title: Inhibitory action of 5-HT1A agonist MKC-242 on triazolam-induced phase advances in hamster circadian activity rhythms.
abstract: Mammalian circadian rhythms can be entrained by photic and non-photic stimuli. Although we know that non-photic entrainment interferes with photic entrainment signals, there is no information about whether photic entrainment interferes with non-photic entraining signals. We examined whether triazolam (TRZ), a non-photic form of entrainment, could be attenuated by pre-treatment with (S)-5-[3-[(1,4-benzodioxan-2-ylmethyl)amino]propoxy]-1,3-benzodioxole hydrochloride (MKC-242), a photic enhancing drug. We found that TRZ-induced phase advances in hamster behavioral circadian rhythms and the increase of locomotor activity were both significantly attenuated by MKC-242. Thus, in hamsters, the photic enhancing drug MKC-242 seemed to hinder benzodiazepine-induced non-photic entrainment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 202-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Shigenobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006224:Cricetinae; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004149:Dioxoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A / Q000502:physiology; D058825:Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014229:Triazolam / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004146:Dioxanes; D004149:Dioxoles; D058825:Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A; D014229:Triazolam; C096294:osemozotan