Abstract:
:Dopamine can exist in both charged and uncharged forms at physiological pH. At present it is unclear which of these forms is responsible for dopaminergic agonist activity. The purpose of this study was to determine whether permanently charged structural analogs of dopamine containing either a nitrogen, sulfur, or selenium atom in the side chain can bind to and activate the D-2 dopamine receptor. Binding to and activation of the D-2 dopamine receptor were measured by determining the abilities of the permanently charged dopamine analogs to inhibit [3H]spiperone binding to striatal homogenates and to inhibit K+-stimulated [3H]acetylcholine release from striatal slices respectively. The quaternary ammonium, dimethylsulfonium and dimethylselenonium analogs of dopamine were all found to inhibit [3H]spiperone binding to the same extent and in a manner qualitatively similar to the parent amines, dopamine and dimethyldopamine. Thus, [3H]spiperone inhibition curves for dopamine, dimethyldopamine and the permanently charged dopamine analogs were generally shallow and fit best to a two-site binding model as indicated by computer-assisted analyses. The addition of 125 mM NaCl to the incubation medium resulted in a significant decrease in the proportion of high affinity binding sites for both the permanently charged analogs and the parent amines. Similarly, the permanently charged dopamine analogs were found to maximally inhibit the K+-stimulated release of [3H]acetylcholine to the same extent as dopamine and dimethyldopamine. However, the permanently charged analogs were less potent in inhibiting both [3H]spiperone binding and K+-stimulated [3H]acetylcholine release than dopamine and dimethyldopamine. These results show that dopamine analogs possessing a permanent positive charge in the side chain can bind to and activate the D-2 dopamine receptor. The lower potencies of the permanently charged analogs in binding to and activation of the D-2 dopamine receptor suggest that, while the ability of a compound to exist in an uncharged form is not a requirement, both charged and uncharged forms of the agonist molecule appear to play a role in D-2 dopamine agonist activity.
journal_name
Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Wallace RA,Farooqui T,Wallace L,Ares J,Chang YA,Miller D,Uretsky Ndoi
10.1016/0006-2952(87)90456-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-11-15 00:00:00pages
3903-10issue
22eissn
0006-2952issn
1873-2968pii
0006-2952(87)90456-4journal_volume
36pub_type
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