Effect of lofepramine and other antidepressants on the uptake of 5-hydroxytryptamine and noradrenaline into rat brain monoaminergic neurons
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
- Vol. 29 (1), 139-142
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7158.1977.tb11270.x
Abstract
Lofepramine, (N‐methyl‐N‐[4‐chlorobenzoylmethyl]‐3‐[10, 11‐dihydro‐5H‐dibenz(b,f)‐azepin‐5‐yl]‐propylamine hydrochloride), is a new antidepressant with low toxicity and no peripheral anticholinergic activity. Its effect on 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT) and noradrenaline uptake into rat brain monoaminergic neurons was studied and compared with that of other antidepressants, particularly with that of imipramine and desipramine. Lofepramine inhibited both 5‐HT and noradrenaline uptake into synaptosomal fractions in vitro but was 4 times more potent in inhibiting noradrenaline than 5‐HT uptake, indicating the effect resembles that of desipramine. Noradrenaline uptake was also preferentially inhibited in synaptosomes from brain of rats treated previously with lofepramine or desipramine (i.p.). Pretreatment with SKF 525A (i.p.) did not diminish the effect of lofepramine but rather potentiated it. Therefore it is suggested that the formation of desipramine is not necessary for lofepramine to exhibit the effect on amine uptake in vivo. Both lofepramine and desipramine inhibited intraventricular noradrenaline uptake into synaptosomes without any effect on 5‐HT uptake. These results suggest that lofepramine is qualitatively similar to desipramine with respect to preferential inhibition of noradrenaline uptake into central noradrenergic neurons.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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