title: Regulation of central synaptic transmission by 5-HT(1B) auto- and heteroreceptors.
abstract: Although 5-HT(1B) receptors are believed to be expressed on nerve terminals, their precise mode of action is not fully understood because of the lack of selective antagonists. The 5-HT(1B) receptor knockout mouse was used in the present investigation to assess the function of 5-HT(1B) receptors in the modulation of synaptic transmission in three areas of the central nervous system: the dorsal raphe, the ventral midbrain, and the nucleus accumbens. N-(3-Trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine, a 5-HT(1B) receptor agonist, potently inhibited 5-HT(1A) receptor-mediated slow inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) in the dorsal raphe of wild-type but not knockout mice. Both synaptically released 5-HT and exogenous 5-HT caused a presynaptic inhibition that outlasted the postsynaptic hyperpolarization only in wild-type mice. In the ventral midbrain, 5-HT(1B) receptor-dependent inhibition of gamma-aminobutyric acid(B) IPSPs in dopamine neurons was present in wild-type animals and absent in knockout animals. Similar results were obtained in the nucleus accumbens measuring glutamate-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents in medium spiny neurons. Finally, cocaine, which blocks 5-HT uptake, inhibited IPSPs in the dorsal raphe and the ventral midbrain of wild-type but not knockout mice, whereas cocaine produced comparable inhibition of excitatory postsynaptic currents in the nucleus accumbens of both types of animals. These results indicate that 5-HT(1B) receptors function as autoreceptors and heteroreceptors to exert presynaptic inhibition of transmitter release in the central nervous system. Furthermore, this study underscores the role played by presynaptic 5-HT(1B) receptors in mediating the effects of cocaine on synaptic transmission.
authors.affiliation: Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Manzoni
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Crabbe
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017660:Autoreceptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D044302:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017660:Autoreceptors; D003042:Cocaine; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D044302:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors