Chronic 5-HT2 receptor antagonist treatment alters 5-HT1A autoregulatory control of 5-HT release in rat brain in vivo

Kidd, Emma Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5507-1170, Leysen, J. E. and Marsden, C. A. 1990. Chronic 5-HT2 receptor antagonist treatment alters 5-HT1A autoregulatory control of 5-HT release in rat brain in vivo. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 34 (1-3) , pp. 91-98. 10.1016/0165-0270(90)90046-I

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Abstract

Rats treated chronically (14 days) with the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist ritanserin, show decreased 5-HT2 receptor numbers in the frontal cortex. The present experiments were designed to investigate the effects of acute and chronic ritanserin treatment on the autoregulatory control of the release of 5-HT and its metabolite 5-HIAA in vivo in rats using intracerebral dialysis. Neither acute nor chronic ritanserin treatment altered basal extracellular levels of 5-HT or 5-HIAA, suggesting that 5-HT2 receptors do not directly influence 5-HT release. In the control animals, systemic stimulation of somatodendritic 5-HT1A receptors with the 5-HT1A receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT, inhibited the release of 5-HT presumably via inhibitory feedback autoregulation; an effect also seen in animals treated acutely with ritanserin. However, in the animals treated chronically with ritanserin, administration of 8-OH-DPAT produced an initial increase in extracellular 5-HT which declined gradually to the end of the experiment. These results suggest that chronic, but not acute, 5-HT2 receptor antagonist treatment attenuates the 5-HT1A receptor-mediated autoregulation of 5-HT release. The underlying mechanisms have yet to be ascertained.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Pharmacy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	5-HT2 receptors; 5-HT1A receptors; 5-HT release in vivo in rat brain
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0165-0270
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/14753

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