Brexpiprazole has a low risk of dopamine D 2 receptor sensitization and inhibits rebound phenomena related to D 2 and serotonin 5‐HT 2A receptors in rats

Autor: Nobuyuki Kurahashi, Naoki Amada, Hitomi Akazawa, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Haruhiko Sugino, Takashi Futamura, Yuta Ohgi, Kenji Maeda
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Neuropsychopharmacology Reports. 39:279-288
ISSN: 2574-173X
Popis: Background Long-term antipsychotic treatment in patients with schizophrenia can induce supersensitivity psychosis and tardive dyskinesia which is thought to be caused by dopamine D2 receptor sensitization. We evaluated the effects of brexpiprazole on D2 receptor sensitivity after subchronic treatment in rats. We also evaluated whether brexpiprazole could suppress enhanced response to D2 receptors in rats subchronically dosed with another atypical antipsychotic. Methods The maximum D2 receptor density (Bmax ) and apomorphine (a D2 receptor agonist)-induced stereotypy were measured in rats orally dosed with vehicle, haloperidol (1 mg/kg), or brexpiprazole (4 or 30 mg/kg for Bmax , 6 or 30 mg/kg for stereotypy) for 21 days. Then, effects of oral administrations of brexpiprazole (3 mg/kg), aripiprazole (10 mg/kg), and olanzapine (3 mg/kg) against increases in apomorphine-induced hyperlocomotion and (±)-2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine hydrochloride (DOI: a 5-HT2A receptor agonist)-induced head twitches were evaluated in rats subcutaneously treated with risperidone (1.5 mg/kg/d) via minipumps for 21 days. Results Haloperidol and brexpiprazole (30 mg/kg: approximately tenfold ED50 of anti-apomorphine-induced stereotypy) but not brexpiprazole (4 or 6 mg/kg) significantly increased the Bmax and apomorphine-induced stereotypy. Brexpiprazole (3 mg/kg) and olanzapine (3 mg/kg) significantly suppressed both increases in apomorphine-induced hyperlocomotion and also DOI-induced head twitches in rats subchronically treated with risperidone, but aripiprazole (10 mg/kg) significantly suppressed only apomorphine-induced hyperlocomotion. Conclusion Brexpiprazole has a low risk of D2 receptor sensitization after a repeated administration and suppresses the rebound phenomena related to D2 and 5-HT2A receptors after a repeated administration of risperidone.
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