title: Evidence for the involvement of the serotonergic 5-HT2A/C and 5-HT3 receptors in the antidepressant-like effect caused by oral administration of bis selenide in mice.
abstract: The present study investigated a possible antidepressant-like activity of bis selenide using two predictive tests for antidepressant effect on rodents: the forced swimming test (FST) and the tail suspension test (TST). Bis selenide (0.5-5 mg/kg, p.o.) decreased the immobility time in the mouse FST and TST. The anti-immobility effect of bis selenide (1 mg/kg, p.o.) in the TST was prevented by the pretreatment of mice with p-chlorophenylalanine methyl ester (PCPA; 100 mg/kg, i.p., an inhibitor of serotonin synthesis), ketanserin (1 mg/kg, i.p., a 5-HT(2A/2C) receptor antagonist), and ondasentron (1 mg/kg, i.p., a 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist). Pretreatment of mice with prazosin (1 mg/kg, i.p., an alpha(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist), yohimbine (1 mg/kg, i.p., an alpha(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist), propranolol (2 mg/kg, i.p., a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist), SCH23390 (0.05 mg/kg, s.c., a dopamine D(1) receptor antagonist), sulpiride (50 mg/kg, i.p., a dopamine D(2) receptor antagonist), or WAY 100635 (0.1 mg/kg, s.c., a selective 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonist) did not block the antidepressant-like effect of bis selenide (1 mg/kg, p.o.) in the TST. Administration of bis selenide (0.1 mg/kg, p.o.) and fluoxetine (1 mg/kg), at subeffective doses, produced an antidepressant-like effect in the TST. Bis selenide did not alter Na(+) K(+) ATPase, MAO-A and MAO-B activities in whole brains of mice. Bis selenide produced an antidepressant-like effect in the mouse TST and FST, which may be related to the serotonergic system (5-HT(2A/2C) and 5-HT(3) receptors).
authors: Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors: Cristiano R
authors: CR
authors: Jesse
authors: Ethel A
authors: EA
authors: Wilhelm
authors: Cristiani F
authors: CF
authors: Bortolatto
authors: Cristina W
authors: CW
authors: Nogueira
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D019417:Hindlimb Suspension / Q000379:methods / Q000502:physiology; D046353:Immobility Response, Tonic / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D044348:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D044406:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D058826:Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists; D058830:Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Antagonists; D058827:Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Agonists; D058831:Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists; D018490:Serotonin Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters / Q000378:metabolism; D013550:Swimming / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C533977:(Z)-2,3-bis(4-chlorophenylselanyl)prop-2-en-1-ol; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D015259:Dopamine Agents; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D044348:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT2; D044406:Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3; D058826:Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists; D058830:Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Antagonists; D058827:Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Agonists; D058831:Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists; D018490:Serotonin Agents; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters; D015016:Yohimbine; D011433:Propranolol; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase