title: Role of dopamine D1 receptors in cocaine lethality.
abstract: One group of heterogeneously bred HS mice was assigned to test coadministration of the selective D1 antagonist SCH 23390 with a dose of cocaine (95 mg/kg) that was observed to produce 80% lethality, whereas a second group was tested by cotreatment with the newly developed full-efficacy D1 agonist dihydrexidine (DHX) and a dose of (60 mg/kg) cocaine previously shown to be nonlethal. The mice in the former group displayed decreased lethality going from 80% with coadministered vehicle to 15% after pretreatment with the highest dose (0.45 mg/kg) of SCH 23390. In the other group of mice there was no lethality seen when vehicle or 10 mg/kg DHX was coadministered with 60 mg/kg cocaine, but a dose-responsive increase in lethality with increasing DHX doses; the maximal lethality of 80% occurred when 25 mg/kg DHX was coadministered with cocaine. These results confirm the effects of D1 antagonism decreasing cocaine lethality as reported previously when rats were used, and extend the findings to D1 agonism; both observations evidence a role for the D1 receptor in the lethal effects, be they central, cardiopulmonary, or anesthetic, of cocaine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown 44272-0095, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Schechter
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Meehan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D003042:Cocaine / Q000633:toxicity*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010617:Phenanthridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects*; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D010617:Phenanthridines; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; C061532:dihydrexidine; D003042:Cocaine