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Performed in the practical was an experiment which was used to determine the number of dopamine D1 receptors in the striatum of a rat, along with the binding affinity of these receptors. In the total receptor binding experiment, the 3H-SCH 23390 was added to homogenised rat striatum tissue and Tris ion buffer in descending concentrations of 3H-SCH 23390. No flupentixol was added to these experiments. The lack of flupentixol allowed the binding of both specific binding to the D1 receptor and the non-specific binding to other binding sites to occur. The results in this experiment were as predicted. The descending concentrations of 3H-SCH 23390 meant that less radioactive labelling would be picked up as well as less binding specifically and non-specifically …show more content…

This is noted in my results as the highest concentration of 3H-SCH 23390 in the tube has the highest binding (fmol/mg) value at 72.939465fmol/mg, and the proceeding tubes have a descending binding value as the concentration of 3H-SCH 23390 is decreased. The lowest binding value, with the smallest 3H-SCH 23390 concentration is the average of tube 11 and 12, which is 10.249145fmol/mg. Proceeding that experiment, an experiment similar to the previous experiment, in that descending concentrations of 3H-SCH 23390 were utilised in the same way as the previous experiment - duplicates having the same amount of 3H-SCH 23390, but subsequent pairs of tubes having a stepwise lower concentration of 3H-SCH 23390 than the duplicate pairs of tubes prior to them – was carried out. This experiment aimed to calculate the amount of non-specific binding of 3H-SCH 23390. This was done by adding a high concentration flupentixol to the tubes. In order to accommodate the additional liquid, less Tris ion buffer was used. Flupentixol, as mentioned in the introduction, is a D1 receptor antagonist and binds to the D1 receptor, blocking it, and preventing the binding of any additional substrate. This was done by having a higher concentration of flupentixol than …show more content…

The standards were further diluted to 100µl aliquots from their previous 50µl. The standard concentration is as predicted as the lowest concentration of 3H-SCH 23390 gives rise to the lowest nM value, at 0.06774016nM, and the highest concentration of 3H-SCH 23390 gives rise to the highest nM value, at 1.53742914nM. The specific binding was calculated from the total binding minus the non-specific binding and it gave results as predicted. The highest concentration of 3H-SCH 23390 of non-specific binding was subtracted from the highest concentration of 3H-SCH 23390 of total binding, and continued down to the lowest values of 3H-SCH 23390 for total and non-specific binding. The highest specific binding, seen with the highest 3H-SCH 23390 concentration, was 65.091245fmol/mg, and the lowest specific binding, seen with the lowest 3H-SCH 23390 concentration, was

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