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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-8
pubmed:abstractText
Some synthetic taurine analogues, namely ethanolamine-O-sulphate (EOS), N,N-dimethyltaurine (DMT), N,N,N-trimethyltaurine (TMT) and 2-aminoethylphosphonic acid (AEP) were shown to interact with rabbit brain GABA(A)- or GABA(B)-receptors, while (+/-)piperidine-3-sulfonic acid (PSA) inhibited the activity of rabbit brain 4-aminobutyrate transaminase. This suggests that they behave like direct/indirect GABA agonists or GABA antagonists and affect thermoregulation and gross motor behaviour (GMB) which are under GABA control. In the present study micromole (1.2-48) amounts of these compounds were i.c.v. injected in conscious, restrained rabbits while monitoring rectal temperature (RT), ear skin temperature (EST) and GMB. AEP, EOS, DMT and TMT induced a dose-related hyperthermia, ear vasoconstriction and excitation of GMB, while PSA induced a dose-related hypothermia, ear vasodilation and inhibition of GMB. EOS antagonized in a dose-related fashion hypothermia induced by 60 nmol THIP, a GABA(A) agonist, while AEP, DMT and TMT counteracted that induced by 8 nmol R(-)Baclofen, a GABA(B) agonist. In conclusion, EOS and AEP, DMT, TMT seem to act as GABA(A) and GABA(B) antagonists, respectively, while PSA behaves like an indirect GABA agonist, all affecting the central mechanisms which drive rabbit thermoregulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0939-4451
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
233-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16583317-4-Aminobutyrate Transaminase, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Body Temperature Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-GABA Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-GABA-A Receptor Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-GABA-B Receptor Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Hypothermia, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Receptors, GABA-A, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Receptors, GABA-B, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Skin Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Taurine, pubmed-meshheading:16583317-Vasoconstriction
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
GABA-mediated effects of some taurine derivatives injected i.c.v. on rabbit rectal temperature and gross motor behavior.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Farmacologia, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy. frosinim@unisi.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't