| Autor: |
Rongrong, Hu, Rui, Song, Rifang, Yang, Ruibin, Su, Jin, Li |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
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| Zdroj: |
European journal of pharmacology. 720(1-3) |
| ISSN: |
1879-0712 |
| Popis: |
Increasing evidence suggests that the mesolimbic dopamine system plays a critical role in opioid addiction. However, there is currently no standard drug treatment for opioid addiction. Growing preclinical evidence indicates that the dopamine D(3) receptor antagonists are the potential anti-addiction pharmacotherapeutic agents based on animal models of multiple drug addiction. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of YQA14, a novel dopamine D(3) receptor antagonist with a high affinity and selectivity for dopamine D(3) receptor, using morphine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) in rats. The results suggested that YQA14 (6.25-25 mg/kg; intraperitoneal, i.p.) decreased the expression of morphine (10 mg/kg, s.c.)-induced CPP in a dose-related manner but did not influence the acquisition of morphine-induced CPP. At a 25 mg/kg dose of YQA14, it also notably inhibited the reactivation of morphine-priming CPP. These findings suggest that YQA14 is a potential agent for anti-opioid addiction which warrants further study and development. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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