Pontomedullary distribution of 5-HT2A receptor-like protein in the rat.

نویسندگان

  • R Fay
  • L Kubin
چکیده

Serotonin (5-HT) exerts excitatory effects in many brainstem regions involved in autonomic, somatic, motor, and sensory functions, and in control of vigilance. To determine the potential role of 5-HT2A receptors in these effects, we immunohistochemically mapped the distribution of 5-HT2A receptor-like protein in the rat pontomedullary brainstem. Areas containing the densest labeling included the trigeminal, facial, hypoglossal, dorsal vagal motor nuclei, medullary linear nucleus, and the inferior olive. In the nucleus ambiguus, labeled cells were located in the areas containing pharyngeal and laryngeal motoneurons. Intensely labeled cells were loosely scattered in the reticular formation adjacent to the raphe magnus and obscurus nuclei, in the gigantocellular region, in the caudal pedunculopontine and laterodorsal tegmental nuclei, dorsomedial pontine reticular formation, and nucleus subcoeruleus. In the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi, all vestibular, abducens, cuneate, and lateral reticular nuclei, labeled neurons commingled with unlabeled ones. Few labeled neurons were located in the rostral and caudal ventrolateral medulla and parvicellular reticular formation. In the nucleus of the solitary tract, two patches of diffuse labeling not associated with cellular profiles were present: one in the medial, and the other in the interstitial subnucleus. Similar diffuse labeling was present in the lateral parabrachial region and the lateral rim of the caudal spinal trigeminal sensory nucleus. No labeled cells were found in the locus coeruleus, dorsal raphe, superior olive, or area postrema. The distinct pontomedullary distribution of 5-HT2A receptors, combined with the known arousal-dependent activity of serotonergic neurons, show that these receptors may mediate post- and presynaptic effects in the motor, selected somatic and visceral sensory, oculo-vestibulo-precerebellar, and sleep-related regions.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

5-HT2A Serotonin Receptor Density in Adult Male Rats’ Hippocampus after Morphine-based Conditioned Place Preference

Introduction: A close interaction exists between the brain opioid and serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmitter systems. Brain neurotransmitter 5-HT plays an important role in the regulation of reward-related processing. However, a few studies have investigated the potential role of 5-HT2A receptors in this behavior. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to assess the influence of...

متن کامل

Modeling and interactions analysis of the novel antagonist agent flibanserin with 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A (5-HT2A) serotonin receptor as a HSDD treatment in premenopausal women

Flibanserin is a novel antagonist small molecule to treat the hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in the premenopausal women. The present article is related to the structural and electronic properties study and docking analysis of the title compound with 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A (5-HT2A) serotonin receptor. To access these aims, the molecular structure of the said compound was optimized usin...

متن کامل

Lipopolysaccharide Induced Activation of Toll Like Receptor 4 in Isolated Rat Heart Suggests a Local Immune Response in Myocardium

Background: Myocardial dysfunction is one of the major complications in patients with sepsis where there is a relationship between the blood level of cytokines and the onset of myocardial depression. In many cases of sepsis, the presence of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been established. LPS Binding Protein (LBP) bound endotoxin is recognized by CD14/toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) complexes in inna...

متن کامل

Chronic Aerobic Exercise Decreases Lectin-Like Low Density Lipoprotein (LOX-1) Receptor Expression in Heart of Diabetic Rat

Background: Overexpression of lectin-like low density lipoprotein (LOX-1) receptor plays an important role in hyperglycemia-induced vascular complications such as atherosclerosis. Based on the beneficial effects of exercise on preventing cardiovascular complications of diabetes, we aimed to examine the protective effects of aerobic exercise on expression of LOX-1 receptor and production of free...

متن کامل

Serotonin 2A receptor regulates microtubule assembly and induces dynamics of dendritic growth cones in rat cortical neurons in vitro.

Serotonin (5-HT) regulates the development of cerebral cortex, but 5-HT receptors mediating the effects are poorly understood. We investigated roles of 5-HT2A receptor in dendritic growth cones using dissociation culture of rat cerebral cortex. Neurons at embryonic day 16 were cultured for 4 days and treated with 5-HT2A/2C receptor agonist (DOI) for 4h. DOI increased the size of growth cone per...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of comparative neurology

دوره 418 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000