Am. Gardier et al., Interaction between 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors: effects of 8-OH-DPAT-induced hypothermia in 5-HT1B receptor knockout mice, EUR J PHARM, 421(3), 2001, pp. 171-175
To test for adaptive compensatory changes that may have occurred in the: fu
nctional activity of somatodendritic 5-HT1A receptors during the developmen
t of constitutive "knockout" mice lacking the 5-HT1B receptor subtype (5-HT
1B -/- KO), we assayed for decrease in body temperature induced by an acute
subcutaneous injection of the 5-HT1A receptor agonist, 8-hydroxy 2-di-n-pr
opyl(amino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), either alone or in the presence of a selec
tive 5-HT1A receptor antagonist, N-[4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl]-N-(2
-pyridinyl) cyclo-hexanecarboxamide (WAY 100635). We compared dose-response
curves, time course study, calculated ED50 values (potency), maximal respo
nse to 8-OH-DPAT (efficacy) as well as measurements of the dose-dependent b
lockade of this response by WAY 100635 between wild-type controls and mutan
t mice. We found a higher efficacy of 8-OH-DPAT-induced hypothermia in 5-HT
1B -/- KO compared to wild-type mice suggesting that an adaptive thermoregu
latory process involving the functional activity of somatodendritic 5-HT1A
receptors is altered in mutant mice lacking 5-HT1B receptors. (C) 2001 Else
vier Science B.V. All rights reserved.