Central 5-HT3 receptor stimulation by m-CPBG increases blood glucose in rats.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of central 5-HT3 receptors on the control of blood glucose in stressed and non-stressed rats in both fasted and fed states. Adult Wistar male rats had each their third ventricle cannulated 7 days before the experiments. Injections of m-CPBG, ... a selective 5-HT3 receptor agonist, induced a significant increase in blood glucose in non-stressed rats in both fasted and in fed states. The same procedure was unable to modify stress-induced hyperglycemia. The hyperglycemic effect of m-CPBG central administration was blocked by pretreatment with ondansetron, a specific 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, indicating that the effects here obtained with m-CPBG were a result of its interaction with 5-HT3 receptors. Third ventricle injections of ondansetron alone were not able to modify blood glucose in non-stressed animals and did not change the hyperglycemic responses observed after immobilization stress. We conclude that pharmacological activation of the central 5-HT3 receptor induces a hyperglycemic effect in non-stressed animals.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Biguanides, Blood Glucose, Fasting, Food, Injections, Intraventricular, Kinetics, Male, Ondansetron, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Receptors, Serotonin, Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3, Restraint, Physical, Serotonin Antagonists, Serotonin Receptor Agonists, Stress, Physiological
Animals, Biguanides, Blood Glucose, Fasting, Food, Injections, Intraventricular, Kinetics, Male, Ondansetron, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Receptors, Serotonin, Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3, Restraint, Physical, Serotonin Antagonists, Serotonin Receptor Agonists, Stress, Physiological
Horm. Metab. Res.
Date: Feb. 01, 2002
PubMed ID: 11972287
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