Neurochem. Int. Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 38%396, 1985
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RAPID IMPORTANT PAPER NEOSURUGATOXIN Catherine
BLOCKS
Rapier,
Department
NICOTINIC
Roger
ACETYLCHOLINE
Harrison,
of Biochemistry,
George
University
RECEPTORS
G. Lunt
IN THE BRAIN
& Susan W o n n a c o t t
of Bath,
Bath BA2
7AY,
U.K.
(Received 3 December 1984; accepted 4 February 1985) ABSTRACT Neosurugatoxin, a neurotoxin isolated from the Japanese ivory mollusc (Babylonia japonica) is a nicotinic antagonist with a s p e c i f i c i t y towards ganglionic nicotinic receptors. At low concentration (5 x 10-'M) neosurugatoxin inhibited the release of ['H]dopamine evoked by l,l-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium (DMPP) [rom rat striatal nerve terminals, without affecting the response to K---depolarisation. In contrast, sbungarotoxin did not a n t a g o n i s e the action of DMPP. Neosurugatoxin also i n h i b i t e d ['H] nicotine b i n d i n g to rat brain m e m b r a n e s but had no effect on [~zsI]sbungarotoxin b i n d i n g to the same tissue preparation. These results support the v i e w that functional nicotinic receptors in the CNS resemble g a n g l i o n i c n i c o t i n i c receptors. N e o s u r u g a t o x i n has c o n s i d e r a b l e potential as a useful probe for such receptors in the brain.
There
is
an
receptors
increasing
in
acceptance
vertebrate
understanding
the
CNS
particular
to the w e l l - c h a r a c t e r i s e d hampered
by
lack
sbungarotoxin,
of
that
Raftery,
1982)
sbungarotoxin 1982;
population
many neuronal
functional synaptic terminals have
and
et al.,
1982)
nicotinic
assay
system
nicotinic (Mills
demonstrated
responses to for
The
junction
our
of
1984;
However,
antiserum
et al.,
raised
389
release 1985).
against
(Norman
et
to a
has been
antagonist
of
1982).
studies
in w h i c h
[3H]dopamine
brain
selectively
an
&
There
between
its u s e f u l n e s s
& Dolly,
binding
of n i c o t i n i c
receptors
as
been
toxin,
receptor.
toxin may bind
receptors
Rapier
snake
in
relate
(Conti-Tronconi
crossreactivity
ineffectiveness
(see B a r n a r d
nicotinic
facilitation
an
its
they
has to some extent
probes.
nicotinic
that this
complement
& Wonnacott, that
peripheral
of
progress
and how
to our u n d e r s t a n d i n g
receptors.
in v i e w
acetylcholine
However,
receptor
immunological
proteins
sought
nicotinic
receptors
suitable
so much
binding
nicotinic
these
nicotinic
Wonnacott
have
of
ganglia.
to the study of the neuronal
including
particularly
presence
and at the n e u r o m u s c u l a r
applied
evidence,
of neuronal
questioned,
We
has been
of
of
contributed
in e l e c t r o p l a q u e s
al.,
functions
peripheral
has
the
autonomic
availability
receptors
is c o n s i d e r a b l e
of
and
the
by
developing
we m e a s u r e from
the
striatal
a
prenerve
In such a system we nicotinic
receptor
390
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In each as
experiment
a control
3 perfusion
without
spontaneous
toxin
release
subtracted
from
chambers
and
throughout
the
were operated
the
second
the
perfusion
transmitter
as
release
the
in parallel:
test
period
was
profiles
one
system.
of
In
measured the
served
the
and
third
this
control
was
and
test
cortices,
and
systems.
Radioligand
binding
A crude reconstituted (w/v)
azide,
[3H]nicotine
buffer,
to give
binding
the presence
were
60
Bound
The
22°C,
in
radioligand
Microcentaur
Drugs
were of
9.4
CaCI,
as d e s c r i b e d
in 50 mM-HEPES
(2mM),
for
10mg/ml.
MgS04
60 min at
Bound r a d i o l i g a n d
(2mM).
22°C,
in
was separated
diluted
and
presence
separated
by
was
ten-fold
the
incubated
with
with
absence
assayed
by the
method
in 50 m M - p h o s p h a t e
of
2.5
x
(2
was w a s h e d
of
buffer,
1 nM-[12sI]abungarotoxin
centrifugation
the pellet
the
membrane
Non-specific
the conditions
i.i fmol/mg
respectively
membranes
for
10-SM-ebungarotoxin.
min
at
once with
10,000g;
MSE
1.5 ml ice-cold
saline.
under +
P2
incubated
radioligand.
subtracted; and
(4.8mM),
and 0.01%
approximately
five-fold
40nM-[3H]nicotine
to
was
centrifuge);
phosphate-buffered
addition
KCI
0.1mM-PMSF
essentially
was diluted
(0.5 ml) were
was
bench
binding
fraction
and aliquots at
of
was p e r f o r m e d
(ll8mM), with
rat brain
at 4°C.
(1977).
min
concentration
The tissue
NaCl
from
containing
of 10-~M-L-nicotine.
[z25I]abungarotoxin Schmidt
pH 7.4,
a protein
incubated
and absence
by filtration
prepared
buffer,
(1980).
containing
(0.25mi)
pH 7.4,
(P2) was
to this p r e p a r a t i o n
& Goldstein
pH 7.4,
Samples
fraction
in 50mM-phosphate
sodium
by Romano
assays
membrane
used
protein
(mean + S.E.M.
for
fraction
binding
specific
for
for
binding
[3Hlnicotine
3 membrane
10
(excess
min
prior
cold
was
and
to
the
ligand)
was
44.7 + 8.8 fmol/mg [~25I]ebungarotoxin
preparations).
RESULTS
Neosurugatoxin striatal
greatly
of the
ganglionic
peaks
of
(5 x i ~ ) ib)
(Fig.
nicotinic
released
only
control
21%
(Fig.
3
independent
affected. the
response
After to
and
agonist
15%
la).
DMPP
average
59 + 8%
DMPP
was
with
gradually
or
the
K+-evoked
restored
of
(83%
was
not
medium
without
after
20 min
from
low doses
elicit
sharp
neosurugatoxin 1 and 3 (Fig. peaks
DMPP-evoked
of duplicate
release
perfusion
peaks
corresponding
inhibition
la),
(28mM) with
was reduced:
of
[3H I dopamine
(Fig.
KCI
perfusing
(mean + S.E.M.
normal
of
of toxin
i~)
response
experiments). washing
(5 x After
respectively
The
was
release
In the absence
radioactivity.
5 x l~'M-neosurugatoxin from
the D M P P - e v o k e d
I).
for 20 min the D M P P - e v o k e d
represent
normal
diminished
synaptosomes
in the
release
by
determinations significantly neosurugatoxin washing,
109%
Rapid Important Paper purified
from
rat muscle
(Mills & Wonnacott,
inhibits
1984)
the
suggesting
nicotine-evoked
abungarotoxin
preparation
whereas
did
not
response
neurotoxin
from
isolated
called n e o s u r u g a t o x i n a
specific
compare
action
of
in
of
[3H]dopamine
ivory
However,
effect
mecamylamine
& Wonnacott,
Japanese
some
our
receptors.
pronounced
antagonist
(Mills
the
a
(Kosuge et al.,
antagonist
its
have
the ganglionic
the n i c o t i n e - e v o k e d
release
some degree of identity b e t w e e n p e r i p h e r a l
receptors and this group of central nicotinic contrast
391
1984).
mollusc
on
neuronal
nicotinic
system
(Babylonia
its
blocked
Recent reports
of a
japonica)
and
1984) which may be
receptors,
with
striatal
completely
1982; Hayashi et al.,
functional
in apparent
the
prompted
effect
us
to
in c o n v e n t i o n a l
b i n d i n g assays. MATERIALS
D,L-[N-methyl Radiochemicals (46
Ci/mmol)
U.K.)
'H ] nicotine
Ltd.
(73.7 Ci/mmol)
(Southampton,
were
purchased
~bungarotoxin
from
Hants.,
was
Ltd., Ltd.
in
of
(Gillingham,
Dorset,
Dorset,
the
rat
striata
final
were
suspension
prepared
as
protein
at 37°C
suspension were
(Rapier et al., Millipore
Krebs m e d i u m at a constant
glass
rate
The to
Chemical
Co.
described
['H]dopamine
Samples
filter
units)
fractions
of
successive the
and
in the perfusion with
modified
(i00~i) of KCI and the
was
Continuous achieved
by
allowing a 20 min
c o l l e c t i o n of consecutive using
an
LKB
Redirac
(counting e f f i c i e n c y
The Netherlands) 40%).
in a Packard
scintillation
0.2
fraction
r a d i o a c t i v i t y was c o u n t e d after addition of 3 ml of Aqualuma
Ad Schaesberg,
& of
(0.i M; 15 Ci/mmol)
perfused
d e p o l a r i s i n g pulses
pulses.
perfusate
Mills
(250~i) of the synaptosome
agonist DMPP were applied in the perfusion medium, between
by
concentration
(9ml/h).
After a 20 min w a s h o u t period,
B.V.
1985).
a
t r a n s f e r r e d to W h a t m a n GFF filters p o s i t i o n e d
(modified
collector;
diluted
(Poole, Dorset,
from A l d r i c h
having
The s y n a p t o s o m e s were incubated with
ml
Kosuge.
and
Drugs and toxins were serially diluted in p e r f u s i o n
for 4 min
interval
T.
and all other reagents were from BDH Chemicals
3mg/ml.
nicotinic
and
just prior to use.
from
(1984),
chambers
was
Bucks., U.K.)
1980).
dimethylsulphoxide
(DMPP)
NEN
and perfusion of s y n a p t o s o m e s
Synaptosomes Wonnacott
U.K.)
U.K.)
m e d i u m or assay buffer Preparation
Sussex,
L - n i c o t i n e was from the Sigma Chemical Co.
l,l-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium
(Poole,
(Amersham,
(Lewes,
(Wonnacott et al.,
0.12 ml
from
[*2SI]Na and 7 , 8 [ 3 H ] d o p a m i n e
n e o s u r u g a t o x i n was a gift from Professor
dissolved
3.0 ml with water. U.K.),
purchased
International
was from the Boehringer Corp.
Pure c r y s t a l l i n e (250~g)
was
U.K.)
Amersham
was iodinated as p r e v i o u s l y d e s c r i b e d toxin
& METHODS
(LUMAC
spectrometer
392
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a)
25
10 i
o × o
o b
F
E o
0
b)
(9 25 (u (9 (9 lO o
////////~//////////////.'/////////// i 20
fraction I
Fig.
1
Release
of
60
number
I
0
I
| 40 i
50 perfusion
time
i00 (min)
[ 3H]dopamine
from
striatal
J
150
synaptosomes.
S y n a p t o s o m e s w e r e p r e i n c u b a t e d w i t h [ 3 H ] d o p a m i n e and p e r f u s e d w i t h a) n o r m a l medium, or b) medium containing 5 x 10-BM neosurugatoxin for 90 m i n (,////,). P u l s e s (100ul) of D M P P (5 x 10-6M; ~ ) or K + (28 m M , ~ ) r e s u l t e d in r e s p o n s e s i n d i c a t e d by the arrows. after
40 min;
conditions inhibiting
to
Fig.
ib).
those
of
DMPP-evoked
Exposure the
to ~ b u n g a r o t o x i n
neosurugatoxin
['H]dopamine
release.
(5 x l~aM)
experiments, Neosurugatoxin
under
was also
identical
ineffective
in
inhibited
the
Rapid Important Paper binding
of
['H]nicotine
radio-labelled In contrast, to
the same
nicotine
when
but
these
tissue
neosurugatoxin nicotine
to rat brain
abungarotoxin
ligands
(Fig.
were
any effect,
also good
(Fig.
was
tested
2a).
largely
against
2b) s b u n g a r o t o x i n
was w i t h o u t
and DMPP were
membranes
393 L-nicotine
ineffective
at c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of
up
to 10-~M.
[*2sI]Sbungarotoxin
was the most potent
inhibitors
displaced
binding
competitor
up to 10-SM.
[*2sI]abungarotoxin
and
However,
binding.
DISCUSSION
The
presynaptic
terminals
nicotinic
(Chesselet,
nicotinic
receptors
pharmacologically that
antibodies
block
the
synaptosomes was not
(Giorguieff raised
(Futerman
of
our
a
This
et al.,
against
cholinergic
of dopamine
provides
in the brain.
1982;
in our
system
of
Mills
assay
from for
receptor
from
dopamine
release 1984)
We have system
a)
demonstrated
skeletal from but
et
muscle striatal
Sbungarotoxin improved
the
1985)
and
al.,
b) i00
lO0
o ~4 4J co u o~
c.. -,~
50
50
c
c.
I
!
i
i0
9
8
7
6
5
Fig. 2 Effect of drugs and toxins abungarotoxin binding to rat brain
i0
4
log
[inhibitor]
9
8
7
6
5
4
(M)
on a) ['H]nicotine membranes.
and b)
of
characterised
now g r e a t l y
(Rapier
nerve
population
We have p r e v i o u s l y
& Wonnacott,
perfusion
striatal
a
has been p a r t i a l l y
nicotinic
preparations.
synaptosomal
release
functional
1977).
the
facilitation
et al.,
very e f f e c t i v e
sensitivity
facilitation
1984)
[125I]-
Membranes (P2 fraction) were p r e i n c u b a t e d with L-nicotine (O--O), DMPP (O--4), ebungarotoxin (Z~-~) or neosurugatoxin (~ ~) at the final c o n c e n t r a t i o n s indicated for i0 min before addition of radioligand and assay as d e s c r i b e d in the Materials & Methods section. Data from a representative experiment are p r e s e n t e d as a percentage of specific binding; each point is the mean of triplicate determinations, with variance of less than 10%.
394
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clear
repetitive
responses
(Fig.la).
In this
diminished
following
such treatment (Fig. the
ib).
These
effect
under be
previously would
to
employed
(1980)
This
in
cholinergic (1978)
(Mills
been
are
Yamada,
and
DMPP
blood
on
contraction
but
et al.,
1976;
(1975)
pressure
(Hayashi
act at p r e s y n a p t i c
central
nicotinic
varicosities
nicotinic
result
of M i s g e l d on
the
Belleroche
et
al.
intrinsic & Bradford
acetylcholine
x
- evoked
l~TM-abungarotoxin
response
receptors
to
receptor
nicotinic
the
first
function receptors
latter
that
(see
in
of
the
brain,
and &
in the study of the
actions
of
and D M P P - e v o k e d
action
has
been
In this case,
(Hayashi
antagonism
in c h a r a c t e r
release
1982),
er al.,
from
since
receptors
by
supports
reproduced
the toxin may
transmitter
muscarinic
and
(Hayashi
cat
(via
may be ganglionic
sympathetic
Indeed
White,
the
al.,
junction
1982;
by n e o s u r u g a t o x i n report
in
et
in the
facilitate
Cooper,
(Kosuge
inhibited
1984).
acetylcholine
was u n a f f e c t e d is
The
et al.,
&
1979).
transmission
ileum.
(Briggs
receptors
neuromuscular
specifically
ganglionic pig
study
exposure
negative
neosurugatoxin
et al.,
surugatoxin
and
and
the
Ascher
itself
surface)
1.8
nicotinic
at
guinea
present
by
de
nbungarotoxin
at this nicotinic
study
of
blocks without
the brief
effect
although (38%)
slices
of
not
the
muscle
the
without
was
with
than
This clearcut
with
was
surugatoxin
antagonists
Yamada
post-ganglionic
perfusion
is not an antagonist
slices,
striatal
specifically
~Bungarotoxin
blockade
1984).
agreement
neosurugatoxin
myenteric
that the toxin
inhibition
that
ganglia
of
release
1984).
Brown
Hayashi
in
striatal
from
potent
1975;
in
reported
parasympathetic
is
modest
release
It has
whereas
l~TM-~bungarotoxin
a
& Wonnacott,
1982),
x
is greatly
K+-stimulated
effective
that ~ b u n g a r o t o x i n
and b e l o w
DMPP
neosurugatoxin
receptor.
& Wonnacott,
range
to
Continuous
a more
molar agonist
Ca++-dependent,
suggest
conditions.
excitation
reported
['H]dopamine Mills
6
synaptosomes
the
strongly
conclusion
which
the on
in the
to the nicotinic
facilitatory
achieve
seem to c o n f i r m
of
effect
findings
identical
receptor.
with
exposure
nicotinic
expected
to drugs
the response
is without
presynaptic
would
are o b t a i n e d
system
on
1984).
The
neosurugatoxin the
view
that
(see Schmidt
the the
of many
et al.,
1980). In
agreement
inhibits assessment
of
instability is
with
['H]nicotine
clear
the
inhibition
of n e o s u r u g a t o x i n
however,
[~2sI]abungarotoxin
is
parallel
using
Nicotinic
antagonists
to nervous
& Murphy,
nicotine
binding,
al.
brain
in our
membranes the
same are
(Romano
with
we
effect (Fig.
was
on
binding
2);
poor
the
studies.
Quantitative because
of
Marks
of
1982).
of
assays
the What
[3H]nicotine
binding
inhibitors
1980;
neosurugatoxin
et al.,
dilutions
~bungarotoxin
other
that 2a).
difficult
(Kosuge
serial very
find
(Fig.
solution
& Goldstein,
and we find that
in agreement
(1984) membranes
experiments
in aqueous
generally
tissue
1983),
et
to
differential
brain
in
Costa
its
to
performed
binding
Hayashi
binding
and were
neosurugatoxin. of
[3H]nicotine
& Collins,
has little
effect
Neosurugatoxin,
1982; on
~'H]
however,
Rapid Important Paper shows
strong
inhibition
to have
potent
nicotine
and
effect DMPP
are
of
binding
at the
and
nicotine
effective
(Fig. 2b; Marks & Collins,
1982),
data
do
of
distinct
preclude
sites
on
the
binding same
inhibition of n i c o t i n e - e v o k e d abungarotoxin
binding
the
binding
competitors
sites
not
is
395 first site.
for
[3H]nicotine which
to
In contrast,
[*2s I~bungarotoxin
neosurugatoxin
oligomers,
antagonist
shown
although binding
is without effect.
and would
be
Such
[12sI ]~bungarotoxin be
consistent
with
at the
release by an a n t i s e r u m that crossreacts with the
component
from
rat
brain
(Mills
&
Wonnacott,
1984).
I r r e s p e c t i v e of the precise r e l a t i o n s h i p of the b i n d i n g
sites,
consistent with the w i d e l y held view that a b u n g a r o t o x i n
is a poor antagonist of
known
nicotinic
cholinergic
function
in the CNS.
shows c o n s i d e r a b l e p r o m i s e as a potent,
Conversely,
our results
are
neosurugatoxin
selective probe for functional central
nicotinic receptors. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are very grateful to Professor T. Kosuge for the generous gift of neosurugatoxin. This study was supported financially by the Medical Research Council, the Mental Health Foundation and the Tobacco Advisory Council. C.R. is in receipt of a p o s t g r a d u a t e training award from the S.E.R.C. We are grateful to Jenni Miles for p r e p a r a t i o n of the typescript. REFERENCES Ascher P., Large W.A. and Rang H.P. (1979). Studies on the m e c h a n i s m of a c e t y l c h o l i n e antagonists on rat p a r a s y m p a t h e t i c ganglion cells. ~. Physiol. 295, 139-170. Barnard E.A. and Dolly J.O. (1982). Peripheral and central nicotinic a c e t y l c h o l i n e receptors - how similar are they? Trends in Neurosci. ~, 325-327 Briggs C.A. and Cooper J.R. (1982). Cholinergic m o d u l a t i o n of the release of [~H]acetylcholine from s y n a p t o s o m e s of the myenteric plexus. J. Neurochem. 38, 501-508 Brown D.A., G a r t h w a i t e J., Hayashi E. and Yamana S. (1976). Action of surugatoxin on nicotinic receptors in the superior cervical ganglion of the rat. Br. J. Pharmacol. 58, 1 5 7 - 1 5 9 . C h e s s e l e t M.F. (1984). Presynaptic regulation of n e u r o t r a n s m i t - ~ r release in the brain. N e u r o s c i e n c e 12, 347-375 C o n t i - T r o n c o n i B. and R a f t e r y M.A. (1982). The nicotinic cholinergic receptor: c o r r e l a t i o n of molecular structure with functional properties. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 51, 491-530. Costa L.G. and Murphy S.D. (1983). ['H]Nicotine b i n d i n g in rat brain: alteration after chronic a c e t y l c h o l i n e s t e r a s e inhibition. J. Pharmacol. Ex~. Ther. 226, 392-397. de B-'~le~-6"che J.S. and B r a d f o r d H.F. (1978). Biochemical evidence for the presence of presynaptic receptors on dopaminergic nerve terminal. Brain Res. 142, 53-68. Futerman A.H., Harrison R., Lunt G.G. and Wonnacott S. (1982). An immunological approach to the study of presynaptic a c e t y l c h o l i n e receptors.
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