5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE-INDUCED CONTRACTION OF THE MARMOSET AORTA IS MEDIATED BY A 5-HT1-LIKE RECEPTOR |
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Authors: | SM Dyer IS de la Lande DB Frewin & RJ Head |
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Institution: | Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, The University of Adelaide and CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
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Abstract: | 1. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) exerts both contractile and relaxant effects in the marmoset isolated aorta, actions that are unaffected by the 5-HT2 antagonist ketanserin. The aim of the present study was to define the receptors mediating the contractile activity of 5-HT in the marmoset aorta. 2. Contractile responses were elicited in aortic rings that were either: (i) precontracted submaximally with the thromboxane A2 agonist U44069 in order to amplify the responses; or (ii) exposed to N ω-nitro- L -arginine (100 μmol/L) plus LY 53857 (0.1 μmol/L; a 5-HT2 receptor antagonist shown previously to inhibit relaxation). The effect of 5-HT on adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) formation was also investigated. 3. The effects of agonists and antagonists comprised: (i) agonist potencies in the order 5-carboxamidotryptamine > 5-HT > sumatriptan > 8-hydroxy-2-(di- n -propylamino)tetralin; (ii) inhibition of contractile action of 5-HT by the 5-HT1D antagonist GR 127935; (iii) a contractile response to methysergide; (iv) a lack of effect of tropisetron, an antagonist of 5-HT3 and 5-HT4 receptors; and (v) inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cAMP formation by 5-HT (in the presence of LY 53857), indicative of negative coupling to adenylate cyclase. 4. The above effects fulfil the criteria for a 5-HT1-like receptor. In view of the previous finding that this contractile response is insensitive to ketanserin, it is concluded that the contractile effects of 5-HT in the marmoset aorta are mediated exclusively by a 5-HT1-like receptor. |
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Keywords: | amplification cAMP GR 127935 5-HT1-like receptor 5-hydroxytryptamine LY 53857 marmoset aorta sumatriptan vasoconstriction |
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