• Anesthesia and analgesia · May 2004

    The inhibitory effects of tramadol on 5-hydroxytryptamine type 2C receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

    • Junichi Ogata, Kouichiro Minami, Yasuhito Uezono, Takashi Okamoto, Munehiro Shiraishi, Akio Shigematsu, and Yoichi Ueta.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan.
    • Anesth. Analg. 2004 May 1; 98 (5): 1401-6, table of contents.

    UnlabelledAlthough tramadol is widely available as an analgesic, its mechanism of antinociception remains unresolved. Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is a monoaminergic neurotransmitter that modulates numerous sensory, motor, and behavioral processes. The 5-HT type 2C receptor (5-HT(2C)R) is one of the major 5-HT receptor subtypes and is implicated in many important effects of 5-HT, including pain, feeding, and locomotion. In this study, we used a whole-cell voltage clamp to examine the effects of tramadol on 5-HT-induced Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) currents mediated by 5-HT(2C)R expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Tramadol inhibited 5-HT-induced Cl(-) currents at pharmacologically relevant concentrations. The protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, bisindolylmaleimide I (GF109203x), did not abolish the inhibitory effects of tramadol on the 5-HT(2C)R-mediated events. We also studied the effects of tramadol on [(3)H]5-HT binding to 5-HT(2C)R expressed in Xenopus oocytes, and found that it inhibited the specific binding of [(3)H]5-HT to 5-HT(2C)R. Scatchard analysis of [(3)H]5-HT binding revealed that tramadol altered the apparent dissociation constant for binding without changing maximal binding, indicating competitive inhibition. The results suggest that tramadol inhibits 5-HT(2C)R function, and the mechanism of this inhibitory effect seems to involve competitive displacement of the 5-HT binding to the 5-HT(2C)R, rather than via activation of the PKC pathway.ImplicationsWe examined the effects of tramadol on 5-hydroxytryptamine type 2C receptor (5-HT(2C)R) expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Tramadol inhibited 5-HT(2C)R function and the specific binding of [(3)H]5-HT to 5-HT(2C)R in a competitive manner. From these data, the mechanism of the inhibitory effect on 5-HT(2C)R might involve the competitive displacement of 5-HT binding to the 5-HT(2C)R.

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