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Anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 and F13714 in male WTG rats

BACKGROUND: The serotonin (5-HT) deficiency hypothesis of aggression is being seriously challenged by pharmacological data showing robust anti-aggressive effects of 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists in dose ranges that concomitantly inhibit 5-HT neurotransmission. Hence, an adequate interpretation of the r...

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Autores principales: de Boer, Sietse F., Newman-Tancredi, Adrian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26694810
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-015-4173-x
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description BACKGROUND: The serotonin (5-HT) deficiency hypothesis of aggression is being seriously challenged by pharmacological data showing robust anti-aggressive effects of 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists in dose ranges that concomitantly inhibit 5-HT neurotransmission. Hence, an adequate interpretation of the role of 5-HT activity in regulating aggression depends on elucidating the predominant site of action, i.e., raphe presynaptic autoreceptors versus forebrain postsynaptic heteroreceptors, of these 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists. OBJECTIVES: The present experiments investigated the anti-aggressive properties of the selective 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 that preferentially target postsynaptic 5-HT(1A) heteroreceptors in the frontal cortex and F13714 that more preferentially activates raphe somatodendritic 5-HT(1A) autoreceptors. METHODS: Both ‘biased’ agonists were acutely administered intraperitoneally in aggressive resident male WTG rats confronting an intruder. RESULTS: Systemic administration of F15599 and F13714 exerted very potent (ID(50) = 0.095 and 0.0059 mg/kg, respectively) anti-aggressive effects. At 4.5-fold higher dose ranges, the anti-aggressive effects were accompanied by concomitant motor inactivity and/or reduction of social engagement. Pretreatment with WAY-100635 counteracted the behavioural effects of both agonists. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the qualitatively similar but quantitatively different anti-aggressive profiles of F15599 and F13714 largely correspond to their distinct 5-HT(1A) receptor binding/activation potencies. Moreover, the marked anti-aggressive potency of F13714 adds additional support for a critical role of raphe somatodendritic 5-HT(1A) autoreceptors, and hence phasic 5-HT neuron activity, in the initiation/execution of aggressive actions.
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spelling pubmed-47592292016-02-29 Anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 and F13714 in male WTG rats de Boer, Sietse F. Newman-Tancredi, Adrian Psychopharmacology (Berl) Original Investigation BACKGROUND: The serotonin (5-HT) deficiency hypothesis of aggression is being seriously challenged by pharmacological data showing robust anti-aggressive effects of 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists in dose ranges that concomitantly inhibit 5-HT neurotransmission. Hence, an adequate interpretation of the role of 5-HT activity in regulating aggression depends on elucidating the predominant site of action, i.e., raphe presynaptic autoreceptors versus forebrain postsynaptic heteroreceptors, of these 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists. OBJECTIVES: The present experiments investigated the anti-aggressive properties of the selective 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 that preferentially target postsynaptic 5-HT(1A) heteroreceptors in the frontal cortex and F13714 that more preferentially activates raphe somatodendritic 5-HT(1A) autoreceptors. METHODS: Both ‘biased’ agonists were acutely administered intraperitoneally in aggressive resident male WTG rats confronting an intruder. RESULTS: Systemic administration of F15599 and F13714 exerted very potent (ID(50) = 0.095 and 0.0059 mg/kg, respectively) anti-aggressive effects. At 4.5-fold higher dose ranges, the anti-aggressive effects were accompanied by concomitant motor inactivity and/or reduction of social engagement. Pretreatment with WAY-100635 counteracted the behavioural effects of both agonists. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the qualitatively similar but quantitatively different anti-aggressive profiles of F15599 and F13714 largely correspond to their distinct 5-HT(1A) receptor binding/activation potencies. Moreover, the marked anti-aggressive potency of F13714 adds additional support for a critical role of raphe somatodendritic 5-HT(1A) autoreceptors, and hence phasic 5-HT neuron activity, in the initiation/execution of aggressive actions. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015-12-23 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4759229/ /pubmed/26694810 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-015-4173-x Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 and F13714 in male WTG rats
title Anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 and F13714 in male WTG rats
title_full Anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 and F13714 in male WTG rats
title_fullStr Anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 and F13714 in male WTG rats
title_full_unstemmed Anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 and F13714 in male WTG rats
title_short Anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-HT(1A) receptor agonists F15599 and F13714 in male WTG rats
title_sort anti-aggressive effects of the selective high-efficacy ‘biased’ 5-ht(1a) receptor agonists f15599 and f13714 in male wtg rats
topic Original Investigation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26694810
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-015-4173-x
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