title: Effect of lipid solubility on the development of chronic cross-tolerance between ethanol and different alcohols and barbiturates.
abstract: Tolerance to ethanol and cross-tolerance to other alcohols (n-propanol, n-butanol, t-butanol, isobutanol, t-amyl alcohol, n-amyl alcohol, and benzyl alcohol) and barbiturates (pentobarbital, secobarbital, amobarbital, thiopental, barbital and phenobarbital) that differ in lipid:water partition coefficient was examined in rats after chronic pretreatment with ethanol. Tolerance and cross-tolerance were studied with three different measures (hypothermia, tilt-plane, and rotarod). Tolerance to ethanol resulted in significant cross-tolerance to alcohols with low lipid solubility (n-propanol and t-butanol), whereas no cross-tolerance was seen with alcohols of high lipid solubility (isobutanol, n-amyl alcohol, t-amyl alcohol and benzyl alcohol). Cross-tolerance to n-butanol (which has intermediate lipid solubility) appeared to be metabolic rather than functional. Tolerance to ethanol also resulted in significant cross-tolerance to barbital and phenobarbital, but not to pentobarbital, secobarbital, amobarbital or thiopental. These studies suggest that lipid solubility is an important factor in relation to specificity of cross-tolerance to alcohols and barbiturates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Lê
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kalant
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012995:Solubility; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D001463:Barbiturates; D008055:Lipids; D000431:Ethanol