title: Analgesic effects of serotonin and receptor-selective serotonin agonists in the rat spinal cord.
abstract: 1. Serotonin (5-HT) and selective 5-HT receptor agonists were administered intrathecally (i.t.) in rats, and the antinociceptive efficacy of these agents was assessed on the tail-flick and hot plate tests. 2. The 5-HT receptor agonists examined in this study included the 5-HT1A agonist 8-hydroxy-N,N-dipropyl-2-aminotetralin (8-OH-DPAT), the 5-HT1B agonist m-trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP), the 5-HT2 agonist 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOI) and the 5-HT3 agonist phenylbiguanide (PBG). 3. None of these agents produced significant elevations in tail-flick latency (TFL) at doses which produced elevations in hot plate latency (HPL). 4. In contrast, the i.t. dose of 5-HT which elevated TFL also produced analgesia on the hot plate test. 5. Serotonin-induced elevations in TFL were reversed by pindolol, ritanserin and ICS 205-930, suggesting that 5-HT interacts with more than one 5-HT site in the spinal cord to produce analgesia on the tail-flick test. 6. The finding that ritanserin reversed 5-HT-induced elevations in HPL suggests that the 5-HT2 site is primarily responsible for mediating the spinal antinociceptive effects of 5-HT on the hot plate test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Rootstown 44272.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Crisp
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stafinsky
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Spanos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uram
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Perni
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Donepudi
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000662:Amphetamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D000700:Analgesics; D000818:Animals; D001645:Biguanides / Q000494:pharmacology; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D000700:Analgesics; D001645:Biguanides; D010879:Piperazines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; C018406:1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine; D012701:Serotonin; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; C015952:4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenylisopropylamine; C008846:phenyl biguanide