Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic with high affinity for several serotonin receptors. This drug causes paradoxical downregulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine(2A) (5-HT)(2A) receptors, but its modulation of other serotonin receptors has not been studied. We examined the effects of clozapine and several other drugs on the regulation of rat 5-HT(6) and 5-HT(7) receptors individually expressed in transfected HeLa cells. Both 5-HT(6) and 5-HT(7) receptor densities (B(max)) were reduced by 5-carboxamidotryptamine, an agonist, and methiothepin, an inverse agonist. Clozapine reduced 5-HT(6) B(max). This suggests that 5-HT(6) receptors are also paradoxically downregulated by the antagonist clozapine. 5-Hydroxytryptamine(7) receptor B(max), on the other hand, was increased by clozapine. Clozapine's modulation of the 5-HT(6) and 5-HT(7) receptor levels may be important in the action of this atypical antipsychotic.
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