title: Differential effect of cholesterol on two types of 5-hydroxytryptamine binding sites.
abstract: The specific binding of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine ([3H]5-HT, [3H]serotonin) to rat cerebral cortex is increased approximately 1.5 to 2.0 fold by cholesterol hydrogen succinate (CHS) and is solubilized into the supernatant fraction by 12 mM CHS. [3H]5-HT binding sites can be constituted by incubating the supernatant fraction obtained from CHS-treated cerebral cortex with cerebellum in which no significant [3H]5-HT binding is detectable. The constituted [3H]5-HT binding could be displaced by unlabeled 5-HT, d-lysergic acid diethylamide (d-LSD) and spiperone as could the binding to cortex membranes. Unlabeled 5-HT, d-LSD and spiperone each inhibited specific [3H]5-HT binding to constituted binding sites by 50% at about 1 X 10(-9) M. Specific [3H]spiperone binding was not detectable in the constituted membranes. Stearic acid which is reported to have similar effects on membrane fluidity as cholesterol also increased specific [3H]5-HT binding in cortical membranes. Stearic acid does not affect specific [3H]spiperone binding. These results suggest that [3H]5-HT and [3H]spiperone binding sites are affected differently by membrane fluidity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013134:Spiperone / Q000378:metabolism; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D013229:Stearic Acids; D012701:Serotonin; C031183:stearic acid; D013134:Spiperone; C013440:cholesteryl succinate