Synapse 2005-03-01

Phenytoin differentially modulates the affinity of agonist and antagonist ligands for sigma 1 receptors of guinea pig brain.

Enrique J Cobos, José M Baeyens, Esperanza Del Pozo

Index: Synapse 55(3) , 192-5, (2005)

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Abstract

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 microM and 1 mM) concentration-dependently increased the affinity of the sigma(1) agonists dextromethorphan, (+)-SKF-10,047, (+)-3-PPP, and PRE-084. However, neither DPH 250 microM 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.

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