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The present study investigated whether the serotonergic system is involved in mediating the behavioral effects of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in juvenile spring chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. An intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of CRH induced hyperactivity. The effect of CRH was potentiated in a dose-dependent manner by the concurrent administration of the serotonin (5-HT) selective reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine. However, administration of fluoxetine alone had no effect on locomotor activity, suggesting that the locomotor-stimulating effect of CRH is mediated by the activation of the serotonergic system. Conversely, ICV injections of the 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonist NAN-190 attenuated the effect of CRH on locomotor activity when given in combination with CRH but had no effect when administered alone. These results provide the first evidence to support the hypothesis that the effect of CRH on locomotor activity in teleosts is mediated by activating the serotonergic system.
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Exp Physiol. 2003 Mar;88(2):251-60.
Effect of brain serotoninergic stimulation on sodium appetite of euthyroid and hypothyroid rats.
Badaue-Passos D Jr, Ventura RR, Silva LF, Olivares EL, Reis LC.
Department of Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biology, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR465, Km 7, 23851-970, Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The aim of the present work was to investigate the role of the serotoninergic system in the control of sodium appetite of hypothyroid rats (HTR) by administering drugs that affect the serotoninergic activity, and to compare the same homeostatic behaviour in euthyroid rats (ETR) also given these drugs. Fenfluramine (FEN; 5.0 mg x kg(-1), I.P.), which releases serotonin in the brain, significantly reduced the intake of 1.8 % NaCl in HTR subjected to water and sodium depletion (depleted) or water, sodium and food deprivation (deprived) by 31 and 45 %, respectively, 120 min after FEN injection, compared to HTR that received vehicle alone. Similarly, administration of FEN to ETR reduced 1.8 % NaCl intake in depleted and deprived rats by 64 and 46 %, respectively. The presynaptic serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine (20.0 mg x kg(-1), I.P.) led to the inhibition of sodium appetite in HTR during the initial 30 min in depleted rats and for up to 60 min post-injection in deprived rats, while sodium appetite inhibition persisted for longer periods in ETR. The 5HT2C receptor agonist mCPP (5.0 mg x kg(-1), I.P.) caused a drastic reduction in sodium appetite in HTR and ETR in depleted and deprived rats, respectively, after 120 min. Prior administration of the 5HT2C receptor antagonist LY53857 (5.0 mg x kg(-1), I.P.) completely blocked the inhibitory action of mCPP on sodium appetite in both HTR and ETR. In summary, our results suggest that the recruitment of serotoninergic neurons involved in the modulation of sodium appetite seems to be decreased in hypothyroidism due to a probable deficiency in the cerebral signalling pathway.
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J Neurochem. 2003 Aug;86(4):958-65.
Functional coupling of serotonin and noradrenaline transporters.
Horschitz S, Hummerich R, Schloss P.
Biochemical Laboratory, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.
Re-uptake of the neurotransmitters serotonin and noradrenaline out of the synaptic cleft is mediated by selective transporter proteins, the serotonin transporter and the noradrenaline transporter respectively. Both are integral membrane proteins that are have a high degree of homology and represent members of a larger neurotransmitter transporter superfamily. Several studies have indicated that the serotonin transporter has an an oligomeric structure. To determine whether monoamine transporters can also function in oligomeric structures in situ, we constructed a concatenate consisting of one molecule of serotonin transporter covalently linked to one molecule of noradrenaline transporter. Heterologous expression of this hybrid construct allowed us to analyse the function, i.e. transport activity, and the structure, i.e. the molecular weight of the total construct and of its single components, at the same time. We showed that serotonin-noradrenaline transporter fusion proteins are fully active and exhibit the pharmacological profile of both their individual components. These findings support the hypothesis that monoamine transporters are expressed and may function as oligomeric proteins composed of non-interacting monomers.
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