Activation of the 5-HT(7) receptor but not nitric oxide synthase is necessary for chronic 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced hypotension.
Activation of the 5-HT(7) receptor but not nitric oxide synthase is necessary for chronic 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced hypotension.
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DOI:
10.1113/ep088919
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发表时间:
2020-12
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Watts SW
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作者:
Seitz BM;Fink GD;Watts SW
Low dose infusion of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) to rats causes both an acute and chronic fall in arterial blood pressure. The 5-HT7 receptor subtype plays a critical part in the observed hypotension. Acute (minutes to hours) 5-HT infusion shows no depressor role for NO, but 5-HT depressor responses under chronic conditions suggest that NO production may be critical. We test the hypothesis that NO contributes to the chronic, but not acute, depressor response to 5-HT. We compared the role of NO and 5-HT7 receptors in 5-HT induced hypotension under acute and chronic conditions in the same animal. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) were measured via radiotelemetry in conscious rats during 5 days of saline or 5-HT (25 μg/kg/min; osmotic pump) infusion and for two days after infusion was stopped. To quantify the contributions of NO and the 5-HT7 receptor to 5-HT-induced hypotension, the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor L-NAME or the selective 5-HT7 receptor antagonist SB267790 were given at 1, 3 and 5 days of chronic infusion, and 1 day after 5-HT infusion pumps were removed. L-NAME caused a pressor response of the same magnitude in the absence or presence of 5-HT infusion. Conversely, SB269970 did not affect MAP in the absence of 5-HT infusion and reversed the 5-HT-induced depressor response at each time point. Our findings demonstrate that acute and chronic 5-HT induced hypotension does not require NOS activation but does require continued activation of the 5-HT7 receptor.