title: Gender and estrous cycle effects of the 5-HT1A agonist, 8-OH-DPAT, on hypothalamic serotonin.
abstract: Effects of the 5-HT1A agonist, 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT; 0.04, 0.25, or 1.0 mg/kg), on hypothalamic serotonin (5-HT), 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), and their ratio were determined in adult male rats and in diestrous, proestrous, and estrous female rats. Consistent with its action at the somatodendritic 5-HT1A autoreceptor, 8-OH-DPAT decreased the 5-HIAA/5-HT ratio, but the decrease was least evident in proestrous females and in males. Similar to hypothalamic tissue, there was also a decline in the 5-HIAA/5-HT ratio in the hippocampus after treatment with 0.25 mg/kg 8-OH-DPAT. When ovariectomized rats were treated with oil or estradiol benzoate followed 48 h later by oil or progesterone, 0.25 mg/kg 8-OH-DPAT produced a decrease in the hypothalamic 5-HIAA/5-HT ratio in every group except those rats treated with progesterone without estrogen priming. Treatment with estradiol benzoate increased hypothalamic 5-HIAA, and both progesterone and 8-OH-DPAT reduced the metabolite to the level of the ovariectomized control. These results suggest that both estrogen and progesterone contribute to an estrous cycle modulation of the 5-HT1A somatodendritic autoreceptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Texas Woman's University, Denton 76204, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maswood
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Uphouse
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004971:Estrus / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010052:Ovariectomy; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D012701:Serotonin; D004958:Estradiol; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin