In vivo increase in hypothalamic cyclic AMP following 5-hydroxytryptophan administration in rats
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archiv für experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie
- Vol. 327 (3), 214-220
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00502452
Abstract
The administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP, 100 mg/kg, i.p.) consistently increased hypothalamic cyclic AMP levels in rats treated 10 days earlier with the serotonin neurotoxin, 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT), to produce 5-HT receptor supersensitivity. However 5-HTP (100 mg/kg), failed to cause an increase in hypothalamic cyclic AMP in rats not pretreated with 5,7-DHT. The 5-HTP-induced increase in cyclic AMP was blocked by the decarboxylase inhibitor, benserazide (RO 44602, 800 mg/kg) and by the 5-HT antagonist metergoline (5 mg/kg). Other treatments that caused a significant elevation of hypothalamic cyclic AMP included: (a) l-Tryptophan plus the monoamine oxidase inhibitor, tranylcypromine, and (b) the serotonin agonist, 1-(m-trifluromethylphenyl)-1-piperazine. The 5-HT antagonist, methysergide, blocked the serotonin receptor mediated behavioral syndrome, but failed to prevent the increase in hypothalamic cyclic AMP. Moreover, the 5-HT agonist, 5-methoxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine, (5-Me-DMT), induced a strong behavioral syndrome but failed to significantly increase hypothalamic cyclic AMP. These findings suggest that activation of 5-HT receptors some-where in the brain causes an increase in hypothalamic cyclic AMP, but further studies will be needed to determine whether this is a direct result of activation of the 5-HT receptors in the hypothalamus.This publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
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