title: Involvement of serotonin in zimelidine-induced hyperglycemia in mice.
abstract: Effects of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, zimelidine, on plasma glucose was studied in mice. Zimelidine dose-dependently induced hyperglycemia, although it did not change insulin levels. To determine the involvement of the serotonergic system in zimelidine-induced hyperglycemia, effects of the 5-HT depleter p-chlorophenylalanine(pCPA) were examined. pCPA significantly reduced zimelidine-induced hyperglycemia. This suggests that zimelidine-induced hyperglycemia is mediated by the serotonergic system through its 5-HT reuptake inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D010134:Fenclonine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D018490:Serotonin Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D015031:Zimeldine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D010134:Fenclonine; D007328:Insulin; D012701:Serotonin; D018490:Serotonin Agents; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D015031:Zimeldine