Carrier-mediated serotonin efflux induced by pharmacological anoxia in the rat heart in vivo

Takashi Sonobe, Tsuyoshi Akiyama, James T. Pearson

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Abstract

Serotonin (5-HT) accumulates in the heart during myocardial ischaemia and induces deleterious effects on the cardiomyocytes. We aimed to investigate whether carrier-mediated 5-HT efflux contributed to the increase in interstitial 5-HT level during ischaemia. Using microdialysis technique applied to the heart of anaesthetised Wistar rats, myocardial interstitial concentration of 5-HT was measured by electro-chemical detection coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-ECD) while simultaneously various pharmacological agents, which create a similar condition to ischaemia, were locally administered by reverse-microdialysis. Sodium cyanide-induced chemical anoxia increased dialysate 5-HT concentration. A similar increase in dialysate 5-HT concentration was induced by ouabain, an inhibitor of sodium-potassium ATPase and reserpine, an inhibitor of vesicular monoamine transporter. Fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor raised the baseline level of 5-HT, and neither sodium cyanide nor the combination of ouabain and reserpine induced further increase in 5-HT in the presence of fluoxetine. The results indicate that reverse transport of 5-HT via SERT, which is caused by an impaired ion gradient, contributes to the rise in interstitial level of 5-HT during ischaemia suggesting carrier-mediated 5-HT efflux occurs in the heart in vivo.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1685-1692
Number of pages8
JournalClinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
Volume48
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2021

Keywords

  • cardiac microdialysis
  • chemical anoxia
  • rats
  • selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
  • serotonin transporter

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