Studies of serotonin uptake and serotonin/sub 1A/ receptor using photoaffinity probes

The serotonergic system in the central nervous system (CNS) has been implicated in many physiological functions. The objectives of this study are: (1) to develop a new photoaffinity probe that can be used to identify the protein associated with the substrate binding site of the 5-HT uptake carrier, (2) to investigate the existence of different conformational states of the 5-HT carrier, (3) to solubilize the 5-HT/sub 1a/ receptor proteins from bovine hippocampus, and (4) to identify the 5-HT/sub 1a/ receptor proteins using a new photoaffinity probe, i.e., 1-(2-(4-aminophenyl)ethyl)4-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine ([3H]p-azido-PAPP), with high affinity for 5-HT/sub 1a/ receptor