Different effects of serotonin antagonists on /sup 3/H-mianserin and /sup 3/H-ketanserin recognition sites
In minces prepared from the frontal cortex of rats treated with ketanserin (10 mg/kg i.p.) or mianserin (5 mg/kg i.p.) twice daily for 21 days, the Vmax of the adenylate cyclase stimulated by NE (100 ..mu..M) is attenuated, suggesting that ketanserin and mianserin share with a number of antidepressants the ability to attenuate the adenylate cyclase stimulation by NE. Ketanserin, given with the above mentioned dose schedule for 7 consecutive days, reduced the Bmax of 5HT/sub 2/ recognition sites but failed to change either the Bmax or the apparent Kd of /sup 3/H-mianserin binding. A significant decrease in the Bmax of 5HT/sub 2/ binding sites is elicited also by a single injection of mianserin. This drug also down-regulates its own binding when given twice daily for 3 weeks. From this and other information, it is concluded that ketanserin and mianserin bind to distinct recognition sites. The possibility that 5HT/sub 2/ and mianserin recognition sites are functionally related and that serotonergic synapses are modulated by multiple chemical signals might be considered. 34 references, 3 figures.
- Research Organization:
- National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, DC
- OSTI ID:
- 5476810
- Journal Information:
- Life Sci.; (United States), Vol. 36:8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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