title: Antidepressant-like effect of combined treatment with selective sigma receptor agonists and a 5-HT1A receptor agonist in the forced swimming test in rats.
abstract: The interaction between the selective sigma (sigma) receptor agonists and 8-OH-DPAT, a serotonin (5-HT)(1A) receptor agonist, was examined in the forced swimming test in rats. The results indicate that joint administration of DTG (5 mg/kg) or SA4503 (3 mg/kg), the selective sigma(1)/sigma(2)- or sigma(1)-receptor agonists, respectively, and 8-OH-DPAT (0.1 or 0.3 mg/kg) induces an antidepressant-like effect. The doses of sigma agonists and 8-OH-DPAT used in the study were inactive per se in this model. The effect of DTG and 8-OH-DPAT co-administration was partly counteracted by WAY 100635 (0.1 mg/kg) as well as by BD 1047 (3 mg/kg), a 5-HT(1A) and sigma(1) receptor antagonists, respectively, suggesting the involvement of both receptor types in the anti-immobility effect in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smetna 12, PL 31-343 Kraków, Poland. skuza@if-pan.krakow.pl
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Skuza
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rogóz
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005029:Ethylenediamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017480:Receptors, sigma / Q000819:agonists* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D058825:Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists; D058829:Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Antagonists; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D005029:Ethylenediamines; D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; D017480:Receptors, sigma; D058825:Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists; D058829:Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Antagonists; C097963:N-(2-(3,4-Dichlorphenyl)ethyl)-N,N',N'-trimethyl-1,2-ethandiamin; C090413:N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridinyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; C101789:SA 4503