Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Online ISSN : 1347-4715
Print ISSN : 1342-078X
ISSN-L : 1342-078X
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The Effect of in Vitro and in Vivo Ethylenbis Dithiocarbamate Fungicides on NMDA Receptors in Rat Brain Membranes
Nobuhiro KONNOMasashi TSUNODAKyoko NAKANO
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2001 Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 54-59

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To determine whether the ethlenbisdithiocarbamate fungicides, zineb, manzeb and maneb affect the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor in rat brain membranes, we performed a binding assay using [3H]MK-801, a noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist. Displacement studies were conducted using well washed membranes to exclude the effect of endogenous acidic amino acids on the binding of [3H]MK-801. In both the presence or absence of added glutamate and glycine in the assay buffer, the dose-response curve indicated that zineb enhanced the binding in a concentration range of 100-500 μM. However, the displacement curves indicated that manzeb and maneb inhibited the binding in a concentration range of 10-500 μM. The addition of 50 μM glutamate and glycine to the assay medium increased binding by 5-20% above the control in a concentration range of 0.1-100 μM. No rats injected with zineb, manzeb, maneb (100 mg/kg, ip) showed any characteristic toxic signs or any significant weight changes within 24 hrs. Estimation of [3H]MK-801 binding to unwashed membranes from intoxicated rat brains revealed no marked change in Bmax or Kd values for 24 hrs following fungicide administration.

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