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      Serotonin Receptor Subtypes Involved in the Elevation of Serum Corticosterone Concentration in Rats by Direct- and Indirect-Acting Serotonin Agonists

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          The serum corticosterone concentration in rats was increased by injection of quipazine, a relatively nonselective serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) agonist, or 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), a serotonin agonist selective for the 5-HT<sup>1A</sup> subtype of receptor. The quipazine-induced increase in serum corticosterone was antagonized by 17 different serotonin antagonists; of these, MDL 11939, pirenperone, setoperone, mianserin, LY 281067, ketanserin, ritanserin and clozapine have relatively selective affinity for the 5-HT<sub>2</sub> subtype of receptor. The 8-OH-DPAT-induced increase in serum corticosterone was not antagonized by metergohne, the most potent antagonist of the quipazine effect, but was antagonized by pindolol or penbutolol, 5-HTIA receptor antagonists. Pindolol did not block the effect of quipazine. The results support earlier evidence that serum corticosterone concentration in rats can be increased by activation of either 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> or 5-HT<sub>1</sub> receptors. Indirect-acting serotonin agonists – fluoxetine, L-5-hydroxytryptophan and P<sup>-</sup>chloroamphetamine – also increased serum corticosterone concentrations. The increases elicited by those agents, which earlier had been reported not to be blocked by metergohne pretreatment, also were not blocked by pretreatment with pindolol or with the combination of metergohne and pindolol. Thus, an involvement of a specific serotonin receptor subtype in the actions of these indirect agonists has not been established.

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          Journal
          NEN
          Neuroendocrinology
          10.1159/issn.0028-3835
          Neuroendocrinology
          S. Karger AG
          0028-3835
          1423-0194
          1990
          1990
          03 April 2008
          : 52
          : 2
          : 206-211
          Affiliations
          Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Ind., USA
          Article
          125586 Neuroendocrinology 1990;52:206–211
          10.1159/000125586
          2148812
          ed518136-978e-45d8-9c2c-9d1d6c777058
          © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 17 October 1989
          : 13 February 1990
          Page count
          Pages: 6
          Categories
          Original Paper

          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin,L-5-Hydroxytryptophan,P-Chloroamphetamine,Fluoxetine,Quipazine,Serotonin,Corticosterone

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