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do Carmo Silva RX, do Nascimento BG, Gomes GCV, da Silva NAH, Pinheiro JS, da Silva Chaves SN, Pimentel AFN, Costa BPD, Herculano AM, Lima-Maximino M, Maximino C. 5-HT2C agonists and antagonists block different components of behavioral responses to potential, distal, and proximal threat in zebrafish. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2021; 210:173276. [PMID: 34555392 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Serotonin (5-HT) receptors have been implicated in responses to aversive stimuli in mammals and fish, but its precise role is still unknown. Moreover, since at least seven families of 5-HT receptors exist in vertebrates, the role of specific receptors is still debated. Aversive stimuli can be classified as indicators of proximal, distal, or potential threat, initiating responses that are appropriate for each of these threat levels. Responses to potential threat usually involve cautious exploration and increased alertness, while responses to distal and proximal threat involve a fight-flight-freeze reaction. We exposed adult zebrafish to a conspecific alarm substance (CAS) and observed behavior during (distal threat) and after (potential threat) exposure, and treated with the 5-HT2C receptor agonists MK-212 or WAY-161503 or with the antagonist RS-102221. The agonists blocked CAS-elicited defensive behavior (distal threat), but not post-exposure increases in defensive behavior (potential threat), suggesting inhibition of responses to distal threat. MK-212 blocked changes in freezing elicited by acute restraint stress, a model of proximal threat, while RS-102221 blocked changes in geotaxis elicited this stressor. We also found that RS-102221, a 5-HT2C receptor antagonist, produced small effect on behavior during and after exposure to CAS. Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.04.324202; Data and scripts: https://github.com/lanec-unifesspa/5-HT-CAS/tree/master/data/5HT2C.
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- Rhayra Xavier do Carmo Silva
- Laboratório de Neurofarmacologia Experimental - LNE, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém/PA, Brazil; Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento "Frederico Guilherme Graeff" - LaNeC, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá/PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento "Frederico Guilherme Graeff" - LaNeC, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá/PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento "Frederico Guilherme Graeff" - LaNeC, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá/PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofarmacologia Experimental - LNE, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém/PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento "Frederico Guilherme Graeff" - LaNeC, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá/PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento "Frederico Guilherme Graeff" - LaNeC, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá/PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento "Frederico Guilherme Graeff" - LaNeC, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá/PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurofarmacologia e Biofísica - LaNeF, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Marabá/PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento "Frederico Guilherme Graeff" - LaNeC, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, Marabá/PA, Brazil.
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Wankhar W, Syiem D, Pakyntein CL, Thabah D, Sunn SE. Effect of 5-HT 2C receptor agonist and antagonist on chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) - Mediated anxiety and depression in adolescent Wistar albino rat: Implicating serotonin and mitochondrial ETC-I function in serotonergic neurotransmission. Behav Brain Res 2020; 393:112780. [PMID: 32579979 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Anxiety and depression are among the major neuropsychiatric disorders worldwide, and yet the etiologies of these disorders remain unclear to date. Chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) procedure mimics several behavioral characteristics such as anxiety and depression in rodents. Using this animal model, we have attempted to understand the serotonergic system in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, while using the 5-HT2CR agonist and antagonist in evaluating 5-HT2C receptor neurotransmission. A decrease in serotonin (5-HT) level, tryptophan hydroxylase-2 activity and, 5-HT2CR receptor protein down-regulation in the CUS exposed group, explains the involvement of 5-HT and 5-HT2CR neurotransmission in the genesis of anxiety and depression. Besides, the oxidative stress - attenuated electrolyte imbalance via decrease ATPase pump activity, and compromised oxidative phosphorylation via decrease ETC-I activity are some of the underlying factors affecting neuronal cell survival and serotonergic neurotransmission. To complement our finding, altered behavioral performance scored in the open field test, elevated plus maze test, and the forced swim test, when exposed to CUS is indicative or consistent with anxiety, depression, emotional and locomotor status of the animals. Keeping these findings in mind, treatment with 5-HT2CR agonist (1-Methylpsilocin at 0.7 mg/kg), and 5-HT2CR antagonist (RS-102221 hydrochloride at 1 mg/kg) displayed varying results. One prominent finding was the anxiolytic ability of the 5-HT2CR agonist and the anti-depressive ability of the 5-HT2CR antagonist on the 7th-day treatment. Though the exact mechanism of action is not clear, their ability to equilibrate brain redox status, restoring Ca2+ level via Ca2+ATPase pump activity, and sustaining the mitochondrial bioenergetics can all be accounted for facilitating neurogenesis and the serotonergic system.
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- Wankupar Wankhar
- Department of Biochemistry, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793 022, Meghalaya, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793 022, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793 022, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793 022, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793 022, Meghalaya, India
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Hypophagia induced by hindbrain serotonin is mediated through central GLP-1 signaling and involves 5-HT2C and 5-HT3 receptor activation. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019; 44:1742-1751. [PMID: 30959513 PMCID: PMC6784912 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-019-0384-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The overlap in neurobiological circuitry mediating the physiological and behavioral response to satiation and noxious/stressful stimuli are not well understood. The interaction between serotonin (5-HT) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) could play a role as upstream effectors involved in mediating associations between anorectic and noxious/stressful stimuli. We hypothesize that 5-HT acts as an endogenous modulator of the central GLP-1 system to mediate satiation and malaise in rats. Here, we investigate whether interactions between central 5-HT and GLP-1 signaling are behaviorally and physiologically relevant for the control of food intake and pica (i.e., behavioral measure of malaise). Results show that the anorexia and body weight changes induced by administration of exogenous hindbrain 5-HT are dependent on central GLP-1 receptor signaling. Furthermore, anatomical evidence shows mRNA expression of 5-HT2C and 5-HT3 receptors on GLP-1-producing preproglucagon (PPG) neurons in the medial nucleus tractus solitarius by fluorescent in situ hybridization, suggesting that PPG neurons are likely to express both of these receptors. Behaviorally, the hypophagia induced by the pharmacological activation of both of these receptors is also dependent on GLP-1 signaling. Finally, 5-HT3, but not 5-HT2C receptors, are required for the anorectic effects of the interoceptive stressor LiCl, suggesting the hypophagia induced by these 5-HT receptors may be driven by different mechanisms. Our findings highlight 5-HT as a novel endogenous modulator of the central GLP-1 system and suggest that the central interaction between 5-HT and GLP-1 is involved in the control of food intake in rats.
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Yamamoto H, Kamegaya E, Hagino Y, Takamatsu Y, Sawada W, Matsuzawa M, Ide S, Yamamoto T, Mishina M, Ikeda K. Loss of GluN2D subunit results in social recognition deficit, social stress, 5-HT 2C receptor dysfunction, and anhedonia in mice. Neuropharmacology 2016; 112:188-197. [PMID: 27480795 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor channel is involved in various physiological functions, including learning and memory. The GluN2D subunit of the NMDA receptor has low expression in the mature brain, and its role is not fully understood. In the present study, the effects of GluN2D subunit deficiency on emotional and cognitive function were investigated in GluN2D knockout (KO) mice. We found a reduction of motility (i.e., a depressive-like state) in the tail suspension test and a reduction of sucrose preference (i.e., an anhedonic state) in GluN2D KO mice that were group-housed with littermates. Despite apparently normal olfactory function and social interaction, GluN2D KO mice exhibited a decrease in preference for social novelty, suggesting a deficit in social recognition or memory. Golgi-Cox staining revealed a reduction of the complexity of dendritic trees in the accessory olfactory bulb in GluN2D KO mice, suggesting a deficit in pheromone processing pathway activation, which modulates social recognition. The deficit in social recognition may result in social stress in GluN2D KO mice. Isolation housing is a procedure that has been shown to reduce stress in mice. Interestingly, 3-week isolation and treatment with agomelatine or the 5-hydroxytryptamine-2C (5-HT2C) receptor antagonist SB242084 reversed the anhedonic-like state in GluN2D KO mice. In contrast, treatment with the 5-HT2C receptor agonist CP809101 induced depressive- and anhedonic-like states in isolated GluN2D KO mice. These results suggest that social stress that is caused by a deficit in social recognition desensitizes 5-HT2c receptors, followed by an anhedonic- and depressive-like state, in GluN2D KO mice. The GluN2D subunit of the NMDA receptor appears to be important for the recognition of individuals and development of normal emotionality in mice. 5-HT2C receptor antagonism may be a therapeutic target for treating social stress-induced anhedonia. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Ionotropic glutamate receptors'.
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- Hideko Yamamoto
- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Psychopharmacology, Graduate School of Nanosciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan.
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Psychopharmacology, Graduate School of Nanosciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Psychopharmacology, Graduate School of Nanosciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
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- Ritsumeikan University Research Organization of Science and Technology, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan
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Shidore M, Machhi J, Murumkar P, Barmade M, Thanki J, Yadav MR. 3-Substituted 1-methyl-3-benzazepin-2-ones as 5-HT2C receptor agonists. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra17718a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In search of potent and selective 5-HT2C receptor agonists, a series of novel 3-substituted 1-methyl-3-benzazepin-2-ones and 8-chloro-1-methyl-3-benzazepin-2-ones have been synthesized and evaluated for their 5-HT2C receptor agonistic potential.
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- Mahesh Shidore
- Pharmacy Department
- Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Kalabhavan
- The M. S. University of Baroda
- Vadodara-390 001
- India
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- Pharmacy Department
- Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Kalabhavan
- The M. S. University of Baroda
- Vadodara-390 001
- India
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- Pharmacy Department
- Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Kalabhavan
- The M. S. University of Baroda
- Vadodara-390 001
- India
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- Pharmacy Department
- Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Kalabhavan
- The M. S. University of Baroda
- Vadodara-390 001
- India
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- Pharmacy Department
- Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Kalabhavan
- The M. S. University of Baroda
- Vadodara-390 001
- India
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- Pharmacy Department
- Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Kalabhavan
- The M. S. University of Baroda
- Vadodara-390 001
- India
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Moya PR, Fox MA, Jensen CL, Laporte JL, French HT, Wendland JR, Murphy DL. Altered 5-HT2C receptor agonist-induced responses and 5-HT2C receptor RNA editing in the amygdala of serotonin transporter knockout mice. BMC Pharmacol 2011; 11:3. [PMID: 21473759 PMCID: PMC3080299 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-11-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 04/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background The serotonin 5-HT2C receptor (5-HT2CR) is expressed in amygdala, a region involved in anxiety and fear responses and implicated in the pathogenesis of several psychiatric disorders such as acute anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder. In humans and in rodent models, there is evidence of both anxiogenic and anxiolytic actions of 5-HT2C ligands. In this study, we determined the responsiveness of 5-HT2CR in serotonin transporter (SERT) knockout (-/-) mice, a model characterized by increased anxiety-like and stress-responsive behaviors. Results In the three-chamber social interaction test, the 5-HT2B/2C agonist mCPP decreased sociability and sniffing in SERT wildtype (+/+) mice, both indicative of the well-documented anxiogenic effect of mCPP. This 5-HT2C-mediated response was absent in SERT -/- mice. Likewise, in the open field test, the selective 5-HT2C agonist RO 60-0175 induced an anxiogenic response in SERT +/+ mice, but not in SERT -/- mice. Since 5-HT2CR pre-mRNA is adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) edited, we also evaluated the 5-HT2CR RNA editing profiles of SERT +/+ and SERT -/- mice in amygdala. Compared to SERT +/+ mice, SERT-/- mice showed a decrease in less edited, highly functional 5-HT2C isoforms, and an increase in more edited isoforms with reduced signaling efficiency. Conclusions These results indicate that the 5-HT2CR in the amygdala of SERT -/- mice has increased RNA editing, which could explain, at least in part, the decreased behavioral responses to 5-HT2C agonists in SERT -/- mice. These alterations in 5-HT2CR in amygdala may be relevant to humans with SERT polymorphisms that alter SERT expression, function, and emotional behaviors.
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- Pablo R Moya
- Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Weber M, Schmitt A, Wischmeyer E, Döring F. Excitability of pontine startle processing neurones is regulated by the two-pore-domain K+channel TASK-3 coupled to 5-HT2Creceptors. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 28:931-40. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06400.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- David E Nichols
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-2091, USA.
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Monck NJT, Kennett GA. 5-HT2C ligands: recent progress. PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2008; 46:281-390. [PMID: 18381128 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6468(07)00006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Nathaniel J T Monck
- Vernalis (R&D) Ltd., 613 Reading Road, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5UA, UK
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