title: The effect of neurotransmitters on cataleptic behavior induced by PG D2 in rats.
abstract: The effects of several neurotransmitters on prostaglandin (PG) D2-induced cataleptic behavior in rats were investigated by the high bar test. Intracerebroventricular administration of PG D2 elicited cataleptic behavior in a dose-dependent manner without producing a marked change in spontaneous motor activity. The incidences of cataleptic behavior were 20% and 100% at doses of 2 nmol and 50 nmol of PG D2, respectively. Intraperitoneal pretreatment with L-DOPA (100 mg/kg), apomorphine (1 mg/kg), amantadine (0.2 mg/kg), atropine (0.5 mg/kg) or p-chlorophenylalanine (300 mg/kg) significantly decreased the cataleptic behavior induced by 50 nmol of PG D2. Conversely, simultaneous treatment with 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan (30 mg/kg), 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5 mg/kg), imipramine (20 mg/kg) or clomipramine (10 mg/kg) markedly increased the cataleptic behavior induced by 2 nmol of PG D2. Propranolol (10 mg/kg) and phenoxybenzamine (10 mg/kg) did not affect the induction of cataleptic behavior by either 2 nmol or 50 nmol of PG D2. These results suggest that PG D2 might be involved in inducing cataleptic behavior by modulating serotonergic, cholinergic and dopaminergic systems.
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000502:physiology; D000547:Amantadine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D010134:Fenclonine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007980:Levodopa / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000502:physiology; D015230:Prostaglandin D2; D011457:Prostaglandins D / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D011457:Prostaglandins D; D012701:Serotonin; D007980:Levodopa; D000547:Amantadine; D001058:Apomorphine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D010134:Fenclonine; D015230:Prostaglandin D2; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine