Binding of [3H] Cocaine in Mouse Brain: Kinetics and Saturability
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Receptor Research
- Vol. 2 (3), 233-243
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10799898109038802
Abstract
Kinetic experiments indicate that association of [3H]- cocaine to its binding site in brain occurs rapidly (seconds). Dissociation of membrane-bound cocaine is also rapid, with a dissociation half-life in seconds; this raises the question of whether membrane-bound cocaine is released during the time required for rapid filtration of tissue-containing filters. Results from experiments with increasing numbers of filterwashes indicate that there is no significant loss of [3H]-cocaine saturably bound to brain membranes within the timescale of the rapid filtration procedure. In addition, saturation analysis of binding data obtained with the filtration procedure and with the centrifugation method give similar estimates of the affinity (dissociation constant: 0.8 μM) and the maximal binding (5 pmol/mg of protein) of cocaine. However, the nonspecific binding and the experimental error in the saturable binding are considerably greater in centrifugation assays than in filtration assays.Keywords
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