title: Distinct roles of the Y1 and Y2 receptors on neuropeptide Y-induced sensitization to sedation.
abstract: Intracranial injection of neuropeptide Y (NPY) increases the sensitivity to sodium pentobarbital and ketamin sedation and has similar properties as GABA agonists on sleep. Mice sensitive to sedation have increased levels of NPY in many brain regions and Y1(-/-) mice show a marked resistance to barbiturates. Here we characterized the role of the NPY Y receptors in anesthetic-induced sedation. We show that Y1 and Y2, but not Y5, receptors participate in the modulation of sedation. Administration of a Y1 agonist increased the sodium pentobarbital-induced sedation and Y1(-/-) mice were less sensitive to this anesthetic. However, Y2(-/-) mice display increased sensitivity, showing that Y2 modulates GABAergic induced sedation both pharmacologically and physiologically and has a functionally opposing role to the Y1 receptor. Analysis of Y1(-/-)/Y2(-/-) double mutant mice show that increased sensitivity by Y1 occurs independent of the Y2 receptor, while the decreased sensitivity mediated by Y2 depend on an intact Y1 receptor. In contrast to sodium pentobarbital, both Y1 and Y2 receptors increase the sensitivity in a collaborative fashion to NMDA antagonist-induced sedation. These data demonstrate the physiological and pharmacological impact of the Y1 and Y2 receptors on sedation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Naveilhan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Canals
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arenas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ernfors
mesh_terms: D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D007649:Ketamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout / Q000235:genetics; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000502:physiology*; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D017476:Receptors, Neuropeptide Y; C097212:neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptor; C095889:neuropeptide Y2 receptor; D007649:Ketamine; D010424:Pentobarbital