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Serotonin release in the rat brain cortex is inhibited by neuropeptide Y but not affected by ACTH1–24 angiotensin II, bradykinin and delta-sleep-inducing peptide

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The effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY), peptide YY (PYY), pancreatic polypeptide and of another four peptides on the electrically evoked 3H overflow were studied in superfused rat brain cortex slices preincubated with 3H-serotonin. In addition, we determined the effect of NPY on the Ca2+-induced 3H overflow from rat brain cortex slices and synaptosomes (preincubated with 3H-serotonin) and on the forskolin-stimulated accumulation of cAMP in a membrane fraction from rat brain cortex.

The electrically (3 Hz) evoked 3H overflow was inhibited by PYY, NPY and pancreatic polypeptide (decreasing order of potency), but not affected by ACTH1−24, angiotensin 11, bradykinin and delta-sleep-inducing peptide. The inhibitory effect of NPY did not change when the stimulation frequency was lowered to 1 Hz, but was markedly reduced at 10 Hz. The inhibitory effect of a presumably maximally active concentration of PYY was not altered in the presence of NPY or pancreatic polypeptide (effects not additive), whereas the inhibition produced by a maximally active concentration of the α2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine was further increased by NPY. NPY also inhibited (1) the tritium overflow, evoked by introduction of Ca2+, in slices superfused with Ca2+-free and K+-rich medium containing tetrodotoxin, (2) the tritium overflow, evoked by simultaneously increasing Ca2+ and K+ in the superfusion fluid of synaptosomes previously superfused with Ca2+-free medium and (3) the forskolin-stimulated accumulation of cAMP in rat brain cortex membranes.

The present results suggest that NPY inhibits serotonin release in the rat brain via presynaptic NPY receptors, which are also activated by PYY and pancreatic polypeptide and may be negatively coupled to an denylate cyclase.

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    E. Schlicker, K. Fink & M. Göthert

  2. Pharmakologisches Institut der Universität Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, W-4300, Essen 1, Federal Republic of Germany

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Schlicker, E., Groß, G., Fink, K. et al. Serotonin release in the rat brain cortex is inhibited by neuropeptide Y but not affected by ACTH1–24 angiotensin II, bradykinin and delta-sleep-inducing peptide. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 343, 117–122 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00168597

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Key words

  • Rat brain cortex slices
  • Serotonin release
  • cAMP accumulation
  • Neuropeptide Y
  • Presynaptic receptors