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Frequency-dependence of serotonin autoreceptor but not α2-adrenoceptor inhibition of [3H]-serotonin release in rat hypothalamic slices

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The overflow of tritium from stimulated rat hypothalamic slices preincubated with [3H]-serotonin (5-HT) was significantly enhanced by reducing the frequency of stimulation from 3 Hz to 1 Hz while keeping the number of impulses constant. The 5-HT receptor agonist 5-methoxytryptamine inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the electrically-evoked release of [3H]-5-HT with IC50 values of 560 nmol/l and of 34 nmol/l when the stimulations were delivered at 3 Hz and 1 Hz, respectively. The terminal 5-HT autoreceptor antagonist methiothepin enhanced in a concentration-dependent manner the electrically-evoked release of [3H]-5-HT and this effect was greater at a frequency of stimulation of 3 Hz than at 1 Hz. In the same paradigm, the 5-HT reuptake inhibitors citalopram and paroxetine did not alter the overflow of radioactivity elicited by stimulation at 3 Hz but significantly decreased it at 1 Hz. In the presence of 5-HT autoreceptor blockade achieved with methiothepin, citalopram increased the overflow of [3H]-5-HT to the same extent at 1 Hz and at 3 Hz. The IC50 values for inhibition of [3H]-5-HT release by the selective α2-adrenoceptor agonist UK 14.304 were 35 nmol/l at 3 Hz and 30 nmol/l at 1 Hz. It is concluded that modulation of 5-HT release by 5-HT autoreceptors, but not by α2-adrenoceptors is dependent on the synaptic concentration of 5-HT as a function of the frequency of depolarization.

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Blier, P., Ramdine, R., Galzin, AM. et al. Frequency-dependence of serotonin autoreceptor but not α2-adrenoceptor inhibition of [3H]-serotonin release in rat hypothalamic slices. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 339, 60–64 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165127

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