The ACE inhibitor [3H]SQ29,852 identifies a high affinity recognition site located in the human temporal cortex |
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| Authors: | N M Barnes B Costall P Egli Z P Horovitz J W Ironside R J Naylor T J Williams |
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| Affiliation: | School of Pharmacy, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. |
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| Abstract: | The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor [3H]SQ29,852 identified a single high affinity recognition site (defined by 10.0 microM captopril) in the human temporal cortex (pKD 8.62 +/- 0.03; Bmax 248 +/- 24 fmol mg-1 protein, mean +/- S.E.M., n = 4). ACE inhibitors and thiorphan competed to a similar level for the [3H]SQ29,852 binding site in the human temporal cortex with a rank order of affinity (pKi values mean +/- S.E.M., n = 3), lisinopril (9.49 +/- 0.02), captopril (9.16 +/- 0.08), SQ29,852 (8.58 +/- 0.04), epicaptopril (7.09 +/- 0.08), fosinopril (7.08 +/- 0.05) and thiorphan (6.40 +/- 0.04). Since this rank order of affinity is similar to the affinity of these compounds to inhibit brain ACE activity it is concluded that [3H]SQ29,852 selectively labels the inhibitor recognition site of ACE in the human temporal cortex. |
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