Potent antagonism of 5-HT(3) and 5-HT(6) receptors by olanzapine

Eur J Pharmacol. 2001 Nov 2;430(2-3):341-9. doi: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01399-1.

Abstract

The interaction of the psychotropic agent olanzapine with serotonin 5-HT(3) and 5-HT(6) receptors was investigated. Olanzapine did not contract the isolated guinea pig ileum, but blocked contractions induced by the 5-HT(3) receptor agonist 2-methyl serotonin (2-CH(3) 5-HT) with a pK(B) value of 6.38+/-0.03, close to the affinity of the 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist ondansetron. The atypical antipsychotic risperidone (1 microM) did not significantly inhibit 2-CH(3) 5-HT-induced contractions. Olanzapine had high affinity (pK(i)=8.30+/-0.06) for human 5-HT(6) receptors in radioligand binding studies. Olanzapine did not stimulate [35S]guanosine-5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate ([35S]GTPgammaS) binding to the G protein G(s) in cells containing human 5-HT(6) receptors, but inhibited 5-HT-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding (pK(B)=7.38+/-0.16). Among other antipsychotics investigated, clozapine antagonized 5-HT(6) receptors with a pK(B)=7.42+/-0.15, ziprasidone was three-fold less potent, and risperidone, quetiapine and haloperidol were weak antagonists. Thus, olanzapine was not an agonist, but was a potent antagonist at 5-HT(6) receptors and had marked antagonism at 5-HT(3) receptors.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Binding, Competitive / drug effects
  • Clozapine / pharmacology
  • Dibenzothiazepines / pharmacology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / metabolism
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Haloperidol / pharmacology
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Ileum / drug effects
  • Ileum / physiology
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Indoles / pharmacology
  • Lysergic Acid / metabolism
  • Muscle Contraction / drug effects
  • Olanzapine
  • Ondansetron / pharmacology
  • Pirenzepine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Pirenzepine / pharmacology*
  • Quetiapine Fumarate
  • Receptors, Serotonin / drug effects*
  • Receptors, Serotonin / metabolism
  • Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3
  • Risperidone / pharmacology
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Serotonin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Serotonin / pharmacology
  • Serotonin Antagonists / pharmacology*
  • Serotonin Receptor Agonists / pharmacology
  • Sulfur Radioisotopes
  • Tritium
  • Tropisetron

Substances

  • Dibenzothiazepines
  • Indoles
  • Receptors, Serotonin
  • Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3
  • Serotonin Antagonists
  • Serotonin Receptor Agonists
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • Sulfur Radioisotopes
  • serotonin 6 receptor
  • Tritium
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Quetiapine Fumarate
  • Serotonin
  • Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)
  • Pirenzepine
  • Ondansetron
  • Tropisetron
  • 2-methyl-5-HT
  • Lysergic Acid
  • Clozapine
  • Haloperidol
  • Risperidone
  • Olanzapine