title: 3H-Imipramine binding sites in platelets of hospitalized psychiatric patients.
abstract: The density of platelet 3H-imipramine binding sites has been proposed as a biological marker in psychiatry. We report the range of platelet 3H-imipramine binding in 55 psychiatric patients and 11 control subjects. All blood samples were withdrawn at 2300 h (on the day of hospital admission for patients). With the use of a slight modification of a previously described 3H-imipramine binding method, a mean B max of 1,510 fmole/mg protein (range: 390-5,560; median: 1,450) and a mean Kd of 2.0 nM (range: 0.6-17.0; median: 1.4) were determined for psychiatric patients. For the controls, a mean B max of 1,590 fmole/mg protein (range: 870-2,570; median: 1,440) and a mean Kd of 1.4 nM (range 0.8-2.4; median 1.4) were determined. When patients were subdivided based on ICD-9 psychiatric diagnoses, no significant differences between distinct subgroups of psychiatric patients with respect to B max or Kd values for platelet 3H-imipramine binding could be established. Similarly, no significant difference between psychiatric patients and controls was obtained.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gentsch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lichtsteiner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gastpar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gastpar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000097:blood*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; C027775:imipramine receptor; D007099:Imipramine