title: Comparison of the effects of benzodiazepine and beta-carboline inverse agonists on body temperature in mice.
abstract: The effect of benzodiazepine and beta-carboline inverse agonists on body temperature in mice was investigated using doses shown to be pro-convulsant in other studies. The benzodiazepine partial inverse agonists Ro 15-3505 (0.1-30 mg/kg i.p.), Ro 15-4513 (0.1-10 mg/kg i.p.) and the fuller benzodiazepine inverse agonist Ro 19-4603 (0.03-0.3 mg/kg i.p.) had no effect on rectal temperature. Ro 19-4603 (1 mg/kg i.p.) produced a small hypothermic response. In contrast, the beta-carboline partial and full inverse agonists, FG 7142 (30, 60 mg/kg i.p.) and methyl-6,7-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (3, 10 mg/kg i.p.), produced large decreases in body temperature. These differential effects of benzodiazepine and beta-carboline inverse agonists on body temperature may provide further evidence for the existence of benzodiazepine receptor subtypes.
authors.affiliation: Reckitt & Colman Psychopharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Bristol, U.K.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Nutt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001386:Azides / Q000494:pharmacology; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001570:Benzodiazepinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D002243:Carbolines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D001386:Azides; D001570:Benzodiazepinones; D002243:Carbolines; D001569:Benzodiazepines; C040725:Ro 15-3505; C042957:Ro 15-4513; C056530:Ro 19-4603