1986 年 41 巻 1 号 p. 135-138
The effects of neuraminidase and deoxyribonuclease I (DNase) treatments on the specific binding of 3H-prazosin and 3H-quinuclidinyl benzilate (3H-QNB) to α-adrenoceptors and muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the membrane of the rat myocardium was examined, and the dissociation constant (Kd) and the maximum number of binding sites (Bmax) was analyzed using the method of Scatchard analysis. Although no changes in Kd values were observed when DNA or sialic acid was removed from cardiac muscles by treatments with DNase or neuraminidase, the Bmax values of α-adrenergic and muscarinic receptors were markedly decreased after treatment with DNase, while neuraminidase treatment induced an increase in the Bmax values of the α-adrenoceptors. The possibility that these results provide the basis for elucidation of the characteristics of these receptors in the rat myocardium was discussed.
