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SYNAPSE
Volume 55, Issue 3, Pages 192-195Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20103
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sigma ligand; sigma-1 receptor; allosteric modulation; phenytoin; binding
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We evaluated the effects of phenytoin (DPH) on the affinity for sigma-1 (sigma(1)) receptors of agonist or antagonist sigma(1) ligands in guinea pig brain. Heterologous competition experiments showed that DPH (250 muM and 1 mM) concentration-dependently increased the affinity of the sigma1 agonists dextromethorphan, (+)-SKF-10,047, (+)-3-PPP, and PRE-084. However, neither DPH 250 muM nor 1 mM increased (in fact, they slightly decreased) the affinity of the sigma(1) receptor antagonists haloperidol, BD 1063, NE-100, progesterone, and BD 1047. These findings suggest that allosteric modulation by DPH of the affinity of sigma(1) receptor ligands depends on the agonist or antagonist characteristics of the ligand. Therefore, determining in vitro the differential modulation by DPH of sigma(1) ligand affinity appears to constitute a procedure that can predict the pharmacological profile of different sigma(1) ligands. (C) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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