title: Investigation of mechanisms mediating 8-OH-DPAT-induced impairment of spatial memory: involvement of 5-HT1A receptors in the dorsal hippocampus in rats.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify mechanisms that mediate the impairment of spatial memory induced by 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), a 5-HT1A/5-HT7 receptor agonist, in the eight-arm radial maze in rats. WAY-100635 and NAN-190, 5-HT1A receptor antagonists, reversed the impairment of spatial memory induced by systemic injection of 8-OH-DPAT (1 mg/kg, i.p.). On the other hand, the alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin and a selective 5-HT7 receptor antagonist SB269970 had no effect on 8-OH-DPAT-induced impairment of spatial memory. Bilateral microinjection of 8-OH-DPAT (4 microg/side) impaired spatial memory when injected into the dorsal hippocampus (DH). Contrastingly, spatial memory was unaffected by microinjections of 8-OH-DPAT into the other six areas examined: ventral hippocampus (VH), central amygdaloid nucleus (ACE), lateral hypothalamus (LH), nucleus accumbens (NAc), and dorsal (DR) and median (MR) raphe nucleus. Furthermore, NAN-190 significantly reversed the impairment of spatial memory induced by intra-DH injection of 8-OH-DPAT. These findings suggest that 5-HT1A receptors in the DH play an important role in the mechanisms underlying the 8-OH-DPAT-induced impairment of spatial memory in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Egashira
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishigami
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mishima
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Michihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004333:Drug Administration Routes; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008845:Microinjections / Q000379:methods; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A / Q000502:physiology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D010636:Phenols; D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; C404922:SB 269970; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D013449:Sulfonamides; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A; C058895:1-(2-methoxyphenyl)-4-(4-(2-phthalimido)butyl)piperazine; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D011224:Prazosin