title: Evidence that 5-HT2A receptors are not involved in 5-HT-mediated thermoregulation in mice.
abstract: To determine the role of 5-hydroxytryptamine2A (5-HT2A) receptors in 5-HT-mediated thermoregulation in mice, we studied the effects of a 5-HT2A receptor agonist and 5-HT2A receptor antagonists on the body temperature, and the effects of selective 5-HT2A receptor and nonselective 5-HT receptor antagonists on hypothermia induced by 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP). (+/-)-1-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOI), a 5-HT2A receptor agonist, did not change body temperature in mice at doses of 1 and 5 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (IP), which induced head twitch response. Three 5-HT2A receptor antagonists, ketanserin (1 mg/kg, orally), ritanserin (1 and 10 mg/kg, orally), and DV-7028 (10 mg/kg, orally), also failed to alter body temperature, although these three 5-HT2A receptor antagonists at > or = 1 mg/kg, orally, inhibited head twitch response induced by 5-HTP (200 mg/kg, IP), a precursor of 5-HT. Ketanserin (1 mg/kg, orally), ritanserin (1 and 10 mg/kg, orally), and DV-7028 (10 mg/kg, orally) did not inhibit hypothermia induced by 5-HTP (200 mg/kg, IP). A nonselective 5-HT receptor antagonist, methysergide (1 mg/kg, subcutaneously), attenuated hypothermic response to 5-HTP. These results suggest that in mice, 5-HT2A receptors are unlikely to be involved in 5-HT-mediated thermoregulation.
authors.affiliation: Exploratory Research Laboratories II, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibano
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D016713:Ritanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D016713:Ritanserin; D012701:Serotonin; D007650:Ketanserin