S33138 (N-[4-[2-[(3aS,9bR)-8-cyano-1,3a,4,9b-tetrahydro[1] benzopyrano[3,4-c]pyrrol-2(3H)-yl)-ethyl]phenyl-acetamide), a preferential dopamine D3 versus D2 receptor antagonist and potential antipsychotic agent: III. Actions in models of therapeutic activity and induction of side effects.

Abstract

In contrast to clinically available antipsychotics, the novel benzopyranopyrrolidine derivative, S33138 (N-[4-[2-[(3aS,9bR)-8-cyano-1,3a,4,9b-tetrahydro[1]benzopyrano[3,4-c]pyrrol-2(3H)-yl)-ethyl]phenyl-acetamide), behaves as a preferential antagonist of D(3) versus D(2) receptors and does not interact with histamine H(1) and muscarinic receptors. In contrast to haloperidol, clozapine, olanzapine, and risperidone, S33138 (0.16-2.5 mg/kg s.c.) did not disrupt performance in passive-avoidance and five-choice serial reaction time procedures. Furthermore, upon either systemic administration (0.04-2.5 mg/kg s.c.) or introduction into the frontal cortex (0.04-0.63 mug/side), S33138 potently attenuated the perturbation of social recognition by scopolamine or a prolonged intersession delay. Over a comparable and low-dose range, S33138 (0.04-0.63 mg/kg s.c.) elevated dialysis levels of acetylcholine in the frontal cortex of freely moving rats. At higher doses (2.5-10.0 mg/kg s.c.), S33138 also increased frontocortical levels of histamine, whereas monoamines, glutamate, glycine, and GABA were unaffected. By analogy to the other antipsychotics, S33138 (0.63-10.0 mg/kg s.c.) inhibited conditioned avoidance responses in rats, apomorphine-induced climbing in mice, and hyperlocomotion elicited by amphetamine, cocaine, dizocilpine, ketamine, and phencyclidine in rats. S33138 (0.16-2.5 mg/kg s.c.) also blocked the reduction of prepulse inhibition elicited by apomorphine. In comparison with the above actions, only "high" doses of S33138 (10.0-40.0 mg/kg s.c.) elicited catalepsy. To summarize, reflecting preferential blockade of D(3) versus D(2) receptors, S33138 preserves and/or enhances cognitive function, increases frontocortical cholinergic transmission, and is active in models of antipsychotic properties at doses well below those inducing catalepsy. In comparison with clinically available agents, S33138 displays, thus, a distinctive and promising profile of potential antipsychotic properties.

• Authors: Mark J Millan, Florence Loiseau, Anne Dekeyne, Alain Gobert, Gunnar Flik, Thomas I Cremers, Jean-Michel Rivet, Dorothée Sicard, Rodolphe Billiras, Mauricette Brocco
• Journal: The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (J Pharmacol Exp Ther) Vol. 324 Issue 3 Pg. 1212-26 (Mar 2008) ISSN: 1521-0103 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 18096759 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Acetanilides
• Antipsychotic Agents
• Benzopyrans
• Dopamine Antagonists
• Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists
• N-(4-(2-(8-cyano-1,3a,4,9b-tetrahydro(1)benzopyrano(3,4-c)pyrrol-2(3H)-yl)ethyl)phenyl)acetamide
• Receptors, Dopamine D2
• Receptors, Dopamine D3

Topics

• Acetanilides (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Animals
• Antipsychotic Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Benzopyrans (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Dopamine Antagonists (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists
• Male
• Psychomotor Performance (drug effects, physiology)
• Psychotic Disorders (drug therapy, physiopathology)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Reaction Time (drug effects, physiology)
• Receptors, Dopamine D2 (physiology)
• Receptors, Dopamine D3 (antagonists & inhibitors, physiology)