title: A comparison of the behavioral effects of the repeated administration of PTT, 2beta-propanoyl-3beta-(4-tolyl)tropane and cocaine.
abstract: In the present study the effects of the repeated administration of the novel tropane analog PTT (2beta-propanoyl-3beta(4-tolyl)tropane) on spontaneous locomotor activity were compared to those of cocaine. Previous reports describing the in vivo effects of PTT have focused solely on its acute effects following a single administration. In Experiment 1, PTT (1.0, 3.0 mg/kg), cocaine (30 mg/kg), or vehicle were administered intraperitoneally to male Sprague-Dawley rats daily for 10 consecutive days and locomotor activity was assessed. In Experiment 2, the locomotor effects of PTT (1.0 mg/kg) and cocaine (15 mg/kg) were assessed following 5 days of drug exposure to either PTT (1.0, 3.0 mg/kg) or cocaine (30 mg/kg) and 18 days of withdrawal. In both paradigms, PTT (1.0, 3.0 mg/kg) and cocaine (30 mg/kg) produced marked increases in locomotor activity acutely and an augmented response to drug challenge following repeated exposure, indicative of behavioral sensitization. These data indicate that, despite differences in the pharmacological profiles of PTT and cocaine, both drugs produce behavioral sensitization. These data are consistent with previous reports in the literature describing the effects of the repeated administration of other dopamine reuptake inhibitors and suggest that the development of behavioral sensitization is a uniform characteristic of this class of drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Center for the Neurobiological Investigation of Drug Abuse, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083, USA.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Freedland
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Daunais
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Porrino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003042:Cocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C493232:Slc6a4 protein, rat; C087634:2-propanoyl-3-(4-tolyl)tropane; D003042:Cocaine