title: 8-OH-DPAT-induced hypotensive action and sympathoexcitatory neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat.
abstract: We examined whether the selective 5-hydroxytryptamine 1A (5-HT1A) receptor agonist 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)-tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) injected systemically can act directly on sympathoexcitatory neurons located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) to cause the hypotensive effect of this agent in rats. Microinjections of 8-OH-DPAT and buspirone into the RVLM produced a dose-dependent decrease in blood pressure. Microinjections of spiperone and pindolol, 5-HT1A antagonists, into the RVLM inhibited the depressor response to 8-OH-DPAT intravenously injected or injected into the RVLM. Microiontophoretic application of 8-OH-DPAT onto RVLM sympathoexcitatory neurons inhibited the firing of RVLM sympathoexcitatory neurons and the inhibition of unit activity by 8-OH-DPAT was blocked by microiontophoretic spiperone. Intravenous administration of 8-OH-DPAT also inhibited the firing of these neurons. Microiontophoretic application of spiperone onto the RVLM sympathoexcitatory neurons reversed the inhibitory response to intravenous 8-OH-DPAT. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that 8-OH-DPAT may exert a portion of its hypotensive effect through a direct inhibition of RVLM sympathoexcitatory neurons in rats. The receptor involved is probably the 5-HT1A type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Showa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002065:Buspirone / Q000494:pharmacology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007022:Hypotension / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000187:drug effects*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013134:Spiperone / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013134:Spiperone; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D002065:Buspirone; D009638:Norepinephrine