M. Ikeda et al., DIFFERENTIAL ALTERATIONS OF ION-CHANNEL BINDING-SITES IN TEMPORAL ANDOCCIPITAL REGIONS OF THE CEREBRAL-CORTEX IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE, Brain research, 630(1-2), 1993, pp. 50-56
Three ion channel binding sites were examined by means of quantitative
ligand binding autoradiography in temporal and occipital cortex from
9 patients with neuropathologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and 7 matched control subjects. The following ligands were used: I-12
5-apamin to label a population of Ca2+-sensitive K+ channels; [H-3]PN2
00-110 to label L-type voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels and [H-3]gliben
clamide to label ATP-sensitive K+ channels. Ion channel binding sites
were compared to: choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity and plaque
densities measured in the same tissue. In the temporal cortex in AD I
-125-apamin binding was increased compared to controls (e.g. superfici
al layers: control = 0.71 +/- 0.07; AD = 1.02 +/- 0.07, mean +/- S.E.M
. pmol/g tissue). In contrast, in adjacent sections [H-3]glibenclamide
binding was reduced in AD compared to controls (e.g. superficial laye
rs: control = 25.3 +/- 1.7; AD = 17.9 +/- 1.4 pmol/g tissue). [H-3]PN2
00-110 binding in temporal cortex was not altered in AD compared to co
ntrols. In the occipital cortex I-125-apamin binding was increased in
AD while both [H-3]glibenclamide and [H-3]PN-200-1 10 binding sites in
this cortical area were not different from controls. Plaque density (
per mm2) was higher in temporal (e.g. layers I-III, 43 +/- 6) than in
occipital cortex (layers I-III, 27 +/- 4) in the AD patients while ChA
T activity was reduced by 40% in temporal cortex and by 50% in occipit
al cortex compared to controls. The results suggest that the three ion
channel binding sites are located on structural elements in the brain
which are differentially affected by the pathophysiology of AD.