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Pitrosky B, Delagrange P, Rettori MC, Pévet P. S22153, a melatonin antagonist, dissociates different aspects of photoperiodic responses in Syrian hamsters. Behav Brain Res 2003; 138:145-52. [PMID: 12527445 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(02)00235-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the Syrian hamster, short photoperiod (SP) induces changes in several physiological functions (body mass, reproduction, hibernation), and these responses involve the pineal hormone melatonin. The present study investigated the effects of a melatonin antagonist, S22153, on photoperiodic adaptation of male Syrian hamster. When constantly released from subcutaneous implants, S22153 had no effect on body or testes masses of animals kept in long photoperiod. S22153 decreased the total hibernation duration observed in animals exposed to SP and low temperature. The decrease in hibernation duration was due to a marked reduction in the number and duration of hypothermic bouts. Moreover, S22153 significantly inhibited the increase of interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) mass induced by SP. However, neither the gonadal atrophy nor the body mass increase induced by SP were affected by S22153. These results show that S22153 affects only part of the physiological changes controlled by SP and cold. Whether the decreases in BAT mass and hibernation duration are linked still remains an open question.
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- B Pitrosky
- Neurobiologie des Rythmes, UMR-CNRS 7518, Université Louis Pasteur, 12 rue de l'Université, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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Carato P, Depreux P, Lesieur D, Millan M, Newman-Tancredi A, Rettori MC, Caignard DH. Synthesis and binding studies on a new series of arylpiperazino benzazol-2-one and benzoxazin-3-one derivatives as selective D4 ligands. Drug Des Discov 2001; 17:173-81. [PMID: 11045903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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A series of new arylpiperazinomethyl derivatives was designed and studied as potential D4 ligands. The synthesis of these compounds required an original synthetic route. Some of the tested compounds were found to be as potent as clozapine at D4 receptors. Moreover, compounds which displayed a high D2/D4 selectivity ratio (>122) were selected for further pharmacological evaluation.
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- P Carato
- lnstitut de Chimie Pharmaceutique Charles Lespagnol, Lille
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Anastassiadou M, Danoun S, Crane L, Baziard-Mouysset G, Payard M, Caignard DH, Rettori MC, Renard P. Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of imidazoline sites I1 and I2 selective ligands. Bioorg Med Chem 2001; 9:585-92. [PMID: 11310592 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(00)00280-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Several series of 2-aryl or heterocyclic-imidazoline compounds have been prepared and evaluated in vitro as imidazoline sites (I1 and I2) and alpha-adrenergic (alpha1 and alpha2) receptor ligands. Their pKi values indicate that linkage of the imidazoline moiety at the 2-position with an aromatic substituent dramatically decreases alpha-adrenergic affinity. I1 sites are more accessible by phenyl imidazolines substituted by a methyl or a methoxy group at the ortho or meta position. Indeed, 2-(2'-methoxyphenyl)-imidazoline (17) is one of the best I1 ligands ever reported (pKi = 8.53 and I1/I2 > 3388). On the other hand, I2 selectivity increases in the presence of a methyl group in the para position. The original compound, 2-(3'-fluoro-4'-tolyl)-imidazoline (31) is a new potent ligand for the I2 sites with high selectivity (pKi = 8.53 and I2/I1 > 3388).
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- M Anastassiadou
- Laboratoire de Chimie Pharmaceutique, Université Paul Sabatier, Faculté de Pharmacie 35, Toulouse, France
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Barrot M, Rettori MC, Guardiola-Lemaître B, Jarry C, Le Moal M, Piazza PV. Interactions between imidazoline binding sites and dopamine levels in the rat nucleus accumbens. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:4547-51. [PMID: 11122366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Imidazoline binding sites are present in the striatal complex and in the extended amygdala and have been implicated in mood disorders. In this report we analysed the influence of these sites on the functional activity of the mesolimbic dopaminergic transmission, one of the major brain systems involved in the regulation of motivation and reward. We studied the effects of two imidazoline ligands, S23229 and S23230 (respectively S(+) and R(-) enantiomers of the S22687 or (5-[2-methyl phenoxy methyl] 1,3-oxazolin-2-yl) amine), on extracellular dopamine in the nucleus accumbens using microdialysis in freely moving rats. We compared these imidazoline ligands to cocaine, a dopamine uptake blocker known to increase extracellular dopamine concentrations. S23229 dose-dependently increased extracellular dopamine and locomotor activity. S23230 dose-dependently increased extracellular dopamine and produced a near-significant dose-effect on locomotor activity. S23229 had a stronger efficacy than S23230 and increased dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens at an extent similar to the one of cocaine. These results suggest that central imidazoline binding sites could contribute to the functional regulation of the mesolimbic dopaminergic system.
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- M Barrot
- Laboratoire de Psychobiologie des Comportements Adaptatifs, INSERM U259, Rue Camille Saint-Saëns, 33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Kopp C, Vogel E, Rettori MC, Delagrange P, Misslin R. Reentrainment of the spontaneous locomotor activity rhythm to a daylight reversal in C57BL/6 and C3H/He mice: implication of melatonin. Physiol Behav 2000; 70:171-6. [PMID: 10978493 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(00)00251-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The adaptation of the locomotor activity rhythm to a daylight reversal was previously found to be faster in C57BL/6 mice, which present a low level of melatonin, than in C3H/He mice, which exhibit a large nocturnal melatonin peak. Because pinealectomy has been shown to accelerate resynchronisation time in rats after a daylight reversal, we investigated the involvement of melatonin in the resynchronisation rate of locomotor activity rhythm in C57BL/6 and C3H/He strains. We first tested the effects of melatonin, administered at zeitgeber time (ZT) 20 (with ZT0 corresponding to light onset) for the 3 days preceding the daylight reversal, on the reentrainment of locomotor activity rhythm in both strains. Second, the effects of S-22153, a melatonin receptor antagonist, on the reentrainment of locomotor activity rhythm in C3H/He mice were examined. S-22153 was administered for the 3 days preceding the daylight reversal either at ZT12 or at ZT20, i.e., when endogenous melatonin levels are respectively low and high. Melatonin significantly delayed the resynchronisation of locomotor activity rhythm in C57BL/6 mice without affecting this parameter in C3H/He mice. S-22153 significantly accelerated the resynchronisation in C3H/He mice when administered at ZT20, but had no effect when administered at ZT12. These results support the hypothesis that the differences between C3H/He and C57BL/6 in the reentrainment of their locomotor activity rhythm depend, at least in part, on the interstrain differences in melatonin synthesis.
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- C Kopp
- Laboratoire d'Ethologie et de Neurobiologie, 7 rue de l'Université, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
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Comoy C, Guérin V, Pfeiffer B, Rettori MC, Renard P, Guillaumet G. Substituted 3-amino and/or 3-aminomethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyrans: synthesis and biological activity. Bioorg Med Chem 2000; 8:483-95. [PMID: 10732964 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(99)00311-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A series of new 3-amino, 3-aminomethyl-5-alkoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran and 5'-alkoxy-3',4'-dihydrospiro-[piperazine-2.3'(2'H)-benzopyran] derivatives was prepared and evaluated for affinity at 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A and D2 receptors. Two of the compounds (1f and 2b) can be considered as potent and selective 5-HT2A ligands. One compound (1g) demonstrated high affinity for 5-HT1A and D2 receptor binding sites and one compound (1d) proved to be a mixed 5-HT1A/5-HT2A ligand.
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- C Comoy
- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique, associé all CNRS, Université d'Orleans, France
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Kopp C, Vogel E, Rettori MC, Delagrange P, Renard P, Lesieur D, Misslin R. Regulation of emotional behaviour by day length in mice: implication of melatonin. Behav Pharmacol 1999; 10:747-52. [PMID: 10780290 DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199912000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pineal melatonin secretion occurs at night in all vertebrates and the duration of its secretion is negatively correlated with day length. As short-day exposure was previously shown to decrease emotional behaviour of mice toward an unfamiliar environment, the present study was designed to determine whether such behavioural changes could be mediated by melatonin. In a first experiment, the effects of a 3-week exposure to various day lengths (18h-6h, 12h-12h and 6h-18h light-dark conditions) on neophobic behaviour (free-exploratory paradigm) were examined in both BALB/c mice, which exhibit a very transitory melatonin peak of low amplitude in a 12h light-12h dark cycle, and C3H/He mice, which present a clear melatonin rise during the night-time. A second experiment was designed to determine if the decrease of emotional reactivity induced by a short-day exposure (6h-18h light-dark cycle during 3 weeks) in C3H/He mice could be counteracted by a daily treatment with a melatonin antagonist, S 22153 (1, 5 and 25 mg/kg/day). The short-day exposure was found to decrease neophobic reactions in both C3H/He and BALB/c mice. In contrast, the long-day exposure enhanced neophobia in C3H/He mice only. S 22153 was found to counteract, in a dose-dependent manner, the anxiolytic-like effects induced by the short-day exposure in C3H/He mice. The present results provide evidence that the modulation of circulating melatonin could be involved in the emotional changes related to day-length variations. Further studies are needed to investigate whether pinealectomy could counteract the photoperiod-related changes in anxiety.
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- C Kopp
- Laboratoire d'Ethologie et de Neurobiologie, Strasbourg, France.
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Kopp C, Vogel E, Rettori MC, Delagrange P, Renard P, Lesieur D, Misslin R. Antagonistic effects of S 22153, a new mt1 and MT2 receptor ligand, on the neophobia-reducing properties of melatonin in BALB/c mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1999; 64:131-6. [PMID: 10495007 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(99)00071-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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When exposed to a free-exploratory situation, BALB/c mice are well known to exhibit strong avoidance responses toward unfamiliar places (neophobia). Because melatonin was found to significantly reduce neophobia in BALB/c mice, it seemed interesting to examine potential antagonistic effects of S 22153, a new melatonin mt1 and MT2 receptor ligand, on the neophobia-reducing properties of melatonin in BALB/c mice confronted with the free-exploratory paradigm. S 22153 was able to block, in a dose-dependent manner, the anxiolytic-like properties of melatonin when it was administered 5 min before melatonin. The antagonistic effects of S 22153 persisted when the drug was administered 2 or 4 h before melatonin, and were almost abolished when it was administered 6 h before melatonin. These results suggest that the anxiolytic-like effects of melatonin on the neophobic responses in BALB/c mice are mediated by mt1 and/or MT2 receptors.
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- C Kopp
- Laboratoire d'Ethologie et de Neurobiologie, Strasbourg, France
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Anxiolytic properties of melatonin in rodents had usually been examined in behavioral tests based on stressful situations, i.e., in animal models of "state" anxiety. However, no study reports effects of melatonin on emotionality of rodents submitted to situations devoid of stressful components as in the free-exploratory test, which gives to animals the opportunity to choose freely between familiar and unfamiliar places. This procedure has been proposed as a method for measuring an endogenous form of anxiety called "trait" anxiety. The present study first investigated the effects of melatonin on neophobic responses of male C57BL/6, C3H/He, and BALB/c mice submitted to a free-exploratory test. Results demonstrated that melatonin had no effect in C57BL/6 mice that presented very low neophobic responses, whereas it was effective in reducing neophobia of BALB/c and C3H/He mice that presented, respectively, strong and intermediate avoidance responses towards unfamiliarity. Indeed, mice of both latter strains treated with melatonin made fewer attempts to enter into the unfamiliar compartment, exhibited a lower latency of the first entry into the unfamiliar places, and spent more time in them. Thus, melatonin appeared to be equally effective in reducing "trait" anxiety in both BALB/c and C3H/He mice. Moreover, flumazenil was able to counteract, in a dose-dependent manner, the anxiolytic activity of melatonin in BALB/c, suggesting involvement of central GABAergic system in the pharmacological effects of melatonin.
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- C Kopp
- Laboratoire d'Ethologie et de Neurobiologie, Université Louis Pasteur, URA-DNRS 1295, Strasbourg, France
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Weibel L, Rettori MC, Lesieur D, Delagrange P, Renard P, Van Reeth O. A single oral dose of S 22153, a melatonin antagonist, blocks the phase advancing effects of melatonin in C3H mice. Brain Res 1999; 829:160-6. [PMID: 10350542 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01392-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Disorders of the circadian system have been associated with adverse mental and physical conditions, raising the possibility that pharmacological agents acting on the circadian system could have therapeutic benefit. Compounds acting as agonists or antagonists of melatonin, an endogenous hormone able to feed back on the circadian clock, are currently under development for possible use in modulating circadian rhythmicity. In the present study, we examined the ability of an oral dose of S 22153, a synthetic melatonin antagonist, to block the phase advancing effect of a melatonin injection at circadian time 10 in free running C3H mice. Our results show that S 22153 had no effect per se on the phase or the period of the locomotor activity rhythm but was able to block the phase advancing effect of melatonin, suggesting potent antagonist effects at melatonin receptors. Availability of a melatonin antagonist may yield new insight into the role of melatonin in physiological processes and such compounds may find widespread clinical applications.
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- L Weibel
- Centre d'Etude des Rythmes Biologiques, School of Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
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Kopp C, Vogel E, Rettori MC, Delagrange P, Misslin R. The effects of melatonin on the behavioural disturbances induced by chronic mild stress in C3H/He mice. Behav Pharmacol 1999; 10:73-83. [PMID: 10780304 DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199902000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In rodents, exposure to chronic mild stress (CMS) is known to induce unresponsiveness to environmental stimuli, as well as sleep disturbances, suggesting some analogies between this syndrome and human depression. Furthermore, numerous studies reported a decrease in nocturnal melatonin concentration in depressed patients, compared with controls. The present study was conducted to test a possible preventative action of daily treatment with melatonin on behavioural alterations induced in C3H/He mice by CMS exposure. In addition to daily spontaneous locomotor activity and preference for sucrose solution, the emotional behaviour of mice was examined in a stressful situation (light/dark choice test), as well as in a situation devoid of constraining components (free-exploratory paradigm), after three weeks of CMS. The results showed that the behaviour of C3H/He mice was disrupted after CMS. Stressed mice exhibited blunted emotional reactivity in both the light/dark choice test and the free-exploratory situation. While unstressed mice presented no variation in their preference for a sucrose solution, stressed mice presented a decrease in such preference towards the end of the CMS exposure. Furthermore, daily spontaneous locomotor activity of the mice was reduced after CMS. Daily treatment of stressed mice with melatonin was able to prevent several CMS-induced disturbances, except in the light/dark choice test, where melatonin was ineffective. Compared to the effects of 10 mg/kg of fluoxetine, which completely prevented CMS-induced dysregulation of behaviour, melatonin was less effective. The present results support the idea that melatonin may be implicated in an homeostatic system which protects animals from disruptions induced by chronic stress.
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- C Kopp
- Laboratoire d'Ethologie et de Neurobiologie, Strasbourg, France.
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Boyé S, Pfeiffer B, Renard P, Rettori MC, Guillaumet G, Viaud MC. N,N-disubstituted aminomethyl benzofuran derivatives: synthesis and preliminary binding evaluation. Bioorg Med Chem 1999; 7:335-41. [PMID: 10218826 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(98)00239-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A series of new N-substituted 2,3-dihydro-2-aminomethyl-2H-1-benzofuran derivatives was prepared and evaluated for affinity at 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, 5-HT3, D2, and D3 receptors. Compound 9, 8-[4-[N-propyl-N-(7-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro -2H-1-benzofuran-2-yl)methyl]aminobutyl]-8-azaspiro[4,5]decane-7,9 -dione, bound at 5-HT1A sites with nanomolar affinity (IC50= 1.5 nM) and high selectivity over 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, 5-HT3, D2, and D3 receptors.
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- S Boyé
- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique, associé au CNRS, Université d'Orléans, France
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Vivien-Roels B, Malan A, Rettori MC, Delagrange P, Jeanniot JP, Pévet P. Daily variations in pineal melatonin concentrations in inbred and outbred mice. J Biol Rhythms 1998; 13:403-9. [PMID: 9783231 DOI: 10.1177/074873098129000228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Melatonin was measured using a specific radioimmunoassay in 1 strain of outbred mice (OF1 Swiss) and 4 strains of inbred mice, 2 of them being known to synthesize melatonin (CBA and C3H) and the 2 others being controversial (BALB/c and C57BL/6). In this study, the 5 mouse strains were able to synthesize melatonin, but the basal levels as well as the diurnal variations were very different from one strain to another. CBA and C3H strains showed a clear-cut day-night rhythm of pineal melatonin concentration, with peak levels of 276 +/- 22 pg/pineal in CBA and 135 +/- 12 pg/pineal in C3H. In BALB/c, the authors confirmed the presence of a very short melatonin peak (15 min) in the middle of the dark period. In C57BL/6 and OF1 Swiss, a very small but significant peak was observed in the middle of the darkness. In the former, another small peak was also observed at light onset. Whether these very small peaks, which may be related to the deficience of N-acetyl transferase activity reported by others, have a physiological meaning remains to be determined.
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- B Vivien-Roels
- UMR CNRS 7518, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
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Taverne T, Diouf O, Depreux P, Poupaert JH, Lesieur D, Guardiola-Lemaître B, Renard P, Rettori MC, Caignard DH, Pfeiffer B. Novel benzothiazolin-2-one and benzoxazin-3-one arylpiperazine derivatives with mixed 5HT1A/D2 affinity as potential atypical antipsychotics. J Med Chem 1998; 41:2010-8. [PMID: 9622542 DOI: 10.1021/jm970298c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Since it was known that 5HT properties (5HT1A agonism or 5HT2A antagonism) combined with D2 antagonism may lead to atypical antipsychotic drugs, a series of 19 benzothiazolin-2-one and benzoxazin-3-one derivatives possessing the arylpiperazine moiety was prepared, and their binding profiles were investigated. All tested compounds displayed very high affinities for the 5HT1A and D2 receptors. Therefore, further pharmacological studies were carried out on selected compounds (24, 27, 30, 46, and 47). This evaluation in rats clearly revealed potent antipsychotic properties along with a decrease of extrapyramidal side effects. These derivatives are currently under preclinical development.
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- T Taverne
- Institut de Chimie Pharmaceutique, 3 rue du Professeur Laguesse, BP 83, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France
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Kopp C, Vogel E, Rettori MC, Delagrange P, Guardiola-Lemaître B, Misslin R. Effects of a daylight cycle reversal on locomotor activity in several inbred strains of mice. Physiol Behav 1998; 63:577-85. [PMID: 9523901 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(97)00491-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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There is some evidence of melatonin implication in the nycthemeral regulation of running activity rhythm in rodents. Because some inbred strains of mice such as C57BL/6 and BALB/c have been generally found to present no nocturnal melatonin peak, in contrast to others such as C3H/He and CBA mice, the aim of this study was to examine the adaptation of daily locomotor activity to a light/dark cycle phase shift in these four strains. An apparatus consisting of two boxes connected by a tunnel was used to record spontaneous locomotor activity, defined as the number of transitions between the two boxes. Locomotor activity was monitored continuously during 3 days before and 14 days after a 12-h phase delay of the light/dark cycle. Results essentially showed that the adaptation of the locomotor activity rhythm to the phase shift was faster in C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice than in C3H/He and CBA mice. This could be related, at least in part, to the differences in melatonin synthesis between the former strains and the latter ones. Although melatonin nocturnal peak is not necessary to a daylight regulation of circadian functions in rodents, it could be considered as an endocrine message that takes part in the anticipation of the following light/dark cycle.
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- C Kopp
- Laboratoire d'Ethologie et de Neurobiologie, Strasbourg, France.
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Comoy C, Marot C, Podona T, Baudin ML, Morin-Allory L, Guillaumet G, Pfeiffer B, Caignard DH, Renard P, Rettori MC, Adam G, Guardiola-Lemaitre B. 3-amino-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran derivatives as 5-HT1A receptor ligands and potential anxiolytic agents. 2. Synthesis and quantitative structure-activity relationship studies of spiro[pyrrolidine- and piperidine-2,3'(2'H)-benzopyrans]. J Med Chem 1996; 39:4285-98. [PMID: 8863806 DOI: 10.1021/jm950861w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In continuation of our work on 3-amino-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran derivatives with high affinity for 5-HT1A receptors, we have prepared rigid spirobenzopyran analogues designed from the pharmacophore models of Mellin and selected via a quantitative structure-activity relationship approach mainly based on similarity indices. A series of spiro[pyrrolidine- and piperidine-2,3'(2'H)-benzopyrans] with various substitutions on the aromatic ring as well as on the extracyclic spiranic nitrogen atom were then synthesized and evaluated for their serotonergic and dopaminergic activities. Good correlation between the predicted and the experimental binding values was observed with an average difference of 0.2 unit on log(IC50). Affinities for the 5-HT1A receptors were in the nanomolar range for the best compounds ((+)-11a,23) with a high selectivity versus other 5-HT (5-HT1B, 5-HT2, 5-HT3) or dopamine (D1, D2) receptor subtypes. As for the 3-amino-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran series, the dextrorotatory enantiomer (+)-11a showed better affinity and selectivity for 5-HT1A receptors than its levorotatory analogue (-)-11a. Compound (+)-11a proved in vitro to be a full agonist and in vivo to be active in various comportmental tests predictive of psychotropic activity, such as the forced swim test and the tail suspension test, and is currently under complementary investigations.
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- C Comoy
- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique, URA CNRS 499, Université d'Orléans, France
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This study evaluated the pharmacological and behavioral effects of S 21,357, a drug with high affinity for both 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors. The drug behaved as antagonist at both 5-HT1A autoreceptors and postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptors, as it prevented the inhibitory effect of lesopitron on the electrical discharge of the dorsal raphé nucleus (DRN) 5-HT neurons and the activity of forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase in hippocampal homogenates. In addition, S 21,357 (4 and 128 mg/kg, PO) inhibited 5-HTP-induced head-twitch responses in mice, indicating that it possesses 5-HT2A antagonistic properties. In a test battery designed to assess defensive behaviors of Swiss-Webster mice to the presence of, or situations associated with, a natural threat stimulus (i.e., rat), S 21,357 (0.12-2 mg/kg, IP) reduced contextual defense reactions after the rat was removed, risk assessment activities when the subject was chased, and finally, defensive attack behavior. These behavioral changes are consistent with fear/anxiety reduction. Furthermore, the drug strongly reduced flight reactions in response to the approaching rat. This last finding, taken together with recent results with panic-modulating drugs, suggest that S 21,357 may have potential efficacy against panic attack. Finally, our results suggest that compounds sharing high affinities for both 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors may directly or synergistically increase the range of defensive behaviors affected.
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- G Griebel
- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA
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Ansar M, Al Akoum Ebriki S, Mouhoub R, Berthelot P, Vaccher C, Vaccher MP, Flouquet N, Caignard DH, Renard P, Pirard B, Rettori MC, Evrard G, Durant F, Debaert M. 3-Benzo[b]furyl- and 3-benzo[b]thienylaminobutyric acids as GABAB ligands. Synthesis and structure-activity relationship studies. Eur J Med Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0223-5234(96)85165-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Experiment 1 recorded the effects of single (doses of 1, 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg) and repeated intraperitoneal injections (10 mg/kg) of amineptine (a tricyclic antidepressant drug) on the performance of albino rats in differential reinforcement of low rate (DRL) of 30 s, fixed-interval (FI) of 60 s, and signalled continuous reinforcement (CRF-SD) schedules. In the second experiment, the effects of repeated (10 mg/kg) and single injections (20 mg/kg) were assessed on the discrimination of the duration of auditory stimuli (2 and 8 s). A dose-related increase in response rates was observed in FI and DRL, correlating with a dose-related impairment in the temporal regulation of performance. However, the drug remained without effect on duration discrimination. In other respects, decreases in response latency in CRF-SD or duration discrimination tended to indicate that the drug improved vigilance and reactivity to extraneous significant stimuli. Interpretations in terms of sensitization, tolerance, or dependency could be discarded. Our data support the hypothesis that drug effects on temporal regulation in FI and DRL are secondary to a nonspecific activation of motor activity. They question the plausibility of an antidepressant effect of the drug in humans via modulation of a timing mechanism.
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- H Lejeune
- Experimental Psychology Laboratory B32, University of Liège, Belgium
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Cataldi M, Magnan E, Guillaume V, Héry F, Dutour A, Rettori MC, Kamoun A, Oliver C. Effect of tianeptine on the hypothalamic somatotropic axis in the conscious sheep. Eur J Pharmacol 1994; 253:149-53. [PMID: 7912195 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(94)90769-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The action of serotonin on growth hormone (GH) secretion is controversial because of interspecies differences and lack of specificity of serotoninergic drugs. Serotonin (5-HT) appears to inhibit GH release in the sheep and in man. We have investigated the site of action of tianeptine, a 5-HT uptake enhancer, in sheep since it is possible to collect hypophysial portal blood for the simultaneous determination of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and somatostatin in this species under conscious, unstressed conditions. Tianeptine injection (10 mg/kg i.v.) resulted in a significant, immediate and short-lasting (30 min) increase in peripheral GH (+750%; P < 0.01) and hypophysial portal GHRH (+180%; P < 0.01). No change in the secretion of somatostatin was recorded during the same time. These data suggest that serotoninergic inputs are inhibitory to GH secretion. Tianeptine acts centrally to stimulate GH secretion in the sheep and its effect is mediated through changes in GHRH but not somatostatin release into hypophysial portal blood.
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- M Cataldi
- Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie Expérimentale, INSERM U 297, Institut Federatif Jean Roche, Faculté de Médecine Nord, Marseille, France
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Amineptine is a tricyclic antidepressant with activating properties, that stimulates spontaneous locomotor activity in rodents and elevates mood in humans. It mainly inhibits dopamine uptake and weakly increased dopamine release. Formulating the hypothesis that this drug would decrease waiting capacity, we decided to test amineptine in a Differential Reinforcement of Response Duration schedule (DRRD 9 s Limited Hold 1.5 s) in the dog. The drug was administered orally at 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10 and 20 mg/kg, 1 h before the experimental session. Between 2.5 and 10 mg/kg, amineptine improved the performance by increasing the response (nonsignificantly) and reinforcement (significantly) rates and by increasing the peak of correct responses (significantly). The inverse effect was measured for the reinforcement rate (nonsignificantly) and for the peak of correct responses (significantly) at the dose of 20 mg/kg. These results were compared to those obtained with other classes of drugs, like neuroleptics, barbiturates or anxiolytics, that disturbed the performance, and particularly with low doses of neuroleptics, which also increase the dopamine release. The positive effects of amineptine on performance (2.5-10 mg/kg) were related to its inhibitory effect on dopamine uptake and discussed in terms of improved vigilance and attention, increase of waiting capacity, improved anticipation, and cognitive enhancement.
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- J Bruhwyler
- Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Namur, Belgium
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Delacoux E, Evstigneeff T, Leclercq M, Rettori MC, Delons S, Naret C, Blanchet-Bardon C. Skin disorders and vitamin A metabolism disturbances in chronic dialysis patients: the role of zinc, retinol-binding protein, retinol and retinoic acid. Clin Chim Acta 1984; 137:283-9. [PMID: 6538120 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(84)90116-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The authors have studied--in the plasma--the changes of zinc, retinol binding protein (RBP), retinol and retinoic acid with reference to the dermatological status of fifty chronically haemodialysed renal insufficiency patients divided into four subgroups (normal skin, dry skin, dry skin with keratosis, and only keratosis). The results of these groups were compared to those of thirty healthy subjects. The values of these variables do not show any significant difference in function of the dermatological subgroups; but, despite the considerable rise in the retinol binding protein and retinol levels in comparison with the controls (haemodialysis patients: RBP = 11.77 +/- 2.83 mumol X l(-1), retinol = 7 +/- 2.57 mumol X l(-1); controls; RBP = 2.76 +/- 0.62 mumol X l(-1), retinol = 2.16 +/- 0.53 mumol X l(-1] the electromicroscopic examination of skin biopsy samples from some of the patients did not reveal any sign of hypervitaminosis A in the lesions.
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