Journal article
Alpha-Adrenergic Control of Serotonin Release from Rat Pineal Glands
Neuroendocrinology, v 48(1), pp 61-66
1988
PMID: 2845293
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Abstract
This study was designed to determine if norepinephrine (NE) stimulated release of pineal serotonin (5-HT) is receptor mediated and to identify the receptor(s) most influential in the release process. Efflux of 3H-5-HT from rat pineals in vitro was significantly increased within 5 min after NE was added to perifusion buffer in concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 3 µM3H-5-HT was not simply displaced from pinealocytes by NE, since buffer containing 3 µM 5-HT had no effect on 3H-5-HT efflux. Furthermore, NE enhanced 3H-5-HT secretion by a stereospecific process, since d-NE was significantly less effective than l-NE. The α1-adrenoreceptor agonists phenylephrine and cirazoline simulated the effects of NE, significantly increasing 3H-5-HT efflux in single and sequential stimulations. Furthermore, the α1-adrenergic receptor antagonist prazosin reduced NE-stimulated release of 3H-5-HT. In contrast, the α2- and β-adrenoreceptor agonists naphazoline or clonidine and isoproterenol, respectively, were without effect. In addition, the α2- and the β-receptor antagonists rauwolscine and timolol, respectively, had no effect on NE-stimulated release of pineal 5-HT. In conclusion, the data show that NE stimulates 5-HT release within minutes from rat pineal glands in vitro. Unlike the pineal mechanism controlling melatonin synthesis, which has a longer latency and requires β-adrenergic receptor activation, 5-HT release is regulated by activation of αi-receptors. Thus, the pineal may be useful model for studying how separate intracellular processes are controlled by common neural stimuli.
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- Title
- Alpha-Adrenergic Control of Serotonin Release from Rat Pineal Glands
- Creators
- Vincent J Aloyo - Drexel UniversityRichard F Walker
- Publication Details
- Neuroendocrinology, v 48(1), pp 61-66
- Number of pages
- 6
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacology and Physiology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1988P394600009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0023711502
- Other Identifier
- 991019183961704721
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- Endocrinology & Metabolism
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