title: Further evidence for clozapine as a dopamine D1 receptor agonist.
abstract: Clozapine (0.625-10.0 mg kg-1 s.c.), but not the two major clozapine metabolites, N-desmethylclozapine (0.625-10.0 mg kg-1 s.c.) or clozapine-N-oxide (0.625-10.0 mg kg-1 s.c.), caused a dose-dependent decrease in core temperature in the rat. Furthermore, the clozapine-induced hypothermia (2.5 mg kg-1 s.c.) was fully antagonised by pretreatment with the selective dopamine D1 receptor antagonist (+)-5-(2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-7-yl)-3-methyl-8-nitro-2,3,4, 5-tetrahydro-1 H-3-benzazepine-7-ol, maleate (NNC 687) (4.0 mg kg-1 s.c.). NNC 687 by itself (2.0-8.0 mg kg-1 s.c.) did not affect core temperature. The present results provide further evidence for the dopamine D1 receptor agonist properties of clozapine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salmi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahlenius
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000494:pharmacology; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D003024:Clozapine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000819:agonists*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D001572:Benzofurans; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; C077122:5-(2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-7-yl)-3-methyl-8-nitro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepin-7-ol; C058272:norclozapine; D003024:Clozapine; C079149:clozapine N-oxide