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Lee RH, Couto E Silva A, Lerner FM, Wilkins CS, Valido SE, Klein DD, Wu CY, Neumann JT, Della-Morte D, Koslow SH, Minagar A, Lin HW. Interruption of perivascular sympathetic nerves of cerebral arteries offers neuroprotection against ischemia. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 312:H182-H188. [PMID: 27864234 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00482.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sympathetic nervous system activity is increased after cardiopulmonary arrest, resulting in vasoconstrictor release from the perivascular sympathetic nerves of cerebral arteries. However, the pathophysiological function of the perivascular sympathetic nerves in the ischemic brain remains unclear. A rat model of global cerebral ischemia (asphyxial cardiac arrest, ACA) was used to investigate perivascular sympathetic nerves of cerebral arteries via bilateral decentralization (preganglionic lesion) of the superior cervical ganglion (SCG). Decentralization of the SCG 5 days before ACA alleviated hypoperfusion and afforded hippocampal neuroprotection and improved functional outcomes. These studies can provide further insights into the functional mechanism(s) of the sympathetic nervous system during ischemia. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Interruption of the perivascular sympathetic nerves can alleviate CA-induced hypoperfusion and neuronal cell death in the CA1 region of the hippocampus to enhance functional learning and memory.
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- Reggie H Lee
- Cerebral Vascular Disease Laboratories, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
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- Cerebral Vascular Disease Laboratories, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
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- Cerebral Vascular Disease Laboratories, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Cerebral Vascular Disease Laboratories, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Cerebral Vascular Disease Laboratories, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, West Virginia
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata; and.,IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
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- Cerebral Vascular Disease Laboratories, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; .,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.,Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
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Berman NEJ, Puri V, Chandrala S, Puri S, Macgregor R, Liverman CS, Klein RM. Serotonin in Trigeminal Ganglia of Female Rodents: Relevance to Menstrual Migraine. Headache 2006; 46:1230-45. [PMID: 16942467 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00528.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We examined changes in the serotonin system across the estrous cycle in trigeminal ganglia of female rodents to determine which components are present and which are regulated by the variations in levels of ovarian steroids that occur during the estrous cycle. BACKGROUND Migraine is 2-3 times more prevalent in women than in men and attacks are often timed with the menstrual cycle, suggesting a mechanistic link with ovarian steroids. Serotonin has been implicated in the pathogenesis of migraine, and the effectiveness of triptans, selective 5HT-1B/D/F agonists, has provided further support for this concept. It is not known whether serotonin, its rate-limiting enzyme tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), or its receptors are regulated by ovarian steroids in trigeminal ganglia. METHODS We used reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to examine gene expression in cycling mice, Western blots to examine protein expression, double-labeling immunohistochemistry using markers of nociceptors and nonnociceptors and confocal microscopy to identify specific types of neurons, and primary tissue culture to examine effects of estrogen on trigeminal neurons in vitro. RESULTS In C57/BL6 mice mRNA levels of TPH-1, the rate-limiting enzyme in serotonin synthesis, were over 2-fold higher and protein levels were 1.4-fold higher at proestrus, the high estrogen stage of the cycle than at diestrus, the low estrogen stage. TPH protein also was present in primary trigeminal cultures obtained from female Sprague-Dawley rats, but levels were not affected by 24-hour treatment with physiological levels (10(-9) M) of 17beta-estradiol. Gene expression of 5HT-1B and 5HT-1D receptors in trigeminal ganglia was not regulated by the estrous cycle. Serotonin was present in trigeminal neurons containing CGRP, a potent vasoactive neuropeptide, peripherin, an intermediate filament present in neurons with unmyelinated axons, neurofilament H, which is present in neurons with myelinated axons, and in neurons binding IB4, a marker of nonpeptidergic nociceptors. Serotonin was also present in neurons containing 5HT-1B. The serotonin-positive population was significantly larger in diameter than the serotonin-negative population. Conclusions.-Expression of the rate-limiting enzyme required for serotonin synthesis is regulated during the natural estrous cycle, and serotonin is present in larger trigeminal neurons of all the major subtypes. Colocalization of serotonin with 5HT-1B suggests that this receptor functions as an autoreceptor to regulate serotonin release. Cyclical changes in serotonin levels in trigeminal ganglia could contribute to the pathogenesis of menstrual migraine.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Estradiol/pharmacology
- Estrous Cycle/genetics
- Estrous Cycle/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Migraine Disorders/genetics
- Migraine Disorders/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B/genetics
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B/metabolism
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1D/genetics
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1D/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Serotonin/analysis
- Serotonin/metabolism
- Tissue Culture Techniques
- Trigeminal Ganglion/drug effects
- Trigeminal Ganglion/metabolism
- Tryptophan Hydroxylase/genetics
- Tryptophan Hydroxylase/metabolism
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- Nancy E J Berman
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Terrón JA. Is the 5-HT(7) receptor involved in the pathogenesis and prophylactic treatment of migraine? Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 439:1-11. [PMID: 11937086 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01436-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of migraine and their possible association with serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) have not yet been elucidated. One of the major obstacles in achieving this goal is the lack of information on the mechanisms by which the monoamine could possibly trigger and/or modulate the basic pathophysiological features of the condition, that is, cranial vasodilatation and neurogenic inflammation. This information should provide a useful theoretical framework to insight the nature of the postulated fundamental triggering mechanism in the brain that ultimately results in head pain. Novel avenues for research and drug development may be envisaged upon the recent observations showing that 5-HT is actually able to produce vasodilatation of intra- and extra-cranial blood vessels through a mechanism pharmacologically resembling the 5-HT(7) receptor type, and that the messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding for this receptor is highly expressed in cranial vessels. Other lines of evidence have suggested that the 5-HT(7) receptor may play an excitatory role in neuronal systems and that it may be involved in hyperalgesic pain and neurogenic inflammation. On the basis of these observations, it is proposed that the 5-HT(7) receptor may well represent a link between the abnormal phenomena of 5-HT processing and neurotransmission that are observed in migraine patients, and the vascular and neurogenic alterations that account for migraine headache. This view is supported by the fact that most of the migraine prophylactic 5-HT receptor antagonists display relatively high affinity for the 5-HT(7) receptor, which significantly correlates with their pharmaceutically active oral doses.
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- José A Terrón
- Departamento de Farmacología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apdo. Postal 14-740, Zacatenco 07000, México D.F., Mexico.
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Bleys RL, Cowen T. Innervation of cerebral blood vessels: morphology, plasticity, age-related, and Alzheimer's disease-related neurodegeneration. Microsc Res Tech 2001; 53:106-18. [PMID: 11301486 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The light microscopical and ultrastructural morphology of the innervation of the major cerebral arteries and pial vessels is described, including the origins of the different groups of nerve fibres and their characteristic neurotransmitter phenotype. Species and region specific variations are described and novel data regarding the parasympathetic innervation of cerebral vessels are presented. The dynamic nature, or plasticity, of cerebrovascular innervation is emphasized in describing changes affecting particular subpopulations of neurons during normal ageing and in Alzheimer's disease. The molecular controls on plasticity are discussed with particular reference to target-associated factors such as the neurotrophins and their neuronal receptors, as well as extracellular matrix related factors such as laminin. Hypotheses are presented regarding the principal extrinsic and intrinsic influences on plasticity of the cerebrovascular innervation.
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- R L Bleys
- Department of Functional Anatomy, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Nishimura M, Sato K, Shimada S, Tohyama M. Expression of norepinephrine and serotonin transporter mRNAs in the rat superior cervical ganglion. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 67:82-6. [PMID: 10101235 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00041-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We investigated the gene expression of three monoamine transporters (norepinephrine transporter, NET; serotonin transporter, SERT; and dopamine transporter, DAT) in the rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG). Most of principal ganglion neurons abundantly expressed NET mRNA. In addition, about 30% of principal ganglion neurons also expressed SERT mRNA. However, DAT mRNA expression was not observed there. These results suggest that serotonin as well as norepinephrine works as a neurotransmitter in a subset of principal ganglion neurons.
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- M Nishimura
- Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2, Yamadaoka Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
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Vicente-Torres A, Bartolomé MV, Carricondo F, Esquifino A, Gil-Loyzaga P. HPLC detection of serotonin within the rat cochlea. Neuroreport 1998; 9:3699-701. [PMID: 9858382 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199811160-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study was performed to analyse the cochlear concentrations of serotonin (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA), their sources and modifications induced by noise exposure. Superior cervical ganglionectomy did not modify these concentrations. However, removal of the blood by aortic perfusion reduced significantly (about 76%) the cochlear concentration of 5-HT without affecting the 5-HIAA concentration. These results indicate that blood constitutes an important source of 5-HT to the cochlea, opposite to the superior cervical ganglion. Exposure to noise at 90 dB SPL did not modify the total cochlear concentrations of 5-HT and 5-HIAA, or the concentrations remaining after removal of the blood, suggesting that 5-HT could have a modulatory role in the cochlea distinct from that of olivocochlear neurotransmitters.
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- A Vicente-Torres
- Centro de Cultivos Celulares (CAI-UCM) and Departamento de Cirugía II (ORL), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Won MH, Ohno T, Suh JG, Lee JC, Jo SM, Oh YS, Namikawa T, Kitoh J. Serotonergic neurons are present and innervate blood vessels in the olfactory bulb of the laboratory shrew, Suncus murinus. Neurosci Lett 1998; 243:53-6. [PMID: 9535111 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00084-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The distribution and characteristics of serotonin-immunoreactivity in the olfactory bulb of the laboratory shrew (Suncus murinus, insectivore) was studied immunohistochemically. Serotonergic neurons were found only in the subependymal layer of the main olfactory bulb. These neurons were 8-12 microm in size and bipolar in shape. These serotonergic neurons had smooth nerve fibers which innervate blood vessels located mainly in the subependymal layer of the main olfactory bulb. On the other hand, other serotonergic nerve fibers with varicosities, which must be extrinsic, were detected in most olfactory layers except the olfactory nerve layer. This result suggests that intrinsic serotonergic neurons may control blood vessels and varicose serotonergic nerve fibers may act to modulate the olfactory transmission.
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- M H Won
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, South Korea.
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Gil-Loyzaga P, Vicente-Torres MA, García-Bonacho M, Esquifino A. Presence of catecholamines and serotonin in the rat vestibule. Brain Res 1997; 746:265-8. [PMID: 9037505 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(96)01258-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The concentrations of norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA) and its metabolites DOPAC and HVA, and serotonin (5-HT) and its metabolite 5-HIAA, were quantified in the rat vestibule. For this purpose, homogenates of vestibules, of albino and pigmented rats, were analyzed using HPLC with electrochemical detection. Vestibules of pigmented rats showed higher DOPAC and HVA concentrations than those of albino rats, and male pigmented rats also showed significantly more DA than male albino rats. These results could indicate that the rate of DA metabolism in vestibules was higher in pigmented than in albino rats. The vestibular concentrations of NE and 5-HT did not differ significantly between the two strains. In contrast, 5-HIAA concentration was higher in vestibules of pigmented rats than in those of albino rats, suggesting an increased 5-HT metabolism for the former strain. Differences in monoamine concentrations between the two sexes o the same strain were scarce. Only, a higher HVA concentration in vestibules of females could indicate a higher DA metabolism.
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- P Gil-Loyzaga
- Centro de Cultivos Celulares (CA1), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Manipulation of brainstem serotonin (5-HT) raphe neurons induces significant alterations in local cerebral metabolism and perfusion. The vascular consequences of intracerebrally released 5-HT point to a major vasoconstrictor role, resulting in cerebral blood flow (CBF) decreases in several brain regions such as the neocortex. However, vasodilatations, as well as changes in blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, which are blocked by 5-HT receptor antagonists also can be observed. A lack of relationship between the changes in flow and metabolism indicates uncoupling between the two variables and is suggestive of a direct neurogenic control by brain intrinsic 5-HT neurons on the microvascular bed. In line with these functional data are the close associations that exist between 5-HT neurons and the microarterioles, capillaries and perivascular astrocytes of various regions but more intimately and/or more frequently so in those where CBF is altered significantly following manipulation of 5-HT neurons. The ability of the microvascular bed to respond directly to intracerebrally released 5-HT is underscored by the expression of distinct 5-HT receptors in the various cellular compartments of the microvascular bed. Thus, it appears that while some 5-HT-mediated microvascular functions involve directly the blood vessel wall, others would be relayed through the perivascular astrocyte. The strategic localization of perivascular astrocytes and the different 5-HT receptors that they harbor strongly emphasize their putative pivotal role in transmitting information between 5-HT neurons and microvessels. It is concluded that the cerebral circulation has full capacity to adequately and locally adapt brain perfusion to changes in central 5-HT neurotransmission either directly or indirectly via the neuronal-astrocytic-vascular tripartite functional unit. Dysfunctions in these neurovascular interactions might result in perfusion deficits and might be involved in specific pathological conditions.
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- Z Cohen
- Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Research, Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Québec, Canada
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Lincoln J. Innervation of cerebral arteries by nerves containing 5-hydroxytryptamine and noradrenaline. Pharmacol Ther 1995; 68:473-501. [PMID: 8788567 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(95)02017-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Noradrenaline (NA)-containing nerves, mainly originating in the sympathetic superior cervical ganglia, supply large and small cerebral arteries. In large cerebral arteries, nerves containing serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) may represent neuronal uptake of circulating 5-HT by sympathetic nerves. 5-HT-containing nerves supplying small pial vessels probably have a central origin in the dorsal raphe nucleus. In most species, NA is a weak vasoconstrictor (alpha 1- or alpha 2-adrenoceptors), while 5-HT is a potent vasoconstrictor (5-HT2 or 5-HT1-like receptors) of large cerebral arteries. In contrast, both NA and 5-HT tend to cause vasodilatation in small pial vessels and arterioles. Adrenergic and serotonergic transmission can be modulated by pH, a range of putative neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, and by the endothelium. Sumatriptan, a 5-HT1-like receptor agonist, has been shown to be effective in the treatment of migraine. Changes in NA- or 5-HT-containing nerves and/or in the responses of cerebral vessels to NA and 5-HT have been observed in a variety of vascular disorders, including cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid haemorrhage, hypertension, and atherosclerosis.
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- J Lincoln
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
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Mathiau P, Riche D, Behzadi G, Dimitriadou V, Aubineau P. Absence of serotonergic innervation from raphe nuclei in rat cerebral blood vessels--I. Histological evidence. Neuroscience 1993; 52:645-55. [PMID: 7680791 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(93)90413-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Anterograde tracing from dorsal raphe neurons by Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin and serotonin immunocytochemistry revealed no serotonergic projections from raphe nuclei to cerebral pial vessels in the rat. However, cerebrovascular nerve fibres, mainly located in major pial arteries, were immunoreactive to tryptophan-5-hydroxylase antibodies as previously shown by others. It thus seems that the rate-limiting enzyme catalysing the biosynthesis of serotonin, tryptophan-5-hydroxylase, is present in cerebrovascular nerve fibres which do not originate in the dorsal raphe nucleus and which do not contain enough serotonin to be labelled by serotonin immunocytochemistry. We also observed tryptophan hydroxylase-immunoreactive but no serotonin-immunoreactive nerve fibres in the femoral artery and, occasionally, in the dura mater. The femoral artery, like the dura mater, contained numerous mast cells reacting positively to both tryptophan hydroxylase and to serotonin immunocytochemistry. The colocalization of the enzyme and its final product thus appears to be a general feature, since it has already been demonstrated within the central nervous system. The only exception appears to be the tryptophan hydroxylase-immunoreactive nerves present in cerebral and peripheral vessels. These results suggest that there is not a true serotonergic (i.e. serotonin-containing) innervation in cerebral blood vessels. They also strongly suggest that the cerebrovascular nerve fibres which appear to contain tryptophan hydroxylase do not originate in the raphe nuclei.
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- P Mathiau
- Laboratoire de Recherches Cérébrovasculaires, CNRS U.A.641, Paris, France
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Cohen Z, Bovento G, Lacombe P, Seylaz J, MacKenzie ET, Hamel E. Cerebrovascular nerve fibers immunoreactive for tryptophan-5-hydroxylase in the rat: distribution, putative origin and comparison with sympathetic noradrenergic nerves. Brain Res 1992; 598:203-14. [PMID: 1486481 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)90184-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The distribution of serotonergic nerves in major basal and isolated small pial arteries (diameter > or = 50 microns) was investigated immunohistochemically using an antibody directed against tryptophan-5-hydroxylase (TPOH), the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT or serotonin), and compared to that of the noradrenergic system labeled for the selective noradrenaline (NA) synthesizing enzyme, dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH). In addition, the possible peripheral and/or central origins of the cerebrovascular serotonergic (TPOH-positive) nerve fibers were examined. Strongly labeled TPOH-immunoreactive (TPOH-I) fiber bundles were observed in major basal arteries and gave rise to small varicose fibers organized in a meshwork pattern. The highest density of TPOH-I fibers was found in the middle cerebral artery followed by the anterior cerebral and the anterior communicating arteries, with a moderate to low density in the internal carotid and the vertebro-basilar trunk. Of the isolated pial arteries, only the larger ones (diameter > 75 microns) were significantly endowed with TPOH-I varicose fibers. However, free floating TPOH-I nerves were observed coursing through the pia-arachnoid membranes and reaching small pial vessels. In contrast, DBH-I nerve fibers were fine and were visualized primarily as numerous varicosities distributed in a circumferential manner around the vessel wall. A very high density of DBH-I varicosities was seen in the rostral part of the circle of Willis, with the internal carotid being the most richly supplied followed by the anterior cerebral and the anterior communicating arteries; comparatively, the middle cerebral artery was moderately innervated. The differences in distribution pattern and density between TPOH-I and DBH-I cerebrovascular fibers clearly suggest that these two innervation systems are not exactly superimposable. Superior cervical ganglionectomy caused an almost complete disappearance of TPOH-I nerves in all vascular segments, with some residual fibers in selected vessels. Lesion of the central serotonergic component with the neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine had virtually no effect on the TPOH-I fibers in the major basal and isolated pial arteries. These results strongly suggest that the serotonergic innervation of major cerebral as well as pial arteries has a prominent peripheral origin closely related to the sympathetic system. Processing of superior cervical ganglion slices for TPOH immunocytochemistry, however, failed to unequivocally detect TPOH-I neurons.
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- Z Cohen
- Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Research, Montreal Neurological Institute, Qué., Canada
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Bonvento G, Lacombe P, MacKenzie ET, Fage D, Benavides J, Rouquier L, Scatton B. Evidence for differing origins of the serotonergic innervation of major cerebral arteries and small pial vessels in the rat. J Neurochem 1991; 56:681-9. [PMID: 1703222 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb08203.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have studied the nature and origin of the serotonergic innervation of two distinct anatomical cerebrovascular compartments, namely, small pial vessels and major cerebral arteries, in the rat. To this end, the levels of serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were measured by HPLC in both cerebrovascular compartments after either bilateral sympathectomy or destruction of the ascending serotonergic pathways, which originate from the raphe nuclei. We first showed that the small pial vessel samples were not contaminated by underlying cortical tissues through the use of an immunohistochemical approach that revealed the glia limitans, the most superficial cortical layer. Superior cervical ganglionectomy caused a marked decrease in noradrenaline concentrations in major cerebral arteries (-77%), although the reduction was less pronounced (-34%) in small pial vessels. Sympathectomy decreased by 33% 5-HT concentrations in the major cerebral arteries but was without effect on 5-HT levels in the small pial vessels. Destruction of the ascending serotonergic pathways (via local administration of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine into the ventral tegmental area) produced a dramatic fall in 5-HT and 5-HIAA concentrations in both vascular compartments. To establish the authenticity of the serotonergic innervation, the synthesis of 5-HT [as assessed by measuring the accumulation of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) after decarboxylase inhibition] was measured in the two vascular beds under control conditions and after destruction of the ascending serotonergic pathways. The rate of accumulation of 5-HTP was higher in the small pial vessels than in major cerebral arteries, an observation that indicates an important de novo synthesis of 5-HT in small pial vessels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G Bonvento
- Department of Biology, Synthélabo Recherche (L.E.R.S.), Bagneux, France
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Chédotal A, Hamel E. Serotonin-synthesizing nerve fibers in rat and cat cerebral arteries and arterioles: immunohistochemistry of tryptophan-5-hydroxylase. Neurosci Lett 1990; 116:269-74. [PMID: 2243604 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90085-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Nerve fibers synthesizing 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT or serotonin) were demonstrated in rat and cat cerebral blood vessels by immunohistochemical localization of the rate-limiting enzyme catalyzing the biosynthesis of 5-HT, namely tryptophan-5-hydroxylase (TPOH). TPOH-immunoreactive fibers were present in all parts of the circle of Willis with a somewhat less intense distribution in the vertebro-basilar segment. Single, small nerve fibers intermingled around the vessel wall were found in both species but clear TPOH-immunoreactive varicosities were observed predominantly in the rat. The most striking observation was the dense network of TPOH-positive fibers innervating some but not all small pial arteries, and, to a lesser extent, pial arterioles. These results provide the evidence that, at least in these species, the cerebrovascular bed is innervated by authentic serotonergic fibers which can synthesize their own 5-HT.
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- A Chédotal
- Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Research, Montreal Neurological Institute, Que., Canada
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Gaw AJ, Wadsworth RM, Humphrey PP. Neurotransmission in the sheep middle cerebral artery: modulation of responses by 5-HT and haemolysate. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1990; 10:409-16. [PMID: 1970342 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1990.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In ring sections of the sheep middle cerebral artery, electrical field stimulation elicits a complex response due to the simultaneous release of vasodilator and vasoconstrictor neurotransmitters. Haemolysate abolishes the relaxant effects of the vasodilator neurotransmitter and causes a marked augmentation of the contractile response in both the presence (448 +/- 191%) and absence (409 +/- 134%) of an intact endothelium. The haemolysate also reverses relaxation induced by sodium nitroprusside or sodium nitrite but has no effect on relaxation induced by 8-Br-cGMP. The vasodilator neurotransmitter therefore appears to act directly on the smooth muscle to cause relaxation by the stimulation of guanylate cyclase. The vasoconstrictor neurotransmitters that are released are antagonised by prazosin (100 nM), ketanserin (100 nM) and atropine (100 nM), which suggests that the transmitters involved are noradrenaline, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and acetylcholine, respectively. In the presence of these three antagonists at 10 microM, there was 86.9 +/- 4.8% inhibition. Incubation with 5-HT (10 microM) causes a marked augmentation of the contractile response (267 +/- 56%) to field stimulation that can be reduced by pretreatment with either desipramine or citalopram, inhibitors of noradrenergic and serotoninergic uptake mechanisms, respectively. The 5-HT appears to be taken up into noradrenergic nerves and released as an alternative neurotransmitter upon subsequent stimulation. These actions of haemolysate and 5-HT may be involved in the cerebral vasospasm observed following subarachnoid haemorrhage.
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- A J Gaw
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Ware, U.K
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Cowen T, Thrasivoulou C. Cerebrovascular nerves in old rats show reduced accumulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine and loss of nerve fibres. Brain Res 1990; 513:237-43. [PMID: 2350693 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90461-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The effect of old age on the net accumulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) into cerebrovascular nerves of rats was studied using a new, densitometric application of image analysis of immunohistochemical staining. The results showed evidence of reduced accumulation in old animals in nerves supplying arteries of the circle of Willis. Measurements of the density of nerves stained with an antibody to the neuronal marker, PGP9.5, showed that loss of nerve fibres may occur in some cerebral vessels in old age.
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- T Cowen
- Department of Anatomy, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, U.K
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Bonvento G, Lacombe P, MacKenzie ET, Rouquier L, Scatton B, Seylaz J. Differential effects of electrical stimulation of the dorsal raphe nucleus and of cervical sympathectomy on serotonin and noradrenaline concentrations in major cerebral arteries and pial vessels in the rat. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1990; 10:123-6. [PMID: 1688863 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1990.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The levels of noradrenaline (NA), serotonin (5-HT), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid were measured by HPLC and compared between the large arteries of the circle of Willis and the small pial vessels in the rat, following either electrical stimulation of the dorsal raphe nucleus or bilateral superior cervical ganglionectomy. With electrical stimulation, the 5-HT concentrations were reduced (-48%) in the small pial vessels, but were unchanged in the major cerebral arteries. NA concentrations were dramatically reduced following cervical sympathectomy in the large arteries (-77%), though the reduction was less pronounced (-34%) in the small vessels. Sympathectomy caused a significant decrease in the 5-HT concentration of the major cerebral arteries (-33%), but was without effect on the 5-HT levels of the small pial vessels. These results show that an appreciable fraction of the perivascular 5-HT measured in the small pial and the large cerebral arteries originates from different sources.
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- G Bonvento
- Department of Biology, Synthélabo Recherche (L.E.R.S.), Bagneux, France
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Chang JY, Hardebo JE, Owman C. Kinetic studies on uptake of serotonin and noradrenaline into pial arteries of rats. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1990; 10:22-31. [PMID: 2298833 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1990.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A population of cerebrovascular nerve fibers have recently been found to store serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT). There is reason to assume that these 5-HT-containing fibers have a sympathetic rather than an intracerebral origin. This was further elucidated in the present study in which the uptake mechanisms of 5-HT and noradrenaline (NA) were characterized and compared in rat pial arteries by measuring the accumulation of [3H]5-HT and [14C]NA under various experimental conditions in vitro. Sympathectomized vessels served as blanks. The uptake into the perivascular sympathetic nerves was dependent on time as well as concentration and was saturable. The Km values were similar, 0.17 microM for 5-HT and 0.15 microM for NA, but the Vmax value was 10 times higher for NA (2.38 and 25 pmol/mg/15 min, respectively). The two amines competed with each other in the sympathetic uptake, as studied by inhibition of the accumulation of one labeled amine by the other nonlabeled amine. Corticosterone, acting on the extraneuronal process, significantly inhibited the 5-HT uptake but had no substantial effect on NA. Reserpine, blocking the intraaxonal vesicular stores, markedly attenuated the accumulation of NA, but not of 5-HT. The selective uptake blocker paroxetine reduced the 5-HT uptake with much higher potency than the NA uptake, whereas desipramine predominantly inhibited NA uptake. The pial 5-HT uptake was not significantly affected by lesion of the raphe complex, whereas it was reduced to half following superior cervical ganglionectomy. The results suggest that the 5-HT present in nerves associated with pial vessels at the base of the brain is taken up through an efficient axonal mechanism, functionally related but not identical to the uptake process for NA.
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- J Y Chang
- Department of Medical Cell Research, University of Lund, Sweden
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Chang JY, Owman C. Serotonin potentiates noradrenaline-induced vasoconstriction through 5-HT1-type receptors in guinea pig basilar artery. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1989; 9:713-6. [PMID: 2777937 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1989.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Based on the previous finding that 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) co-exists with norepinephrine (NE) in cerebrovascular sympathetic nerve fibers and can be released during electrical nerve stimulation, the postjunctional interaction between the two amines was studied in isolated basilar artery of guinea pig. A low concentration of 5-HT, which in itself has little or no constrictive effect, potentiated the weak contraction of NE by almost 300%. The amplification was antagonized by methiothepin, but not by ketanserin, and it could be mimicked by methysergide. The marked potentiation is thus probably associated with the 5-HT1-like receptors, which earlier have been found to mediate the direct vasoconstrictive action of 5-HT in this vessel preparation.
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- J Y Chang
- Department of Medical Cell Research, University of Lund, Sweden
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Gale JD, Alberts JC, Cowen T. A quantitative study of changes in old age of 5-hydroxytryptamine-like immunoreactivity in perivascular nerves of the rabbit. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1989; 28:51-60. [PMID: 2685087 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(89)90007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Quantitative immunohistochemical techniques were applied to whole mount stretch preparations of the femoral, saphenous and cerebral blood vessels of rabbits from before birth to old age (greater than 3 years) in order to study the effects of ageing processes on 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT)-like immunoreactive perivascular nerve plexuses. Immunostained perivascular nerve fibres first appeared at 30 days in utero in all the vessels studied with the exception of the saphenous vein where nerves appeared at one day after birth. Perinatal and early postnatal development showed a general increase in nerve density in all the vessels, which continued up to adulthood (6 months) in all vessels except the femoral artery and then showed a general and often statistically significant decline in old age. Comparison of these results with those of noradrenergic perivascular innervation showed by 5-HT tended to appear later in perinatal development and was more widely reduced in old age than noradrenaline.
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- J D Gale
- Department of Anatomy, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, U.K
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Chang JY, Ekblad E, Kannisto P, Owman C. Serotonin uptake into cerebrovascular nerve fibers of rat, visualization by immunohistochemistry, disappearance following sympathectomy, and release during electrical stimulation. Brain Res 1989; 492:79-88. [PMID: 2502302 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)90891-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Immunohistochemistry as well as in vitro uptake and release of [3H]5-HT were performed on pial arteries of rat to investigate the nature of 5-HT containing nerve fibers. Immunoreactive fibers were constantly found only in the basilar, vertebral and superior cerebellar arteries, while in the other parts of the circle of Willis, 5-HT immunofluorescent fibers were absent. After systemic treatment with tryptophan following inhibition of monoamine oxidase with nialamide the immunofluorescence intensity was markedly enhanced. The 5-HT immunoreactive fibers disappeared after superior cervical ganglionectomy or intraventricular administration of 6-hydroxydopamine, but persisted after administration of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine. When isolated vessels were incubated in low concentration of 5-HT (1 nM) together with nialamide, a very dense plexus of 5-HT immunoreactive fibers appeared in all branches of the circle of Willis. Uptake and release experiments were carried out by incubation of arterial preparations with 3 nM [3H]5-HT (together with nialamide), followed by electrical field stimulation, or by exposure to tyramine or 124 mM potassium, all of which induced a 100%-350% increase in the tritium release over prestimulation values. Preincubation with cocaine and bilateral superior cervical ganglionectomy abolished or markedly attenuated the release upon all modes of stimulation. The results suggested that the 5-HT observed by immunohistochemistry in pial arteries is located in sympathetic nerve terminals where it may serve as a neuromodulator that is released during nerve activation.
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- J Y Chang
- Department of Medical Cell Research, University of Lund, Sweden
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Bonvento G, Lacombe P, Seylaz J. Effects of electrical stimulation of the dorsal raphe nucleus on local cerebral blood flow in the rat. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1989; 9:251-5. [PMID: 2715200 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1989.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We have studied the effects of electrical stimulation of the dorsal raphe nucleus on local cerebral blood flow (LCBF), as assessed by the quantitative [14C]-iodoantipyrine autoradiographic technique. Stimulation of the dorsal raphe nucleus in the alpha-chloralose anesthetized rat caused a significant decrease in LCBF, ranging from -13 to -26% in 24 brain structures out of 33 investigated. The most pronounced decreases (-23 to -26%) were observed in the accumbens, amygdaloid, interpeduncular nuclei and in the median raphe nucleus, limbic system relays. The decreases also concerned cortical regions and the extrapyramidal system. These results indicate that activation of ascending serotonergic system produces a vasoconstriction and that the dorsal raphe nucleus has a widespread modulatory influence on the cerebral circulation.
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- G Bonvento
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Physiopathologie Cérébrovasculaire, INSERM CNRS, Université Paris VII, France
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Chang JY, Owman C. Cerebrovascular serotonergic receptors mediating vasoconstriction: further evidence for the existence of 5-HT2 receptors in rat and 5-HT1-like receptors in guinea-pig basilar arteries. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 1989; 136:59-67. [PMID: 2570505 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1989.tb08629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Pharmacological experiments were carried out on isolated basilar arteries (BA) from the brain vasculature of guinea-pig and rat in order to characterize post-junctional serotonergic receptors mediating contraction by the use of selective agonists and antagonists. The sensitivity to 5-HT was higher, but the intrinsic activity lower, in guinea-pig compared to rat vessels. The contractile potency of the 5-HT1 agonists, 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT), was three times higher than 5-HT in guinea-pig but 16 times lower in rat BA. In arteries from both species the 5-HT1A agonist, 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)-tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), only caused weak contraction. In rat BA, where the serotonergic contractile receptors are ketanserin-sensitive, mesulergine inhibited the contraction in doses high enough to block 5-HT2 receptors, and also propranolol slightly inhibited the contraction, probably due to its binding to these receptors. Methiothepin, a potent antagonist of the 5-HT1-like receptors, affected the contraction in a non-competitive manner. The antagonist profile was different in guinea-pig BA: propranolol was ineffective, mesulergine caused a slight, non-surmountable inhibition, whereas methiothepin acted as a true, competitive antagonist. The data support previous suggestions that the serotonergic contraction in rat BA is mediated by 5-HT2 receptors, whereas the present data show that 5-HT1-like receptors predominate in guinea-pig BA.
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- J Y Chang
- Department of Medical Cell Research, Section of Neurobiology, University of Lund, Sweden
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Blackburn TP, Thornber CW, Pearce RJ, Cox B. In vitro studies with ICI 169,369, a chemically novel 5-HT antagonist. Eur J Pharmacol 1988; 150:247-56. [PMID: 3416910 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(88)90005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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ICI 169,369 is a chemically novel 5-HT antagonist that has higher affinity for the 5-HT2 binding sites in rat cortex than it has for 5-HT1 sites (Ki 1.79 x 10(-8) and 1.58 x 10(-6) M, respectively). In isolated tissue preparations ICI 169,369 was shown to be a competitive antagonist of 5-HT on the rabbit aorta, pig coronary artery and rat caudal artery. In the latter preparation it had a similar pA2 value to ketanserin (pA2 8.18 +/- 0.5 and 8.42 +/- 0.06, respectively). Unlike ketanserin, which was inactive, ICI 169,369 was a non-surmountable antagonist at the rat stomach fundus 5-HT 'D' receptor, recently reclassified as 5-HTIC. It was inactive (greater than 10(-6) M) at the 5-HT3 receptors found in the isolated perfused rabbit heart and the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig ileum. At receptors other than those for 5-HT (alpha 1, alpha 2, beta 1, beta 2, H1, H2 and muscarinic), ICI 169,369 was inactive at concentrations of either 10(-6) or 10(-5) M. Thus the profile of ICI 169,369 should make it useful in the analysis of the role of 5-HT in physiological and pathological states.
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- T P Blackburn
- ICI Pharmaceuticals Division, Research Department II, Macclesfield, Cheshire, U.K
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