A novel low-affinity strychnine binding site on renal proximal tubules: Role in toxic cell death

Gary W. Miller; Rick G. Schnellmann

doi:10.1016/0024-3205(93)90538-E

A novel low-affinity strychnine binding site on renal proximal tubules: Role in toxic cell death

Gary W. Miller
, Rick G. Schnellmann

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Abstract

Previous studies have shown that the neuronal glycine receptor antagonist, strychnine, mimics the cytoprotective effects of glycine in renal proximal tubules (RPT) (1). The goal of this study was to identify and characterize the site of action of strychnine. ³H-Strychnine bound to RPT in a saturable and reversible manner, and was displaced by unlabelled strychnine (IC₅₀=0.87 mM and a B_max=57 nmol/mg protein). However, strychnine binding was not inhibited by glycine or related cytoprotective amino acids. Furthermore, the neurotoxicants bicuculline and norharmane, which share the cytoprotective properties of strychnine, inhibited ³H-strychnine binding. These data support the existence of novel low-affinity strychnine binding site on the RPT plasma membrane that prevents toxic cell death.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1203-1209
Number of pages	7
Journal	Life Sciences
Volume	53
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(93)90538-E
State	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes

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General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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