Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2011, vol. 20, nr 5, September-October, p. 559–565

Publication type: original article

Language: English

The Effects of a New Derivative of Phencyclidine on Anxiety- and Depression-Like Behaviors in Mice

Wpływ nowej pochodnej fencyklidyny na występowanie objawów lęku i depresji u myszy

Jalal Solati1,, Abbas Ahmadi2,, Ali-Akbar Salari3,

1 Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran

2 Departments of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran

3 Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran

Abstract

Objectives. Phencyclidine and its derivatives display analgesic, stimulant, anticonvulsant effects in animals, due to specific binding sites in the brain. The present study investigated the effects of phencyclidine (PCP) and a new derivative of it (PND) on anxietyand depression-like behaviors in animal models.
Material and Methods. Phencyclidine and it’s new derivative (PND) were synthesized and administered intraperitoneally to adult male NMRI mice in doses of 1, 5 and 10 mg/kg. The elevated plus maze (EPM) and forced swimming test (FST), which are useful models for the selective identification of anxiolytic and antidepressant-like effects of drugs, were used in the study.
Results. The results of the study demonstrated that intraperitoneal administration of PND (5 and 10 mg/kg) significantly increased the percentage of open-arm time (OAT %) and the percentage of open-arm entries (OAE %) in the elevated plus maze in comparison with PCP-treated mice and the saline-treated control group; at those doses PND also significantly decreased immobility times in the forced swimming test in comparison with the control group. However, the PCP-treated group showed less immobility time in the FST in comparison with the PND group.
Conclusion. It seems that intraperitoneal injection of this new derivative of phencyclidine was more effective than phencyclidine and than saline in modulating anxiety, but not in modulating depression-like behaviors in mice.

Streszczenie

Cel pracy. Fencyklidyna i jej pochodne wykazują działanie przeciwbólowe, pobudzające i przeciwdrgawkowe u zwierząt, z uwagi na specyficzne miejsca wiązania w mózgu. W niniejszym opracowaniu badano wpływ fencyklidyny (PCP) i jej nowej pochodnej (PND) na zachowania lękowo-depresyjne na modelach zwierzęcych.
Materiał i metody. Fencyklidyna i jej nowa pochodna (PND) zostały zsyntetyzowane i podane dootrzewnowo dorosłym samcom myszy NMRI w dawkach 1, 5 i 10 mg/kg. W badaniu wykorzystano uniesiony labirynt krzyżowy (EPM) i test wymuszonego pływania (FST), które są przydatnym modelami do selektywnej identyfikacji przeciwlękowego i przeciwdepresyjnego działania leków.
Wyniki. Badanie wykazało, że dootrzewnowe podanie PND (5 i 10 mg/kg) znacznie zwiększyło czas przebywania na otwartych ramionach krzyża (% OAT) oraz liczbę wejść na otwarte ramiona krzyża (% OAE) w teście uniesionego labiryntu krzyżowego w porównaniu z myszami, którym podawano PCP i sól fizjologiczną (grupa kontrolna); w tych dawkach PND znacznie skróciła czas bezruchu w teście wymuszonego pływania w porównaniu z grupą kontrolną. Jednak myszy, którym podawano PCP miały krótszy czas bezruchu w FST w porównaniu z myszami, którym podawano PND.
Wnioski. Wydaje się, że dootrzewnowe podanie nowej pochodnej fencyklidyny było bardziej skuteczne niż podanie fencyklidyny i soli w modulowaniu niepokoju, ale nie w modulowaniu zachowań depresyjnych u myszy.

Key words

phencyclidine, new derivative of phencyclidine, anxiety, depression, NMDA

Słowa kluczowe

fencyklidyna, nowe pochodne fencyklidyny, niepokój, depresja, NMDA

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