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The optical antipodes of N-allyl-N-normetazocine (2; SKF 10047, NANM) were the original compounds used for the classification of the sigma receptor as distinct from other receptors such as the
PCP
(
NMDA
), opioid, and dopamine receptors. Later studies showed that (+)-N-(dimethylallyl)-N-normetazocine [(+)-4, (+)-pentazocine] was more potent and selective for the sigma receptor. In order to gain additional structure-activity relationship information, several N-substituted N-normetazocine analogs were prepared and evaluated for their sigma-1 ([3H]-(+)-3-PPP or [3H]-(+)-pentazocine),
PCP
([3H]TCP), and mu opioid ([3H]DAMGO) receptor binding affinities. (+)-N-Benzyl-N-normetazocine [(+)-10)] possessed subnanomolar affinities for the sigma site, Ki = 0.67. The analog (+)-10 showed greater than 14,000- and 2400-fold selectivity, respectively, for the sigma receptor relative to the
PCP
and mu opioid receptors. The N-substituted N-normetazocines were enantioselective for the sigma site. The (+)-N-benzyl analog, (+)-10, showed a 55-fold selectivity relative to (-)-10. Analysis of the data also revealed that (+)-normetazocine [(+)-1] [Ki = 30 nM] possessed the highest affinity for the
PCP
receptor. However, (+)-metazocine [(+)-5] (Ki = 41 nM) was the most selective compound for the
PCP
receptor relative to the sigma (51-fold) and mu opioid (greater than 200-fold) sites.
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PMID:Enantiomeric N-substituted N-normetazocines: a comparative study of affinities at sigma, PCP, and mu opioid receptors. 132 87
An atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine and a selective sigma antagonist BMY 14802 were significantly less effective in the behavioural experiments (against apomorphine, d-amphetamine and MK-801), as well in the radioligand binding studies against 3H-spiperone (dopamine2-receptors) and 3H-haloperidol (sigma receptors) in the rat brain, as compared to a typical antipsychotic compound haloperidol. Contrary to haloperidol and BMY 14802, clozapine was a relatively selective antagonist of MK-801-induced motor excitation in the mouse. A nearly 3-fold lower dose of clozapine was needed to block the effect of MK-801 (6.4 mumol/kg) as compared to the action of amphetamine (17 mumol/kg). Haloperidol and clozapine, but not BMY 14802, antagonized apomorphine-induced aggressiveness in the rat. After long-term treatment (for 15 days) with BMY 14802 (10 mg/kg daily), haloperidol (0.5 mg/kg daily) and clozapine (10 mg/kg daily) the motor depressant effect of apomorphine (0.15 mg/kg) was reversed. Chronic haloperidol treatment, but not administration of BMY 14802 and clozapine, increased the number of dopamine2-receptors in the rat brain. BMY 14802 caused upregulation of sigma receptors in frontal cortex, whereas haloperidol induced the opposite change in cerebellum. Repeated treatment with clozapine significantly augmented the motor stimulating effect of MK-801 in rats. Simultaneously with a behavioural change the density of 3H-TCP binding sites in the rat forebrain was elevated after long-term treatment with clozapine, probably indicating the involvement of
PCP
binding sites at
NMDA
channel in the action of clozapine.
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PMID:The involvement of sigma and phencyclidine receptors in the action of antipsychotic drugs. 133 17
Rat brain cortex synaptosomes pre-incubated with [3H]norepinephrine were used (1) to provide evidence that part of the
NMDA
receptors mediating stimulation of norepinephrine (NE) release are located on the noradrenergic varicosities themselves, (2) to characterize these receptors and (3) to examine whether ethanol specifically inhibits the
NMDA
-evoked NE release via a presynaptic site of action. In synaptosomes superfused with Mg(2+)-free Krebs-Henseleit solution,
NMDA
(2-min exposure) stimulated tritium overflow in a concentration- and glycine-dependent manner. The stimulatory effect of
NMDA
was not altered by tetrodotoxin but was abolished by omission of Ca2+ from the superfusion fluid and was considerably reduced in the presence of 1.2 mM Mg2+. DL-(E)-2-Amino-4-methyl-5-phosphono-3-pentanoic acid (CGP 37849; a competitive NMDA receptor antagonist) produced a parallel shift of the concentration-response curve for
NMDA
to the right, whereas dizocilpine (MK-801; an antagonist at the phencyclidine,
PCP
, recognition site of the
NMDA
-gated ion channel) reduced the maximum effect of
NMDA
. Ethanol inhibited the
NMDA
-evoked tritium overflow in a concentration-dependent manner. In contrast, in synaptosomes superfused with Ca(2+)-free Krebs-Henseleit solution containing 15 mM K+ throughout, ethanol did not affect the tritium overflow evoked by 2 min introduction of 75 microM Ca2+ into the superfusion fluid. This Ca(2+)-evoked overflow was also not altered by tetrodotoxin and dizocilpine, but was inhibited by the inorganic Ca2+ channel antagonist Cd2+.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Presynaptic site of action underlying the ethanol-induced inhibition of norepinephrine release evoked by stimulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in rat cerebral cortex. 135 86
The binding of phencyclidine (
PCP
) within the channel gated by the
NMDA
-receptor complex can be positively or negatively modulated by compounds which facilitate or prevent the interaction of glutamate to the
NMDA
recognition site. In the present study extracellular recordings were used to evaluate the possibility that the negative modulation of
NMDA
channel function by the competitive
NMDA
antagonists (+/-)-CPP (3-((+/-)2-carboxypiperazin-4- yl)propyl-1-phosphonate) and CGS 19755 (cis-4-phosphonomethyl-2-piperidine carboxylate) could affect the response of A10 dopamine neurons to
PCP
. Pretreatment with 40 mg/kg of (+/-)-CPP or CGS 19755 completely blocked the low-dose excitatory effects of
PCP
, whereas 10 mg/kg of CGS 19755 produced only a partial blockade. However, neither CGS 19755 or (+/-)-CPP affected the amount of attenuation of A10 firing occurring with large doses of
PCP
. (+/-)-CPP and CGS 19755 pretreatment also failed to alter the morphine-induced stimulation of dopamine activity. These findings not only provide further evidence that the low-dose
PCP
-induced activation of A10 neurons is mediated through the
NMDA
-ion channel complex, but suggest that some physiological or behavioral effects evoked by
PCP
might be prevented by treatment with competitive NMDA receptor blockers.
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PMID:Competitive NMDA receptor antagonists attenuate phencyclidine-induced excitations of A10 dopamine neurons. 139 21
We have compared the ability of phencyclidine (
PCP
)-like or sigma ligands to induce psychomotor effects in primates. In squirrel monkeys, administration of MK-801 (0.001-0.1 mg/kg),
PCP
(0.03-0.3 mg/kg), (+)-SKF10047 (0.001-3.0 mg/kg) or (-)-SKF10047 (0.1-10 mg/kg) induced ataxia, head weaving and bradykinesia. In contrast, treatment with the selective sigma ligand (+)-pentazocine using doses up to 20 mg/kg failed to induce any overt behaviours. The order of potency for induction of these behaviours was: MK-801 greater than
PCP
greater than (+)-SKF10047 greater than (-)-SKF10047 much greater than (+)-pentazocine. In rhesus monkeys treatment with MK-801 (0.01-0.04 mg/kg),
PCP
(0.05-0.2 mg/kg), (+)-SKF10047 (0.75-3.0 mg/kg) or (+)-pentazocine (1-10 mg/kg), disrupted performance of a spatial delayed response task. The potency to induce cognitive disruption was positively correlated with affinity for [3H]MK-801, but not [3H](+)-SKF10047, binding sites in vitro. These findings indicate that the psychomotor and cognitive effects of
PCP
-like and sigma ligands in primates are mediated through interactions at
NMDA
, not sigma, receptors.
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PMID:Psychomotor activity and cognitive disruption attributable to NMDA, but not sigma, interactions in primates. 164 81
Excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptor-mediated events have recently been implicated in dopaminergic mechanisms of neurotoxicity. 2,4,5-Trihydroxyphenylalanine (6-hydroxy-DOPA, TOPA), the ortho-hydroxylated derivative of the dopamine precursor 2,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA), has recently been reported to have neurotoxic properties which are blocked by CNQX, a specific antagonist of the AMPA class of non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (non-NMDA) EAA receptors. We report here that 6-hydroxy-DOPA is a selective displacer of [3H]AMPA binding in rodent brain. 6-Hydroxy-DOPA was as potent as kainate in displacing [3H]AMPA binding, with an IC50 value of 32 microM. Ineffective displacers of [3H]AMPA binding included dopamine, 6-hydroxydopamine, L-DOPA, D-DOPA, carbidopa, DOPAC, beta-methylamino-L-alanine, 2,4-dihydroxyphenylacetyl-L-asparagine, homogentisic acid, 2,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, amantadine, and threo-DOPS. 6-Hydroxy-DOPA (100 microM) also displaced 20% of [3H]kainate binding, but did not displace binding to
NMDA
, phencyclidine (
PCP
), or dopaminergic (D1 and D2) receptors. These data raise the possibility that 6-hydroxy-DOPA or another abnormal metabolite of L-DOPA could act as an excitotoxic agent via action at AMPA receptors. Given that non-
NMDA
receptors are postulated to play a role in neurotoxic events, these data provide an additional mechanism via which EAA receptor-mediated events could produce neurodegeneration in areas of brain with dopaminergic innervation.
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PMID:2,4,5-Trihydroxyphenylalanine (6-hydroxy-dopa) displaces [3H]AMPA binding in rat striatum. 166 20
The specific binding of [3H]TCP and [3H](+)3-PPP, radioligands which respectively label
PCP
-
NMDA
and sigma binding sites was measured in tissue homogenates prepared from dissected areas of control and schizophrenic postmortem brains. [3H]TCP binding was bilaterally increased in orbital frontal cortex (Brodmann area 11) of schizophrenic brains. This finding may be due to an increased glutamatergic innervation of orbital frontal cortex since it parallels our findings of increased [3H]kainate and [3H]D-aspartate binding in this area. In contrast, [3H](+)3-PPP binding was reduced in each of the four brain regions examined. The reductions were greatest in brains from the schizophrenic subjects receiving neuroleptics at the time of death. Neuroleptics remaining in the brains of these subjects may compete in vitro with [3H](+)3-PPP for binding to the sigma site.
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PMID:Alterations in phencyclidine and sigma binding sites in schizophrenic brains. Effects of disease process and neuroleptic medication. 168 83
Experimental evidence suggests that neuronal pharmacologic sites termed sigma (sigma) may be related, but not identical to
PCP
sites in the ion channel linked to
NMDA
excitatory receptors. These receptors may play a role in schizophreniform psychoses, and clinical trials of putative sigma-ligands have begun. Because of this, and because of the relationship of sigma-ligands to
NMDA
receptors, we studied the effect of the most selective presently available sigma-ligand on ischaemic neuronal death throughout the rat brain after transient forebrain ischaemia. Ventricular delivery of DTG at 0.5 mumol/h via an osmotic minipump was chosen to allow continuous access of the drug to brain tissue, control animals receiving artificial CSF. After one week survival, selective neuronal necrosis was reduced in the hippocampus, but not in the neocortex or striatum, contrasting with our previous findings in this model with pure
NMDA
antagonists. The results indicate that ischaemic neuronal necrosis in the hippocampus may be mitigated by sigma-agonists, possibly via an interaction with
NMDA
receptors.
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PMID:Intraventricular infusion of the selective sigma-agonist 1,3-di-ortho-tolylguanidine (DTG) mitigates ischaemic brain damage in the hippocampus. 168 37
In the present study a mixed sigma and
PCP
(phencyclidine) site ligand, dextrorphan (22 mg/kg), blocked long- but not short-term memory in a passive avoidance task. This effect was not accompanied by any behavioral alterations that could interfere with passive avoidance performance. The action of dextrorphan was shared by a selective
NMDA
(N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor antagonist, MK-801 (5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzocyclohepten-5,10-imine maleate, 0.1 mg/kg). The results suggest that dextrorphan affects long-term memory, probably via blockade of
NMDA
receptors.
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PMID:Dextrorphan blocks long- but not short-term memory in a passive avoidance task in rats. 181 92
Pretreatment with metaphit (1-[1-(3-isothiocyanotophenyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine), a putative irreversible antagonist of phencyclidine (
PCP
) receptors, did not antagonize
PCP
-induced passive avoidance deficit in rats, and did not decrease [3H]MK-801 (5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzocyclohepten-5,10-imine maleate) binding to
PCP
recognition sites coupled to
NMDA
receptors. The effectiveness of the metaphit treatment was evidenced by the occurrence of audiogenic seizures. These results suggest that previously reported antagonism in vivo actions of
PCP
by metaphit, is mediated by sites not involved in
PCP
-induced passive avoidance deficit, and not related to the NMDA receptor complex in brain structures studied (striatum, hippocampus, and cortex).
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PMID:Metaphit fails to antagonize PCP-induced passive avoidance deficit. 182 88
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