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Effects of 5‐HT uptake inhibitors, agonists and antagonists on the burying of harmless objects by mice; a putative test for anxiolytic agents

Effects of 5‐HT uptake inhibitors, agonists and antagonists on the burying of harmless objects by... 1 The effects of 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT) uptake inhibitors, agonists and antagonists have been evaluated on mouse marble‐burying behaviour, a putative test for anxiolytic agents. The high levels of locomotor activity occurring on first exposure to a circular runway (runway activity) were used as a separate test of non‐specific drug effects. 2 Fluvoxamine, zimeldine, indalpine and citalopram dose‐dependently inhibited burying without affecting runway activity. 5‐Hydroxytryptophan (5‐HTP, with carbidopa), 5‐methoxy‐N,N‐dimethyltryptamine, 8‐hydroxy‐2‐(di‐n‐propylamino) tetralin (8‐OHDPAT), buspirone, gepirone and ipsapirone reduced burying only at doses reducing runway activity. RU 24969 increased runway activity at all effective doses. 1‐(2,5‐Dimethoxy‐4‐iodophenyl)‐2 aminopropane (DOI), 1,‐(3‐trifluoromethylphenyl) piperazine (TFMPP) and l‐(3‐chlorophenyl)‐piperazine (mCPP) potently and differentially reduced burying at doses below those affecting runway activity. 3 5‐HT antagonists only reduced burying at high doses which also reduced runway activity. Burying inhibition by DOI was antagonized by ritanserin, ICI 169 369 and cyproheptadine but not by pindolol or a low (0.25 mg kg−1) dose of metergoline. Burying inhibition by mCPP was not altered by any of these agents except that it was potentiated by pindolol 5 mg kg−1. 4 Zimeldine burying inhibition was potentiated by ritanserin, ICI 169 369, ICS 205–930, cyproheptadine and pindolol. Runway activity was not affected by these drug combinations. 5 Zimeldine was administered in drinking water at a dose of 10 mg kg−1 daily for 21 days. Burying inhibition had disappeared by day 14 and did not recur 24 or 48 h after withdrawal at which times responses to DOI were at control levels. 6 Selective inhibition of marble burying was not found to be a property of 5‐HT‐related putative and actual anxiolytics such as buspirone, gepirone, ipsapirone, ritanserin and ondansetron. Nevertheless it was a general property of both 5‐HT uptake inhibitors and 5‐HT releasing agents; this generality suggests that elevated synaptic 5‐HT could be responsible for the effects of these latter agents. The action of DOI may be attributable to effects at the 5‐HT2 receptor but those of the 5‐HT agonist and releasing agent mCPP, and the uptake inhibitor zimeldine, could not be attributed to effects at any one 5‐HT receptor subtype. This, together with the potentiating effect of several 5‐HT antagonists on the response to zimeldine, raises the possibility of multiple interactions between 5‐HT receptor subtypes. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Pharmacology Wiley

Effects of 5‐HT uptake inhibitors, agonists and antagonists on the burying of harmless objects by mice; a putative test for anxiolytic agents

Njung'e, K.; Handley, S.L.
British Journal of Pharmacology , Volume 104 (1) – Sep 1, 1991
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1991 British Pharmacological Society
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0007-1188
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1476-5381
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10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb12392.x
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1 The effects of 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT) uptake inhibitors, agonists and antagonists have been evaluated on mouse marble‐burying behaviour, a putative test for anxiolytic agents. The high levels of locomotor activity occurring on first exposure to a circular runway (runway activity) were used as a separate test of non‐specific drug effects. 2 Fluvoxamine, zimeldine, indalpine and citalopram dose‐dependently inhibited burying without affecting runway activity. 5‐Hydroxytryptophan (5‐HTP, with carbidopa), 5‐methoxy‐N,N‐dimethyltryptamine, 8‐hydroxy‐2‐(di‐n‐propylamino) tetralin (8‐OHDPAT), buspirone, gepirone and ipsapirone reduced burying only at doses reducing runway activity. RU 24969 increased runway activity at all effective doses. 1‐(2,5‐Dimethoxy‐4‐iodophenyl)‐2 aminopropane (DOI), 1,‐(3‐trifluoromethylphenyl) piperazine (TFMPP) and l‐(3‐chlorophenyl)‐piperazine (mCPP) potently and differentially reduced burying at doses below those affecting runway activity. 3 5‐HT antagonists only reduced burying at high doses which also reduced runway activity. Burying inhibition by DOI was antagonized by ritanserin, ICI 169 369 and cyproheptadine but not by pindolol or a low (0.25 mg kg−1) dose of metergoline. Burying inhibition by mCPP was not altered by any of these agents except that it was potentiated by pindolol 5 mg kg−1. 4 Zimeldine burying inhibition was potentiated by ritanserin, ICI 169 369, ICS 205–930, cyproheptadine and pindolol. Runway activity was not affected by these drug combinations. 5 Zimeldine was administered in drinking water at a dose of 10 mg kg−1 daily for 21 days. Burying inhibition had disappeared by day 14 and did not recur 24 or 48 h after withdrawal at which times responses to DOI were at control levels. 6 Selective inhibition of marble burying was not found to be a property of 5‐HT‐related putative and actual anxiolytics such as buspirone, gepirone, ipsapirone, ritanserin and ondansetron. Nevertheless it was a general property of both 5‐HT uptake inhibitors and 5‐HT releasing agents; this generality suggests that elevated synaptic 5‐HT could be responsible for the effects of these latter agents. The action of DOI may be attributable to effects at the 5‐HT2 receptor but those of the 5‐HT agonist and releasing agent mCPP, and the uptake inhibitor zimeldine, could not be attributed to effects at any one 5‐HT receptor subtype. This, together with the potentiating effect of several 5‐HT antagonists on the response to zimeldine, raises the possibility of multiple interactions between 5‐HT receptor subtypes.

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British Journal of Pharmacology – Wiley

Published: Sep 1, 1991

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