Sigma ligands stimulate GTPase activity in mouse prefrontal membranes: evidence for the existence of metabotropic sigma receptor.
S Tokuyama, K Hirata, A Ide, H Ueda
Index: Neurosci. Lett. 233 , 141-144, (1997)
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Abstract
We studied effects of various sigma ligands on GTPase activity in mouse prefrontal membranes. Some representative sigma agonists, such as (+)-pentazocine, SA4503 and (+)-3-PPP, stimulated the GTPase activity in a concentration-dependent manner in ranges of 10 nM to 10 microM. Maximal effect was almost 10% increase to the control without treatment of drugs. However, another representative agonist, (+)-SKF10,047 showed only a partial activity with maximal effect 5% at 1 microM. NE-100, a representative antagonist, showed no effect at concentrations not more than 100 nM, while it did stimulate GTPase activity at 1 and 10 microM. Furthermore, these stimulative effects of both (+)-pentazocine and SA4503 on GTPase activity were significantly antagonized by NE-100 at 100 nM, suggesting that NE-100 possesses agonist-antagonist property. These findings suggest the possibility that there exist metabotropic sigma receptors.
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