title: Effect of quipazine, a selective 5-HT3 agonist, on dietary self-selection of different macronutrient diets in male and female rats.
abstract: Macronutrient intakes, 2h and 12h, following administration of a selective 5-HT3 agonist, quipazine, N methyl, dimaleate (QUIPAZINE; 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 mg/kg, i.p.) at dark onset were examined in three groups of adult male and female Wistar rats fed different sources of the three macronutrients: Group 1 (casein, corn starch, safflower oil), Group 2 (egg protein, corn starch/sucrose, lard) and Group S (casein hydrolysate, maltose dextrin, butter). QUIPAZINE decreased total food intake only in female rats from Group 1 (2 h) at a dose of 7.5 mg/kg and Group 2 (2h and 12h) with doses of 2.5 and 7.5 mg/kg. Intakes from corn starch and corn starch/sucrose diet (12h) were reduced in male and female rats, respectively, with doses of 2.5 and 7.5 mg/kg of QUIPAZINE. In conclusion, when provided with different sources of the three macronutrients, quipazine injection reduces specifically carbohydrate ingestion from corn starch-containing diets in male and female rats. Thus, the nature of the macronutrient source is of major importance to assess the effect of a drug on nutrient-specific selection.
authors.affiliation: School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paquette
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thibault
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002170:Canada; D004032:Diet; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004326:Drinking / Q000187:drug effects; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011814:Quipazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D011814:Quipazine