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Abstract:
Receptor binding of imipramine in human platelets was assessed by filtration through glass-fiber filters and by equilibrium dialysis. Both methods yield drug-receptor dissociation constants of similar magnitude (10(-9) M) to literature values. However, the density of binding sites (Bmax) was fivefold lower by filtration (473 +/- 92 fmol/mg protein) compared to equilibrium dialysis (2652 +/- 765 fmol/mg protein). Dialysis allows direct assessment of free imipramine and avoids drug loss during the separation step of the filtration assay. Additional advantages were found for computer nonlinear regression analysis of untransformed data to eliminate errors owing to linear transformation in the Scatchard analysis and for simultaneous quantitation of nonspecific and total drug binding.
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