title: Further studies on the action of 5-hydroxytryptamine on lumbar motoneurones in the rat isolated spinal cord.
abstract: Using the hemisected spinal cord of the neonate rat, the effects of altered external Ca, thyrotrophin-releasing hormone (TRH) and a number of antagonists were tested on depolarizations evoked by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). Responses of populations of motoneurones were recorded via a ventral root. 5-Hydroxytryptamine depolarizations were not Ca-dependent but were enhanced in amplitude in Ca-free solutions. Raised Mg reversed this enhancement. 5-Hydroxytryptamine depolarizations persisted in the presence of Mn (1.5-3 mmol/l). TRH depolarized motoneurones; there was no evidence of modulation of 5-HT responses on concurrent application of TRH. Ritanserin (0.1 mumol/l) had a modest blocking action on 5-hydroxytryptamine depolarizations reducing the maximum; 1 mumol/l ritanserin caused a greater antagonism which was unsurmountable (pIC50 5.2). Ritanserin (0.1 or 1 mumol/l) did not depress responses to noradrenaline (NA). Ketanserin (0.1 mumol/l) caused a blockade of slow onset, equilibrium with the receptors requiring 1 h. Blockade by 0.01, 0.1 and 1 mumol/l ketanserin was concentration-dependent (pIC50 6.2). Ketanserin 1 mumol/l, but not at lower concentrations, depressed noradrenaline responses. Mianserin (0.1 mumol/l) also caused a blockade of slow onset; 0.1 or 1 mumol/l produced a flattening of the 5-hydroxytryptamine concentration-response curve but did not depress noradrenaline responses (pIC50 4.7). The pIC50 for spiperone was 8.0. DOI (10-100 mumol/l) had no detectable agonist action but at concentrations of 0.01 and 0.1 mumol/l it acted as an antagonist. Equilibration with the receptors occurred over 2 h. DOI (0.01 mumol/l) depressed 5-hydroxytryptamine but not noradrenaline responses; higher concentrations of DOI also depressed noradrenaline responses.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Great Britain.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Wallis
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Connell
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kvaltinova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D012701:Serotonin; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D002118:Calcium; D004837:Epinephrine