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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
We tested the antinociceptive effect of intrathecal (i.t.) administration of 5-HT3 and the 5-HT3 receptor agonist, 1-(m-chlorophenyl)-biguanide (mCPBG), in rats submitted to a mechanical noxious stimulus and the influence of the 5-HT3 receptor selective antagonists, tropisetron and granisetron. Both 5-HT and mCPBG (0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 20 micrograms/rat) produced a significant dose-dependent antinociception. The lowest active doses were 0.1 and 1 microgram for 5-HT and mCPBG, respectively. The effect, observed with 20 micrograms, was significantly lower with mCPBG (+33 +/- 6%) than with 5-HT (+63 +/- 7%). For 5-HT-induced antinociception, the minimal inhibitory doses were 0.001 micrograms/rat for tropisetron and 10 micrograms/rat for granisetron. In contrast, the same doses of the two antagonists (from 0.1 microgram/rat) similarly inhibited the effect of mCPBG. This study provides evidence that contrary to tropisetron, doses of granisetron able to inhibit the effect of a 5-HT3 receptor agonist failed to reduce that of 5-HT. This demonstrates a heterogeneity between 5-HT3 receptor antagonists and questions the true involvement of these receptors in spinal 5-HT-induced antinociception.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
765
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
267-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential influence of two serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonists on spinal serotonin-induced analgesia in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Equipe NPPUA, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't