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NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 33-40Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(01)00258-9
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sigma (sigma) receptor; G-protein; neurosteroids; pertussis toxin; reconstitution; steroid hormone
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Dehydroepiandrosterone, its sulfate (DHEAS) and pregnenolone sulfate, representative neurosteroids as well as (+)-pentazocine concentration-dependently stimulated the [S-35]GTP gammaS binding in synaptic membranes of mouse prefrontal cortex. These stimulations were blocked by NE-100, a sigma-receptor antagonist, and by progesterone, another type of neurosteroid. The DHEAS-induced stimulation was blocked by the pertussis toxin (PTX)-treatment, and completely recovered by reconstitution of PTX-treated membranes with recombinant G(i1), but not with G(oA). DHEAS also stimulated the [S-35]GTP gammaS binding in the coronal sections of mouse brain in NE-100- or progesterone-reversible manner. These findings suggest that some neurosteroids may act on metabotropic sigma receptors, and this study may be the first to show the coupling of neurosteroid binding site and G(i). (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd and the Japan Neuroscience Society. All rights reserved.
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