PMID: 8444402Jan 1, 1993Paper

Ventilatory mechanical analysis of respiratory depression induced by serotonin

[Hokkaido igaku zasshi] The Hokkaido journal of medical science
Y Goda

Abstract

This study was aimed to prove the pharmacological characteristics of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-induced respiratory depression, especially apnea. Effects of 5-HT-receptor agonists and antagonists on respiratory parameters were examined using anesthetized and spontaneously breathing rats. A bolus intravenous administration of 5-HT (3.125-25 micrograms/kg) immediately produced an apnea, the duration of which increased in a dose-related manner. This response was antagonized by a selective 5-HT3-receptor antagonist, GR38032F (10 and 100 micrograms/kg). Ketanserin, a 5-HT2-receptor antagonist, 100 micrograms/kg also inhibited the 5-HT-induced apnea. In addition, the effect of 5-HT-induced apnea mimicked by 2-methyl-5-HT (3.125-50 micrograms/kg), a 5-HT3-receptor agonist, and by alpha-methyl-5-HT (3.125-25 micrograms/kg), a 5-HT2-receptor agonist. On the other hand, 5-HT produced a decrease in lung compliance and an increase in lung resistance in a dose-related manner. The 5-HT-induced changes in lung compliance and lung resistance were antagonized by ketanserin (100 micrograms/kg), but not by GR38032F (100 micrograms/kg). Furthermore, alpha-methyl-5-HT caused bronchoconstriction as did 5-HT, but 2-methyl-5-HT did not. Although bilat...Continue Reading

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