Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Progress toward understanding the role of the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)2 receptor in the therapy for schizophrenia has been hampered by the lack of highly selective antagonists. We now report on the effects of MDL 100,907 [R(+)-alpha-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)-1- [2-(4-fluorophenylethyl)]-4-piperidine-methanol], a highly selective and potent 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, in behavioral, electrophysiological and neurochemical models of antipsychotic activity and extrapyramidal side-effect liability. In mice, MDL 100,907 blocked amphetamine-stimulated locomotion at doses that did not significantly affect apomorphine-stimulated climbing behavior. Neither MDL 100,907 nor clozapine reduced apomorphine-induced stereotypies or produced catalepsy in rats. MDL 100,907 blocked the slowing of ventral tegmental area (A10) dopaminergic neurons by amphetamine but, like clozapine, produced only small increases in the number of active substantia nigra zona compacta (A9) and A10 dopamine neurons after acute administration. When administered chronically, MDL 100,907 and clozapine selectively reduced the number of spontaneously active A10 neurons, whereas haloperidol reduced activity in both the A9 and A10 regions. Consistent with their acute effect on A9 and A10 activity, neither MDL 100,907 nor clozapine increased dopamine metabolism in the striatum or nucleus accumbens, whereas acute haloperidol accelerated dopamine turnover in both regions. The administration of the dopamine uptake blocker amfonelic acid with haloperidol produced a massive increase in DA metabolism characteristic of typical antipsychotics. In contrast, MDL 100,907 and clozapine were without effect on dopamine turnover when given in the presence of amfonelic acid. These data indicate that MDL 100,907 has a clozapine-like profile of potential antipsychotic activity with low extrapyramidal sid-effect liability.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-3565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
684-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist MDL 100907 as a putative atypical antipsychotic: behavioral, electrophysiological and neurochemical studies.
pubmed:affiliation
Marion Merrell Dow Research Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article