Effects of H-Phe-Ile-Tyr-His-Ser-Tyr-Lys-OH on the in vitro uptake and release of radiolabelled dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin in rat brain hypothalamic slices.
The effects of H-Phe-Ile-Tyr-His-Ser-Tyr-Lys-OH, a hypothalamic heptapeptide with weak CRF activity were investigated on the in vitro uptake and release of radiolabelled dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA) and serotonin (5-HT) in rat brain hypothalamic slices. In a doses of 5 X 10(-6) M and 10(-5) M the heptapeptide significantly increased the 5-HT uptake, whereas it had no effect on the DA and NA uptakes. The same doses (5 X 10(-6) M, 10(-5) M) significantly increased the DA release without affecting the NA and 5-HT release. These results suggest that H-Phe-Ile-Tyr-His-Ser-Tyr-Lys-OH as a hypothalamic peptide is able to modulate selectively the activity of the serotonergic and dopaminergic transmission without influencing the noradrenergic system in the hypothalamus.
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
D009842:Oligopeptides; D014316:Tritium; D012701:Serotonin; C036810:H-phenylalanyl-isoleucyl-tyrosyl-histidyl-seryl-tyrosyl-lysine; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine