title: Perospirone, a novel antipsychotic agent, hyperpolarizes rat dorsal raphe neurons via 5-HT1A receptor.
abstract: To investigate the effect of cis-N-[4-[4-(1,2-benz-isozole-3-yl)-1-piperazinyl]butyl] cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboximide hydrochloride (perospirone), a novel antipsychotic agent with high affinities for D(2)/5-HT(2) receptors, on the rat dorsal raphe (DR) neurons, an electrophysiological study was performed using the tight-seal whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Applications of perospirone at the concentration between 10(-)(9) and 10(-)(5) M hyperpolarized the membrane potential and inhibited spontaneous action potentials of the DR neurons in a concentration-dependent manner. This effect of perospirone on DR neurons is similar to that of typical 5HT(1A)-receptor agonists, including 8-OH-DPAT or tandospirone. In addition, WAY100635, a 5-HT(1A)-receptor antagonist, inhibited this perospirone-induced hyperpolarization of DR neurons, suggesting that perospirone physiologically acts on DR neurons as a 5HT(1A)-receptor agonist. These results provide new profiles of perospirone as an antipsychotic drug.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D054833:Isoindoles; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A / Q000502:physiology*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D013844:Thiazoles; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A; C065533:perospirone