Autoradiographic evidence for the heterogeneity of 5-HT1 sites in the rat brain.
The distribution of the binding sites of a new, potent agonist of serotonin (5-HT), 8-OH-N,N-dipropyl-2-aminotetralin (PAT), was studied in the rat brain with the quantitative autoradiographic technique utilizing tritium-sensitive LKB film. The localization of [3H]PAT binding sites was very similar to that of [3H]5-HT binding sites, except in some discrete regions (choroid plexus, striatum, area preoptica lateralis, subiculum, and substantia nigra), which exhibited very low levels of labeling with [3H]PAT and high levels with [3H]5-HT. These results indicate that 5-HT1 receptors are heterogeneous, and that [3H]PAT recognizes only a 5-HT1 subclass (called 5-HT1A).
D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*
D009281:Naphthalenes; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D012701:Serotonin; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin