title: Influence of ATP-sensitive potassium channels on lithium state-dependent memory of passive avoidance in mice.
abstract: The effects of ATP-sensitive potassium channels on lithium induced state-dependent memory of passive avoidance task were examined in mice. The pre-training (5 mg/kg) and pre-test (5 mg/kg) injection of lithium impaired memory retrieval on the test day. Impairment of pre-training lithium was restored by pre-test administration of lithium (5 mg/kg), diazoxide, an ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener, (15, 30 and 60 mg/kg) or glibenclamide, an ATP-sensitive potassium channel blocker, (6 and 18 mg/kg). Pre-test administration of inactive doses of lithium (2.5 and 10 mg/kg) plus lower and inactive dose of glibenclamide (2 mg/kg) or diazoxide (1.5 mg/kg) also reversed the amnesia induced by pre-training lithium (5 mg/kg). In conclusion, the ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener or blocker not only mimicked the effect of lithium in state-dependent learning in the absence of lithium on the test day, but also potentiated the effect of low dose of lithium in restoration of memory. Therefore, ATP-sensitive potassium channels may have a modulatory influence on lithium response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. zarinmr@ams.ac.ir
authors.forename: Mohammad-Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Zarrindast
authors.forename: Maliheh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi
authors.forename: Azita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khalilzadeh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects; D003981:Diazoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004597:Electroshock; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D054086:KATP Channels; D018021:Lithium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000819:agonists / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D054086:KATP Channels; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; C092520:uK-ATP-1 potassium channel; D018021:Lithium Chloride; D003981:Diazoxide; D005905:Glyburide