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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Role of 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, 5-HT1A and TAAR1 Receptors in the Head Twitch Response Induced by 5-Hydroxytryptophan and Psilocybin: Translational Implications.

Orr Shahar, Alexander Botvinnik, Noam Esh-Zuntz, Michal Brownstien, Rachel Wolf, Amit Lotan, Gilly Wolf, Bernard Lerer, Tzuri Lifschytz

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Orr ShaharBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Alexander BotvinnikBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-6331-7174
Noam Esh-ZuntzBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Michal BrownstienBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Rachel WolfBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Amit LotanBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7628-0975
Gilly WolfBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Bernard LererBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-9914-632X
Tzuri LifschytzBiological Psychiatry Laboratory and Hadassah BrainLabs, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Hadassah Medical Center · IL

Funding

Back of the Yards algae sciences (BYAS) and Parow Entheobiosciences (PEB) 000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is increasing interest in the therapeutic potential of psilocybin. In rodents, the serotonin precursor, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and psilocybin induce a characteristic 5-HT2A receptor (5-HT2AR)-mediated head twitch response (HTR), which is correlated with the human psychedelic trip. We examined the role of other serotonergic receptors and the trace amine -associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) in modulating 5-HTP- and psilocybin-induced HTR. Male C57BL/6J mice (11 weeks, ~30 g) were administered 5-HTP, 50-250 mg/kg i.p., 200 mg/kg i.p. after pretreatment with 5-HT/TAAR1 receptor modulators, psilocybin 0.1-25.6 mg/kg i.p. or 4.4 mg/kg i.p., immediately preceded by 5-HT/TAAR1 receptor modulators. HTR was assessed in a custom-built magnetometer. 5-HTP and psilocybin induced a dose-dependent increase in the frequency of HTR over 20 min with attenuation by the 5-HT2AR antagonist, M100907, and the 5-HT1AR agonist, 8-OH-DPAT. The 5-HT2CR antagonist, RS-102221, enhanced HTR at lower doses but reduced it at higher doses. The TAAR1 antagonist, EPPTB, reduced 5-HTP- but not psilocybin-induced HTR. We have confirmed the key role of 5-HT2AR in HTR, an inhibitory effect of 5-HT1AR, a bimodal contribution of 5-HT2CR and a role of TAAR1 in modulating HTR induced by 5-HTP. Compounds that modulate psychedelic-induced HTR have important potential in the emerging therapeutic use of these compounds.

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HallucinogensPsilocybin5-HydroxytryptophanAnimalsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSerotonin5-HydroxytryptophanHallucinogensPsilocybinSerotonin5-HTPC57BLhead twitch responsepsilocybinpsychedelicspsychiatric disordersreceptor modulationserotonin receptorsTAAR1

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PMID36430623
PMCPMC9698447
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