5-HT1A and 5-HT2 receptors differentially regulate the excitability of 5-HT-containing neurones of the guinea pig dorsal raphe nucleus in vitro.
We have used intracellular recording techniques to examine the effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) on 5-HT-containing neurones of the guinea pig dorsal raphe nucleus in vitro. Bath-applied 5-HT (30-300 microM) had two opposing effects on the membrane excitability of these cells, reflecting the activation of distinct 5-HT receptor subtypes. As demonstrated previously in the rat, 5-HT evoked a hyperpolarization and inhibition of 5-HT neurones, which appeared to involve the activation of an inwardly rectifying K(+) conductance. This hyperpolarizing response was blocked by the 5-HT(1A) receptor-selective antagonist WAY-100635 (30-100 nM). In the presence of WAY-100635, 5-HT induced a previously unreported depolarizing, excitatory response of these cells, which was often associated with an increase in the apparent input resistance of the neurone, likely due to the suppression of a K(+) conductance. Like the hyperpolarizing response to 5-HT, this depolarization could be recorded in the presence of the Na(+) channel blocker tetrodotoxin. In addition, the response was not significantly attenuated by the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin (500 nM), indicating that it is not due to the release of noradrenaline, or to the direct activation of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors by 5-HT. The 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist granisetron (1 microM) and the 5-HT(4) receptor antagonist SB 204070 (100 nM) failed to reduce the depolarizing response to 5-HT; however, ketanserin (100 nM), mesulergine (100 nM) and lysergic acid diethylamide (1 microM) significantly reduced or abolished the depolarization, indicating that this effect of 5-HT is mediated by 5-HT(2) receptors.
Craven
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University Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, OX2 6HE, Oxford, UK. rebecca.craven@clneuro.ox.ac.uk
Grahame-Smith
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D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D044263:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT1; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D012701:Serotonin