title: The effects of rubidium, caesium and quinine on 5-HT-mediated behaviour in rat and mouse--1. Rubidium.
abstract: The administration of TCP (15 mg/kg, i.p.) to rats pretreated with either intraperitoneal RbCl (3 mmol/kg, twice daily for 5 days) or dietary RbCl (30 mmol/kg diet, for 14 days), resulted in the complete 5-HT behavioural syndrome. Pretreatment with p-chlorophenylalanine (i.p. 300 mg/kg x2) or (-)-propranolol (20 mg/kg, i.p.), pindolol (4 mg/kg, i.p.) and ritanserin (0.4 mg/kg, s.c.) prevented the occurrence of the 5-HT syndrome, produced by dietary RbCl plus TCP. Intraperitoneal administration of RbCl had no effect upon the 5-HT behavioural syndrome, produced by 8-OH-DPAT (0.5 mg/kg, s.c.) or 5-MeODMT (2 mg/kg, i.p.) but enhanced the 5-HT syndrome produced by quipazine (20 mg/kg, i.p.), DOI (8 mg/kg, s.c.), p-chloramphetamine (4 mg/kg, i.p.) or by TCP plus L-tryptophan (50 mg/kg, i.p.) in rats. Dietary administration of RbCl resulted in the enhancement of the 5-HT2-mediated head-twitches in the mouse and the attenuation of hypothermia in the mouse, induced by 8-OH-DPAT (0.5 mg/kg, s.c.). The accumulation of 5-HT (after inhibition of monoamine oxidase) and the rate of synthesis of 5-HT in the whole brain (minus cerebellum) were enhanced by dietary and intraperitoneal administration of RbCl, respectively. The effects of lithium and rubidium, respectively, on 5HT function in brain are compared.
authors.affiliation: MRC Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Grahame-Smith
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000818:Animals; D065105:Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012413:Rubidium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D014191:Tranylcypromine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010133:p-Chloroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D065105:Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D015221:Potassium Channels; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D012701:Serotonin; D014191:Tranylcypromine; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D010133:p-Chloroamphetamine; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D012413:Rubidium