Effects of Maternal Ethanol Consumption and Buspirone Treatment on 5-HT_(1A) and 5-HT_(2A) Receptors in Offspring = 모체를 통한 에탄올과 Buspirone 투여가 5-HT1A 와 5-HT2A 수용체에 미치는 영향

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In utero ethanol exposure results in a decreased concentration of serotonin (5-HT) in brain regions containing the cell bodies of 5-HT neurons and their cortical projections. The concentration of 5-HT reuptake sites is also reduced in several brain areas. The present study extended prior work by evaluating the effects of chronic maternal ethanol consumption and maternal buspirone treatment on 5-HT_(1A) and 5-HT_(2A) receptors in mutiple brain areas of offspring. Receptors were quantitated early in postnatal development and at an age when the 5-HT networks are normally well-established. Because fetal 5-HT functions as an essential neurotrophic factor, these studies also determined whether treatment of pregnant rats with buspirone, a 5-HT_(1A) agonist, could overcome the effects of the fetal 5-HT deficit and prevent ethanol-associated receptor abnormalities. The results demonstrated that in utero ethanol exposure significantly alters the binding of 0.1 nM [³H]-8-hydroxy-dipropylaminotetralin to 5-HT_(1A) receptors in developing animals. Ethanol impaired the development of 5-HT_(1A) receptors in the frontal cortex, parietal cortex, and lateral septum; these receptors did not undergo the normal developmental increase between postnatal days 19 and 35. The dentate gyrus was also sensitive to the effects of in utero ethanol exposure. 5-HT_(1A) receptors were increased in this region at 19 days. Maternal buspirone treatment prevented the ethanol-associated abnormalities in 5-HT_(1A) receptors in the dentate gyrus, frontal cortex, and lateral septum. Neither maternal ethanol consumption nor buspirone treatment altered the binding of 2 nM [³H]ketanserin to 5-HT_(2A) receptors in the ventral dentate gyrus,dorsal raphe, parietal and frontal cortexes, striatum, substantis nigra, or nucleus accumbens.