ISSN:
1432-1912
Keywords:
5-HT1A receptor
;
Microdialysis
;
8-OHDPAT
;
Buspirone
;
Ipsapirone
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary 1. Electrophysiological measurements of 5-HT neuronal activity report that repeated administration of 5-HT1A receptor agonists leads to desensitization of the 5-HT1A autoreceptor but this has not yet been detected in measurements of brain 5-HT synthesis or metabolism. Here we have determined the effect of repeated administration of 5-HT1A receptor agonists on brain 5-HT release using microdialysis. 2. Acute administration of the 5-HT1A receptor agonists buspirone (0.1–5 mg/kg s.c.) and ipsapirone (0.03–3 mg/kg s.c.) caused a dose-dependent decrease in 5-HT output in ventral hippocampus of the chloral hydrate anaesthetized rat. 3. The 5-HT response to buspirone (0.1 and 0.5 mg/kg s.c.) and ipsapirone (0.3 mg/kg s.c.) was significantly inhibited by pre-treatment with the 5-HT1/β-adrenoceptor antagonist pindolol (8–16 mg/kg s.c.). The 5-HT response to buspirone (0.1 mg/kg s.c.) and ipsapirone (0.3 mg/kg s.c.) was not blocked by pretreatment with a combination of the β1 and β2-adrenoceptor antagonists metoprolol and ICI 118,551 (4 mg/kg s.c.). 4. The effect of an acute challenge of buspirone (0.5 mg/kg s.c.) on 5-HT output in ventral hippocampus was not attenuated in rats treated twice daily for 14 days with 0.5 or 5 mg/kg s.c. buspirone compared to saline-injected controls. Similarly, the decrease in 5-HT induced by an acute challenge of ipsapirone (0.5 mg/kg s.c.) was not attenuated in rats treated twice daily for 14 days with 5 mg/kg s.c. ipsapirone. 5. In further experiments it was shown that the decrease in 5-HT induced in both ventral hippocampus and striatum by an acute challenge of the selective 5-HT1A receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT (0.025 mg/kg s.c.), was not attenuated in rats treated twice daily for 14 days with 1 mg/kg s.c. 8-OH-DPAT. 6. Basal levels of 5-HT in hippocampal and striatal microdialysates of animals treated repeatedly with the 5-HT1A receptor agonists were not consistently altered relative to treatment controls. 7. In agreement with earlier studies measuring regional brain 5-HT synthesis and metabolism, the present microdialysis measurements of 5-HT release indicate that the inhibitory effect of 5-HT1A receptor agonists on presynaptic 5-HT function is maintained in rats treated repeatedly with the same drugs.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00171331
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