title: Pharmacological properties of ceruletide in the vertical and horizontal locomotor activities of mice.
abstract: To clarify the pharmacological properties of ceruletide (CER) and cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK-8) with respect to vertical (VLA) and horizontal (HLA) locomotor activities of mice, effects of pretreatment with CER (0.5, 5, and 50 micrograms/kg, IP) and CCK-8 (5, 50, and 500 micrograms/kg, IP) on apomorphine (0.1 mg/kg, SC)- and clonidine (0.1 mg/kg, SC)-induced hypo-VLA and -HLA and on apomorphine (1 mg/kg, SC)-induced hyper-VLA and -HLA were examined. CER and CCK-8 had a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on VLA and HLA in intact mice. Pretreatment with CER had a biphasic effect (increase and decrease) on apomorphine- and clonidine-induced hypo-VLA, as well as an effect on apomorphine-induced hypo-HLA, a decreased effect on clonidine-induced hypo-HLA, and a decreased effect on apomorphine-induced hyper-VLA and -HLA. On the other hand, pretreatment with CCK-8 had no effect on apomorphine- and clonidine-induced hypo-VLA and -HLA and a decreased effect on apomorphine-induced hyper-HLA but not on hyper-VLA. These results suggest that for apomorphine- and clonidine-induced locomotion in mice CER has pharmacological properties different from those of CCK-8.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Itsukaichi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002108:Ceruletide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002108:Ceruletide; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D003000:Clonidine; D001058:Apomorphine; D004298:Dopamine