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Kinetics, pharmacology, and autoradiographic distribution of L-[3H]nitroarginine binding sites in rat cerebellum.

The kinetics and pharmacology of NG-nitro-L-[2,3,4,5-3H]arginine (L-[3H]NOARG) binding to rat cerebellum were investigated using in vitro radioligand binding. Specific L-[3H]NOARG binding in cerebellum was of nanomolar affinity, reversible, saturable, and best fit to a single-site model. Specific binding was Ca2+ dependent and sensitive to pH (with an optimum of 5.5-7.0). Added calmodulin (1.5-40 micrograms/ml) had no influence on specific L-[3H]NOARG binding. However, the calmodulin antagonists W-5, W-13, and calmidazolium inhibited L-[3H]-NOARG binding with IC50 values in the micromolar range, and calmodulin (10 micrograms/ml) competitively reversed this inhibition. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors (NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine acetate) and L-arginine displaced L-[3H]NOARG binding with IC50 values in the nanomolar range, whereas D-arginine and basic amino acids (L-lysine and L-histidine) displaced L-[3H]NOARG binding with IC50 values in the millimolar range. A comparison of the NOS functional assay with L-[3H]NOARG binding in rat cerebellum showed similar profiles of Ca2+ dependency and inhibitory kinetics. Quantitative autoradiographic distribution of L-[3H]NOARG binding sites was significantly higher in the molecular layer than in the granular layer of cerebellum. These studies confirm the potential use of L-[3H]NOARG binding to study the regional distribution and functional properties of NOS.[1]

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