Chung E. Cerebellar cyclic GMP in p,p'-DDT myoclonus: effects of antimyoclonic agents.
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS IN CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 1983;
40:87-98. [PMID:
6306746]
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Abstract
The relationship of DDT myoclonus and antimyoclonic agents to the concentration of cGMP in the cerebellum was investigated. Intragastric administration of 600 mg/kg DDT increased mouse cerebellar cGMP levels about 4 fold. Antimyoclonic agents, such as L-5HTP plus fluoxetine, clonazepam, phenoxybenzamine, prostaglandin E2 and harmaline, all counteracted the elevation of cerebellar cGMP induced by DDT. Cinnanserin, a 5-HT receptor blocker, did not counteract the reduction of cerebellar cGMP produced by L-5HTP plus fluoxetine, clonazepam, and phenoxybenzamine, although cinnanserin abolished the antimyoclonic actions of these agents. Destruction of the inferior olive-climbing fiber pathway by 3-acetylpyridine in rats did not prevent the elevation of cerebellar cGMP levels by DDT. L-5HTP, clonazepam and phenoxybenzamine still significantly counteracted DDT-induced elevation of cerebellar cGMP levels in the inferior olive lesioned rats, although these agents no longer had any antimyoclonic action in these animals. These data indicate that 1) DDT-induced elevation of cerebellar cGMP and DDT-induced myoclonus are not related, and 2) antimyoclonic agents counteract DDT-induced elevation of cerebellar cGMP levels via pathways other than the olivo-cerebellar tract.
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