title: Guanine nucleotide effects on agonist binding to serotonin 5HT2 receptors in rat frontal cortex.
abstract: Specific [3H]ketanserin binding to serotonin 5-HT2 receptors of rat frontal cortex tissue is of high affinity, saturable and unaffected by guanine nucleotides. Antagonists displace [3H]ketanserin from a single recognition site (pseudo-Hill coefficients close to unity), which is also unaffected by guanine nucleotides. Agonist displacement of either [3H]ketanserin or [3H]spiperone from three different membrane preparations showed pseudo-Hill coefficients less than one, and may be described in terms of two agonist binding sites with differing agonist affinities. In the presence of guanine nucleotides, overall agonist affinity was lowered slightly, with little or no change in pseudo-Hill coefficient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, U.K.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shearman
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Strange
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013134:Spiperone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D013134:Spiperone; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D007650:Ketanserin; D008274:Magnesium