Ying Qu1, Nelly Villacreses, Dennis L Murphy, Stanley I Rapoport. 1. Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Building 9, Room 1S128, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. yqu1@prdus.jnj.com
Abstract
SUBJECTS: The serotonin reuptake transporter (SERT) helps to regulate brain serotonergic transmission and is the target of some antidepressants. To further understand SERT function, we measured a marker of regional brain phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activation in SERT knockout mice (SERT-/-) and their littermate controls (SERT+/+). METHODS: Following administration of 1.5 mg/kg s.c. (+/-)-2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl-2-aminopropane (DOI), a 5-HT(2A/2C) receptor agonist, to unanesthetized mice injected intravenously with radiolabeled arachidonic acid (AA), PLA2 activation, represented as the regional incorporation coefficient k* of AA, was determined with quantitative autoradiography in each of 71 brain regions. RESULTS: In SERT+/+ mice, DOI significantly increased k* in 27 regions known to have 5-HT(2A/2C) receptors, including the frontal, motor, somatosensory, pyriform and cingulate cortex, white matter, nucleus accumbens, caudate putamen, septum, CA1 of hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus. In contrast, DOI did not increase k* significantly in any brain region of SERT-/- mice. Head twitches following DOI, which also were measured, were robust in SERT+/+ mice but were markedly attenuated in SERT-/- mice. CONCLUSIONS: These results show that a lifelong elevation of the synaptic 5-HT concentration in SERT-/- mice leads to downregulation of 5-HT(2A/2C) receptor-mediated PLA2 signaling via AA and of head twitches, in response to DOI.
SUBJECTS: The serotonin reuptake transporter (SERT) helps to regulate brain serotonergic transmission and is the target of some antidepressants. To further understand SERT function, we measured a marker of regional brain phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activation in SERT knockout mice (SERT-/-) and their littermate controls (SERT+/+). METHODS: Following administration of 1.5 mg/kg s.c. (+/-)-2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl-2-aminopropane (DOI), a 5-HT(2A/2C) receptor agonist, to unanesthetized mice injected intravenously with radiolabeled arachidonic acid (AA), PLA2 activation, represented as the regional incorporation coefficient k* of AA, was determined with quantitative autoradiography in each of 71 brain regions. RESULTS: In SERT+/+ mice, DOI significantly increased k* in 27 regions known to have 5-HT(2A/2C) receptors, including the frontal, motor, somatosensory, pyriform and cingulate cortex, white matter, nucleus accumbens, caudate putamen, septum, CA1 of hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus. In contrast, DOI did not increase k* significantly in any brain region of SERT-/- mice. Head twitches following DOI, which also were measured, were robust in SERT+/+ mice but were markedly attenuated in SERT-/- mice. CONCLUSIONS: These results show that a lifelong elevation of the synaptic 5-HT concentration in SERT-/- mice leads to downregulation of 5-HT(2A/2C) receptor-mediated PLA2 signaling via AA and of head twitches, in response to DOI.
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