Discriminative stimulus effects of serotonin agonists, neutral antagonists, and inverse agonists in pigeons: perspectives on intrinsic efficacy measurements in vivo.
Discriminative stimulus effects of serotonin agonists, neutral antagonists, and inverse agonists in pigeons: perspectives on intrinsic efficacy measurements in vivo.
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血清素激动剂、中性拮抗剂和反向激动剂对鸽子的区别刺激作用:体内内在功效测量的观点。
DOI:
10.1007/s00213-010-1893-9
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Walker,Ellen
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作者:
Farrell,Martilias;Rosenzweig-Lipson,Sharon;Walker,Ellen
RationaleThe extended ternary complex theory of receptor function states a ligand can be classified as an inverse agonist, agonist, or neutral antagonist based on its ability to preferentially stabilize the inactive conformation, the active conformation, or to have no preference for conformational state, respectively.ObjectivesWhile serotonin2C(5-HT2C) receptor ligands are classified accordingly in vitro, whether the phenomenon of inverse agonism manifests itself and/or is physiologically relevant in vivo is unknown.MethodsTherefore, we tested a range of proposed agonists, neutral antagonists, and inverse agonists with activity at 5-HT2Creceptors in three groups of pigeons trained to discriminate saline from: 1.0 mg/kg MK212, an agonist; 0.1 mg/kg methysergide, a proposed neutral antagonist; or, 10 mg/kg mianserin, a proposed inverse agonist.ResultsBased on the patterns of substitution, the discriminative stimulus effects of MK212 appear to be mediated through agonist actions and the stimulus effects of methysergide and mianserin appear to be mediated through antagonist actions. Selective 5-HT2B/2Cinverse agonist SB206,553 (1 mg/kg) blocked the MK212 discriminative stimulus cue and substituted (0.32–10 mg/kg) in both methysergide- and mianserin-trained pigeons, confirming a 5-HT2Creceptor role in mediating these discriminative stimuli. Inverse agonists and neutral antagonists fully substituted for methysergide. In addition to SB206,553, methysergide (0.032–1.0 mg/kg) and 5-HT1Aagonist 8-OH-DPAT (0.32–1.0 mg/kg) substituted completely for mianserin suggesting a complex discriminative stimulus profile for this proposed inverse agonist.ConclusionsThese data and the subsequent analyses suggest that the discriminative cues of MK212, methysergide, and mianserin are different and that the drug discrimination paradigm is a useful functional assay to examine intrinsic efficacy in vivo.