title: Effects of the potential 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS 19 in an autoshaping learning task.
abstract: This work aimed to evaluate further the role of 5-HT7 receptors during memory formation in an autoshaping Pavlovian/instrumental learning task. Post-training administration of the potential 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS 19 or antagonist SB-269970 enhanced memory formation or had no effect, respectively. The AS 19 facilitatory effect was reversed by SB-269970, but not by the selective 5-HT1A antagonist WAY100635. Amnesia induced by scopolamine (cholinergic antagonist) or dizocilpine (NMDA antagonist) was also reversed by AS 19. Certainly, reservations regarding the selectivity of AS 19 for 5-HT7 and other 5-HT receptors in vivo are noteworthy and, therefore, its validity for use in animal models as a pharmacological tool. Having mentioned that, it should be noticed that together these data are providing further support to the notion of the 5-HT7 receptors role in memory formation. Importantly, this 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS 19 appears to represent a step forward respect to the notion that potent and selective 5-HT7 receptor agonists can be useful in the treatment of dysfunctional memory in aged-related decline and Alzheimer's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacobiology, CINVESTAV-IPN, Tenorios #235, Granjas Coapa, México City 14330, México.
authors.forename: Georgina S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Perez-García
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meneses
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D003214:Conditioning, Classical / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C505862:AS 19 compound; D010636:Phenols; D010879:Piperazines; D011720:Pyrazoles; D011725:Pyridines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; C404922:SB 269970; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; C104425:serotonin 7 receptor; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide