Effects of acute and chronic administration of MCI-225, a new selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor with 5-HT3 receptor blocking action, on extracellular noradrenaline levels in the hypothalamus of stressed rats

In the present study, we investigated the effects of acute and chronic systemic administration of MCI-225 (4-(2-fluorophenyl)-6-methyl-2-(1-piperazinyl)thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine monohydrate hydrochloride), a newly-developed selective noradrenaline (NA) reuptake inhibitor with 5-HT3-receptor-blocking action, on extracellular NA levels in the hypothalamus of stressed and non-stressed rats by utilizing intracerebral microdialysis. Acute administration of MCI-225 (3 and 10 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly and dose-dependently increased extracellular NA levels in the hypothalamus in non-stressed rats. Footshock for 20 min also significantly increased NA levels in the hypothalamus of both groups of rats pretreated with vehicle and MCI-225. Although chronic administration of MCI-225 (3 or 10 mg/kg, p.o. for 14 days) did not alter the basal extracellular NA levels in the hypothalamus, the stress-induced increases in extracellular NA levels were significantly lower in rats chronically treated with MCI-225 (10 mg/kg) than those of rats pretreated with vehicle for the same period. The increase in extracellular NA levels induced by MCI-225 challenge (3 or 10 mg/kg, p.o.) were not different between rats chronically treated with MCI-225 or vehicle. These results suggest that MCI-225 enhances extracellular NA levels in the hypothalamus in both non-stressed and stressed rats by inhibiting NA uptake and that chronic systemic administration of MCI-225 did not alter basal extracellular NA levels, but reduced the increase in NA release caused by footshock stress. These data suggest the possibility that MCI-225 might possess anxiolytic and/or antidepressant properties.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2000

Erschienen:

2000

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:83

Enthalten in:

Japanese journal of pharmacology - 83(2000), 1 vom: 21. Mai, Seite 31-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Y L [VerfasserIn]
Yoshida, M [VerfasserIn]
Emoto, H [VerfasserIn]
Ishii, H [VerfasserIn]
Koga, K [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, M [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

135991-48-9
Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
Journal Article
MCI 225
Norepinephrine
Piperazines
Pyrimidines
Receptors, Serotonin
Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3
Serotonin Antagonists
X4W3ENH1CV

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Date Completed 19.10.2000

Date Revised 25.07.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM108122247