title: In vivo displacement by 3-PPP enantiomers of N,N-dipropyl-5,6-ADTN from dopamine receptor-binding sites in rat striatum.
abstract: The enantiomers of 3-PPP or haloperidol were injected in various doses to rats 1 hour after the established dopamine receptor ligand N,N-dipropyl-5,6-ADTN. After another 40 minutes the binding of the ligand to the striatum was measured by high performance liquid chromatography, using the level in the cerebellum as "blank". (-)-3-PPP was found to cause a maximum 71% displacement of the ligand from the striatal binding sites. Haloperidol proved to be more potent but not significantly more efficacious in displacing the ligand. However, the combined treatment with (-)-3-PPP and haloperidol caused a stronger displacement of the ligand than (-)-3-PPP alone, suggesting that the binding-site populations available for the two agents are not fully identical. (+)-3-PPP also caused displacement of the ligand but was considerably less potent than its enantiomeric twin. The results are discussed against the background of the different pharmacological profiles of the 3-PPP enantiomers and haloperidol. It is suggested that an inverse relationship may exist between receptor affinity and intrinsic activity and that such a relationship may be inherent in the mechanism underlying receptor stimulation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000378:metabolism*; D007536:Isomerism; D008297:Male; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009281:Naphthalenes; D010880:Piperidines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; C015842:2-(N,N-dipropyl)amino-5,6-dihydroxytetralin; C026539:preclamol; D006220:Haloperidol