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The effects of prolonged administration of norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors on long-term potentiation in dentate gyrus, and on tests of spatial and object recognition memory in rats. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2016; 128:92-102. [PMID: 26774023 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Phasic norepinephrine (NE) release events are involved in arousal, novelty detection and in plasticity processes underlying learning and memory in mammalian systems. Although the effects of phasic NE release events on plasticity and memory are prevalently documented, it is less understood what effects chronic NE reuptake inhibition and sustained increases in noradrenergic tone, might have on plasticity and cognitive processes in rodent models of learning and memory. This study investigates the effects of chronic NE reuptake inhibition on hippocampal plasticity and memory in rats. Rats were administered NE reuptake inhibitors (NRIs) desipramine (DMI; 0, 3, or 7.5mg/kg/day) or nortriptyline (NTP; 0, 10 or 20mg/kg/day) in drinking water. Long-term potentiation (LTP; 200 Hz) of the perforant path-dentate gyrus evoked potential was examined in urethane anesthetized rats after 30-32 days of DMI treatment. Short- (4-h) and long-term (24-h) spatial memory was tested in separate rats administered 0 or 7.5mg/kg/day DMI (25-30 days) using a two-trial spatial memory test. Additionally, the effects of chronically administered DMI and NTP were tested in rats using a two-trial, Object Recognition Test (ORT) at 2- and 24-h after 45 and 60 days of drug administration. Rats administered 3 or 7.5mg/kg/day DMI had attenuated LTP of the EPSP slope but not the population spike at the perforant path-dentate gyrus synapse. Short- and long-term memory for objects is differentially disrupted in rats after prolonged administration of DMI and NTP. Rats that were administered 7.5mg/kg/day DMI showed decreased memory for a two-trial spatial task when tested at 4-h. In the novel ORT, rats receiving 0 or 7.5mg/kg/day DMI showed a preference for the arm containing a Novel object when tested at both 2- and 24-h demonstrating both short- and long-term memory retention of the Familiar object. Rats that received either dose of NTP or 3mg/kg/day DMI showed impaired memory at 2-h, however this impairment was largely reversed at 24-h. Animals in the high-dose NTP (20mg/kg/day) group were impaired at both short- and long-term intervals. Activity levels, used as an index of location memory during the ORT, demonstrated that rats receiving DMI were again impaired at retaining memory for location. DMI dose-dependently disrupts LTP in the dentate gyrus of anesthetized rats and also disrupts memory for tests of spatial memory when administered for long periods.
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McArthur R, Borsini F. Animal models of depression in drug discovery: a historical perspective. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2006; 84:436-52. [PMID: 16844210 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 05/31/2006] [Accepted: 06/06/2006] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Over the course of the last 50 years many models of major depressive disorder have been developed on the basis of theoretical aspects of this disorder. These models and procedures have been crucial in the discovery and development of clinically-effective drugs. Notwithstanding, there is presently great concern about the discrepancy between positive outcomes of new candidate drugs in animal models and apparent lack of efficacy in humans i.e., the predictive validity of animal models. Some reasons for this concern lie in the over-reliance in the face value of behavioural models, design of clinical trials, placebo responses, genetic variations in response to drugs, species differences in bioavailability and toxicology, and not least, disinterest of pharmaceutical sponsors to continue developing certain drugs. Present model development is focusing on endophenotypic aspects of behaviours rather than trying to model whole syndromes. This essay traces the origins and theoretical bases of our animal models of depression or depressed-like behaviours in humans and indicates how they have evolved from behavioural assays used to measure the potency and efficacy of potential candidate drugs to tools by which endophenotypes of depression may be identified and verified pharmacologically. A cautionary note is included though to indicate that the true predictive validity of our models will not be fully assessed until we can determine the attrition rate of molecules discovered from new drug targets translating into clinically-effective drugs.
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- Robert McArthur
- McArthur and Associates GmbH, Ramsteinerstrasse 28, CH-4052 Basel, Switzerland.
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Nakai S, Matsunaga W, Isobe K, Shirokawa T. Age-dependent interactive changes in serotonergic and noradrenergic cortical axon terminals in F344 rats. Neurosci Res 2006; 54:220-9. [PMID: 16406149 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In the frontal cortex of aging rats, we found an increase in sprouting of the noradrenergic (NA) axons originated from the locus coeruleus (LC). The serotonergic (5-HT) axons originating from the dorsal raphe (DR) share the same cortical area and their age-dependent changes and interactions with NA axons were still unclear. To compare quantitatively the extent of axonal sprouting of DR and LC neurons in the frontal cortex, we extracellularly recorded from both DR and LC neurons in the same animals and antidromically stimulated 32 cortical sites (a pair of stimulating electrodes was moved at 100-mum intervals from 500 to 2000 microm in depth). In addition, to examine the effects of degeneration of 5-HT axons on NA axons, and vice versa, we used specific neurotoxins for 5-HT (PCA) or NA (DSP-4) axons. We also used noradrenaline uptake inhibitor (maprotiline) to verify the effects of NA on degeneration of 5-HT axons. Results suggested that 5-HT axons sprouted between 15 and 17 months of age and noradrenaline accelerated the age-dependent change of 5-HT axons.
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- Sadamu Nakai
- Department of Basic Gerontology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 36-3 Gengo, Morioka, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan
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Gareri P, Falconi U, De Fazio P, De Sarro G. Conventional and new antidepressant drugs in the elderly. Prog Neurobiol 2000; 61:353-96. [PMID: 10727780 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(99)00050-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Depression in the elderly is nowadays a predominant health care problem, mainly due to the progressive aging of the population. It results from psychosocial stress, polypathology, as well as some biochemical changes which occur in the aged brain and can lead to cognitive impairments, increased symptoms from medical illness, higher utilization of health care services and increased rates of suicide and nonsuicide mortality. Therefore, it is very important to make an early diagnosis and a suitable pharmacological treatment, not only for resolving the acute episode, but also for preventing relapse and enhancing the quality of life. Age-related changes in pharmacokinetics and in pharmacodynamics have to be kept into account before prescribing an antidepressant therapy in an old patient. In this paper some of the most important and tolerated drugs in the elderly are reviewed. Tricyclic antidepressants have to be used carefully for their important side effects. Nortriptyline, amytriptiline, clomipramine and desipramine as well, seem to be the best tolerated tricyclics in old people. Second generation antidepressants are preferred for the elderly and those patients with heart disease as they have milder side effects and are less toxic in overdose and include the so called atypicals, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotonin noradrenalene reuptake inhibitors and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors. Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors are useful drugs in resistant forms of depression in which the above mentioned drugs have no efficacy; the last generation drugs (reversible MAO inhibitors), such as meclobemide, seem to be very successful. Mood stabilizing drugs are widely used for preventing recurrences of depression and for preventing and treating bipolar illness. They include lithium, which is sometimes used especially to prevent recurrence of depression, even if its use is limited in old patients for its side effects, the anticonvulsants carbamazepine and valproic acid. Putative last generation mood stabilizing drugs include the dihydropyridine L-type calcium channel blockers and the anticonvulsants phenytoin, lamotrigine, gabapentin and topiramate, which have unique mechanisms of action and also merit further systematic study. Psychotherapy is often used as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy, while electroconvulsant therapy is used only in the elderly patients with severe depression, high risk of suicide or drug resistant forms.
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- P Gareri
- Chair of Pharmacology and Chair of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine "Gaetano Salvatore", Faculty of Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Policlinico Materdomini, via Tommaso Campanella, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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Gurguis GN, Vo SP, Griffith JM, Rush AJ. Neutrophil beta(2)-adrenoceptor function in major depression: G(s) coupling, effects of imipramine and relationship to treatment outcome. Eur J Pharmacol 1999; 386:135-44. [PMID: 10618463 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00749-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Abnormal beta(2)-adrenoceptor density and beta(2)-adrenoceptor-mediated cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) responses were inconsistently reported in major depressive disorder. Tricyclic antidepressants downregulate beta-adrenoceptor density and decrease coupling to G(s) protein. Abnormal beta-adrenoceptor coupling may exist in major depressive disorder and may relate to treatment response. We investigated beta(2)-adrenoceptor coupling to G(s) protein in 25 controls, 23 major depressive disorder drug-free patients and 16 major depressive disorder patients after chronic imipramine treatment using agonist displacement experiments. Pretreatment beta(2)-adrenoceptor coupling and density were normal in patients as a whole. Chronic imipramine induced beta(2)-adrenoceptor uncoupling. This effect was observed in treatment responders who had increased beta(2)-adrenoceptor density in the high-conformational state and supercoupling prior to treatment. Beta(2)-adrenoceptor density decreased after imipramine treatment. Treatment non-responders had seemingly normal pretreatment beta(2)-adrenoceptor function, which was not changed by imipramine. Differences in beta(2)-adrenoceptor regulation in major depressive disorder may underlie treatment response. The results indirectly implicate abnormal agonist-mediated beta(2)-adrenoceptor gene expression, protein kinase A, and protein kinase C in major depressive disorder.
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- G N Gurguis
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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- P Popik
- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow.
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Faherty CJ, Earley B, Leonard BE. Behavioural effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors following direct micro injection into the left red nucleus of the rat. J Psychopharmacol 1997; 11:53-8. [PMID: 9097894 DOI: 10.1177/026988119701100114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The behavioural effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (paroxetine, sertraline, citalopram, fluvoxamine, fluoxetine) and reference compounds (N,N'-di(o-tolyl)guanidine, haloperidol, 3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-N-(l-propyl)piperidine and chlorpromazine) were studied for their ability to produce dystonia and torticollis following direct micro injection into the left red nucleus of the rat, an area of the brain containing a high density of sigma2 receptors but relatively devoid of biogenic amine receptors. Each animal was monitored for abnormalities in posture and movement for a period of 30 min and then sacrificed 40 min following drug administation. Only fluvoxamine (100 nmol) and fluoxetine (100 nmol) elicited acute dystonic behaviour (1-5 min). The onset of dystonia was accompanied by facial spasticity, vacuous chewing movements and grooming behaviour which reflected the extent of dystonia. The dystonic behaviour following the direct intrarubal injection of fluvoxamine and fluoxetine suggest the possible activation of sigma2 receptors while citalopram, sertraline and paroxetine were without effect. The results of this study support the role of sigma2 receptors in the regulation and control of movement and coordination and provides preliminary evidence to suggest the in vivo activity of sigma receptors by fluoxetine and fluvoxamine.
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- C J Faherty
- Department of Pharmacology, University College, Galway, Ireland
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Petersen B, Mørk A. Chronic treatment with citalopram induces noradrenaline receptor hypoactivity. A microdialysis study. Eur J Pharmacol 1996; 300:67-70. [PMID: 8741166 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00874-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To investigate whether chronic citalopram administration influences the cyclic AMP (cAMP) synthesis in vivo, microdialysis was used to assess citalopram-induced alterations in extracellular concentrations of cAMP in the dorsal hippocampus of freely moving rats. Citalopram administration for 4 weeks (40 mg/kg p.o. daily) did not affect the baseline levels of cAMP but decreased the noradrenaline-induced enhancement of cAMP levels. No change in forskolin-induced enhancement of cAMP levels was observed. Citalopram in situ did not exert any effect on the cAMP levels. These data support the hypothesis that chronic administration of antidepressants alters the function of noradrenergic receptors.
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- B Petersen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- M Bourin
- Faculté de Médecine, GIS Médicament, Nantes, France
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Kagaya A, Kugaya A, Hayashi T, Okamoto Y, Takebayashi M, Uchitomi Y, Yamawaki S. Effect of citalopram on the desensitization of serotonin-2A receptor-mediated calcium mobilization in rat glioma cells. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1996; 20:157-66. [PMID: 8861185 DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(95)00290-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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1. The authors have investigated the effect of citalopram, an effective antidepressant drug with selective serotonin (5-HT) uptake inhibition, on 5-HT-2A receptor-mediated intracellular calcium (Ca2+) rise in C6 cultured cells. 2. Citalopram, at concentrations of 10 and 30 mu M, did not significantly reduce the Ca2+ mobilization induced by 10 mu M 5-HT, indicating that citalopram has little affinity for 5-HT-2A receptors. 3. Citalopram did not alter a subsequent response to 5-HT after citalopram was pre-applied to the cells. 4. However, citalopram inhibited the desensitization of 5-HT-2A receptors. When the cells were pretreated with citalopram and 5-HT, the subsequent response to 5-HT was significantly greater than that obtained following pretreatment with 5-HT alone. 5. To investigate the mechanism of action of citalopram on the desensitization of 5-HT-2A receptors, NaF-induced cGMP generation was measured. Citalopram inhibited the generation of cGMP induced by NaF in C6 cells as well as W-7. 6. These results indicate that citalopram antagonized the desensitization of 5-HT-2A receptor-mediated Ca2+ mobilization and this antagonism may be mediated by a calmodulin-dependent pathway in C6 glioma cells.
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- A Kagaya
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Minamiku, Hiroshima, Japan
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Sapena R, Morin D, Zini R, Tillement JP. Evaluation of central adrenergic receptor signal transmissions after an antidepressant administration to the rat. Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 44:1067-72. [PMID: 1329757 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90369-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effects of several antidepressants, amitriptyline, citalopram, desipramine, fluoxetine, maprotiline, mianserin, nialamide, nomifensine, tranylcypromine and viloxazine, on the accumulation of cyclic AMP and inositol monophosphates were studied in rat cerebral cortical slices. The two enzymatic systems were stimulated either by adrenergic agonists or by forskolin. Cyclic AMP and inositol monophosphates (IPs) formed were determined by a double label method. In vitro all drugs, except inhibitors of monoamine oxidase, nialamide and tranylcypromine, inhibited alpha 1-agonist-mediated production but did not modify the cyclic AMP accumulation. Otherwise, chronic desipramine but not citalopram administration decreased the accumulation of cyclic AMP (-39%) elicited by beta-adrenoceptor agonists; no change was observed in inositol phosphate metabolism after administration of these two drugs. These data support previous investigations showing a decrease in cyclic AMP production after chronic treatment with norepinephrine uptake blockers but do not confirm the hypothesis of a modification of alpha 1-adrenoceptor-stimulated inositol phosphate metabolism.
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- R Sapena
- Département de Pharmacologie, Faculté de Médicine de Paris XII, Créteil, France
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Mustafa AA. Rapid desensitization of central beta-adrenoceptors in rat after subacute treatment with imipramine and calcium entry blockers. Neuropharmacology 1991; 30:879-85. [PMID: 1664072 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(91)90122-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The subcutaneous (s.c.) administration of isoprenaline to rats produced a dose-dependent increase in water drinking which was effectively antagonized by propranolol. This dipsogenic response was significantly inhibited after the intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of imipramine (15 mg/kg/day), together with either of the following calcium entry blockers, for four days: diltiazem (15 mg/kg/day), verapamil (10 mg/kg/day), nifedipine (10 mg/kg/day) or nicardipine (15 mg/kg/day). Simultaneous injection of the inhibitor of the synthesis of serotonin, p-chlorophenylalanine (200 mg/kg/day, i.p.), did not affect this attenuation of the isoprenaline-induced response. Similarly, the selective 5-HT2 receptor agonist, 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOM) or the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, ketanserin, had no significant effect on the attenuation of isoprenaline-induced drinking behaviour. The inhibition of isoprenaline-induced drinking, was, however, effectively attenuated after treatment of the animals with 6-hydroxydopamine (2.5 micrograms) or clonidine (30 micrograms), injected intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.). These results indicate that the calcium entry blockers accelerate the desensitization of central beta-adrenoceptors possibly by an action on central adrenoceptors of the rat.
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- A A Mustafa
- Department of Medical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Milne RJ, Goa KL. Citalopram. A review of its pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties, and therapeutic potential in depressive illness. Drugs 1991; 41:450-77. [PMID: 1711447 DOI: 10.2165/00003495-199141030-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Citalopram is an antidepressant belonging to a new class of drugs which enhance serotoninergic neurotransmission through potent and selective inhibition of serotonin reuptake. Preliminary trials suggest that its short term therapeutic efficacy is significantly greater than that of placebo and mianserin, and comparable to that of amitriptyline, maprotiline and imipramine. It appears to be a weaker antidepressant agent than clomipramine, but better tolerated. Its elimination half-life of 33 hours permits once daily oral administration. Symptomatic improvement obtained with short term treatment has been maintained when therapy has been extended for up to 1 year; in the few patients studied for this extended period, the relapse rate was lower than with fluvoxamine, fluoxetine or imipramine. Compared to standard antidepressant agents, citalopram is well tolerated. It does not appear to be cardiotoxic, has not been associated with seizures in humans, and is relatively nonsedating. Unlike the tricyclic antidepressants, citalopram has minimal anticholinergic effects. Mild and transient nausea, with or without vomiting, is the most frequent adverse effect--occurring in 20% of patients--and increased perspiration, headache, dry mouth, tremor and insomnia are experienced by 15 to 18% of patients. Citalopram thus offers similar therapeutic efficacy and a more favourable tolerability profile than the tricyclic antidepressants. Preliminary data suggest that it may be particularly useful in patients who cannot tolerate the anticholinergic or cardiovascular side effects of tricyclic antidepressants and in those for whom sedation is not indicated.
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- R J Milne
- Adis Drug Information Services, Auckland, New Zealand
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Nelson DR, Palmer KJ, Johnson AM. Effect of prolonged 5-hydroxytryptamine uptake inhibition by paroxetine on cortical beta 1 and beta 2-adrenoceptors in rat brain. Life Sci 1990; 47:1683-91. [PMID: 1979137 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(90)90375-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effects of prolonged (21 day) oral administration of the antidepressants paroxetine (0.9 to 8.9 mg/kg/day) and amitriptyline (2.7 to 27 mg/kg/day), on rat brain cortical beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptor numbers and affinities were investigated using [3H]-CGP 12177. Although amitriptyline, 27 mg/kg, caused a significant (p less than 0.05) 20% reduction in the number of beta 1-adrenoceptors, paroxetine, at doses up to 8.9 mg/kg p.o., did not influence binding of [3H]-CGP 12177 to cortical beta 1- or beta 2-adrenoceptors. This study with paroxetine provides further evidence that the down-regulation of central beta 1-adrenoceptors in rat brain after repeated administration is not a property of all antidepressant drugs.
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- D R Nelson
- SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Research and Development, Harlow, Essex, UK
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Przegalinski E, Jaworska L. The effect of repeated administration of antidepressant drugs on the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) content of rat brain structures. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1990; 15:147-53. [PMID: 2113675 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(90)90023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The present study investigated the effect of repeated treatment with the antidepressant drugs imipramine, amitryptyline, citalopram and mianserin (10 mg/kg PO, twice daily for 14 days) on levels of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in several brain structures (cerebral cortex, amygdala + pyriform cortex, hippocampus, nucleus accumbens, striatum and hypothalamus) of the rat. Amitriptyline caused a marked increase in the TRH content in the striatum and nucleus accumbens. Citalopram and mianserin produced a smaller but significant increase in the TRH content in the striatum only, while imipramine did not significantly affect the TRH concentrations in any of the brain structures. None of the antidepressant drugs administered acutely significantly affected the TRH concentrations in the nucleus accumbens or the striatum. These results indicate that changes in brain TRH induced by antidepressant drugs are not related to their therapeutic activity.
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- E Przegalinski
- Department of Endocrinology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow
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Garattini S, Samanin R. Biochemical hypotheses on antidepressant drugs: a guide for clinicians or a toy for pharmacologists? Psychol Med 1988; 18:287-304. [PMID: 2899897 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700007844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The development of knowledge about the mechanism of action of tricyclic and the so-called 'atypical' antidepressants (AD) is reviewed. The discovery of clinically active antidepressants with little or no effect on noradrenaline or serotonin uptake has disproved the widely accepted concept that inhibition of monoamine uptake is a prerequisite for antidepressant activity. Another serious objection to this hypothesis is that blockade of monoamine uptake occurs in a matter of minutes after administration while 2-3 weeks of repeated treatment are necessary for the clinical AD effect. Nevertheless, the effect of repeated treatment with AD is compatible with the hypothesis that changes in central monoamine transmission are involved in the clinical activity of these drugs. Major changes in monoamine function after repeated treatment with AD include: desensitization and reduced density of noradrenaline receptors coupled to the adenylcyclase system, opposite changes in the sensitivity of alpha 1 (increased) and alpha 2-adrenoreceptors (decreased), down regulation of serotonin2 receptors and complex changes in the behavioural and electrophysiological responsiveness to serotonin agonists, subsensitivity of presynaptic dopamine receptors and enhanced activity of the mesolimbic dopamine system, decreased and increased density of GABA-A and GABA-B receptors respectively and down regulation of [3H]benzodiazepine binding. It remains to be clarified whether some of these changes have larger roles than others or whether they all contribute to the AD activity. An important role of dopamine in the activity of AD drugs is suggested by findings in the forced swimming test, whereas both catecholamines seem to be involved in the attenuation of escape deficit provoked by inescapable shock (learned helplessness).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Garattini
- Istituto di Richerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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Brunello N, Riva M, Volterra A, Racagni G. Effect of some tricyclic and nontricyclic antidepressants on [3H]imipramine binding and serotonin uptake in rat cerebral cortex after prolonged treatment. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 1987; 1:327-33. [PMID: 3443425 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.1987.tb00570.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Chronic administration of different antidepressant drugs reduced the number of [3H]imipramine [( 3H]IMI) binding sites in rat cerebral cortex. In the same experimental conditions, fluvoxamine and dothiepin, as well as desmethylimipramine, induced an increase in the maximal velocity of high affinity serotonin (5HT) uptake in cortical slices, whereas citalopram and viloxazine were ineffective in this regard. Our results indicate that even if 5HT uptake and [3H]IMI binding sites are located on the same nerve terminals, they are differently modulated. Increased Vmax of the 5HT uptake process could be due to a rebound phenomenon after withdrawal from drugs that acutely inhibit 5HT uptake. The effect on [3H]IMI sites might be explained through either the agonist properties of the drugs towards these sites or the involvement of mechanisms still unknown.
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- N Brunello
- Center of Neuropharmacology, University of Milan, Italy
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Stanford SC, Taylor SC, Little HJ. Chronic desipramine treatment prevents the upregulation of cortical beta-receptors caused by a single dose of the benzodiazepine inverse agonist FG7142. Eur J Pharmacol 1987; 139:225-32. [PMID: 2820760 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(87)90255-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The beta-carboline FG7142 is a partial inverse agonist at benzodiazepine receptors. We have shown previously that a single dose of this drug causes an upregulation of cortical beta-adrenoceptor numbers in mouse cerebral cortex. This rise was seen seven days, but not 15-30 min or 24 h after FG7142 administration. We now report that two weeks pretreatment with the tricyclic antidepressant desipramine prevented the beta-adrenoceptor upregulation after a single dose of FG7142, although desipramine alone did not alter beta-adrenoceptor number. We also studied the effects of desipramine pretreatment on other pharmacological effects of FG7142 to see which of these effects might be related to the beta-adrenoceptor changes. Desipramine pretreatment caused a small, but significant, decrease in the depression of locomotor activity, but no change in the hypothermic action of FG7142. The possibility that upregulation of beta-adrenoceptors by FG7142 may be related to the behavioural actions of this compound is discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- S C Stanford
- Department of Pharmacology, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, U.K
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Koshikawa N, Smokcum RW, Stephenson JD. Is waning of a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-mediated syndrome due to 5-HT2 receptor down-regulation? Neurosci Lett 1985; 55:279-82. [PMID: 3159977 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(85)90448-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
The 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) uptake inhibitor, paroxetine (11.6 mg/kg i.p.), given to rats pretreated with the monoamine oxidase inhibitor, phenelzine, 18 h (46.8 mg/kg i.p.) and 90 min (11.7 mg/kg i.p.) before, evoked a 5-HT-dependent syndrome which included wet-dog shakes (WDS). The frequency of WDS declined over the ensuing 3 h, at which time cortical 5-HT2 receptors showed a significant (30%) decrease in number. A second injection of paroxetine given at this time did not evoke a significant increase in the number of WDS, suggesting that spinal 5HT2 receptors might also have been down-regulated at the same time.
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