Modulation of the GABA-benzodiazepine receptor complex by taurine in rat brain membranes
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Neurochemical Research
- Vol. 11 (1) , 85-94
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00965168
Abstract
The interactions of taurine and its precursor hypotaurine with the GABA-benzodiazepine receptor complex were studied by investigating their effects on GABA and flunitrazepam binding in rat brain membranes. Taurine, and to a lesser degree also hypotaurine, displaced the high- and low-affinity GABA binding. The maximal binding capacities of both sites were decreased in the presence of taurine, while the binding constants remained the same, suggesting noncompetitive interactions. Taurine and hypotaurine affected flunitrazepam binding only at a very high concentration (50 mmol/l), whereas GABA (within the concentration range of 0.1–100 μmol/l) significantly enhanced the binding. Taurine inhibited the GABA-stimulated binding dose-dependently. These modulatory effects of taurine on the GABA-benzodiazepine receptor complex could result from interactions with the GABA recognition site but not from direct actions on the benzodiazepine site.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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