title: A 5-HT7 heteroreceptor-mediated inhibition of [3H]serotonin release in raphe nuclei slices of the rat: evidence for a serotonergic-glutamatergic interaction.
abstract: Midbrain slices containing the dorsal and medial raphe nuclei were prepared from rat brain, loaded with [3H]serotonin ([3H]5-HT), superfused, and the electrically induced efflux of radioactivity was determined. The nonselective 5-HT receptor agonist 5-carboxamido-tryptamine (5-CT; 0.001 to 1 microM) inhibited the electrically stimulated [3H]5-HT overflow from raphe nuclei slices (IC50 of 3.34 +/- 0.37 nM). This effect of 5-CT on [3H]5-HT overflow was antagonized by the 5-HT7 receptor antagonist SB-258719 (10 microM) and the 5-HT(1B/1D) antagonist SB-216641 (1 microM), the IC50 values for 5-CT in the presence of SB-258719 and SB-216641 were 94.23 +/- 4.84 and 47.81 +/- 4.66 nM. The apparent pA2 values for SB-258719 and SB-216641 against 5-CT were 6.43 and 7.12, respectively. The inhibitory effect of 5-CT on [3H]5-HT overflow was weakly antagonized by 10 microM of WAY-100635, a 5-HT1A receptor antagonist (IC50 6.65 +/- 0.56 nM, apparent pA2 4.99). The antagonist effect of SB-258719 (10 microM) on 5-CT-evoked [3H]5-HT overflow inhibition was also determined in the presence of 1 microM SB-216641 or 1 microM SB-216641 and 10 microM WAY-100635, and additive interactions were found between the antagonists of 5-HT7 and 5-HT1 receptor subtypes. Addition of the Na+ channel blocker tetrodotoxin (1 microM) in the presence of SB-216641 (1 microM) and WAY-100635 (10 microM) attenuated the inhibitory effect of 5-CT on KCl-induced [3H]5-HT overflow. These findings indicate that 5-CT inhibits [3H]5-HT overflow from raphe nuclei slices of the rat by stimulation of 5-HT7 and 5-HT(1B/1D receptors, whereas the role of 5-HT1A receptors in this inhibition is less pronounced. They also suggest that 5-HT7 receptors are probably not located on serotonergic neurons and thus may serve as heteroreceptors in regulation of 5-HT release in the raphe nuclei. 5-CT (0.1 microM) also inhibited [3H]glutamate release, and SB-258719 (10 microLM) suspended this effect. We therefore speculated that the axon terminals of the glutamatergic cortico-raphe neurons may possess 5-HT7 receptors that inhibit glutamate release, which consequently leads to decreased activity of serotonergic neurons. The postulated glutamatergic-serotonergic interaction in the raphe nuclei was further evidenced by the finding that N-methyl-D-aspartate and AMPA enhanced [3H]5-HT release.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pre-clinical Research, EGIS Pharmaceuticals Ltd., H-1165 Budapest, 116 Bokenyfoldi ut, Hungary. lharsing@axelero.hu
authors.forename: Laszlo G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Harsing
authors.forename: Ibolya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Prauda
authors.forename: Jozsef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barkoczy
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matyus
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Juranyi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005973:Glutamine / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; C104425:serotonin 7 receptor; D005973:Glutamine; D012701:Serotonin; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; C047087:5-carboxamidotryptamine