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Vol. 297, Issue 1, 395-402, April 2001

A 5-HT7 Receptor-Mediated Depolarization in the Anterodorsal Thalamus. I. Pharmacological Characterization

Esther M. Chapin and Rodrigo Andrade

Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Pharmacology, and the Cellular and Clinical Neurobiology Training Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

Little is currently known regarding the electrophysiological response elicited by 5-hydroxytryptamine-7 (5-HT7) receptor stimulation in the brain. Previous anatomical studies have shown that the anterior thalamus expresses a high density of 5-HT7 receptors. Therefore, we used whole-cell recording techniques in the in vitro brain slices to examine the effects of serotonin on neurons of the anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus (ADn). Bath application of 5-HT induces a large membrane depolarization and inward current in neurons of the ADn. Since these cells expressed 5-HT7 receptor mRNA, as determined by single-cell reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, we pharmacologically characterized the 5-HT receptor mediating this response. We found that the 5-HT1 and 5-HT7 agonists 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT) and 5-methoxytryptamine mimicked the response to 5-HT, whereas the 5-HT2 agonist 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine did not. Consistent with the involvement of a 5-HT7 receptor, 5-CT was approximately 18 times more potent than 5-HT. Furthermore, administration of the 5-HT1A and 5-HT7 agonist 8-hydroxydipropylaminotetralin mimicked and antagonized the effect of serotonin, suggesting it acted as a partial agonist. To determine if either the 5-HT1 or 5-HT7 receptor mediated the 5-HT-induced inward current, we used antagonists. We found that the 5-HT7 ligands ritanserin, methylsergide, LSD, and mesulergine could inhibit the 5-HT-induced inward current, whereas the 5-HT1 antagonist cyanopindolol had no effect. The pA2 value determined for mesulergine closely approximated that expected for a 5-HT7 receptor. Finally, we found that bath application of the selective antagonist SB-269770 blocks the 5-HT-induced inward current. These results identify the receptor mediating the serotonin-induced membrane depolarization in the ADn as the 5-HT7 subtype.

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