title: Quinpirole, 8-OH-DPAT and ketanserin modulate catalepsy induced by high doses of atypical antipsychotics.
abstract: The effect of the selective dopamine D2 receptor agonist quinpirole, the selective 5-HT1A receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT and the selective 5-HT2A receptor antagonist ketanserin on catalepsy induced by atypical antipsychotics clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine and sertindole at higher doses was studied in rats. Haloperidol (0.5, 1 and 2 mg/kg), clozapine (50 and 75 mg/kg) and olanzapine (15 and 30 mg/kg) produced catalepsy dose-dependently while sertindole at doses up to 40 mg/kg failed to produce catalepsy in rats. However, sertindole (15, 30 and 45 mg/kg) produced a cataleptic effect in mice in a dose-dependent manner. At a high dose (5 mg/kg), risperidone produced catalepsy in rats. Quinpirole (0.05 and 0.1 mg/kg) reversed the cataleptic effect of haloperidol (2 mg/kg), risperidone (5 mg/kg), olanzapine (30 mg/kg) and sertindole (45 mg/kg). Quinpirole (0.05 and 0.1 mg/kg) reversed clozapine (75 mg/kg)-induced catalepsy. 8-OH-DPAT (0.15 and 0.3 mg/kg) dose-dependently reversed catalepsy induced by haloperidol (2 mg/kg) and risperidone (5 mg/kg) without affecting the cataleptic effect of olanzapine. However, the higher dose (0.45 mg/kg) of 8-OH-DPAT reversed it significantly. 8-OH-DPAT (0.3 mg/kg) reversed clozapine (75 mg/kg)-induced catalepsy. 8-OH-DPAT (0.15, 0.3 and 0.45 mg/kg) failed to reverse sertindole-induced catalepsy. Ketanserin (0.75 and 1.5 mg/kg) completely reversed catalepsy induced by haloperidol (2 mg/kg) and risperidone (5 mg/kg). Ketanserin (0.75 and 1.5 mg/kg) dose-dependently reversed olanzapine (30 mg/kg) and sertindole (45 mg/kg)-induced catalepsy without any effect on clozapine (75 mg/kg)-induced catalepsy. A higher dose (3 mg/kg) of ketanserin reversed clozapine-induced catalepsy. The present study suggests that atypical antipsychotics show fewer extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) due to greater modulation of the serotonergic system. Therefore, an antipsychotic with dopamine D2/5-HT2A antagonistic action and 5-HT1A agonistic action may prove to be superior to the existing antipsychotics.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacology Division, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ninan
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003024:Clozapine / Q000633:toxicity; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000633:toxicity; D007211:Indoles / Q000633:toxicity; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D000077152:Olanzapine; D010890:Pirenzepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000633:toxicity; D019257:Quinpirole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018967:Risperidone / Q000633:toxicity; D018490:Serotonin Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D007093:Imidazoles; D007211:Indoles; D018490:Serotonin Agents; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D019257:Quinpirole; D010890:Pirenzepine; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D007650:Ketanserin; C066304:sertindole; D003024:Clozapine; D018967:Risperidone; D000077152:Olanzapine