title: Modulation of benzodiazepine receptor binding: insight into pharmacological efficacy.
abstract: The effects of GABA on the binding of analogues of benzodiazepines, triazolopyridazines, beta-carbolines and imidazodiazepines were examined in ligand/[3H] flunitrazepam competition experiments. GABA increased the potency of anxiolytics, like flunitrazepam, whereas the potency of benzodiazepine antagonists, like Ro15-1788, was largely insensitive to the influence of GABA. Several other agents including pyrazolopyridines, barbiturates and etomidate caused a chloride dependent enhancement of [3H] flunitrazepam binding but not an enhancement of [3H] propyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate binding.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008024:Ligands; D051381:Rats; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid