Effects of thyroxine and its related compounds on cerebral GABA receptors: inhibitory action on benzodiazepine recognition site in GABAA receptor complex.
R Narihara, M Hirouchi, T Ichida, K Kuriyama, E Roberts
Index: Neurochem. Int. 25(5) , 451-4, (1994)
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Abstract
The effects of thyroxine and its related derivatives on gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors in the rat brain were examined. D-Thyroxine strongly inhibited [3H]flunitrazepam binding to benzodiazepine receptor in crude synaptic membrane from the rat brain. The Scatchard analysis of the [3H]flunitrazepam binding in the presence of D-thyroxine indicated the decreases in the affinity and maximum number of binding site. Furthermore, D-thyroxine inhibited the enhancing effect of flunitrazepam on GABA-stimulated 36Cl- influx into membrane vesicles, although GABA-stimulated 36Cl- influx alone was not affected by D-thyroxine. On the other hand, the effects of thyroxine and its related derivatives on cerebral GABAB receptor binding were not noted. These results suggest that D-thyroxine may be a drug which is able to modulate the function of GABAA receptor complex via the inhibitory action on benzodiazepine recognition site.
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