title: Hallucinogen-like actions of 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine in mice and rats.
abstract: Few studies have examined the effects of 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT) in vivo. In these studies, 5-MeO-DIPT was tested in a drug-elicited head twitch assay in mice where it was compared to the structurally similar hallucinogen N,N-dimethyltryptamine (N,N-DMT) and challenged with the selective serotonin (5-HT)2A antagonist M100907, and in a lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) discrimination assay in rats where its subjective effects were challenged with M100907 or the 5-HT 1A selective antagonist WAY-100635. Finally, the affinity of 5-MeO-DIPT for three distinct 5-HT receptors was determined in rat brain. 5-MeO-DIPT, but not N,N-DMT, induced the head twitch responses in the mouse, and this effect was potently antagonized by prior administration of M100907. In rats trained with LSD as a discriminative stimulus, there was an intermediate degree (75%) of generalization to 5-MeO-DIPT and a dose-dependent suppression of response rates. These interoceptive effects were abolished by M100907, but were not significantly attenuated by WAY-100635. Finally, 5-MeO-DIPT had micromolar affinity for 5-HT 2A and 5-HT 2C receptors, but much higher affinity for 5-HT 1A receptors. 5-MeO-DIPT is thus effective in two rodent models of 5-HT2 agonist activity, and has affinity at receptors relevant to hallucinogen effects. The effectiveness with which M100907 antagonizes the behavioral actions of this compound, coupled with the lack of significant antagonist effects of WAY-100635, strongly suggests that the 5-HT 2A receptor is an important site of action for 5-MeO-DIPT, despite its apparent in vitro selectivity for the 5-HT 1A receptor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. wfanteg@emory.edu
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Fantegrossi
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kiessel
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Eckler
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rabin
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coop
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D008735:5-Methoxytryptamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005464:Fluorobenzenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D006213:Hallucinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005464:Fluorobenzenes; D006213:Hallucinogens; D010879:Piperazines; D010880:Piperidines; D011725:Pyridines; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D044282:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A; C033696:5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine; D008735:5-Methoxytryptamine; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; C079049:volinanserin