title: Contractile responses to sumatriptan and ergotamine in the rabbit saphenous vein: effect of selective 5-HT(1F) receptor agonists and PGF(2alpha).
abstract: Contractile responses to ergotamine, sumatriptan and the novel 5-HT(1F) receptor agonists, LY334370 and LY344864 were examined using the rabbit saphenous vein. Ergotamine (pEC(50)=8.7+/-0.06) was 30 fold more potent than 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) (pEC(50)=7.2+/-0.13) and 300 fold more potent than sumatriptan (pEC(50)=6.0+/-0.08) in contracting the rabbit saphenous vein in vitro. The selective 5-HT(1F) receptor agonists, LY334370 or LY344864 (up to 10(-4) M), did not contract the rabbit saphenous vein. The contractile response to ergotamine in this tissue resulted from activation of both alpha(1) and 5-HT(1B/1D) receptors based on the observation that prazosin (10(-6) M), an alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, and GR127935 (10(-8) M) a 5-HT(1B/1D) receptor antagonist, dextrally shifted the contractile response to ergotamine. In contrast, prazosin (10(-6) M) did not alter contraction to sumatriptan whereas GR127935 (10(-8) M) was a potent antagonist (-log K(B)=10.0) suggesting that sumatriptan-induced contraction of the rabbit saphenous vein was mediated only by activation of receptors similar or identical to 5-HT(1B/1D) receptors. PGF(2alpha) (3x10(-7) M) produced a modest increase (approximately 5.0 - 10.0% maximum PGF(2alpha) contraction) in saphenous vein force. Precontraction with PGF(2alpha) (3x10(-7) M) dramatically augmented the potency and maximal contractile response to sumatriptan (pEC(50)=7.1) and modestly enhanced the contractile potency of ergotamine (pEC(50)=9.0) in the rabbit saphenous vein. However, PGF(2alpha) (3x10(-7) M) only unmasked a contraction to the 5-HT(1F) receptor agonists when concentrations exceeded 10(-5) M, concentrations considerably higher than their 5-HT(1F) receptor affinities. LY334370 (10(-6) M) pretreatment did not alter contraction to either sumatriptan or ergotamine and a higher concentration (10(-5) M) of LY334370 or LY344864 inhibited contraction to sumatriptan. Thus, activation of 5-HT(1F) receptors will not induce vascular contraction (either alone or following modest tone with PGF(2alpha)) or augment contraction to other contractile agonists in the rabbit saphenous vein.
authors.affiliation: Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, USA. cohenml@lilly.com
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schenck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004878:Ergotamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018170:Sumatriptan / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000096642:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1F
chemical_list: D015237:Dinoprost; D004878:Ergotamine; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D018170:Sumatriptan; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D000096642:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1F