title: Adenosine A2A agonists: a potential new type of atypical antipsychotic.
abstract: The systemic intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of the adenosine A2A agonist CGS 21680 was found to dose-dependently antagonize spontaneous and amphetamine-induced (1 mg/kg i.p.) motor activity with similar ED50 values (about 0.2 mg/kg). The ratios between the ED50 values for induction of catalepsy and for antagonizing amphetamine-induced motor activity for CGS 21680, haloperidol, and clozapine were 12, 2, and > 30, respectively. Furthermore, CGS 21680 was comparably much stronger than haloperidol or clozapine at antagonizing the motor activity induced by phencyclidine (2 mg/kg subcutaneously) than motor activity induced by amphetamine (1 mg/kg i.p.). In conclusion, the present results show a clear "atypical" antipsychotic profile of the adenosine A2A agonist CGS 21680 in animal models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rimondini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferré
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ogren
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuxe
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000188:drug therapy; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008124:Locomotion / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1 / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D010627:Phenethylamines; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1; C061282:2-(4-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino)-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine; D000241:Adenosine