Ketanserin
Ketanserin (INN, USAN, BAN) (brand name Sufrexal; former developmental code name R41468) is a drug used clinically as an antihypertensive agent and in scientific research to study the serotonin system; specifically, the 5-HT2 receptor family.[1] It was discovered at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1980.[2][3]
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| Trade names | Sufrexal |
| Other names | R41468; R-41468; R-41,468 |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.070.598  |
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| Formula | C22H22FN3O3 |
| Molar mass | 395.434 g·mol−1 |
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Medical use
Ketanserin is classified as an antihypertensive by the World Health Organization[4] and the National Institute of Health.[5]
It has been used to reverse pulmonary hypertension caused by protamine (which in turn was administered to reverse the effects of heparin overdose).[6]
The reduction in hypertension is not associated with reflex tachycardia.[7]
It has been used in cardiac surgery.[8]
A 2000 Cochrane Review found that, compared to placebo, ketanserin did not provide significant relief for people suffering from Raynaud's phenomenon attacks in the setting of progressive systemic sclerosis (an autoimmune disorder). While the frequency of the attacks was unaffected by ketanserin, there was a reduction in the duration of the individual attacks. However, due to the significant adverse effect burden, the authors concluded that ketanserin's utility for this indication is likely unbeneficial.[9]
Research use
With tritium (3H) radioactively labeled ketanserin is used as a radioligand for serotonin 5-HT2 receptors, e.g. in receptor binding assays and autoradiography.[10] This radio-labeling has enabled the study of serotonin 5-HT2A receptor distribution in the human brain.[11]
An autoradiography study of the human cerebellum has found an increasing binding of 3H-ketanserin with age (from below 50 femtomol per milligram tissue at around 30 years of age to over 100 above 75 years).[12] The same research team found no significant correlation with age in their homogenate binding study.
Ketanserin has also been used with carbon (11C) radioactively labeled NNC112 in order to image cortical D1 receptors without contamination by 5-HT2 receptors.[13]
Pharmacology
Ketanserin is a high-affinity non-selective antagonist of 5-HT2 receptors in rodents,[14][15] with Ki values of 2–3 nM for the 5-HT2A receptor and 28 nM for the 5-HT2C receptor).[14][16] In primates including humans however, ketanserin is a more selective antagonist of the 5-HT2A over the 5-HT2C receptor,[14] with Ki values of 2–3 nM for the 5-HT2Areceptor and 130 nM for the 5-HT2C receptor.[14] In addition to the 5-HT2 receptors, ketanserin is also a high affinity antagonist for the H1 receptor (Ki = 2 nM),[14][17] and has measurable albeit relatively low affinity for a number of other receptors:
- α1-adrenergic receptors (Ki = ~40 nM)[17]
- α2-adrenergic receptors = ~200 nM)
- 5-HT1D receptors (Ki = ? nM) [16][18]
- 5-HT2B receptors (Ki = ? nM)[19]
- 5-HT6 receptors (Ki = ~300 nM)[20]
- 5-HT7 receptors (Ki = ? nM)[16]
- D1 receptors (~300 nM)[17]
- D2 receptors (Ki = ~500 nM) receptors.[14][17]
It has also been found to block the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2).[21][22]
See also
References
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- ATC/DDD Index
- Ketanserin
- van der Starre PJ, Solinas C (1996). "Ketanserin in the treatment of protamine-induced pulmonary hypertension". Texas Heart Institute Journal. 23 (4): 301–4. PMC 325377. PMID 8969033.
- Hodsman NB, Colvin JR, Kenny GN (May 1989). "Effect of ketanserin on sodium nitroprusside requirements, arterial pressure control and heart rate following coronary artery bypass surgery". British Journal of Anaesthesia. 62 (5): 527–31. doi:10.1093/bja/62.5.527. PMID 2786422.
- Elbers PW, Ozdemir A, van Iterson M, van Dongen EP, Ince C (December 2008). "Microcirculatory Imaging in Cardiac Anesthesia: Ketanserin Reduces Blood Pressure But Not Perfused Capillary Density". J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 23 (1): 95–101. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2008.09.013. PMID 19058975.
- Pope, J; Fenlon, D; Thompson, A; Shea, B; Furst, D; Wells, G; Silman, A (2000). "Ketanserin for Raynaud's phenomenon in progressive systemic sclerosis". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2): CD000954. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000954. PMC 7032891. PMID 10796396.
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- Catafau AM, Searle GE, Bullich S, Gunn RN, Rabiner EA, Herance R, Radua J, Farre M, Laruelle M (2010). "Imaging cortical dopamine D1 receptors using 11C NNC112 and ketanserin blockade of the 5-HT 2A receptors". J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 30 (5): 985–93. doi:10.1038/jcbfm.2009.269. PMC 2949183. PMID 20029452.
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