title: 5-HT2 receptor binding and 5-HT uptake in mouse brain: developmental changes and the relationship to audiogenic seizure susceptibility in DBA/2J mice.
abstract: Abnormal function of serotonergic neurones may be involved in the age-related susceptibility of DBA/2J mice to generalised convulsions induced by auditory stimulation. We have measured 5-HT2 receptor binding sites and synaptosomal 5-HT uptake in 5 brain regions of DBA/2J mice at ages before, during and after their maximal susceptibility to audiogenic seizures and in age-matched C57 B1/6 mice, a strain resistant to audiogenic seizures at all ages. The number of 5-HT2 binding sites was 20% higher in the cerebral cortex of DBA/2J than C57 B1/6 mice at the time of maximal susceptibility of DBA/2J mice to audiogenic seizures but did not differ at other ages. The number of 5-HT2 binding sites did not differ between the two strains at the ages studied in forebrain, mid-brain, hippocampus and pons-medulla. A marked reduction in the number of 5-HT2 binding sites was apparent in the mid-brain, hippocampus and pons-medulla of both strains of mice between 13-15 days of age and 21-23 days of age. Synaptosomal 5-HT uptake did not differ significantly between DBA/2J and C57 B1/6 in any of the brain regions at the ages studied. The higher density of cortical 5-HT2 binding sites in DBA/2J mice may contribute to their susceptibility to sound-induced seizures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Jazrawi
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012640:Seizures / Q000378:metabolism*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin