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Autoradiographic distribution of 5-HT7 receptors in the human brain using [3H]mesulergine: comparison to other mammalian species

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dc.creator Martín Cora, Francisco Javier
dc.creator Pazos, Ángel
dc.date 2008-05-12T15:57:46Z
dc.date 2008-05-12T15:57:46Z
dc.date 2004-01-07
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:15:13Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:15:13Z
dc.identifier Br J Pharmacol. 141(1): 92-104 (2004).
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjp.0705576
dc.identifier 0007-1188
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4174
dc.identifier 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705576
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/4174
dc.description PMCID: PMC1574165.-- Final full text version available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjp.0705576
dc.description [Objective] The main aim of this investigation was to delineate the distribution of the 5-HT7 receptor in human brain. Autoradiographic studies in guinea-pig and rat brain were also carried out in order to revisit and compare the anatomical distribution of 5-HT7 receptors in different mammalian species.
dc.description [Methods] Binding studies were performed in rat frontal cortex membranes using 10 nM [3H]mesulergine in the presence of raclopride (10 μM) and DOI (0.8 μM). Under these conditions, a binding site with pharmacological characteristics consistent with those of the 5-HT7 receptors was identified (rank order of binding affinity values: 5-CT > 5-HT > 5-MeOT > mesulergine ≈methiothepin >8-OH-DPAT = spiperone ≈(+)-butaclamol >> imipramine ≈(±)-pindolol >> ondansetron ≈clonidine ≈prazosin).
dc.description [Results] The autoradiographic studies revealed that the anatomical distribution of 5-HT7 receptors throughout the human brain was heterogenous. High densities were found over the caudate and putamen nuclei, the pyramidal layer of the CA2 field of the hippocampus, the centromedial thalamic nucleus, and the dorsal raphe nucleus. The inner layer of the frontal cortex, the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, the subthalamic nucleus and superior colliculus, among others, presented intermediate concentrations of 5-HT7 receptors. A similar brain anatomical distribution of 5-HT7 receptors was observed in all three mammalian species studied.
dc.description [Conclusions] By using [3H]mesulergine, we have mapped for the first time the anatomical distribution of 5-HT7 receptors in the human brain, overcoming the limitations previously found in radiometric studies with other radioligands, and also revisiting the distribution in guinea-pig and rat brain.
dc.description This study was supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (CICYT) SAF98-0064-C02-01. FJM-C held a junior research position by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Nature Publishing Group
dc.publisher British Pharmacological Society
dc.rights closedAccess
dc.subject 5-Hydroxytryptamine
dc.subject 5-HT7 receptor
dc.subject Central nervous system
dc.subject Human
dc.subject Guinea-pig
dc.subject Rat
dc.subject Quantitative autoradiography
dc.title Autoradiographic distribution of 5-HT7 receptors in the human brain using [3H]mesulergine: comparison to other mammalian species
dc.type Artículo


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