title: [Effect of 4-(o-benzylphenoxy)-N-methylbutylamine hydrochloride (bifemelane hydrochloride, MCI-2016) on cerebral glucose metabolism].
abstract: To predict the influence of MCI-2016 on cerebral energy metabolism, the activity of MCI-2016 on uptake of 2-deoxy-D-[14C]glucose ([14C]-DG) into the brain under normal or hypoxic conditions, formation of 14CO2 from 14C-glucose in the brain, and local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) were examined. Cerebral uptake of [14C]-DG in mice were significantly enhanced by 6 day repeated administration of MCI-2016 (25 mg/kg, i.p.) and Ca-hopantenate (100 mg/kg, i.p.). The two drugs showed a slight enhancing effect on [14C]-DG uptake after single administration. As an index of cerebral glucose metabolism, 14CO2 formation from 14C-glucose was also stimulated by 6 day repeated administration of MCI-2016 (100 mg/kg, p.o., mice and rats) and Ca-hopantenate (250 mg/kg, i.p., rats). MCI-2016 moderately attenuated the decreased [14C]-DG uptake under the hypoxic condition in rats after 6 day repeated administration (100 mg/kg, p.o.). In addition, local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) in rats was also significantly potentiated by MCI-2016 (100 mg/kg, p.o., 6 days) in the areas of the visual cortex, thalamus ventral nucleus and uvula. From these results, MCI-2016 may be suggested to have a moderate activating effect on cerebral energy metabolism.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010205:Pantothenic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; C016030:pantogab; D010205:Pantothenic Acid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose; C031906:bifemelane