title: Role of 5-HT receptors in the effect of d-fenfluramine on feeding patterns in the rat.
abstract: The effect of d-fenfluramine, 1.5 mg/kg i.p., on meal patterns was studied in rats treated i.p. with 1 mg/kg metergoline or 0.5 mg/kg ritanserin or s.c. with 3 mg/kg (+/-)cyanopindolol. d-Fenfluramine significantly reduced eating rate, meal size and total intake in the first 4 h of testing and the effects were antagonized by metergoline. (+/-)Cyanopindolol reduced total intake and the effect of d-fenfluramine on this measure; the effect of d-fenfluramine on meal size (but not on eating rate) was also reduced by (+/-)cyanopindolol. Ritanserin only reduced the rate of eating and the effect of d-fenfluramine on this measure. The results suggest that 5-HT1 receptors, possibly of the 5-HT1B type, are involved in the ability of d-fenfluramine to cause satiety in freely feeding rats.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grignaschi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samanin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D005277:Fenfluramine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008711:Metergoline / Q000494:pharmacology; D010869:Pindolol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D016713:Ritanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D016713:Ritanserin; D008711:Metergoline; D005277:Fenfluramine; C047975:cyanopindolol; D010869:Pindolol