Effects of long-term fluoxetine treatment on adrenergic plasticity in rat vas deferens

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2014-10-01
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Souza, Claudio Fontes [UNIFESP]
Garcez-do-Carmo, Lucia [UNIFESP]
Conceição, Isaltino Marcelo da [UNIFESP]
Freitas, Thalma Ariani
Frussa-Filho, Roberto [UNIFESP]
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Chronic antidepressant administration increases neurotrophin levels in the central and peripheral nervous system, leading to an increase of neuronal sprouting, reestablishment of neural networks and neurotransmitter levels. Injured peripheral nerves regenerate at very slow rates. However, the recovery of the hypogastric nerve in rodents after injury is significantly improved with neurotrophin administration. Accordingly, our goal was to determine whether treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine affects catecholamine levels and neuronal function, after surgical denervation of the rat vas deferens. Noradrenaline levels in the denervated vas deferens were higher in fluoxetine-treated animals than in the vehicle-treated group, as measured by high performance liquid chromatography. in functional studies of smooth muscle contraction, the responses induced by phenylephrine or ATP, as well as pre-synaptic alpha(2)-adrenoceptor reactivity, were not modified by chronic treatment with the antidepressant. However, the contraction mediated by neuronal release of noradrenaline induced by tyramine was increased on days 7 and 21 after denervation in rats treated with fluoxetine. These data indicate that fluoxetine can improve functional recovery after rat vas deferens denervation.
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Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. São Paulo: Univ São Paulo, Conjunto Quimicas, v. 50, n. 4, p. 757-764, 2014.