Table 1.
Receptor profiles for the new multi-modal antidepressants compared with commonly used SSRIs and SNRIsa, b
| Drug | 5-HT1A | 5-HT1B | 5-HT2C | 5-HT3 | 5-HT7 | SERT inhibition | NET inhibition | DAT inhibition | α1-adrenergic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSRI | Citalopram (Airaksinen et al., 2004) | + + + | ||||||||
| Fluoxetine (Porter et al., 2003; Mondal et al., 2007) | ++ | + + + | ++ | |||||||
| SNRI | Duloxetine (Fava et al., 2006) | + + + | + + + | + | ||||||
| Venlafaxine (Herrera- Guzman et al., 2010) | + + + | ++ | ||||||||
| Multi-modal | Vilazodone (Laughren et al., 2011) | + + + | + + + | |||||||
| Vortioxetine (Artigas et al., 1996) | + + + | + + + | + + + | + + + | + + + | ++ | ||||
| Amitifadine/DOV 216,303 | + + + | + + + | + + + |
SSRI, serotonin reuptake inhibitor; SNRI, serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; SERT, serotonin transporter; NET, norepinephrine transporter; DAT, dopamine transporter; +, weak affinity, + + , moderate affinity; + + +, strong affinity.
Based on data from Artigas et al. (1996), Porter et al. (2003), Airaksinen et al. (2004), Fava et al. (2006), Mondal et al. (2007), Herrera-Guzman et al. (2010) and Laughren et al. (2011).
Due to the lack of data, brexpiprazole (OPC-34712) is not presented.