Down-regulation of sup 3 H-imipramine binding sites in rat cerebral cortex prenatal exposure to antidepressants

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Life Sciences; (USA)

OSTI ID:6650403

Montero, D; de Ceballos, M L ^[1]; Del Rio, J ^[2]

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1. Cajal Institute, Madrid (Spain)
2. Univ. of Navarra, Pamplona (Spain)

Several antidepressant drugs were given to pregnant rats in the last 15 days of gestation and {sup 3}H-imipramine binding ({sup 3}H-IMI) was subsequently measured in the cerebral cortex of the offspring. The selective serotonin (5-HT) uptake blockers chlorimipramine and fluoxetine as well as the selective monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors clorgyline and deprenyl induced, after prenatal exposure, a down-regulation of {sup 3}H-IMI binding sites at postnatal day 25. The density of these binding sites was still reduced at postnatal day 90 in rats exposed in utero to the MAO inhibitors. The antidepressants desipramine and nomifensine were ineffective in this respect. After chronic treatment of adult animals, only chlorimipramine was able to down-regulate the {sup 3}H-IMI binding sites. Consequently, prenatal exposure of rats to different antidepressant drugs affecting predominantly the 5-HT systems induces more marked and long-lasting effects on cortical {sup 3}H-IMI binding sites. The results suggest that the developing brain is more susceptible to the actions of antidepressants.

• OSTI ID: 6650403
• Journal Information: Life Sciences; (USA), Journal Name: Life Sciences; (USA) Vol. 46:22; ISSN 0024-3205; ISSN LIFSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AGE DEPENDENCE
AMINES
ANIMALS
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
AROMATICS
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
AZAARENES
AZOLES
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
BODY
BRAIN
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
CEREBRAL CORTEX
CEREBRUM
DRUGS
ENZYME INHIBITORS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDOLES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
KINETICS
MAMMALS
MEMBRANE PROTEINS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NEUROREGULATORS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PREGNANCY
PRENATAL EXPOSURE
PROTEINS
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
PYRROLES
RADIOPROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES
RATS
REACTION KINETICS
RECEPTORS
RODENTS
SEROTONIN
SYMPATHOMIMETICS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
TRYPTAMINES
VERTEBRATES