients provide strong evidence that a) temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with alterations in mu opioid and NOP receptor binding and signal transduction mechanisms downstream of these receptors, and b) clinical aspects may play an important role on these receptor changes. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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