title: An autoradiographic study of dextromethorphan high-affinity binding sites in rat brain: sodium-dependency and colocalization with paroxetine.
abstract: 1. The distribution and some pharmacological properties of centrally located dextromethorphan high-affinity binding sites were investigated by in vitro autoradiography. 2. Sodium chloride (50 mM) induced a 7 to 12 fold increase in dextromethorphan binding to rat brain in all areas tested. The effect of sodium was concentration-dependent with a higher dose (120 mM) exerting a smaller effect on binding. 3. [3H]-dextromethorphan binding in the presence of sodium was inhibited in the presence of the anticonvulsant phenytoin at a concentration of 100 microM, while the sigma ligand (+)-3-(-3-hydroxyphenyl)-N-(1-propyl)pipendine ((+)-PPP) had no effect on the binding, suggesting an interaction with the DM2 site. 4. The distribution of the sodium-dependent binding identified in this study correlated significantly with the distribution of the selective 5-HT uptake inhibitor [3H]-paroxetine, and paroxetine and dextromethorphan mutually displaced their binding at concentrations in the low nanomolar range. 5. These data show that dextromethorphan and paroxetine share a sodium-dependent high affinity binding site in rat brain, and suggest that dextromethorphan might interact, in the presence of sodium, with the 5-HT uptake mechanism in rat brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of London.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meoni
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tortella
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Bowery
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001665:Binding Sites; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003915:Dextromethorphan / Q000378:metabolism*; D007477:Ions; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D017374:Paroxetine / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D014316:Tritium; D012701:Serotonin; D017374:Paroxetine; D003915:Dextromethorphan; D012964:Sodium