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Query: EC:3.4.16.2 (
PCP
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Dynorphin A-(1-13)-
Tyr
-Leu-Phe-Asn-Gly-Pro (Dyn Ia; 1-8 nmol) injected intracerebroventricularly in the mouse produces two independent behavioral effects: (1) a norbinaltorphimine (kappa opioid antagonist)-reversible analgesia in the acetic acid-induced writhing test and (2) motor dysfunction characterized by wild running, pop-corn jumping, hindlimb jerking and barrel rolling and antagonized by the irreversible phencyclidine (
PCP
) and sigma (sigma) receptor antagonist, metaphit and the non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists, dextromethorphan and ketamine. The specific involvement of the
PCP
receptor in the motor effects of Dyn Ia is supported by the direct competitive interaction of the peptide with the binding of [3H]MK-801 (Ki: 0.63 microM) and [3H]TCP (Ki: 4.6 microM) to mouse brain membrane preparations.
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PMID:Selective involvement of kappa opioid and phencyclidine receptors in the analgesic and motor effects of dynorphin-A-(1-13)-Tyr-Leu-Phe-Asn-Gly-Pro. 135 18
The effects of injection of various purinoceptor agonists into the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in water-loaded and ethanol-anesthetized rats were investigated. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), beta,gamma-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMP-
PCP
) and beta,gamma-imidoadenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMP-PNP) potently decreased the outflow of urine in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The ED50 values were approx 70 and 37 nmol for ATP and AMP-
PCP
, respectively. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), AMP and adenosine reduced the outflow of urine much less than ATP. Adenosine triphosphate induced concomitant increases in the osmotic pressure of the urine and in the level of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) in plasma. The antidiuretic effect of ATP was blocked by prior injection of quinidine (a P2-purinoceptor antagonist) into the paraventricular nucleus, but not by the prior injection of theophylline (a P1-purinoceptor antagonist). The effect of ATP was also blocked by intravenous injection of an AVP(V1V2)-receptor antagonist, d(CH2)5-D-
Tyr
(Et)VAVP. The results suggest that ATP injected into the paraventricular nucleus may stimulate a purinoceptor, releasing AVP and inducing the antidiuretic effect through renal AVP(V2) receptors.
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PMID:Antidiuretic effects of purinoceptor agonists injected into the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of water-loaded, ethanol-anesthetized rats. 140 98
The enantiomers in the alpha and beta series of cyclazocine were evaluated for their ability to bind to phencyclidine (
PCP
) and mu-opioid receptors in order to determine their receptor selectivity. The affinity of (-)-beta-cyclazocine for the
PCP
receptor was 1.5 greater than
PCP
itself. In contrast, (-)-alpha-cyclazocine, (+)-alpha-cyclazocine, and (+)-beta-cyclazocine were 3-, 5- and 138-fold less potent than
PCP
, respectively. Scatchard analysis of saturable binding of [3H]
Tyr
-D-Ala-Gly-N-MePhe-Gly-ol (DAMGO) also exhibited a homogeneous population of binding sites with an apparent KD of 1.9 nM and an estimated Bmax of 117 pM. [3H]
Tyr
-D-Ala-Gly-N-MePhe-Gly-ol (DAMGO) binding studies revealed that (-)-alpha-cyclazocine (KD = 0.48 nM) was 31-, 1020- and 12,600-fold more potent than (-)-beta-cyclazocine, (+)-alpha-cyclazocine and (+)-beta-cyclazocine, respectively, for binding to the mu-opioid receptor. These data show that, although (-)-beta-cyclazocine is a potent
PCP
receptor ligand consistent with its potent
PCP
-like discriminative stimulus effects, it shows little selectivity for
PCP
receptors since it also potently displaces mu-opioid binding. However, these cyclazocine isomers, due to their extraordinary degree of stereoselectivity, may be useful in characterizing the structural requirements for benzomorphans having activity at the
PCP
receptor.
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PMID:Affinity of the enantiomers of alpha- and beta-cyclazocine for binding to the phencyclidine and mu opioid receptors. 215 22
In this paper we report that while 55% of the total post-proline dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase activity in guinea-pig brain is associated with the soluble fraction of the cells, the remaining activity is widely distributed throughout the particulate fractions. A significant portion of this particulate activity is, however, associated with a synaptosomal membrane fraction. The specific activity of this enzyme rose as the synaptosomal membrane fraction was prepared from a synaptosomal fraction and had previously risen at the synaptosomal fraction was prepared from a postmitochondrial pellet. The synaptosomal membrane post-proline dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase was released from the membrane by treatment with Triton X-100 and partially purified by chromatography on Sephadex G-200. By contrast with the soluble enzyme the partially purified solubilised synaptosomal membrane post-proline dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase was not inhibited by 1.0 mM p-chloromercuribenzoate, 1.0 mM N-ethylmaleimide or 0.5 mM puromycin but was inhibited by 0.5 mM bacitracin. The partially purified solubilised enzyme was capable of releasing His-Pro from His-Pro-Val, His-Pro-Leu, His-Pro-Phe and His-Pro-
Tyr
and of releasing Gly-Pro from Gly-Pro-Ala but could not release Arg-Pro from Arg-Pro-Pro or from Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg (bradykinin). It was also unable to release Pro-Pro from Pro-Pro-Gly or Glp-Pro from Glp-Pro-Ser-Lys-Asp-Ala-Phe-Ile-Gly-Leu-MetNH2 (eledoisin). Using [Pro-3H]thyroliberin we show that the membrane-bound enzyme converts His-ProNH2, produced by the action of the synaptosomal membrane pyroglutamate aminopeptidase, to His-Pro thus competing with the spontaneous cyclisation of His-ProNH2 to His-Pro diketopiperazine. Purified preparations of synaptosomal membrane pyroglutamate aminopeptidase were used to generate His-ProNH2, which could then be converted to His-Pro by the presence of the partially purified synaptosomal membrane post-proline dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase. This preparation was free of contaminating post-proline cleaving endopeptidase,
carboxypeptidase P
, aminopeptidase P,
prolyl carboxypeptidase
or proline dipeptidase.
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PMID:Post-proline dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase from synaptosomal membranes of guinea-pig brain. A possible role for this activity in the hydrolysis of His-ProNH2, arising from the action of synaptosomal membrane pyroglutamate aminopeptidase on thyroliberin. 286 1
The potent opiate radioligands [3H]etorphine, [3H]ethylketocyclazocine (EKC), and [3H]naloxone, bound specifically and saturably to a single class of membrane-binding sites in rat neurointermediate lobe (NIL), with Kd values of 3.7, 24, and 51 nM, respectively. In the hypothalamus (Ht), [3H]etorphine bound to specific and saturable sites with a Kd of 2.9 nM. Binding-inhibition studies with [3H]etorphine and unlabeled etorphine-HCl as well as [3H]EKC and unlabeled EKC, revealed high and low affinity binding sites in rat Ht and NIL as well as in the neural lobe of the bovine pituitary gland. [3H]naloxone also bound specifically to two classes of sites in Ht membranes, but to only a single class of low affinity sites in NIL membranes. Specific binding represented 80-90% of total [3H]etorphine binding, about 75% of total [3H]EKC binding, and 45-55% of total [3H]naloxone binding at 22 C in NIL and Ht, respectively. Relative binding potencies derived from Ki values for binding-inhibition studies of [3H]etorphine with opioid peptides and opiates were: NIL, etorphine-HCl greater than dynorphin A greater than naloxone-HCl greater than dynorphin-(1-9) greater than beta-endorphin much greater than alpha-neoendorphin approximately (Leu5)enkephalin approximately DAGO (
Tyr
-D-Ala-Gly-NMe-Phe-Gly-ol); Ht, etorphine HCl greater than naloxone-HCl greater than beta-endorphin greater than dynorphin A much greater than DAGO greater than morphiceptin much greater than (Leu5)enkephalin. Specific [3H]etorphine binding was also demonstrable after preincubation of NIL membranes with DAGO and (Leu5)enkephalin and after preincubation of Ht membranes with morphiceptin and (Leu5)enkephalin; such binding could be displaced by nonradioactive dynorphin A. In addition, [3H]etorphine binding to bovine neural lobe was displaceable by naloxone-HCl, with an ED50 of 43 nM. Specific ligands for sigma-opiate receptors, such as (+)SKF 10,047 (N-allylnorcyclazocine), phencyclidine (
PCP
), and (-)cyclazocine, displaced specifically bound [3H]etorphine and [3H]EKC from NIL membranes only at high (micromolar) concentrations. However, specific [3H]
PCP
sites were of higher affinity in NIL and Ht membranes, with similar Kd values of 102 and 190 nM respectively, and different concentrations (0.15 and 1.32 pmol/mg protein, respectively). These data have revealed several differences in the opiate-binding properties of rat Ht and NIL membranes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Opiate receptor subtypes in the rat hypothalamus and neurointermediate lobe. 303 71
A variety of drugs were screened to determine which were capable of blocking the behavioral stimulation produced in mice by acute administration of phencyclidine (
PCP
). Chlorpromazine and clozapine blocked
PCP
-induced stimulation, while haloperidol, reserpine, and alpha-methyl-p-
tyrosine
did not. The GABA receptor agonists imidazole acetic acid and muscimol blocked
PCP
, but other drugs that influence GABA, such as dipropylacetic acid, baclofen, and diazepam, were ineffective. Yohimbine and methysergide also blocked
PCP
in high dosages, but other drugs with comparable alpha-noradrenergic and serotonergic blocking properties (phentolamine, cyproheptadine, and cinnanserin) were ineffective. Cholinergic and anticholinergic drugs, beta-noradrenergic and opiate antagonists and nonspecific sedatives and convulsants were also ineffective. These findings suggest that chlorpromazine, clozapine, yohimbine, and methysergide may share a property that is unlike their primary known modes of action on dopaminergic, alpha-noradrenergic, and serotonergic neurotransmitter systems, and that this property accounts for their ability to block
PCP
. However, the effectiveness of GABA agonists appears to be mediated through direct activation of GABA receptors. It is suggested that chlorpromazine and imidazole acetic acid should be considered as possible drug treatments for
PCP
toxicity.
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PMID:Neuropharmacological studies of phencyclidine (PCP)-induced behavioral stimulation in mice. 610 51
Poliovirus replicase- and host factor-catalyzed copying of 3'-terminal polyadenylic acid [poly(A)] of poliovirion RNA was studied. Host factor-stimulated synthesis of polyuridylic acid [poly(U)] by the replicase required ATP in addition to UTP. ATP was not required for the oligouridylic acid-primed copying of 3'-terminal poly(A) of virion RNA. GTP, CTP, and AMP-
PCP
(5'-adenylyl beta-gamma methylenediphosphate, an ATP analog) could not replace ATP in host factor-stimulated synthesis of poly(U). Antibodies to poliovirus genome-linked protein (VPg) specifically precipitated in vitro-synthesized poly(U) from a host factor-stimulated reaction. The poly(U) synthesized in a host factor-stimulated reaction was shown to be attached to VPg precursor polypeptide(s) via a
tyrosine
-phosphate bond as found in poliovirion VPg-RNA.
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PMID:ATP is required for initiation of poliovirus RNA synthesis in vitro: demonstration of tyrosine-phosphate linkage between in vitro-synthesized RNA and genome-linked protein. 632 50
The effect of acute administration of phencyclidine (
PCP
) on the anesthetic requirement (MAC) was studied in rats. Rats were anesthetized with cyclopropane and MAC determinations were made by the tail-clamp technique.
PCP
, 2 or 4 mg/kg, subcutaneously, produced a 32 and 42 per cent decrease, respectively, in cyclopropane MAC. The
PCP
-induced decrease in MAC was not altered by naloxone treatment indicating that an interaction of
PCP
with opiate mechanisms is unlikely. Central monoamine depletion with reserpine decreased cyclopropane MAC by 20 per cent. In these monoamine-depleted rats, 4 mg/kg
PCP
produced a further reduction in MAC of 22 per cent. In rats almost totally depleted of catecholamines by pretreatment with reserpine and alpha-methyl-p-
tyrosine
, a marked (43 per cent) decrease in MAC was observed. The administration of 2 mg/kg
PCP
, in these catecholamine-depleted rats produced an additional 10 per cent decrease in MAC for a total reduction in MAC of 53 per cent. The effect of
PCP
in the monoamine- and catecholamine-depleted rats indicates that while an effect on central monoamines may play a part in the mechanism of action of
PCP
, it is not the sole mode of action of the drug. In patients intoxicated with
PCP
there is a significant potential for anesthetic overdose as their anesthetic requirement may be much less than would be expected in the nonintoxicated state.
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PMID:The effect of acute phencyclidine administration on cyclopropane requirement (MAC) in rats. 680 34
Phencyclidine (
PCP
), a potent psychoactive drug, produces some animal behaviors that are believed to be mediated by dopaminergic and/or cholinergic neurons in the basal ganglia. In this study, we have monitored the effects of
PCP
in vitro on the synthesis, uptake, and release of dopamine (DA) in rat striatal synaptosomes. Using
tyrosine
hydroxylation as an index of DA synthesis, we observed a concentration-dependent stimulation of DA synthesis by
PCP
. The stimulatory effect was antagonized by reserpine (1 micro M) and was observed only when synaptosomes were preincubated under conditions which prevented the spontaneous release of [3H]DA. Two hydroxylated metabolites of
PCP
were also tested and found to have little effect on
tyrosine
hydroxylation. Like
PCP
these metabolites are potent inhibitors of synaptosomal [3H]DA uptake, but they apparently lack
PCP
's ability to release synaptosomal DA. Taken together, these results support our hypothesis that
PCP
stimulates synaptosomal DA synthesis by releasing DA from an inhibitory pool.
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PMID:Stimulation of synaptosomal tyrosine hydroxylation by phencyclidine in vitro. 725 Jan 99
Low doses of the uncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist dizocilpine (MK-801) induce locomotor stimulation in mice, whereas higher doses are associated with ataxia, stereotyped behaviors and catalepsy. We investigated the role of dopamine receptors and presynaptic dopamine neurons in the locomotor effects of dizocilpine. For comparison, we studied several other drugs that induce locomotor stimulation in mice. Pretreatment of male mice with haloperidol (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.) completely prevented the stimulation of normally coordinated locomotion induced by a non-intoxicating dose of dizocilpine (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.); haloperidol also attenuated the locomotor stimulation produced by phencyclidine (
PCP
, 1 and 2 mg/kg, i.p.), d-amphetamine (2 and 5 mg/kg, i.p.) and diazepam (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.). Haloperidol (doses up to 2.5 mg/kg) did not attenuate the ataxia and decreased locomotion induced by higher doses of dizocilpine (1 and 2 mg/kg). The active cis isomer of flupenthixol (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.), an antagonist of both D1 and D2 dopamine receptors, also diminished the stimulant actions of all of the test drugs, whereas its inactive trans form did not. The selective D1 antagonist R(+/-)-SCH 23390 (0.1 mg/kg) and the selective D2 antagonist raclopride (1 mg/kg) had little effect on the stimulatory effect of dizocilpine, although they did reduce the stimulation produced by
PCP
, d-amphetamine and diazepam. However, pretreatment with a combination of R(+/-)SCH 23390 and raclopride completely prevented dizocilpine-induced locomotor stimulation. Pretreatment with alpha-methyl-p-
tyrosine
(AMPT, 50 and 250 mg/kg), an inhibitor of tyrosine hydroxylase, or with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OH-DA, 50 micrograms, i.c.v.), a neurotoxin that destroys brain dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons, did not attenuate the locomotor stimulation induced by dizocilpine, although these treatments did reduce the stimulant effects of d-amphetamine. In AMPT or 6-OH-DA pretreated mice, haloperidol (0.125 mg/kg) prevented the stimulatory effect of dizocilpine. These results support a role for dopamine receptors in the stimulation of normally coordinated locomotion by dizocilpine. However, the locomotor stimulant effect of dizocilpine, unlike that of d-amphetamine, can be expressed in the presence of D1 or D2 dopamine receptor blockade and does not appear to be dependent on intact presynaptic mechanisms.
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PMID:Effects of D1 and D2 dopamine receptor antagonists and catecholamine depleting agents on the locomotor stimulation induced by dizocilpine in mice. 856 5
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