5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE (5-HT)-INDUCED ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXATION OF PIG CORONARY-ARTERIES IS MEDIATED BY 5-HT RECEPTORS SIMILAR TO THE 5-HT1D RECEPTOR SUBTYPE

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  • 1 January 1990
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 252  (1) , 387-395
Abstract
The 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor mediating endothelium-dependent relaxation of pig coronary arteries was characterized using a variety of 5-HT receptor agonists and antagonists. Unrubbed (with endothelium preserved) rings precontracted by prostaglandin F2.alpha. in the presence of ketanserin relaxed in an endothelium-dependent manner to 5-HT, 5-carboxamidotryptamine and 5-methoxytryptamine with about equal potency and efficacy. By comparison, bufotenine, 3-(dimethylamino)ethyl-N-methyl-1H-indole-5-methane sulfonamide, (-)-.alpha.-methyl-5-HT, N,N-dipropyl-5-carboxamidotryptamine and 5-methoxy-3-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-4-pyridinyl)-1H indole were half-efficient and other drugs [in particular the 5-HT1A receptor agonist 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin] were inactive as agonists up to 0.1 mM. The effect of 5-carboxamidotryptamine was antagonized in an apparently competitive manner by 15 drugs. Among the most potent antagonists (mean pKB value) were the nonselective 5-HT receptor antagonists, methiothepin (7.30) and metergoline (6.86), the 5-HT1A/5-HT1D receptor ligand, 1-[2-(4-amino-phenyl)ethyl]-4-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-piperazine (7.02), the 5-HT1A/5-HT1B/5-HT1D receptor ligand, 7-trifluoromethyl-4-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-pyrrolo[1,2,-a]quinoxaline 1 (6.73) and yohimbine (6.37). Selective ligands for 5-HT1A receptors were either inactive [8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin hydrobromide] or poorly active (spiperone, 4.44). Beta-adrenoceptor antagonists with affinity for 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors weakly antagonized the effect of 5-carboxamidotryptamine (pKB values .ltoreq. 5.32), as did the 5-HT1C/5-HT2 receptor antagonist, mesulergine (5.30) and the yohimbine isomer, corynanthine (4.85). Methysergide was clearly a noncompetitive antagonist. Antagonist pKB values correlated well (r = 0.81, P = 0.001) and exclusively with pKD values at the 5-HT1D binding site. It is concluded that the 5-HT receptor mediating endothelium-dependent relaxation of pig coronary arteries shares similarities with the 5-HT1D receptor subtype.

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