TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of [3H]-BIDN, a novel bicyclic dinitrile radioligand for GABA-gated chloride channels of insects and vertebrates
AU - Rauh, James J.
AU - Banner, Eric
AU - Schnee, Michael E.
AU - Cordova, Daniel
AU - Holyoke, Caleb W.
AU - Howard, Michael H.
AU - Bai, Donglin
AU - Buckingham, Steven D.
AU - Hutton, Michael L.
AU - Hamon, Alain
AU - Roush, Richard T.
AU - Sattelle, David B.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - 1. The radiolabelled bicyclic dinitrile, [3H]-3,3-bis-trifluoromethyl-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,2-dicarboni- trile ([3H]-BIDN), exhibited, specific binding of high affinity to membranes of the southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi) and other insects. A variety of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor convulsants, including the insecticides heptachlor (IC50, 35 ± 3 nM) and dieldrin (IC50, 93 ± 7 nM), displaced [3H]-BIDN from rootworm membranes. When tested at 100 μM, 1-(4-ethynylphenyl)-4-n-propyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (EBOB), 4-t-butyl-2,6,7-trioxa-1phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-1-thione (TBPS), l-phenyl-4-t-butyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (TBOB) and picrotoxin failed to displace 50% of [3H]-BIDN binding to rootworm membranes indicating that the bicyclic dinitrile radioligand probes a site distinct from those identified by other convulsant radioligands. 2. Dissociation studies showed that dieldrin, ketoendrin, toxaphene, heptachlor epoxide and α and β endosulphan displace bound [3H]-BIDN from rootworm membranes by a competitive mechanism. 3. Rat brain membranes were also shown to possess a population of saturable, specific [3H]-BIDN binding sites, though of lower affinity than in rootworm and with a different pharmacological profile. Of the insecticidal GABAergic convulsants that displaced [3H]-BIDN from rootworm, cockroach (Periplaneta americana) and rat brain membranes, many were more effective in rootworm. 4. Functional GABA-gated chloride channels of rootworm nervous system and of cockroach nerve and muscle were blocked by BIDN, whereas cockroach neuronal GABA(B) receptors were unaffected. 5. Expression in Xenopus oocytes of either rat brain mRNA, or cDNA-derived RNA encoding a GABA receptor subunit (Rdl) that is expressed widely in the nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster resulted in functional, homo-oligomeric GABA receptors that were blocked by BIDN. Thus, BIDN probes a novel site on GABA-gated Cl- channels to which a number of insecticidally-active molecules bind.
AB - 1. The radiolabelled bicyclic dinitrile, [3H]-3,3-bis-trifluoromethyl-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,2-dicarboni- trile ([3H]-BIDN), exhibited, specific binding of high affinity to membranes of the southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi) and other insects. A variety of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor convulsants, including the insecticides heptachlor (IC50, 35 ± 3 nM) and dieldrin (IC50, 93 ± 7 nM), displaced [3H]-BIDN from rootworm membranes. When tested at 100 μM, 1-(4-ethynylphenyl)-4-n-propyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (EBOB), 4-t-butyl-2,6,7-trioxa-1phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-1-thione (TBPS), l-phenyl-4-t-butyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (TBOB) and picrotoxin failed to displace 50% of [3H]-BIDN binding to rootworm membranes indicating that the bicyclic dinitrile radioligand probes a site distinct from those identified by other convulsant radioligands. 2. Dissociation studies showed that dieldrin, ketoendrin, toxaphene, heptachlor epoxide and α and β endosulphan displace bound [3H]-BIDN from rootworm membranes by a competitive mechanism. 3. Rat brain membranes were also shown to possess a population of saturable, specific [3H]-BIDN binding sites, though of lower affinity than in rootworm and with a different pharmacological profile. Of the insecticidal GABAergic convulsants that displaced [3H]-BIDN from rootworm, cockroach (Periplaneta americana) and rat brain membranes, many were more effective in rootworm. 4. Functional GABA-gated chloride channels of rootworm nervous system and of cockroach nerve and muscle were blocked by BIDN, whereas cockroach neuronal GABA(B) receptors were unaffected. 5. Expression in Xenopus oocytes of either rat brain mRNA, or cDNA-derived RNA encoding a GABA receptor subunit (Rdl) that is expressed widely in the nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster resulted in functional, homo-oligomeric GABA receptors that were blocked by BIDN. Thus, BIDN probes a novel site on GABA-gated Cl- channels to which a number of insecticidally-active molecules bind.
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701215
DO - 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701215
M3 - Article
C2 - 9257933
AN - SCOPUS:0030610083
VL - 121
SP - 1496
EP - 1505
JO - British Journal of Pharmacology
JF - British Journal of Pharmacology
SN - 0007-1188
IS - 7
ER -