The combination of agomelatine and ritanserin exerts a synergistic interaction in passive avoidance task.

Autor:	İlkaya F; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey fatihilkaya@gmail.com., Yüce M; Department of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey., Ağrı AE; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey., Güzel H; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey., Balcı H; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey., Uçar F; Department of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey., Babadağı Z; Department of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey., Müjdeci M; Department of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey., Mutlu E; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Human & experimental toxicology [Hum Exp Toxicol] 2015 Aug; Vol. 34 (8), pp. 787-95. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 12.
DOI:	10.1177/0960327114559613
Abstrakt:	Agomelatine is a potent agonist at melatonergic 1 and 2 (MT1 and MT2) receptors and an antagonist at serotonin-2C (5HT-2C) receptors. It was suggested that psychotropic effects of agomelatine is associated with its melatonergic and serotonergic effects. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of agomelatine alone or in combination with ritanserin (5HT-2A/2C antagonist) on memory and learning. Male Balb-C mice (25-30 g) were used, and all drugs and saline were administrated by intraperitoneal (i.p.) route 30 min prior to evaluating retention time. Whilst agomelatine was administered at the doses of 1, 10 and 30 mg/kg, ritanserin was administered at the doses of 0.1, 1 and 10 mg/kg. To evaluate memory function, passive avoidance test was used. On the first day, acquisition time and on the second day (after 24h), retention time of mice were recorded. To evaluate the synergistic activity, only the least doses of agomelatine and ritanserine were used, that is, 1 and 0.1 mg/kg, respectively. Scopolamine (1 mg/kg) was used as a reference drug, so it was combined with drug groups. Our results show that 5HT-2A/2C receptor antagonist ritanserin (1 and 4 mg/kg, i.p.) and agomelatine (10 and 30 mg/kg, i.p.) improve memory deficit induced by scopolamine, whilst a synergistic interaction is observed between ritanserin and agomelatine (0.1 mg/kg and 1 mg/kg, i.p., respectively) when they were administered at their ineffective doses. According to our findings, we concluded that agomelatine improves memory deficit and thus improves the effect of agomelatine arises from its 5HT-2C receptor antagonist activity. (© The Author(s) 2014.)
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