Suppressing effect of the serotonin 5HT1B/D receptor agonist rizatriptan on calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) concentration in migraine attacks

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is one of the neuropeptides most abundant in the nervous tissue. Recent studies indicate that local cranial release of CGRP from the trigeminal nerve perivascular endings within arachnoidea plays an important role in the pathophysiology of migraine attacks and cluster headaches. Elevated CGRP levels in cranial venous blood (in the jugular vein) during an acute spontaneous migraine attack have been reported in rather few studies so far. Sumatriptan--a selective serotonin 5HT1B/D receptor agonist, highly effective in terminating migraine attacks, decreases the elevated CGRP level back to normal. The aim of our study was to determine the effect of rizatriptan (a drug from a new generation of triptans) on CGRP release in migraine attacks. In 45 patients suffering from migraine attacks with and without aura, plasma CGRP levels were assessed during an attack twice: before treatment and two hours after rizatriptan administration. In the group under study the plasma CGRP level before treatment was significantly higher than that measured two hours after rizatriptan administration. The decrease in CGRP levels was associated with subsidence of the migraine attack. There was no difference between migraine patients with and without aura. These results suggest that triptans as serotonin 5HT1B/D receptor agonists decrease CGRP plasma concentration in migraine attacks.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2003

Erschienen:

2003

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 37(2003), 5 vom: 07. Sept., Seite 1013-23

Sprache:

Polnisch

Weiterer Titel:

Hamujacy wpływ agonisty receptora serotoninowego 5HT1B/D rizatriptanu na stezenie peptydu zaleznego od genu kalcytoniny w napadzie migreny

Beteiligte Personen:

Stepień, Adam [VerfasserIn]
Jagustyn, Piotr [VerfasserIn]
Trafny, Elzbieta Anna [VerfasserIn]
Widerkiewicz, Krzysztof [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

51086HBW8G
8R78F6L9VO
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Comparative Study
JHB2QIZ69Z
Journal Article
Rizatriptan
Serotonin Receptor Agonists
Sumatriptan
Triazoles
Tryptamines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.06.2004

Date Revised 30.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM148629296