title: Effects of chlordecone exposure on brain neurotransmitters: possible involvement of the serotonin system in chlordecone-elicited tremor.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to correlate the chlordecone-elicited tremor activity with alterations of brain neurotransmitters. A single injection of chlordecone (80 mg/kg, ip) significantly increased the brain levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) but did not affect the concentrations of dopamine, dihydroxphenylacetic acid, aspartate, taurine, glutamate, glycine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). There was a dose- and time-related correlation between the increases in striatal 5-HIAA levels and tremor after chlordecone treatment. A subsequent study with pargyline indicated that the increase in striatal 5-HIAA level represented an increase in the turnover of serotonin. This study plus the previous finding that pizotifen (BC-105), a serotonin receptor blocker, attenuated chlordecone-elicited tremor strongly suggests a possible involvement of the serotonin system in mediating the tremor elicited by this insecticide.
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D007631:Chlordecone / Q000633:toxicity*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D010293:Pargyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014202:Tremor / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D010293:Pargyline; D007631:Chlordecone; D004298:Dopamine; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide