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. 2018 Oct;16(8):1210–1223. doi: 10.2174/1570159X15666170630163616

Table 1.

Receptor-binding profile and metabolic risk of antipsychotic drugs.

  RECEPTOR BINDING PROFILE RISK
D1 D2 D3 D4 H1 H2 H3 5-HT1A 5-HT1B 5-HT2A 5-HT2B 5-HT2C 5-HT6 5-HT7 M1 M3 α1 α2A α2B α2C Transporter Weight Gain Glucose Abn Lipid Abn
Olanzapine ++ ++ ++ ++ +++ ++ + + +++ ++ ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ ++ + ++ ++   ++++ ++ ++
Zotepine ++ +++ +++ + +++ + + ++ +++ +++ +++ ++ + + +++ + +++ ++ SERT, NET +++/++++ (LD) (LD)
Clozapine + + + ++ +++ + + + ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ +++ ++ +++ ++ ++ ++   +++/++++ ++ ++
Chlorpromazine ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ + + +++ +++ ++ +++ +++ ++ ++ +++ + ++ ++   +++/++++ +/++ +/++
Sertindole +++ +++ +++ + + ++ ++++ +++ ++ +++ + + +   +++/++++ +/++ +/++
Iloperidone + +++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ +++ ++ + + +++ + + ++   +++/++++ +/++ +/++
Risperidone + +++ +++ +++ +++ + + ++ ++++ ++ ++ +++ +++ ++ ++ +++   +++ +/++ +/++
(Nor)quetiapine + + + +++ ++ ++ + + ++ + + ++ + + ++ NET +++ +/++ ++
Paliperidone + +++ +++ +++ ++ + + ++ +++ ++ + +++ +++ +++ +++ +++   +++ +/++ +/++
Asenapine +++ +++ ++++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++ +++ ++++ +++   ++ + +
Amisulpride +++ +++ +++ ++ ++   ++ + ++(LD)
Aripiprazole +++ +++ + ++ +++ + ++ ++++ ++ + ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ SERT ++ + +
Brexpiprazole + ++++ +++ +++ ++ ++++ ++ ++++ +++ + ++ +++ +++ ++ ++ ++++ SERT, NET +(LD) +(LD) +(LD)
Cariprazine ++++ ++++ ++ +++ ++ ++++ + + +   +(LD) +(LD) +(LD)
Haloperidol + +++ +++ +++ + + + + ++ + + +   + + +
Lurasidone + +++ +++ +++ + ++++ ++ ++ +++   + + +
Ziprasidone + +++ +++ ++ ++ +++ +++ ++++ ++ ++++ ++ +++ ++ + ++ ++ SERT, NET + + +

A. Receptor-binding profile. Antagonism and inverse agonism are indicated by blue color whereas partial agonism by yellow. The number of crosses and color intensity are correlated to binding affinity. Quetiapine is demonstrated along with norquetiapine, a metabolite of the drug with distinct binding profile. 100 < Ki < 1000: + weak association. 10< Ki < 100: ++ moderate association. 1< Ki < 10: +++ strong association. 1 > Ki: ++++ very strong association. [Data taken from [30, 43-45, 48-50], PDSP [47] and iPHACE [46] databases]. B. Metabolic risk. The number of crosses are correlated to risk of weight gain (maximum ++++), glucose and lipid abnormalities (maximum ++). (LD): Limited Data, abn: abnormalities. [Data taken from [4, 12, 14-20].