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Papers by Daniel Feller
Eur J Pharmacol, 1988
Withdrawal seizure prone (WSP) and withdrawal seizure resistant (WSR) lines of mice~ have been ge... more Withdrawal seizure prone (WSP) and withdrawal seizure resistant (WSR) lines of mice~ have been genetically selected based on the severity of handling-induced convulsions after identical chronic ethanol exposure. The present experiments showed that naive WSP mice were more sensitive than WSR mice to a subconvulsant dose of picrotoxin, bicuculline or pentylenetetrazole as measured by the ability of these drugs to exacerbate handling-induced convulsions. This may reflect a difference between lines in the GABA-chloride channel. The density and affinity of [3Ss]t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate (TBPS) binding sites, a cage convulsant which binds to the picrotoxin site on the GABA-chloride channel, was measured in the frontal cortex, remainder of the cortex, cerebellum and hippocampus. The binding properties of [ 3 H]flunitrazepam and the potency of "t-aminobutyric acid (GABA) to enhance flunitrazepam binding was characterized in whole brain samples. There were no differences between lines. The behavioral results suggest a role for the GABA-chloride channel in the differential ethanol withdrawal seizure behavior of WSR and WSP mice, but this is not due to changes in receptor densities or affinities.
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
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xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1984
The alpha-2 adrenergic antagonist [3H]yohimbine (YOH) and the alpha-2 agonist [3H]p-aminoclonidin... more The alpha-2 adrenergic antagonist [3H]yohimbine (YOH) and the alpha-2 agonist [3H]p-aminoclonidine (PAC) saturably label high-affinity binding sites in the submandibular gland from 3-week-old rats and 5-week-old pigs and in the lung from neonatal rats and 5-week-old pigs. [3H]YOH had KD values of 5.5, 1.8, 0.45 and 0.22 nM in the rat gland and lung and porcine gland and lung, respectively. KD values of 2.4, 5.3 and 1.3 nM were found for [3H]PAC in rodent and pig submandibular gland and pig lung, respectively. Both 3H-ligands labeled approximately the same density of sites within each tissue except in the rat lung in which [3H]PAC binding was too low to reliably estimate. In all cases the pharmacologic profile was indicative of an alpha-2 adrenergic receptor site. However, the Ki of yohimbine vs. [3H]PAC was 30- to 140-fold higher for the rodent relative to the porcine species. GTP decreased the affinity of (-)-epinephrine and PAC at [3H]YOH-labeled sites in the pig gland and lung, b...
The Journal of biological chemistry, Jan 25, 1985
Purified sodium channels incorporated into phosphatidylcholine (PC) vesicles mediate neurotoxin-a... more Purified sodium channels incorporated into phosphatidylcholine (PC) vesicles mediate neurotoxin-activated 22Na+ influx but do not bind the alpha-scorpion toxin from Leiurus quinquestriatus (LqTx) with high affinity. Addition of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) or phosphatidylserine to the reconstitution mixture restores high affinity LqTx binding with KD = 1.9 nM for PC/PE vesicles at -90 mV and 36 degrees C in sucrose-substituted medium. Other lipids tested were markedly less effective. The binding of LqTx in vesicles of PC/PE (65:35) is sensitive to both the membrane potential formed by sodium gradients across the reconstituted vesicle membrane and the cation concentration in the extravesicular medium. Binding of LqTx is reduced 3- to 4-fold upon depolarization to 0 mV from -50 to -60 mV in experiments in which [Na+]out/[Na+]in is varied by changing [Na+]in or [Na+]out at constant extravesicular ionic strength. It is concluded that the purified sodium channel contains the receptor si...
Synapse, 1996
Treatment with haloperidol, a dopamine receptor D-2 antagonist, for one month resulted in an incr... more Treatment with haloperidol, a dopamine receptor D-2 antagonist, for one month resulted in an increase in the mean percentage of asymmetric synapses containing a discontinuous, or perforated, postsynaptic density (PSD) [Meshul et al. (1994) Brain Res., 648:181-1951 and a change in the density of striatal glutamate immunoreactivity within those presynaptic terminals [Meshul and Tan (1994) Synapse, 18:205-2171. We speculated that this haloperidol-induced change in glutamate density might be due to an activation of the corticostriatal pathway. To determine if activation of this pathway leads to similar morphological changes previously described following haloperidol treatment, GABA (lo+ M, 0.5 1.1) was injected into the thalamic motor (W VM) nuclei daily for 3 weeks. This treatment resulted in an increase in the mean percentage of striatal asymmetric synapses containing a perforated PSD and an increase in the density of glutamate immunoreactivity within nerve terminals of asymmetric synapses containing a perforated or non-perforated PSD. Subchronic injections of GABA into the thalamic somatosensory nuclei (VPMNPL) had no effect on the mean percentage of synapses with perforated PSDs but resulted in a small, but significant, increase in density of glutamate immunoreactivity. Using in vivo microdialysis, an acute injection of GABA M, 15 pl) into VLNM resulted in a prolonged rise in the extracellular level of striatal glutamate. The increase in asymmetric synapses with perforated PSDs and in glutamate immunoreactivity within nerve terminals of the striatum following either subchronic haloperidol treatment or GABA injections into VLNM suggest that an increase in glutamate release may be a common factor in these two experiments. It is possible that the extrapyramidal side effects associated with haloperidol treatment may be due, in part, to an increase in release of glutamate within the corticostriatal pathway. o 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Science, 1990
Transfection of Chinese hamster ovary cells with complementary DNA encoding the RIIA sodium chann... more Transfection of Chinese hamster ovary cells with complementary DNA encoding the RIIA sodium channel alpha subunit from rat brain led to expression of functional sodium channels with the rapid, voltage-dependent activation and inactivation characteristic of sodium channels in brain neurons. The sodium currents mediated by these transfected channels were inhibited by tetrodotoxin, persistently activated by veratridine, and prolonged by Leiurus alpha-scorpion toxin, indicating that neurotoxin receptor sites 1 through 3 were present in functional form. The RIIA sodium channel alpha subunit cDNA alone is sufficient for stable expression of functional sodium channels with the expected kinetic and pharmacological properties in mammalian somatic cells.
Psychopharmacology, 1993
Mice have been selectively bred for genetic sensitivity (COLD) or insensitivity (HOT) to acute et... more Mice have been selectively bred for genetic sensitivity (COLD) or insensitivity (HOT) to acute ethanolinduced hypothermia. COLD mice readily develop tolerance to the hypothermic effects of ethanol (EtOH) when it is chronically administered, while HOT mice do not. A number of studies have implicated serotonergic systems in both sensitivity and the development of tolerance to the hypothermic and ataxic effects of EtOH. In the experiments reported here, we administered the serotonin (5HT) neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) to HOT and COLD mice before the acute and chronic administration of equipotent doses of EtOH. 5,7-DHT lesions significantly reduced (by about 65%) whole brain levels of 5HT in both selected lines. This treatment reduced sensitivity to acute EtOH hypothermia in COLD, but not in HOT mice, and blocked the development of tolerance only in COLD mice. Metabolites of 5HT, norepinephrine, and dopamine were generally increased in hypothalamic and brain stem tissue after acute EtOH injection, but HOT and COLD mice were not differentially susceptible to these effects. These results suggest that genes affecting 5HT systems may mediate some of the differences in response to the hypothermic effects of EtOH characterizing HOT and COLD mice.
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 1993
~-Opiate receptor binding and function were examined in mice selectively bred for sensitivity (CO... more ~-Opiate receptor binding and function were examined in mice selectively bred for sensitivity (COLD) and resistance (HOT) to ethanol-induced hypothermia. These mice also have differential hypothermic sensitivity to/~-opiates./~-Opiate receptor density was higher in the frontal cortex of HOT mice compared with COLD mice, but was the same in other brain areas. In addition, there were no line differences in Kd values. Basal adenylate cyclase (AC) activity was similar in both lines, as was the response to forskolin (FS) stimulation. Morphine was more effective at inhibiting FS-AC activity in the hypothalamus of HOT mice compared with COLD mice but was equally effective in the frontal and parietal cortex. There were no differences between lines in basal Ca 2+, Mg 2+, or Ca2+/Mg:+-ATPase activity. Further, 30 min after treatment ATPase activities were not altered in ethanol-or levorphanoltreated mice. These results suggests that/~-opiate biochemical pathways, but not ATPase enzyme systems, may be involved in mediating differential hypothermic sensitivity observed in HOT and COLD mice.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1980
Copper deficiency was induced in post-weaning rats by feeding the dams a low copper diet during g... more Copper deficiency was induced in post-weaning rats by feeding the dams a low copper diet during gestation and lactation. In confirmation of an earlier study, both dopamine and norepinephrine concentrations in the total brain were approximately 30% lower in deficient than in control rats. Doparnine in the corpus striaturn was depressed nearly 60%, but the concentration of norepinephrine in the hypothalamus was unchanged. Tyrosine concentrations in the striatum, hypothalamus, and total brain were not affected by copper deficiency, suggesting a catalytic defect rather than lack of substrate. Copper repletion restored norepinephrine level in total brain but did not affect the low level of dopamine. The results suggest that copper deficiency depresses a catalytic function of the adrenergic pathways and, further, adversely affects a structural component of the dopaminergic system during development.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1993
To investigate the role of the neuronal growth-associated protein GAP-43 (neuromodulin, B-50, FI,... more To investigate the role of the neuronal growth-associated protein GAP-43 (neuromodulin, B-50, FI, P-57) in neurotransmitter release, we transfected PC I 2 cells with a recombinant expression vector coding for antisense human GAP-43 cRNA. Two stable transfectants, designated AS 1 and AS2, were selected that had integrated the recombinant sequence and expressed antisense GAP-43 RNA. Immunoblot analysis of proteins from AS 1 and AS2 cells indicated that the level of GAP-43 in these cell lines was reduced. In the presence of extracellular calcium, a depolarizing concentration of K+ (56 mA4) evoked dopamine release from control cells, but not from AS1 and AS2 cells. Similarly, the calcium ionophore A23 187 evoked dopamine release from control cells, but was ineffective in stimulating dopamine release from AS 1 and AS2 cells. The antisense transfectants, as well as the control cells, contained appreciable quantities of dopamine and secretory granules with a normal appearance. Because the expression of antisense GAP-43 RNA in PC 12 cells leads to a decrease in GAP-43 expression and to the loss of evoked dopamine release, these results provide evidence of a role for GAP-43 in calcium-dependent neurotransmitter release.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1982
Neonatal copper deficiency produced alterations in central neurotransmitter receptors that were s... more Neonatal copper deficiency produced alterations in central neurotransmitter receptors that were selective with respect both to brain region and to neurotransmitter receptor type. Both high-and low-affinity dopamine receptor densities in the corpus striatum were significantly lowered, 55% and 29%, respectively, when expressed on a wet weight basis. There was a significant decrease in the level of muscarinic receptors in the striatum whether expressed on the basis of wet weight (50%) or protein (27%). A smaller reduction in muscarinic receptor density was observed in the cortex, whereas there was no effect of copper deficiency in the cerebellum. The treatment did not change P-adrenergic receptor binding in either the cortex or cerebellum. The affinities of the receptors for the ligands was not affected by the low-copper diet. It was previously reported that copper deficiency produces regionally specific decreases in the concentrations of dopamine and norepinephrine. The greatest reduction occurred in the concentration of dopamine in the corpus striatum. The results from both studies suggest that copper deficiency in post-weanling rats may induce a selective morphological lesion.
Eur J Pharmacol, 1988
Withdrawal seizure prone (WSP) and withdrawal seizure resistant (WSR) lines of mice~ have been ge... more Withdrawal seizure prone (WSP) and withdrawal seizure resistant (WSR) lines of mice~ have been genetically selected based on the severity of handling-induced convulsions after identical chronic ethanol exposure. The present experiments showed that naive WSP mice were more sensitive than WSR mice to a subconvulsant dose of picrotoxin, bicuculline or pentylenetetrazole as measured by the ability of these drugs to exacerbate handling-induced convulsions. This may reflect a difference between lines in the GABA-chloride channel. The density and affinity of [3Ss]t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate (TBPS) binding sites, a cage convulsant which binds to the picrotoxin site on the GABA-chloride channel, was measured in the frontal cortex, remainder of the cortex, cerebellum and hippocampus. The binding properties of [ 3 H]flunitrazepam and the potency of "t-aminobutyric acid (GABA) to enhance flunitrazepam binding was characterized in whole brain samples. There were no differences between lines. The behavioral results suggest a role for the GABA-chloride channel in the differential ethanol withdrawal seizure behavior of WSR and WSP mice, but this is not due to changes in receptor densities or affinities.
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
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xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference, 2007
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1984
The alpha-2 adrenergic antagonist [3H]yohimbine (YOH) and the alpha-2 agonist [3H]p-aminoclonidin... more The alpha-2 adrenergic antagonist [3H]yohimbine (YOH) and the alpha-2 agonist [3H]p-aminoclonidine (PAC) saturably label high-affinity binding sites in the submandibular gland from 3-week-old rats and 5-week-old pigs and in the lung from neonatal rats and 5-week-old pigs. [3H]YOH had KD values of 5.5, 1.8, 0.45 and 0.22 nM in the rat gland and lung and porcine gland and lung, respectively. KD values of 2.4, 5.3 and 1.3 nM were found for [3H]PAC in rodent and pig submandibular gland and pig lung, respectively. Both 3H-ligands labeled approximately the same density of sites within each tissue except in the rat lung in which [3H]PAC binding was too low to reliably estimate. In all cases the pharmacologic profile was indicative of an alpha-2 adrenergic receptor site. However, the Ki of yohimbine vs. [3H]PAC was 30- to 140-fold higher for the rodent relative to the porcine species. GTP decreased the affinity of (-)-epinephrine and PAC at [3H]YOH-labeled sites in the pig gland and lung, b...
The Journal of biological chemistry, Jan 25, 1985
Purified sodium channels incorporated into phosphatidylcholine (PC) vesicles mediate neurotoxin-a... more Purified sodium channels incorporated into phosphatidylcholine (PC) vesicles mediate neurotoxin-activated 22Na+ influx but do not bind the alpha-scorpion toxin from Leiurus quinquestriatus (LqTx) with high affinity. Addition of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) or phosphatidylserine to the reconstitution mixture restores high affinity LqTx binding with KD = 1.9 nM for PC/PE vesicles at -90 mV and 36 degrees C in sucrose-substituted medium. Other lipids tested were markedly less effective. The binding of LqTx in vesicles of PC/PE (65:35) is sensitive to both the membrane potential formed by sodium gradients across the reconstituted vesicle membrane and the cation concentration in the extravesicular medium. Binding of LqTx is reduced 3- to 4-fold upon depolarization to 0 mV from -50 to -60 mV in experiments in which [Na+]out/[Na+]in is varied by changing [Na+]in or [Na+]out at constant extravesicular ionic strength. It is concluded that the purified sodium channel contains the receptor si...
Synapse, 1996
Treatment with haloperidol, a dopamine receptor D-2 antagonist, for one month resulted in an incr... more Treatment with haloperidol, a dopamine receptor D-2 antagonist, for one month resulted in an increase in the mean percentage of asymmetric synapses containing a discontinuous, or perforated, postsynaptic density (PSD) [Meshul et al. (1994) Brain Res., 648:181-1951 and a change in the density of striatal glutamate immunoreactivity within those presynaptic terminals [Meshul and Tan (1994) Synapse, 18:205-2171. We speculated that this haloperidol-induced change in glutamate density might be due to an activation of the corticostriatal pathway. To determine if activation of this pathway leads to similar morphological changes previously described following haloperidol treatment, GABA (lo+ M, 0.5 1.1) was injected into the thalamic motor (W VM) nuclei daily for 3 weeks. This treatment resulted in an increase in the mean percentage of striatal asymmetric synapses containing a perforated PSD and an increase in the density of glutamate immunoreactivity within nerve terminals of asymmetric synapses containing a perforated or non-perforated PSD. Subchronic injections of GABA into the thalamic somatosensory nuclei (VPMNPL) had no effect on the mean percentage of synapses with perforated PSDs but resulted in a small, but significant, increase in density of glutamate immunoreactivity. Using in vivo microdialysis, an acute injection of GABA M, 15 pl) into VLNM resulted in a prolonged rise in the extracellular level of striatal glutamate. The increase in asymmetric synapses with perforated PSDs and in glutamate immunoreactivity within nerve terminals of the striatum following either subchronic haloperidol treatment or GABA injections into VLNM suggest that an increase in glutamate release may be a common factor in these two experiments. It is possible that the extrapyramidal side effects associated with haloperidol treatment may be due, in part, to an increase in release of glutamate within the corticostriatal pathway. o 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Science, 1990
Transfection of Chinese hamster ovary cells with complementary DNA encoding the RIIA sodium chann... more Transfection of Chinese hamster ovary cells with complementary DNA encoding the RIIA sodium channel alpha subunit from rat brain led to expression of functional sodium channels with the rapid, voltage-dependent activation and inactivation characteristic of sodium channels in brain neurons. The sodium currents mediated by these transfected channels were inhibited by tetrodotoxin, persistently activated by veratridine, and prolonged by Leiurus alpha-scorpion toxin, indicating that neurotoxin receptor sites 1 through 3 were present in functional form. The RIIA sodium channel alpha subunit cDNA alone is sufficient for stable expression of functional sodium channels with the expected kinetic and pharmacological properties in mammalian somatic cells.
Psychopharmacology, 1993
Mice have been selectively bred for genetic sensitivity (COLD) or insensitivity (HOT) to acute et... more Mice have been selectively bred for genetic sensitivity (COLD) or insensitivity (HOT) to acute ethanolinduced hypothermia. COLD mice readily develop tolerance to the hypothermic effects of ethanol (EtOH) when it is chronically administered, while HOT mice do not. A number of studies have implicated serotonergic systems in both sensitivity and the development of tolerance to the hypothermic and ataxic effects of EtOH. In the experiments reported here, we administered the serotonin (5HT) neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) to HOT and COLD mice before the acute and chronic administration of equipotent doses of EtOH. 5,7-DHT lesions significantly reduced (by about 65%) whole brain levels of 5HT in both selected lines. This treatment reduced sensitivity to acute EtOH hypothermia in COLD, but not in HOT mice, and blocked the development of tolerance only in COLD mice. Metabolites of 5HT, norepinephrine, and dopamine were generally increased in hypothalamic and brain stem tissue after acute EtOH injection, but HOT and COLD mice were not differentially susceptible to these effects. These results suggest that genes affecting 5HT systems may mediate some of the differences in response to the hypothermic effects of EtOH characterizing HOT and COLD mice.
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 1993
~-Opiate receptor binding and function were examined in mice selectively bred for sensitivity (CO... more ~-Opiate receptor binding and function were examined in mice selectively bred for sensitivity (COLD) and resistance (HOT) to ethanol-induced hypothermia. These mice also have differential hypothermic sensitivity to/~-opiates./~-Opiate receptor density was higher in the frontal cortex of HOT mice compared with COLD mice, but was the same in other brain areas. In addition, there were no line differences in Kd values. Basal adenylate cyclase (AC) activity was similar in both lines, as was the response to forskolin (FS) stimulation. Morphine was more effective at inhibiting FS-AC activity in the hypothalamus of HOT mice compared with COLD mice but was equally effective in the frontal and parietal cortex. There were no differences between lines in basal Ca 2+, Mg 2+, or Ca2+/Mg:+-ATPase activity. Further, 30 min after treatment ATPase activities were not altered in ethanol-or levorphanoltreated mice. These results suggests that/~-opiate biochemical pathways, but not ATPase enzyme systems, may be involved in mediating differential hypothermic sensitivity observed in HOT and COLD mice.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1980
Copper deficiency was induced in post-weaning rats by feeding the dams a low copper diet during g... more Copper deficiency was induced in post-weaning rats by feeding the dams a low copper diet during gestation and lactation. In confirmation of an earlier study, both dopamine and norepinephrine concentrations in the total brain were approximately 30% lower in deficient than in control rats. Doparnine in the corpus striaturn was depressed nearly 60%, but the concentration of norepinephrine in the hypothalamus was unchanged. Tyrosine concentrations in the striatum, hypothalamus, and total brain were not affected by copper deficiency, suggesting a catalytic defect rather than lack of substrate. Copper repletion restored norepinephrine level in total brain but did not affect the low level of dopamine. The results suggest that copper deficiency depresses a catalytic function of the adrenergic pathways and, further, adversely affects a structural component of the dopaminergic system during development.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1993
To investigate the role of the neuronal growth-associated protein GAP-43 (neuromodulin, B-50, FI,... more To investigate the role of the neuronal growth-associated protein GAP-43 (neuromodulin, B-50, FI, P-57) in neurotransmitter release, we transfected PC I 2 cells with a recombinant expression vector coding for antisense human GAP-43 cRNA. Two stable transfectants, designated AS 1 and AS2, were selected that had integrated the recombinant sequence and expressed antisense GAP-43 RNA. Immunoblot analysis of proteins from AS 1 and AS2 cells indicated that the level of GAP-43 in these cell lines was reduced. In the presence of extracellular calcium, a depolarizing concentration of K+ (56 mA4) evoked dopamine release from control cells, but not from AS1 and AS2 cells. Similarly, the calcium ionophore A23 187 evoked dopamine release from control cells, but was ineffective in stimulating dopamine release from AS 1 and AS2 cells. The antisense transfectants, as well as the control cells, contained appreciable quantities of dopamine and secretory granules with a normal appearance. Because the expression of antisense GAP-43 RNA in PC 12 cells leads to a decrease in GAP-43 expression and to the loss of evoked dopamine release, these results provide evidence of a role for GAP-43 in calcium-dependent neurotransmitter release.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1982
Neonatal copper deficiency produced alterations in central neurotransmitter receptors that were s... more Neonatal copper deficiency produced alterations in central neurotransmitter receptors that were selective with respect both to brain region and to neurotransmitter receptor type. Both high-and low-affinity dopamine receptor densities in the corpus striatum were significantly lowered, 55% and 29%, respectively, when expressed on a wet weight basis. There was a significant decrease in the level of muscarinic receptors in the striatum whether expressed on the basis of wet weight (50%) or protein (27%). A smaller reduction in muscarinic receptor density was observed in the cortex, whereas there was no effect of copper deficiency in the cerebellum. The treatment did not change P-adrenergic receptor binding in either the cortex or cerebellum. The affinities of the receptors for the ligands was not affected by the low-copper diet. It was previously reported that copper deficiency produces regionally specific decreases in the concentrations of dopamine and norepinephrine. The greatest reduction occurred in the concentration of dopamine in the corpus striatum. The results from both studies suggest that copper deficiency in post-weanling rats may induce a selective morphological lesion.