title: Food intake, neuroendocrine and temperature effects of 8-OHDPAT in the rat.
abstract: Administration of 8-hydroxy-2(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OHDPAT) to rats produced dose-dependent decreases in food intake and hypothermia, increases in plasma prolactin and corticosterone, and a decrease in plasma growth hormone. 8-OHDPAT administration also induced the serotonin behavioral syndrome at all doses. Pretreatment with metergoline did not affect the 8-OHDPAT-induced behavioral syndrome or decrease in food intake but attenuated the prolactin increase and, furthermore, potentiated 8-OHDPAT-induced hypothermia. Pretreatment with ritanserin or naloxone did not modify 8-OHDPAT-induced changes in food intake, temperature or prolactin. Similarly, pretreatment with phenoxybenzamine, propranolol, clonidine, haloperidol and methiothepin also did not attenuate 8-OHDPAT-induced decreases in food intake. Administration of pindolol alone produced hyperthermia, decreased food intake and enhanced prolactin secretion. Pindolol thus appears to act as a partial 5-HT agonist in addition to being an antagonist at central 5-HT receptors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Aulakh
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Wozniak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zohar
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009281:Naphthalenes; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D011388:Prolactin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D003345:Corticosterone