5-Hydroxytryptamine releases adenosine from primary afferent nerve terminals in the spinal cord

Marva Sweeney, Thomas White, Jana Sawynok

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Resumen

5-Hydroxytryptamine (serotonin, 5-HT) increased the release of endogenous adenosine from dorsal, but not ventral, spinal cord synaptosomes. This release was reduced by (i) the 5-HT receptor antagonist methysergide, (ii) removal of Ca2+ from the medium, (iii) inhibition of ecto-5′-nucleotidase and (iv) capsaicin pretreatment. These data suggest that activation of 5-HT receptors on primary afferent terminals releases a nucleotide which is converted extracellularly to adenosine. This adenosine may contribute to the spinal antinociceptive effect of 5-HT.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)346-349
Número de páginas4
PublicaciónBrain Research
Volumen462
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublished - oct. 18 1988

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada in grants to T.W. and J.S.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Developmental Biology

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