title: Effects of a metabotropic glutamate receptor group II agonist LY354740 in animal models of positive schizophrenia symptoms and cognition.
abstract: It has been proposed that activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2/3 (mGluR2/3) may induce both antipsychotic and anxiolytic effects. The aim of this study was to evaluate further the effect of the mGluR2/3 agonist, LY354740 [(+)-2-aminobicyclo(3.1.0)hexane-2,6-dicarboxylate monohydrate] in animal models relevant to both psychotic and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. The elevated plus maze was used to select the doses for further experiments, LY354740 induced anxiolytic-like effects at doses of 3 and 10 mg/kg but not 1 mg/kg. At a dose of 10 mg/kg. LY354740 attenuated phencyclidine (PCP)-induced locomotor activity. Administered alone, it had no effect on horizontal activity, but at doses of 3 and 10 mg/kg, slightly decreased vertical activity (rearings). LY354740 (1-10 mg/kg intraperitoneally) affected neither prepulse inhibition in normal rats nor reversed the disruption of prepulse inhibition produced by PCP (2 mg/kg subcutaneously). Moreover, LY354740 (3-10 mg/kg) did not modify PCP-induced working memory deficits assessed in a spontaneous alternation task and had no effect on PCP-evoked amnesia in the passive avoidance test. LY354740 alone (3 and 10 mg/kg) induced working memory deficits, but had no effect on acquisition of passive avoidance. In conclusion, LY354740 was effective in models for anxiety and positive symptoms of schizophrenia but not in models for sensorimotor gating and cognitive impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of In Vivo Pharmacology, Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schlumberger
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barberi
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morè
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pietraszek
authors.forename: Werner J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Danysz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000819:agonists*; D013216:Reflex, Startle / Q000187:drug effects; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; C108822:metabotropic glutamate receptor 2; C102718:metabotropic glutamate receptor 3; C104753:eglumetad