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Effect of depletion of brain serotonin by repeated fenfluramine on neurochemical and anorectic effects of acute fenfluramine

MS Kleven, CR Schuster and LS Seiden

Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago, Illinois.

Fenfluramine is an anorectic agent in clinical use that is believed to act by enhancing 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) neurotransmission. Tolerance to the anorectic properties of fenfluramine develops rapidly and long-lasting depletions of brain 5-HT have been reported to occur after repeated administration. It is possible that tolerance to fenfluramine may be related to the 5-HT depletions. Rats (n = 96), previously allowed to drink sweetened condensed milk during daily 15- min sessions, were treated with fenfluramine (6.25 mg/kg/12 hr x 4 days) or saline. Two or 8 weeks later rats were administered fenfluramine acutely (0, 1.25, 6.25 or 12.5 mg/kg; n = 6/group), tested for milk intake and sacrificed 2 hr later. Brains were removed and regions assayed for dopamine, 5-HT and metabolites. Acute administration of fenfluramine produced a dose-dependent decrease in milk intake and 5-HT and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels in cortex, hypothalamus and hippocampus. Tolerance to the effects of acute fenfluramine on milk intake was observed in rats at 2 weeks (ED50 = 3.24 vs. 6.37 mg/kg; saline vs. fenfluramine pretreatment, respectively) and, to a lesser extent, at 8 weeks (ED50 = 2.99 vs. 4.04 mg/kg; saline vs. fenfluramine pretreatment) after the 4-day regimen of fenfluramine. Levels of 5-HT and 5-HIAA in somatosensory cortex, hypothalamus, striatum and hippocampus were depleted significantly 2 weeks after the last daily fenfluramine injection. The acute 5-HT depleting effect of fenfluramine was markedly attenuated in these regions 2 weeks after the 4-day regimen of fenfluramine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Volume 246, Issue 3, pp. 822-828, 09/01/1988
Copyright © 1988 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics




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