title: Suppression of lithium chloride-induced conditioned gaping (a model of nausea-induced behaviour) in rats (using the taste reactivity test) with metoclopramide is enhanced by cannabidiolic acid.
abstract: We aimed to determine the potential of various doses of metoclopramide (MCP, a dopamine antagonist) to reduce lithium chloride (LiCl)-induced conditioned gaping (a nausea-induced behaviour) in rats, using the taste reactivity test. We then evaluated whether an ineffective low dose of cannabidiolic acid (CBDA, 0.1 μg/kg, Rock and Parker, 2013), the potent acidic precursor of cannabidiol (CBD, a non-psychoactive component of cannabis) could enhance the anti-nausea effects of an ineffective low dose of MCP. MCP (3.0 mg/kg) reduced conditioned gaping responses. Coadministration of ineffective doses of MCP (0.3 mg/kg) and CBDA (0.1 μg/kg) enhanced the suppression of conditioned gaping, over that of either drug alone, without interfering with conditioned taste avoidance. MCP dose-dependently reduced nausea-induced conditioned gaping in rats. As well, the suppression of conditioned gaping was enhanced when ineffective doses of MCP and CBDA were coadministered. These data suggest that CBDA could be a powerful adjunct treatment to anti-emetic regimens for chemotherapy-induced nausea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002186:Cannabinoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects*; D018021:Lithium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008787:Metoclopramide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics; D002186:Cannabinoids; C006884:cannabidiolic acid; D018021:Lithium Chloride; D008787:Metoclopramide
keywords: 5-HT; 5-HT(1A); 5-HT(3); 5-HT1A; 5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-hydroxytryptamine(1A); 5-hydroxytryptamine(3); CBD; CBDA; Cannabidiolic acid; Conditioned gaping; D(2); DA; Dopamine; LiCl; MCP; Metoclopramide; Nausea; OND; SAL; VEH; cannabidiol; cannabidiolic acid; dopamine; dopamine(2); i.p.; i.v.; intraperitoneally; intravenously; lithium chloride; metoclopramide; ondansetron; s.c.; saline; subcutaneously; vehicle