title: 3-((+-)-2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP) and phencyclidine produce a deficit of passive avoidance retention in rats.
abstract: 3-((+-)-2-Carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP), phencyclidine (PCP) and diazepam were evaluated for their ability to produce a deficit for a single trial step-through passive avoidance response in rats. Pretraining administration with CPP at doses ranging from 2.0 to 10.0 mg/kg s.c. significantly decreased retention latencies 24 h after passive avoidance training. Similar effects were found with PCP at doses ranging from 0.5 to 1.7 mg/kg s.c. and diazepam at doses between 5.0-18.0 mg/kg s.c. Pretraining administration with the benzodiazepine antagonist, RO15-1788 at doses between 0.1-15 mg/kg s.c., did not alter retention latencies. Co-administration of RO15-1788 (0.01-15.0 mg/kg s.c.) with CPP (6.0 mg/kg s.c.) or PCP (1.0 mg/kg s.c.) failed to block decreases in latencies. However, when RO15-1788 was co-administered with diazepam (9.0 mg/kg s.c.) a dose-related antagonism of diazepam's effects were found. These results suggest that the behavioral actions of CPP and PCP on passive avoidance retention are not mediated via the benzodiazepine receptor complex.
authors.affiliation: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Medical Products Department, Wilmington, DE 19880-0400.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: DeNoble
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Schaeffer
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bauerle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D003975:Diazepam / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005442:Flumazenil / Q000494:pharmacology; D007837:Latency Period, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010622:Phencyclidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D010879:Piperazines; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D005442:Flumazenil; C050592:3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid; D010622:Phencyclidine; D003975:Diazepam