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J Neurochem. 1991 May;56(5):1581-6.
Modulation of [3H]paroxetine binding to the 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake site in an animal model of depression.
Edwards E, Harkins K, Wright G, Henn F.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8101.
The effects of learned helplessness on the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) uptake site were studied in rats using [3H]paroxetine binding. This ligand was chosen because it was demonstrated to label directly the 5-HT uptake site whereas the [3H]imipramine binding site has been demonstrated to be heterogeneous in nature. Moreover, [3H]imipramine appears to bind to a presynaptic recognition site different from the uptake site. Exposure to uncontrollable shock training and testing resulted in an overall increase in [3H]paroxetine binding in all the groups studied [nonhelpless (NLH), learned helpless (LH), spontaneously helpless (SPLH)] as compared to naive controls (NC). However, the increase in [3H]paroxetine binding was significantly higher in the LH and SPLH groups. The maximum number of [3H]paroxetine binding sites in the rat hippocampus was increased significantly in learned helpless rats (LH and SPLH) at day 4 and day 30 after the shock escape test as compared to NC and NLH rats. By contrast, in the rat hypothalamus the maximum number of [3H]paroxetine binding sites was reduced significantly in the LH rats as compared to naive controls and NLH rats during the same time course. There was no change in [3H]paroxetine binding sites in any other brain regions examined in LH, NLH, and NC rats. The results suggest that a hippocampal hypothalamic connection might play a role in the serotonergic mediation of learned helpless behavior.
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Br J Pharmacol. 1991 Feb;102(2):429-33.
Effects of acute paroxetine administration on tryptophan metabolism and disposition in the rat.
Badawy AA, Morgan CJ.
South Glamorgan Health Authority, Biomedical Research Laboratory, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff.
1 The effects of acute oral administration of paroxetine on tryptophan metabolism and disposition were examined in the rat. 2 Basal liver tryptophan pyrrolase activity was inhibited by paroxetine in vitro and after oral administration. Maximum inhibition was caused by a 1 mg kg-1 dose. 3 Paroxetine administration also inhibited pyrrolase activity that had previously been enhanced by hormonal induction by cortisol or cofactor activation by haematin. The cortisol induction of the enzyme was, however, not inhibited by pretreatment of rats with paroxetine. 4 Paroxetine increased tryptophan availability to the brain, because of the above pyrrolase-inhibitory mechanism. Cerebral 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) synthesis was accordingly enhanced, though this was apparent only with doses of the drug of up to 1 mg kg-1. With larger doses, decreased 5-HT turnover, probably as a result of 5-HT uptake inhibition, was the more dominant feature. 5 Paroxetine lowered circulating corticosterone concentration, but did not influence those of albumin, non-esterified fatty acids or glucose. 6 It is concluded that, in addition to inhibiting brain 5-HT turnover, paroxetine also, in common with 20 other antidepressants, enhances 5-HT synthesis by increasing brain tryptophan concentration secondarily to inhibition of liver tryptophan pyrrolase activity.
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1991 Jan;38(1):135-9.
5-Iodo-2-aminoindan, a nonneurotoxic analogue of p-iodoamphetamine.
Nichols DE, Johnson MP, Oberlender R.
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacyand Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
A rigid analogue, 5-iodo-2-aminoindan (5-IAI), of the serotonin neurotoxic halogenated amphetamine p-iodoamphetamine (PIA) was pharmacologically evaluated for production of serotonin neurotoxicity. A comparison was also made between 5-IAI and PIA in the two-lever drug discrimination paradigm in rats trained to discriminate saline from 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or saline from the alpha-ethyl homologue of MDMA, MBDB. PIA and 5-IAI were both behaviorally active, and fully substituted in both groups of animals, but were considerably less potent than p-chloroamphetamine (PCA). PIA had about twice the potency of PCA as an inhibitor of [3H]-5-HT uptake in rat brain cortical synaptosomes, while 5-IAI was only about 75% as potent as PCA in this assay. A single 40 mg/kg dose of PIA resulted in a 40% reduction of 5-HT and 5-HIAA levels and in the number of 5-HT uptake sites in rat cortex at one week sacrifice. The same dose of 5-IAI with one week sacrifice led to about a 15% decrease in 5-HIAA levels and number of 5-HT uptake sites, but only the latter was statistically significant. In rat hippocampus, PIA gave significant decreases in all serotonin markers examined, while 5-IAI slightly but significantly decreased only 5-HT levels. Neither compound produced any change in catecholamine or catecholamine metabolite levels. The results confirm earlier reports of the selective serotonin neurotoxicity of PIA, which is less severe than that of PCA, and also demonstrate that its rigid analogue 5-IAI does not appear to cause significant serotonin deficits in the rat.
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