title: Ibogaine reduces amphetamine-induced locomotor stimulation in C57BL/6By mice, but stimulates locomotor activity in rats.
abstract: The effect of ibogaine hydrochloride on locomotor stimulation induced by d-amphetamine sulfate was tested in male C57BL/6By mice and in female Sprague-Dawley rats. In mice, locomotor stimulation induced by d-amphetamine at 1 or 5 mg/kg s.c. was reduced by prior administration of one or two injections of ibogaine (40 mg/kg), given 2 or 18 hours earlier. This reduction in locomotor activity persisted for two days. Locomotor stimulation induced by a higher dose (10 mg/kg) of d-amphetamine was not reduced by such prior administration of ibogaine. A lower dose of ibogaine (20 mg/kg) did not reduce the subsequent locomotor activity induced by d-amphetamine. Ibogaine decreased striatal dopamine levels, while d-amphetamine increased them. Ibogaine treatment (2 x 40 mg/kg, 18 hours apart) induced a decrease by 30% in the level of striatal dopamine and its metabolites measured in tissue extracts 3 hours after the second ibogaine injection. One hour after d-amphetamine (5 mg/kg) administration, the level of striatal dopamine increased by 26%. Although the level of striatal dopamine was initially lower in the ibogaine-pretreated mice, d-amphetamine (5 mg/kg) administration induced an increase in striatal dopamine and its metabolites. The effect of ibogaine seems to be species specific, since in rats pretreated with ibogaine 18 hours before d-amphetamine, locomotor stimulation induced by d-amphetamine was further increased. In addition, the in vitro electrical-evoked release of [3H]dopamine from striatal tissue was either unchanged or inhibited in the presence of d-amphetamine, and after ibogaine pretreatment in vivo, the release of tritium in the presence of d-amphetamine was inhibited or stimulated in mice and rats, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Division of Neurochemistry, Orangeburg, NY 10962.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sershen
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Harsing
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lajtha
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000661:Amphetamine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007050:Ibogaine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008124:Locomotion / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D014316:Tritium; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D007050:Ibogaine; D000661:Amphetamine; D004298:Dopamine; D006719:Homovanillic Acid