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  • Title: Local hemodynamic effects of serotonin and ketanserin in healthy subjects: studies in the forearm.
    Author: Blauw GJ, van Brummelen P, Bruning T, van Zwieten PA.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Pharmacol; 1988; 11 Suppl 1():S41-3. PubMed ID: 2459513.
    Abstract:
    The vascular effects of serotonin and the selective 5-HT2 antagonist ketanserin were investigated in the forearm of healthy subjects. The drugs were infused into the brachial artery in doses that did not elicit systemic hemodynamic effects (0.1-80 ng/kg/min for serotonin and 5-125 ng/kg/min for ketanserin). The interaction between serotonin and ketanserin was studied by combined infusions of serotonin with ketanserin, and the relative 5-HT2 and alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocking potencies of ketanserin were studied by simultaneous infusions of the selective alpha 1-agonist methoxamine, the indirect sympathomimetic drug tyramine, and serotonin with two doses of ketanserin. Forearm blood flow (FBF) was measured by venous occlusion plethysmography. Heart rate and intra-arterial blood pressure were recorded continuously. All doses of serotonin induced an initial transient vasodilation that was followed by a steady vasodilation for the lower doses (0.1-10 ng/kg/min) and a steady vasoconstriction for the highest dose of serotonin (p less than 0.05). Ketanserin induced a dose-dependent vasodilation, which was significant from the dose of 15 ng/kg/min (p less than 0.05). The vasodilation induced by serotonin (1 ng/kg/min) was significantly enhanced by ketanserin, whereas the vasoconstriction elicited by serotonin of 80 ng/kg/min was reversed by ketanserin (p less than 0.05). The vasoconstriction induced by methoxamine and tyramine was attenuated at a lower dose of ketanserin than the vascular response induced by serotonin. It is concluded that serotonin acts mainly as a vasodilatator in healthy subjects, whereas only at very high doses is vasoconstriction mediated by 5-HT2 receptors observed. The vasodilation induced by ketanserin is most likely due to its alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocking potencies.
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