title: The effect of intraventricular administration of the 5-HT3 receptor agonist 2-methylserotonin on the release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens: an in vivo chronocoulometric study.
abstract: In the present study we have examined the effects of the serotonin3 (5-HT3) agonist 2-methylserotonin (2-Me-5HT) on the dopamine (DA) release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) of rats using in vivo chronocoulometric recording. The intraventricular (i.c.v.) administration of 2-Me-5HT dose-dependently increased the DA release in the NAc. This effect was blocked by the selective 5-HT3 antagonist BRL-43694 (granisetron), but not by the 5-HT1/5-HT2 antagonist metergoline. The i.c.v. injection of 8-hydroxydipropylaminotetraline (8-OHDPAT, a selective 5-HT1a agonist) or (+/-)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOI, a 5-HT2/5-HT1c agonist) failed to alter the DA release in the NAc. The increase in the DA release produced by 2-Me-5HT was abolished in animals that had received acute bilateral injections of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) into the medial forebrain bundle. Our results suggest that the 2-Me-5HT-induced DA release in the NAc is mediated by 5-HT3 receptors. In addition, 2-Me-5HT induced effect is dependent upon the impulse flow of DA cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8790.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ashby
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kasser
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016627:Oxidopamine; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000378:metabolism*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin; C045918:2-methyl-5-HT; D016627:Oxidopamine; D004298:Dopamine