Oral versus transdermal selegiline: antidepressant-like activity in rats.
These studies compared the dose-response effects of oral vs. transdermal selegiline on antidepressant-like activity and brain monoamine oxidase (MAO) activities in rats. Rats received selegiline by gavage (0-100 mg/kg) or via transdermal patches (0-4.8 cm2, 0-8.7 mg/kg) daily for 7 days; antidepressant-like activity was determined using the forced-swim test. Following behavioral testing, cerebral cortices were assayed for MAO-A and MAO-B activities. Doses of selegiline that selectively inhibited MAO-B (3 and 10 mg/kg/day by gavage and 0.4 mg/kg/day via patch) did not alter either immobility or latency time. However, the oral administration of 30 or 100 mg/kg/day or the transdermal administration of 8.7 mg/kg/day, doses that led to greater than 70% inhibition of MAO-A, decreased immobility time significantly. The IC50s for inhibition of MAO-A following oral and transdermal administration for 7 days were 19.8 and 1.1 mg/kg, respectively. Results indicate that both oral and transdermal selegiline have antidepressant-like activity as assessed by the forced-swim test, and that transdermal administration, which bypasses first-pass metabolism, allows for using lower doses than oral administration.
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa 33612-4799, USA.
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D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012642:Selegiline / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013550:Swimming / Q000523:psychology
D007527:Isoenzymes; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D012642:Selegiline; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase