Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: a review of developmental and genetic models, and pro-cognitive profile of the optimised D(3) > D(2) antagonist, S33138.

Abstract

In vivo animal models are indispensable both for clarifying the pathological bases of schizophrenia, and for evaluating the potential benefits and disadvantages of novel therapy. Procedures that model mnemonic impairment are of particular interest since currently-available drugs do little to improve cognitive symptoms: this is hardly surprising, in fact, since most of them potently antagonise histamine H(1), muscarinic, and/or alpha(1)-adrenergic receptors. Further, their blockade of D(2) receptors likewise compromises cognitive performance. By contrast, D(3) receptor antagonism improves certain cognitive domains, suggesting that preferential antagonism of D(3) vs. D(2) receptors may permit enhanced effectiveness against cognitive dysfunction. The novel agent, S33138, possesses such an "optimised" profile and shows a unique and broad-based pattern of pro-cognitive properties in rodents and primates, in the absence of extrapyramidal and metabolic side-effects. The present article surveys the preclinical pharmacology of S33138. It also reviews developmental and genetic risk factors for schizophrenia and their experimental modeling in rodents, with a particular emphasis on sensorimotor gating and cognitive deficits.

• Authors: Mark J Millan, Mauricette Brocco
• Journal: Therapie (Therapie) 2008 May-Jun Vol. 63 Issue 3 Pg. 187-229 ISSN: 0040-5957 [Print] France
• PMID: 18718210 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

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 D3

Topics

• Acetanilides (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Animals
• Antipsychotic Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Benzopyrans (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Cognition Disorders (genetics, psychology)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Dopamine Antagonists (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists
• Humans
• Mice
• Mice, Neurologic Mutants
• Pyramidal Cells (physiology)
• Receptors, Dopamine D3 (antagonists & inhibitors)
• Schizophrenia (drug therapy, genetics)
• Schizophrenic Psychology