Phenothiazine‐Derived Antipsychotic Drugs Inhibit Dynamin and Clathrin‐Mediated Endocytosis

Chlorpromazine is a phenothiazine‐derived antipsychotic drug ( APD ) that inhibits clathrin‐mediated endocytosis ( CME ) in cells by an unknown mechanism. We examined whether its action and that of other APDs might be mediated by the GTPase activity of dynamin. Eight of eight phenothiazine‐derived APDs inhibited dynamin I ( dynI ) in the 2–12 µ m range, the most potent being trifluoperazine ( IC 50 2.6 ± 0.7 µ m ). They also inhibited dynamin II...