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NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 6, Pages 833-840Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2004.06.015
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5-HT3 receptor; 5-HT2 receptor; modulation; whole-cell patch clamp; trigeminal ganglion; rat
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5-HT receptor subtypes are widely expressed in primary sensory neurons, yet so far little is known about the interaction among them. This study aimed to investigate whether the activation of 5-HT2 and 5-HT1 receptors could modulate 5-HT3 receptor mediated current in rat trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons using whole-cell patch clamp technique. The majority of TG neurons examined responded to 5-HT (10(-7)-10(-3) M) with a fast activating and rapid desensitizing inward current (77.2%, 71/92). This 5-HT activated current (I5-HT) was blocked by ICS 205-930 and mimicked by 2-methyl-5-HT, indicating that it was mediated by 5-HT3 receptor. With alpha-methyl-5-HT applied prior to 5-HT application, I5-HT was potentiated in a concentration-dependent manner, with the maximal modulatory effect at 10(-9) M of alpha-methyl-5-HT. The concentration-response curve for I5-HT pretreated with alpha-methyl-5-HT shifts upwards compared with that for I5-HT without a-methyl-5-HT pretreatment, the maximal I5-HT value having increased by (60.3 +/- 5.7)% of its control while the EC50 values of the two curves being very close, i.e. (2.0 +/- 0.3) x 10(-5) M vs (1.7 +/- 0.2) x 10(-5) M, respectively. The alpha-methyl-5-HT potentiation of I5-HT was removed by intracellular dialysis of either GDP-beta-S, a non-hydrolyzable GDP analog, or GF109203X, a selective PKC inhibitor, almost completely. Preapplication of R-(+)-UH-301, a selective agonist of 5-HT1A receptor, had no modulatory effect on I5-HT. These results suggest that in the membrane of TG neurons, the activation of 5-HT2 receptors can exert an enhancing effect on the function of coexistent 5-HT3 receptors while that of 5-HTIA receptors cannot. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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