title: Profile of the selective dopamine D-2 receptor agonist N-0437: its effects on palatability- and deprivation-induced feeding, and operant responding for food.
abstract: N-0437 is a potent and highly selective dopamine D-2 receptor agonist, which has been used in the present series of experiments to investigate its potential anorectic properties. In doses of 0.3-3.0 mg/kg (IP), N-0437 significantly reduced consumption of a sweetened palatable mash in nondeprived mice (minimal effective dose, 0.3 mg/kg) and rats (minimal effective dose, 0.56 mg/kg). Reduction in food intake were also produced in rats by the less potent, but selective, D-2 agonist RU 24213 (effective at 10.0 mg/kg), and by d-amphetamine (1.0 and 3.0 mg/kg). The anorectic effect of N-0437 (1.0 mg/kg) was completely antagonized by the selective D-2 antagonist, YM-09151-2 (0.01 mg/kg). Over a series of 10 injections, N-0437 (1.0 mg/kg) maintained its effect to reduce palatable food intake. In food-deprived rats, N-0437 (0.3-3.0 mg/kg, IP) also reduced consumption of standard laboratory food, and dose-dependently reduced operant responding for food under a FR8 schedule of reinforcement. The results of the experiments are discussed in terms of a possible direct effect to reduce feeding responses resulting from stimulation of postsynaptic dopamine D-2 receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, U.K.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Rusk
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects*; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects*; D006815:Hunger / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation / Q000187:drug effects; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects*; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects*; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009281:Naphthalenes; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D013876:Thiophenes; C047508:rotigotine; D003913:Dextroamphetamine