title: Effects of peripheral 5-HT2 and 5-HT3 receptor agonists on food intake in food-deprived and 2-deoxy-D-glucose-treated rats.
abstract: Peripherally administered, the 5-HT2 receptor agonist, alpha-methyl-5-hydroxytryptamine (alpha-methyl-5-HT), significantly suppressed the food intake of food-deprived rats. alpha-Methyl-5-HT also inhibited 2-deoxy-D-glucose-induced hyperphagia in rats. The alpha-methyl-5-HT-induced hypophagia was antagonized by the 5-HT2A receptor antagonist, ketanserin. The alpha-methyl-5-HT-induced decrease in food intake of food-deprived rats was not inhibited by prior adrenodemedullation. The peripheral 5-HT3 receptor agonist, 2-methyl-5-HT, did not affect food intake in food-deprived or 2-deoxy-D-glucose-treated rats. These results suggest that the peripheral 5-HT2A receptor may participate in the regulation of food intake and that its hypophagic effects are not associated with its adrenaline-releasing effects from the adrenal gland. Lastly, the peripheral 5-HT3 receptor did not participate in feeding control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horisaka
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000502:physiology; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000139:chemically induced; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D044406:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044406:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; C042390:alpha-methylserotonin; D012701:Serotonin; C045918:2-methyl-5-HT; D007650:Ketanserin; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D004837:Epinephrine