title: Blockade and reversal of 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine-induced analgesia following noradrenaline depletion.
abstract: The acute effects of the 5-hydroxytryptamine agonist, 5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT), upon pain sensitivity, using shock titration, tail-flick and hot-plate methods, in noradrenaline- and 5-hydroxytryptamine-depleted rats were examined. Noradrenaline depletion, following the systemic administration of N-2-chloroethyl-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine hydrochloride (DSP4, 2 X 50 mg/kg, i.p.), caused a reversal of the analgesic effect of 5-MeO-DMT on shock-titration from hypo- to hypersensitivity, and a total blockade of the antinociceptive effect of 5-MeO-DMT upon pain responses in the hot-plate and tail-flick tests. Pretreatment with either p-chloroamphetamine (2 X 10 mg/kg) or p-chlorophenylalanine (200, 100, 100 mg/kg), that depletes central 5-hydroxytryptamine stores, failed to alter the analgesia caused by acute 5-MeO-DMT. Strong evidence is provided for the effect of central noradrenaline depletion upon the analgesic effect of the 5-HT agonist. These findings suggest an important tonic influence of the noradrenaline system upon the descending spinal 5-HT pathway in rats.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Minor
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Post
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001596:Benzylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D010134:Fenclonine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008732:Methoxydimethyltryptamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000502:physiology*; D010133:p-Chloroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D001596:Benzylamines; D008732:Methoxydimethyltryptamines; D012701:Serotonin; D010133:p-Chloroamphetamine; C012102:DSP 4; D010134:Fenclonine; D009638:Norepinephrine