title: High-affinity imipramine binding and serotonin uptake in platelets of eight adolescent and ten adult obsessive-compulsive patients.
abstract: The authors evaluated high-affinity [3H]imipramine binding and [3H]serotonin uptake to platelets in eight adolescent and 10 adult patients who met DSM-III criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder in comparison with those of normal control subjects of similar ages. The maximal binding of [3H]imipramine was significantly lower in adults and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder than in the control subjects. No differences between groups in the affinity of [3H]imipramine to its binding sites or in serotonin uptake kinetic measures were detected. The lower density of [3H]imipramine binding sites in platelet membrane in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder might implicate involvement of the serotonergic system or might represent an adaptive response to a chronic disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000378:metabolism; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; C027775:imipramine receptor; D012701:Serotonin; D007099:Imipramine