title: Effects of benzylpiperazine derivatives on the acute effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in rat brain.
abstract: The reduction of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in rat brain 3 h after administration of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) was attenuated significantly by coadministration of benzylpiperazine derivatives (p-nitrobenzylpiperazine, p-chlorobenzylpiperazine and 1-piperonylpiperazine), which were weak inhibitors of [3H]5-HT uptake into rat brain synaptosomes. However, the coadministration of desipramine and imipramine which were more potent 5-HT uptake inhibitors than these benzylpiperazines, did not attenuate the reduction of 5-HT by MDMA. These results suggest that these benzylpiperazines might inhibit the acute effects of MDMA by a novel neuropharmacological effect other than 5-HT uptake inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D015104:3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D003891:Desipramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D007099:Imipramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015104:3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; D003891:Desipramine; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D007099:Imipramine; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; D010879:Piperazines; D012701:Serotonin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors