Dopamine receptors on human T- and B-lymphocytes

Laura Santambrogio; Maria Lipartiti; Alessandro Bruni; Roberto Dal Toso

doi:10.1016/0165-5728(93)90170-4

Dopamine receptors on human T- and B-lymphocytes

Laura Santambrogio, Maria Lipartiti, Alessandro Bruni, Roberto Dal Toso

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Abstract

The presence of functional dopamine receptors on differentiated cells of the mammalian immune system is still under discussion. This study has utilized (-)-[³H]sulpride as a ligand to detect the presence of recognition sites of the dopamine D₂ receptor family on human T- and B-lymphocytes. The (-)-[³H]sulpiride binding was of high affinity (K_d 0.9 nM ± 0.2 nM, specific, saturable (B_max 10.2 ± 1.4 fmol/10⁶ cells) and reversible. The pharmacological characterization of the recognition site suggests, similarities mainly with the D₂ and D₄ rather than D₃ subtype of dopamine receptor. Furthermore, dopamine treatment was able to reduce the intracellular cAMP levels of lymphocytes stimulated with forskolin, thus suggesting a potential functional significance of this dopamine receptor in mediating neural-immune interactions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	113-119
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume	45
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-5728(93)90170-4
State	Published - Jun 1993
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Dopamine receptor
Human lymphocyte
Neuroimmunomodulation
Sulpiride
cAMP

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology and Allergy
Immunology
Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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