Failure to find interference between anti-HLA antibodies and chlorpromazine

Biol Psychiatry. 1990 Mar 15;27(6):642-8. doi: 10.1016/0006-3223(90)90532-7.

Abstract

Chlorpromazine has been reported to interfere with the action of alloantibodies directed against HLA-A1. We attempted to replicate this finding using peripheral blood lymphocytes from 3 healthy donors in a complement-mediated lymphocytotoxicity assay. We were unable to find evidence of interference between chlorpromazine and the anti-HLA sera tested. Possible reasons for the difference between our finding and the previous report, as well as the implications for schizophrenia, are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chlorpromazine / pharmacology*
  • Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • HLA-A1 Antigen / immunology*
  • HLA-B8 Antigen / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Isoantibodies / analysis*
  • T-Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • HLA-A1 Antigen
  • HLA-B8 Antigen
  • Isoantibodies
  • Chlorpromazine