title: Apomorphine-induced upregulation of serotonin 5-HT2A receptors in male rats is independent from development of aggressive behaviour.
abstract: The [3H]ketanserin binding characteristics in the apomorphine-induced aggressive and nonaggressive adult male Wistar rats were studied. Repeated apomorphine (0.5 mg/kg, once daily) treatment gradually induced aggressive behaviour in sixteen animals from twenty. Thereafter the animals were retrospectively divided into apomorphine-induced aggressive and nonaggressive group. The maximal number of the [3H]ketanserin binding sites was increased in the apomorphine-treated animals in the frontal (233.9+/-26.5, 364.6+/-31.7, and 367.0+/-34.8 fmol/mg protein for the vehicle, apomorphine-nonaggressive, and apomorphine-aggressive group, respectively) and cerebral cortex (164.2+/-6.7, 289.7+/-29.3, and 249.0+/-15.4 fmol/mg protein for the vehicle, apomorphine-nonaggressive, and apomorphine-aggressive group, respectively). In conclusion, our experiments demonstrate that repeated apomorphine treatment upregulates the maximal number of the 5-HT2A receptors in rat frontal and cerebral cortex as measured by [3H]ketanserin binding and this phenomenon is independent from the development of aggressive behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Tartu, Estonia. vallo@ut.ee
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Matto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skrebuhhova
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Allikmets
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D007650:Ketanserin; D001058:Apomorphine