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Serotonin-mediated increases in the extracellular levels of beta-endorphin in the arcuate nucleus and nucleus accumbens: a microdialysis study.

Abstract：

:Although the involvement of both endogenous opioid and serotonergic systems in modulation of pain and emotion was suggested, the neurochemical interaction between these systems in the brain has not previously been studied directly. Herein, the effects of the local application of serotonin (5-HT) and fluoxetine (a 5-HT reuptake inhibitor) on extracellular levels of beta-endorphin in the arcuate nucleus and nucleus accumbens were assessed in freely moving rats using in vivo microdialysis. The mean basal concentrations of beta-endorphin in dialysates obtained from the arcuate nucleus and nucleus accumbens were 259.9 and 143.3 pM, respectively. Specific lesion of the serotonergic system by 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) caused a significant decrease in these dialysate beta-endorphin levels. When 5-HT (0.25-5 microM) was added to the perfusion solution, the levels of beta-endorphin in the dialysate from the arcuate nucleus increased (186-296% of baseline), in a concentration-dependent manner. In the nucleus accumbens, 0.5 and 2 microM 5-HT in the perfusion fluid did not affect the levels of beta-endorphin in the dialysate, whereas 5 and 10 microM 5-HT caused an increase of approximately 190% of baseline. When fluoxetine (250 microM) was present in the perfusing solution, the levels of beta-endorphin in the dialysates from the arcuate nucleus and nucleus accumbens increased two- to threefold. This effect was not obtained in the 5,7-DHT-lesioned rats. Thus, 5-HT, either endogenously or exogenously delivered, appears to facilitate the release of beta-endorphin in the arcuate nucleus and nucleus accumbens. This indication of an interaction between serotonergic and endorphinic systems may be relevant for assessing pain and mood disorder circuits and the mode of action of antidepressant drugs.

journal_name

J Neurochem

journal_title

Journal of neurochemistry

authors

Zangen A,Nakash R,Yadid G

doi

10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0732569.x

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pub_date

1999-12-01 00:00:00

pages

2569-74

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eissn

0022-3042

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1471-4159

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Serotonin-mediated increases in the extracellular levels of beta-endorphin in the arcuate nucleus and nucleus accumbens: a microdialysis study.