Effect of central serotonin depletion on 5-HT receptor-mediated vasomotor responses in the middle meningeal artery of anaesthetized rats.
Effect of central serotonin depletion on 5-HT receptor-mediated vasomotor responses in the middle meningeal artery of anaesthetized rats.
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中枢血清素耗竭对麻醉大鼠脑膜中动脉 5-HT 受体介导的血管舒缩反应的影响。
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10.1111/j.1474-8673.2009.00430.x
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2009
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Terrón,JA
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Martínez-García,E;García-Iglesias,B;Terrón,JA
1It has been hypothesized that craniovascular 5‐HT receptors mediating dilatation of cranial vessels undergo sensitization on decreased serotonergic transmission in migraine. This study analysed the effect of chemical lesion of the 5‐HT system in the brain with 5,7‐dihydroxytryptamine (5,7‐DHT) on 5‐HT receptor‐mediated dilator responses to 5‐carboxamidotryptamine (5‐CT) in the middle meningeal artery of anaesthetized rats. 5‐CT has recently been shown to elicit dilator responses in this cranial vessel via 5‐HT7receptors and, to a much lesser extent, 5‐HT1B/1Dreceptors.2Pretreatment with 5,7‐DHT produced a drastic and selective decrease of 5‐HT levels in the brain (78 ± 6% and 94 ± 2% in dorsal raphe and hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei, respectively) compared with controls (1% ascorbic acid).3Topical application of 5‐CT (1–1000 μm) to exposed dura mater encephali produced concentration‐dependent decreases in diastolic blood pressure and dilator responses in the middle meningeal artery that were similar in vehicle‐ and 5,7‐DHT‐pretreaed animals.4Hypotensive and meningeal dilator responses to 5‐CT were unaltered by the 5‐HT1B/1Dreceptor antagonist, GR‐127935 (1 mg kg−1, i.v.), but were strongly inhibited by the 5‐HT7receptor antagonist, SB‐269970 (1 mg kg−1, i.v.), with similar efficacy, in both groups of animals. Treatment with GR‐127935 + SB‐269970 (1 mg kg−1, i.v. each), produced a stronger inhibitory effect than individual treatments on hypotensive but not on meningeal responses to 5‐CT. Meningeal 5‐HT7receptor‐mediated responses (i.e. in GR‐127935‐pretreated animals) were unchanged by 5,7‐DHT pretreatment.5Results suggest that the sensitivity of craniovascular 5‐HT7receptors mediating dilatation is unaffected by a decrease of 5‐HT levels in the brain. A neuronal involvement of 5‐HT in migraine seems more likely, therefore.