title: Feedback stimulation of somatodendritic serotonin release: a 5-HT3 receptor-mediated effect in the raphe nuclei of the rat.
abstract: Slices from rat midbrain containing the raphe nuclei and from hippocampus were prepared, loaded with [3H]5-HT and superfused and the resting and the electrically stimulated [3H]5-HT release was measured. The 5-HT3 receptor agonist 2-methyl-5-HT (1 to 10 micromol/l) increased the resting tritium outflow in superfused raphe nuclei slices, EC50 5.3 micromol/l. The 2-methyl-5-HT-induced increase of tritium outflow was an external Ca2+-independent process and was not altered by reserpine pretreatment but it was reversed by addition of the 5-HT uptake inhibitor fluoxetine (1 micromol/l). The 5-HT3 receptor antagonists ondansetron and GYKI-46 903 (1 micromol/l) did not antagonize the stimulatory effect of 2-methyl-5-HT on resting tritium outflow. 2-Methyl-5-HT in lower concentration increased the electrically induced tritium overflow from raphe nuclei slices (EC50 0.56 micromol/l) and also from hippocampal slices preloaded with [3H]5-HT. These effects were reversed by 1 micromol/l of ondansetron and GYKI-46903. The 5-HT3 receptor antagonists (1 micromol/l) were without effects on depolarization-evoked [3H]5-HT release at 2 Hz stimulation, when 10 Hz stimulation was used, ondansetron and GYKI-46 903 reduced the tritium overflow from raphe nuclei slices. These data indicate that 5-HT3 receptors positively alter depolarization-induced somatodendritic 5-HT release in the raphe nuclei. They also show that 2-methyl-5-HT is able to evoke 5-HT release not only from vesicles but also from cytoplasmic stores via a transporter-dependent exchange process.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Drug Research, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bagdy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Solyom
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Harsing
mesh_terms: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D003712:Dendrites / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005246:Feedback / Q000502:physiology*; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D017294:Ondansetron / Q000494:pharmacology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D005473:Fluoxetine; D017294:Ondansetron; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012110:Reserpine; D012701:Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; C103284:GYKI 46903; C045918:2-methyl-5-HT