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Pindolol pretreatment blocks stimulation by meta-chlorophenylpiperazine of prolactin but not cortisol secretion in normal men
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| Previous reports from this laboratory have shown that pindolol, a partial serotonin(1A) receptor agonist, inhibited prolactin, but not cortisol secretion induced by administration of the serotonin (5-HT) precursor L-5-hydroxytryptophan or the direct-acting 5-HT2A/5HT(2C) receptor agonist MK-212. The findings suggest additive or interactive effects of 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A/5-HT2C receptors in modulating 5-HT-related prolactin, but not cortisol, responsivity. To examine further the role of 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A/5-HT2C receptors in prolactin and cortisol secretion in healthy men, the effects of meta-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP), a potent 5-HT receptor agonist, on the above hormones were studied in eight healthy men with and without pindolol pretreatment. It has previously been demonstrated that ketanserin, a 5-HT2A antagonist, and ritanserin, a 5-HT2A/5-HT2C antagonist, block the prolactin and attenuate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to mCPP in man or rodents. Administration of mCPP induced a significant increase in plasma concentrations of prolactin and cortisol. The mCPP-induced prolactin concentrations were significantly blocked by pretreatment with pindolol, whereas mCPP-stimulated cortisol levels were not diminished by pindolol pretreatment. Thus, mCPP-induced prolactin secretion appears to require the availability of both 5-HT2C and 5-HT1A receptor activation, since blockade of either of these receptors may diminish the mCPP-induced prolactin response. Cortisol secretion stimulated by mCPP may occur following 5-HT2C receptor stimulation in the presence of 5-HT1A receptor blockade. |
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English
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Psychiatry research. - Amsterdam
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Amsterdam
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1995
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0165-1781
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10.1016/0165-1781(95)02701-W
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58
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, p. 89-98
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A1995TA41600001
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