PMID- 8534270 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19960130 LR - 20231213 IS - 0006-2952 (Print) IS - 0006-2952 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 1 DP - 1996 Jan 12 TI - Radiolabelling of the human 5-HT2A receptor with an agonist, a partial agonist and an antagonist: effects on apparent agonist affinities. PG - 71-6 AB - Previous work has shown that 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)2A receptors can be radiolabelled with various radioligands, including partial agonists, such as [125I]-DOI and [3H]-DOB, and antagonists, such as [3H]-ketanserin and [3H]-spiperone. Because 5-HT has high affinity for the 5-HT2A receptor when displacing [3H]-DOB, the purpose of the present study was to determine whether or not the receptor could be labelled with [3H]-5-HT and what would be the effect of labelling the receptor with various radioligands having differing efficacies at the receptor. Consequently, the human 5-HT2A receptor stably expressed in NIH 3T3 cells was radiolabelled with the endogenous agonist [3H]-5-HT, the partial agonist [3H]-DOB, and the antagonist [3H]-ketanserin. The receptor could be radiolabelled with [3H]-5-HT with a Kd value of 1.3 +/- 0.1 nM and a Bmax value of 3461 +/- 186 fmoles/mg protein and the radiolabelling was sensitive to the stable guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) analogue guanylyl-imidodiphosphate (GMP-PNP). Ketanserin labeled significantly more receptors (Kd = 1.1 +/- 0.1 nM: Bmax = 27,684 +/- 1500 fmoles/mg protein) than [3H]-DOB (Kd = 0.8 +/- 0.08 nM: Bmax = 8332 +/- 16 fmoles/mg protein) which, in turn, labelled significantly more receptors than [3H]-5-HT. The apparent affinity of antagonists did not change when the receptor was radiolabelled with either [3H]-agonists or [3H]-antagonists; however, agonists had a higher apparent affinity for [3H]-agonist-labeled receptors than for [3H]-antagonist-labeled receptors. Therefore, the apparent affinity of agonists for the 5-HT2A receptor estimated from displacement experiments depends on the intrinsic efficacy of the radioligand used. FAU - Sleight, A J AU - Sleight AJ AD - Pharma Division, Preclinical Research, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Stam, N J AU - Stam NJ FAU - Mutel, V AU - Mutel V FAU - Vanderheyden, P M AU - Vanderheyden PM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Biochem Pharmacol JT - Biochemical pharmacology JID - 0101032 RN - 0 (Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A) RN - 0 (Receptors, Serotonin) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Serotonin Antagonists) RN - 0 (Serotonin Receptor Agonists) RN - 15588-95-1 (DOM 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Methylamphetamine) RN - 32156-26-6 (2,5-dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine) RN - 333DO1RDJY (Serotonin) RN - 97F9DE4CT4 (Ketanserin) SB - IM MH - DOM 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Methylamphetamine/analogs & derivatives/metabolism MH - 3T3 Cells MH - Animals MH - Binding, Competitive MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Ketanserin/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Radioligand Assay MH - Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A MH - Receptors, Serotonin/*metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins MH - Serotonin/metabolism MH - Serotonin Antagonists/*chemistry MH - Serotonin Receptor Agonists/*chemistry EDAT- 1996/01/12 00:00 MHDA- 1996/01/12 00:01 CRDT- 1996/01/12 00:00 PHST- 1996/01/12 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/01/12 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/01/12 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0006295295021221 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02122-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Pharmacol. 1996 Jan 12;51(1):71-6. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02122-1.