D-FENFLURAMINE, BUT NOT D-NORFENFLURAMINE, USES CALCIUM TO INCREASE EXTRACELLULAR SEROTONIN

被引:11
作者
DEPARADA, MP [1 ]
PARADA, MA [1 ]
POTHOS, E [1 ]
HOEBEL, BG [1 ]
机构
[1] PRINCETON UNIV, DEPT PSYCHOL, PRINCETON, NJ 08544 USA
关键词
FENFLURAMINE; NORFENFLURAMINE; SEROTONIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICRODIALYSIS; CALCIUM;
D O I
10.1016/0024-3205(95)00168-6
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
Microdialysis in the hippocampus of freely moving rats was used to assess extracellular serotonin (5-HT) in response to local infusion of d-fenfluramine and its metabolite d-norfenfluramine with and without local calcium depletion. Verapamil (1 mM) in calcium-free Ringer infused via the microdialysis probe increased extracellular 5-HT and prevented the full increase in extracellular 5-HT normally caused by 1 mM d-fenfluramine. The results suggest d-fenfluramine might act in part as a calcium channel agonist favoring a calcium influx that in turn would trigger the exocytotic process in 5-HT terminals. d-norfenfluramine, on the other hand, was capable of releasing 5-HT, in vivo, in spite of depleted Ca levels.
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页码:PL415 / PL420
页数:6
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