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Comparative distribution of nicotinic receptor subtypes during development, adulthood and aging: an autoradiographic study in the rat brain

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Tribollet, E, Bertrand, D, Marguerat, A, Raggenbass, M·2004·Neuroscience

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The distribution in the rat brain of high affinity nicotinic heteromeric acetylcholine receptors and of low affinity nicotinic, alpha7-containing, homomeric receptors was studied using in vitro light microscopic autoradiography. As ligands, we used [3H]epibatidine, or [125I]epibatidine, and [125I]alpha-bungarotoxin, respectively. In adult animals, the two types of binding sites were widely distributed in many different brain structures, including the brainstem, cerebellum, mesencephalic structures, limbic system and cortex, but their anatomical distribution differed markedly. Only in rare instances could a co-localization be observed, for example in the superficial layer of the superior colliculus. In developing animals, both types of labeling were strongly expressed during embryonic and postnatal phases. Their distributions were qualitatively similar to those observed in adult animals, with a few noticeable exceptions in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and brain stem. In aging animals, neither the distribution nor the density of nicotinic binding sites was significantly altered. Our conclusions are the following. (a) There is little overlap in the distribution of heteromeric and alpha7-containing homomeric nicotinic receptors in the rat brain. (b) The abundance of neuronal nicotinic receptors during embryonic and postnatal development suggests that they may play a role in the establishment of neuronal connectivity. (c) The expression of neuronal nicotinic receptors is unaltered in middle aged animals, suggesting that in the rat these receptors do not play any major role in aging process.

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Authors
Tribollet, E., Bertrand, D., Marguerat, A., & Raggenbass, M.
Affiliations
University of Geneva (CH)
Venue
Neuroscience
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-01
Volume
124
Issue
2
Pages
405-420
ISSN
0306-4522 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2140445474
Cited by
199
References
64
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5.80
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journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Keywords
nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, receptor distribution, brain development, aging, embryonic development, postnatal development, receptor binding sites, epibatidine binding, alpha-bungarotoxin binding, neuronal connectivity, rat brain
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Aging, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Autoradiography, Binding Sites, Brain, Brain Chemistry, Bungarotoxins, Embryo, Mammalian, Female, Iodine Isotopes, Male, Pyridines, Receptors, Nicotinic, Tissue Distribution, Tritium, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Rats, Wistar, Nicotinic Agonists, Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic, Rats

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