Pharmacological modification of DDT-induced tremor and hyperthermia in rats: distributional factors.
Pretreatment of rats with hydantoin (75 mg/kg, PO, an anticonvulsant), trihexyphenidyl (10 mg/kg, SC, a muscarinic cholinergic antagonist), or piperonyl butoxide (500 mg/kg, PO, a metabolic inhibitor) had no effect on the whole blood or brain tissue levels of orally administered DDT (75 mg/kg) or its metabolites DDD and DDE. Hydantoin and piperonyl butoxide decreased DDT-induced tremor and hyperthermia due to DDT when measured 12 h after DDT exposure, while trihexyphenidyl augmented some components of DDT-induced tremor. Additional experiments found that pretreatment with piperonyl butoxide increased tremor due to permethrin exposure (120 mg/kg, PO), while having no effect on tremor due to chlordecone administration (60 mg/kg, IP). Pretreatment with ellipticine (30 mg/kg, IP, a metabolic inhibitor) also decreased tremor 12 h after DDT exposure. The effects of piperonyl butoxide and ellipticine on DDT-induced tremor are postulated to occur through direct actions of these compounds on nerve or muscle tissue. Hydantoin-induced attenuation of DDT-induced neurotoxicity may be due to the ability of hydantoin to block repetitive firing of nerves by binding to the inactivation gates of sodium.
D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D003634:DDT / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006827:Hydantoins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D010882:Piperonyl Butoxide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D014202:Tremor / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014282:Trihexyphenidyl / Q000008:administration & dosage
D006827:Hydantoins; D014282:Trihexyphenidyl; D003634:DDT; D010882:Piperonyl Butoxide