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5-HT 1D receptors mediate SKF 99101H-induced hypothermia in the guinea pig

Psychiatry Research Department, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AD, UK

P.D. Slade

Psychiatry Research Department, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AD, UK

C. Roberts

Psychiatry Research Department, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AD, UK

J.J. Hagan

Psychiatry Research Department, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AD, UK

The selective, brain penetrant, 5-HT_1D receptor agonist SKF 99101H (10-30 mg/kg i.p.) caused a dose-related fall in rectal temperature in guinea pigs which lasted longer than 2 h. Sumatriptan (1.0-100 mg/kg i.p.), a selective 5-HT_1D agonist which does not penetrate the brain, did not produce hypothermia, suggesting that peripheral mechanisms are not critically involved in the response. The hypothermia induced by SKF 99101H (30 mg/kg i.p.) was dose-dependently blocked by the 5-HT_1D receptor antagonists GR 127935 (0.01-1 mg/kg i.p.) and GR 125743 (0.01-3 mg/kg i.p.), confirming the role of 5-HT_1D receptors. Mianserin (0.3-10.0 mg/kg i.p.) and granisetron (0.1-3.0 mg/kg i.p.) were inactive, suggesting that 5-HT_2A/2B/2C or 5-HT ₃ receptors play no significant role in the generation of the hypothermic response. Nor was the hypothermia reversed by prazosin (0.03-1.0 mg/kg i.p.), idazoxan (0.03-1.0 mg/kg i.p.) or scopolamine (0.01-0.3 mg/kg i.p.), thereby excluding mediation by ₁- and ₂-adrenoceptors and muscarinic receptors. WAY 100635 (0.1-1.0 mg/kg) significantly potentiated the effect of SKF 99101H. The antagonists, when given alone, had no effect on body temperature, with the exception of prazosin (0.1 and 1.0 mg/kg). Three days of treatment with parachloroamphetamine (30 mg/kg i.p.) depleted forebrain 5-HT by 75% in frontal cortex, hypothalamus, hippocampus and striatum, but failed to alter the hypothermic response to SKF 99101H. The hypothermia is, therefore, unlikely to be mediated by 5-HT_1D receptors located on 5-HT neurons. SKF 99101H-induced hypothermia in the guinea pig may serve as a useful model for investigation of centrally acting 5-HT _1D receptor antagonists.

Key Words: hypothermia • 5-HT • guinea pig • 5-HT1D receptors • pararachloroamphetamine (PCA) • SKF 99101H

Journal of Psychopharmacology, Vol. 9, No. 3, 234-241 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/026988119500900306


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