title: The anticataleptic effect of 7-OH-DPAT: are dopamine D3 receptors involved?
abstract: The paper examined the effect of 7-OH-DPAT (7-hydroxy-N,N-di-n-propyl-2-aminotetralin), a dopamine D3 receptors-prefering agonist, on the catalepsy evoked by reserpine, haloperidol and fluphenazine in rats (male Wistar), as well as the influence of nafadotride, a dopamine D3 receptors-prefering antagonist, on that effect. The obtained results show that 7-OH-DPAT, as well as L-DOPA, a drug of choice in the therapy of Parkinson's disease, used for comparison, antagonize the catalepsy induced by reserpine, haloperidol and fluphenazine. Nafadotride, used in a dose (0.2 mg/kg) which inhibits the 7-OH-DPAT-evoked locomotor hyperactivity but does not affect the hypermotility induced by amphetamine and quinpirole, antagonizes the anticataleptic effect of 7-OH-DPAT or L-DOPA. It is therefore assumed that dopamine D3 receptors are involved in the anticataleptic effect of both 7-OH-DPAT and L-DOPA.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maj
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rogóz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Skuza
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005476:Fluphenazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000139:chemically induced; D007980:Levodopa / Q000494:pharmacology; D008124:Locomotion / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D019257:Quinpirole / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000502:physiology*; D050637:Receptors, Dopamine D3; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D015259:Dopamine Agents; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; C493595:Drd3 protein, rat; D009281:Naphthalenes; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D050637:Receptors, Dopamine D3; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D019257:Quinpirole; D007980:Levodopa; D012110:Reserpine; D006220:Haloperidol; C097285:nafadotride; C031349:7-hydroxy-2-N,N-dipropylaminotetralin; D005476:Fluphenazine; D003913:Dextroamphetamine