Assessment of the Ambulation-Increasing Effect of Ketamine by Coadministration with Central-Acting Drugs in Mice

The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Hisashi Kuribara¹  Yoshitaka Uchihashi¹  Sakutaro Tadokoro¹ 

[1] Division for Behavior Analysis, Behavior Research Institute, Gunma University School of Medicine

关键词: Ketamine;    Ambulation-increasing effect;    Dopaminergic system;   

DOI  :  10.1254/jjp.60.25

学科分类：药理学

来源: Nihon Yakuri Gakkai Henshuubu / Japanese Pharmacological Society

【 摘 要 】

References(36)Cited-By(13)The coadministration of ketamine (12.5 mg/kg, but not 3.1 mg/kg, s.c.) with methamphetamine (2 mg/kg, s.c.), cocaine (10 mg/kg, s.c.), scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg, s.c.), caffeine (10 mg/kg, s.c.) and MK-801 (0.1 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly enhanced the ambulation-increasing effects. Furthermore, in the coadministration with morphine (10 mg/kg, s.c.) and GBR-12909 (10 mg/kg, i.p.), not only 12.5 mg/kg but also 3.1 mg/kg of ketamine produced a significant enhancement. On the other hand, the ambulation-increasing effect of ketamine (12.5 mg/kg, s.c.) was significantly suppressed by ceruletide (0.01 mg/kg, i.p.), α-methyl-p-tyrosine (100 and 300 mg/kg, i.p. × 2), nimodipine (1 and 3 mg/kg, i.p.), haloperidol (0.03 and 0.1 mg/kg, s.c.), a low dose of apomorphine (0.1 mg/kg, s.c.), physostigmine (0.1 mg/kg, s.c.) and N6-(L-2-phenylisopropyl)-adenosine (0.1 mg/kg, s.c.). However, imipramine (20 mg/kg, i.p.), 6R-L-erythro-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydrobiopterin (100 mg/kg, s.c.), a high dose of apomorphine (0.5 mg/kg), reserpine (0.3 and 1 mg/kg, s.c.), propranolol (0.3 and 1 mg/kg, s.c.), phenoxybenzamine (3 and 10 mg/kg, s.c.) and naloxone (0.3 and 1 mg/kg, s.c.) scarcely interacted with ketamine. These results suggest that ketamine increases the ambulatory activity in mice by facilitating dopamine release from a newly synthesized pool at the presynaptic level, which is affected by a calcium-dependent mechanism.

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