Pharmacodynamic effects of serotonin (5-HT) receptor ligands in pigs: stimulation of 5-HT2 receptors induces malignant hyperthermia

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology
W LöscherK Bickhardt

Abstract

In pigs, the serotonin-2 (5-HT2) receptor agonist 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOI), 0.8 mg/kg, induced "psychotic" behaviour (e.g., grimacing, backward locomotion, blank stare) and a muscular syndrome, which is known as malignant hyperthermia (MH) in pigs and humans. This syndrome is characterized by generalized skeletal muscle rigidity, leading to an increase in body temperature, marked acidosis, hyperkaliaemia, cyanosis and elevation of lactate, carbon dioxide and the muscle enzyme creatine kinase (CK) in plasma. In pigs which were selectively bred for susceptibility to MH induction by known triggering agents, such as halothane, the administration of DOI was fatal in 3 out of 5 animals. In genetically susceptible pigs, MH was also induced by 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT), 0.5-1.8 mg/kg, and D-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 60-110 micrograms/kg. Furthermore, 5-MeO-DMT and LSD induced head shakes in the animals, which had not been observed after DOI and could not be blocked by 5-HT2-antagonists, ketanserin (0.5-5 mg/kg) and ritanserin (1-2.5 mg/kg). The psychotomimetic effects of 5-MeO-DMT could be blocked by ketanserin or ritanserin, which, depending on the dose, also reduced or totally pre...Continue Reading

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