title: NMDA agonists and antagonists alter the hypnotic response to ethanol in LS and SS mice.
abstract: Involvement of glutamate neurotransmission in the differential response of long-sleep (LS) and short-sleep (SS) mice to acute ethanol was examined by measuring the effect of centrally administered glutamate receptor agonists and antagonists on blood ethanol concentration (BEC) at loss of righting response following intragastric administration of ethanol. NMDA coinjected with glycine, and quinolinic acid (QA), decreased sensitivity to ethanol in both lines of mice. SS mice were more sensitive to QA than were LS. The NMDA antagonists 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (APV), MK-801 and an inhibitor of glutamate synthesis, methionine sulfoximine, increased sensitivity to ethanol in both lines of mice. MK-801 effects were line dependent with SS being more sensitive. In addition, coinjection of APV, Mg++ or Zn++ with QA blocked the decrease in sensitivity seen with QA alone. These results demonstrate that NMDA agonists and antagonists alter the acute hypnotic response to ethanol in both LS and SS mice, and support the hypothesis that ethanol exerts its effects in part by altering glutamatergic neurotransmission.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: T Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Bosy
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ruth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005998:Glycine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D017378:Quinolinic Acid; D011805:Quinolinic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects*; D015032:Zinc / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D011805:Quinolinic Acids; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D000431:Ethanol; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D017378:Quinolinic Acid; D008274:Magnesium; D015032:Zinc; D005998:Glycine