title: Differential effect of local infusion of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the raphe versus forebrain and the role of depolarization-induced release in increased extracellular serotonin.
abstract: Systemic administration of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) elicits larger increases in serotonin (5-HT) in raphe than in forebrain sites. Because serotonergic neuronal activity is suppressed, the mechanism underlying SSRI-induced increases in extracellular 5-HT is unclear. This study determined whether local infusion of SSRIs also elicited regionally selective increases in extracellular 5-HT, and whether changes depended on serotonergic neuronal depolarization. Conventional microdialysis methods were used to measure 5-HT in dorsal raphe (DRN), median raphe, nucleus accumbens (NAcc), and frontal cortex of unanesthetized rats. During infusion of SSRIs into each site, the maximum response was an approximately 6- to 7-fold increase in 5-HT in NAcc and frontal cortex, and an approximately 20-fold increase in DRN and median raphe. The larger increase in 5-HT in raphe was confirmed using zero-net-flux microdialysis. In NAcc, baseline 5-HT was 0.7 nM, and levels increased to a maximum of 3.1 nM during infusion of the SSRI citalopram. Baseline 5-HT in DRN was greater, 1.3 nM, and increased to 12.4 nM in response to citalopram. Consistent with evidence that autoreceptor activation inhibits serotonergic neuronal discharge, SSRI infusion into DRN produced a moderate decrease in 5-HT in NAcc. However, increases in 5-HT in DRN elicited by SSRI infusion were attenuated by 8-hydroxydipropylaminotetralin and tetrodotoxin. These data indicate that depolarization-dependent 5-HT release was not fully inhibited during SSRI infusion into DRN. In summary, SSRIs produce larger increases in extracellular 5-HT in raphe than in forebrain sites. Increases depend in part on depolarization-induced release, which may be greater in raphe than in forebrain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Nelson Biological Laboratories, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Auerbach
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D015283:Citalopram / Q000494:pharmacology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D015283:Citalopram; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012701:Serotonin; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D013779:Tetrodotoxin