title: Acute treatment with 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, tropisetron, reduces immobility in intact female rats exposed to the forced swim test.
abstract: The effects of tropisetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, were evaluated in adult Fischer female rats exposed to the Forced Swim Test (FST). Rats selected on the days of proestrus or estrus was immersed in a cylinder of water for 2 consecutive days. Rats were exposed to the FST for 15 min on day 1 (pretest), followed by a 5-min session (test), 24 h later. The proestrous-estrous group consisted of rats that were exposed to the FST on their proestrous stage (pretest); then 24 h later the same rats were exposed to the FST on their estrous stage (test). Rats in the estrous-diestrous group were exposed to the FST on their estrous stage (pretest) and 24 h later on their diestrous stage (test). Rats were injected intraperitoneally with saline or 1.0 or 2.0 mg/kg tropisetron 30 min prior to exposure to the cylinder on the test day. Immobility, swimming, and struggling behaviors were scored for 5 min. There was a significant decline in immobility after treatment with 2.0 mg/kg tropisetron in both groups. In addition, a significant decline in swimming was observed in the estrous rats (proestrous-estrous group) after treatment with 2.0 mg/kg tropisetron. There were no significant effects of tropisetron on struggling in any groups examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.forename: Sharmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maswood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood; D004967:Estrogens / Q000502:physiology; D004971:Estrus / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007103:Immobilization; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D044406:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3 / Q000502:physiology; D058831:Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013550:Swimming; D000077526:Tropisetron
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D007211:Indoles; D044406:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3; D058831:Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D011374:Progesterone; D000077526:Tropisetron; D003345:Corticosterone