title: Facilitation of serotonin (5-HT) release in the rat brain cortex by cAMP and probable inhibition of adenylate cyclase in 5-HT nerve terminals by presynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptors.
abstract: Stimulation-evoked tritium overflow was examined in superfused rat brain cortex slices (stimulus: electrical impulses; 3 Hz) and synaptosomes (stimulus: potassium 12 mmol/l) preincubated with 3H-5-HT. 1. In slices and synaptosomes, the evoked 3H overflow was facilitated by forskolin and 8-Br-cAMP, but was not affected by AH 21-132 (an inhibitor of cAMP phosphodiesterase; cis-6-(p-acetamidophenyl)-1,2,3,4,4a,10b-hexahydro-8,9-dimethoxy-2-methylbenzo [c] [1,6]-naphthyridine). In the presence of AH 21-132, the facilitatory effect of forskolin on evoked overflow was increased. 2. In slices, AH 21-132 or combined administration of forskolin plus AH 21-132 did not change the percentage of basal or evoked 3H overflow represented by unmetabolized 3H-serotonin (about 30% and 60%, respectively). 3. In slices, cocaine or 6-nitroquipazine, an inhibitor of serotonin uptake, did not influence the increase in evoked overflow produced by forskolin plus AH-21-132. Forskolin plus AH 21-132 did not alter the inhibitory effect of serotonin (examined in the presence of 6-nitroquipazine) and the facilitatory effect of metitepin (a serotonin receptor antagonist) on evoked 3H overflow, but considerably decreased the inhibitory effect of clonidine or B-HT 920 (2-amino-6-allyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-thiazolo-[5,4-d]-azepine). The present results suggest that the serotoninergic nerve terminals in the rat brain cortex are endowed with an adenylate cyclase, which is negatively coupled to the presynaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptors, but is not linked to the presynaptic autoreceptors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schlicker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Classen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Göthert
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009287:Naphthyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009287:Naphthyridines; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D005576:Colforsin; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D012701:Serotonin; C044843:AH 21-132; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases