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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 272: G994-G999, 1997;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 5 994-G999, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Demonstration and characterization of motilin-binding sites in the rabbit cerebellum

I. Depoortere and T. L. Peeters
Department of Pathophysiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

This is the first report on central motilin receptors. Autoradiography on cerebellar slices revealed specific motilin-binding sites in the molecular layer of the cortex. Scatchard analysis of cold saturation studies showed the existence of a high-(pKd,hi = 9.07 +/- 0.09, where pKd is the negative logarithm of the dissociation constant) and a low-affinity binding site (pKd,lo = 6.56 +/- 0.09). Similar affinities were found with rabbit motilin and with the porcine (po) antagonist [Phe3, Leu13]po-motilin. Feline and canine motilin had a markedly lower affinity for the low-affinity site (pKd,lo = 5.29 and 4.58, respectively); chicken motilin had a lower affinity for both sites (pKd,hi = 8.36, pKd,lo = 3.97). Erythromycin A and its derivative N-trimethyl erythromycin A cnol ether also bound to cerebellar motilin receptors (pKd,hi = 7.29 and 8.91, respectively). Structure-activity studies with motilin fragments and the potency ranking of agonists suggest that a novel subtype receptor of motilin may exist in the brain. Guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (0.1 mM) reduced the number and the affinity for the high-affinity binding sites, which is evidence for G protein-coupled receptors. Our findings open new perspectives for the study of the physiological role of motilin.


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