Cataleptic effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), its precursor gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), and GABAB receptor agonists in mice: differential antagonism by the GABAB receptor antagonist CGP35348.
Cataleptic effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), its precursor gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), and GABAB receptor agonists in mice: differential antagonism by the GABAB receptor antagonist CGP35348.
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γ-羟基丁酸 (GHB)、其前体 γ-丁内酯 (GBL) 和 GABAB 受体激动剂对小鼠的强直作用:GABAB 受体拮抗剂 CGP35348 的差异拮抗作用。
DOI:
10.1007/s00213-007-0718-y
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Coop,Andrew
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作者:
Koek,Wouter;Mercer,SusanL;Coop,Andrew
RationaleGamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is used to treat narcolepsy but is also abused. GHB has many actions in common with the GABABreceptor agonist baclofen.ObjectiveTo further study the role of GABABreceptors in the effects of GHB.Materials and methodsThe experiments examined the ability of the GABABreceptor antagonist CGP35348 to attenuate GHB-induced catalepsy in comparison with its ability to attenuate the cataleptic effects of GABABreceptor agonists.ResultsIn C57BL/6J mice, GHB, the GHB precursor gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), and the GABABreceptor agonists baclofen and SKF97541 all produced catalepsy but differed in potency (i.e., SKF97541>baclofen>GBL>GHB) and in onset of action. The cataleptic effects of drug combinations were assessed at the time of peak effect of each compound, i.e., 60 min after CGP35348 and 60, 30, 30, and 15 min after baclofen, SKF97541, GHB, and GBL, respectively. At 100 mg/kg, CGP35348 shifted the dose–response curves of baclofen and SKF97541 to the right but not those of GHB and GBL; at 320 mg/kg, CGP35348 shifted the curves of all four compounds to the right.ConclusionsThe finding that CGP35348 was about threefold less potent to antagonize GHB and GBL than baclofen and SKF97541 is further evidence that the mechanisms mediating the effects of GHB and GABABagonists are not identical. Differential involvement of GABABreceptor subtypes, or differential interactions with GABABreceptors, may possibly explain why GHB is effective for treating narcolepsy and is abused whereas baclofen is not.