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. 1994 Jan;111(1):97–102. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb14029.x

The effects of BTS 54,505, a metabolite of sibutramine, on monoamine and excitatory amino acid-evoked responses in the rat dorsolateral geniculate nucleus in vivo.

G Scott 1, G P Luscombe 1, R Mason 1
PMCID: PMC1910041  PMID: 7516805

Abstract

1. The effects of BTS 54,505, the primary amine metabolite of the non-tricylic putative antidepressant sibutramine, on the responses evoked by visual stimulation and ionophoretic application of noradrenaline (NA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and excitatory amino acids (EAAs) in the rat dorsolateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) have been investigated. 2. Ionophoretic application of 5-HT to dLGN neurones attenuated visually-evoked (n = 46), NMDA-evoked (n = 21) and AMPA-evoked responses (n = 21), while ionophoretic application of NA potentiated visually-evoked activity in these cells (n = 27). 3. Simultaneous application of BTS 54,505 with 5-HT (over 120 s) resulted in a prolongation of the recovery time (i.e. the period required by a neurone to recover by 50%, RT50) from the 5-HT-mediated suppression of discharge activity (approximately 275% increase in RT50). BTS 54,505 also prolonged the recovery time from a NA-mediated potentiation of firing (approximately 450% increase in RT50). These effects on recovery time are attributed to the inhibition of uptake of both 5-HT and NA by BTS 54,505. The amplitude of the response to 5-HT or NA was unaffected by co-ejection of BTS 54,505. 4. Ionophoretic application of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) produced a current-dependent increase in neuronal firing, as did application of the non-NMDA receptor agonist alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA). A simultaneous 120 s application of BTS 54,505 inhibited the NMDA response in all cells studied (mean ED50 = 16 +/- 5 nA) but had no effect on AMPA-evoked activity in the majority of the same cells (n = 15/21).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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