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  • Title: Lack of behavioral tolerance by repeated treatment with taltirelin hydrate, a thyrotropin-releasing hormone analog, in rats.
    Author: Asai H, Asahi T, Yamamura M, Yamauchi-Kohno R, Saito A.
    Journal: Pharmacol Biochem Behav; 2005 Dec; 82(4):646-51. PubMed ID: 16368129.
    Abstract:
    In order to determine whether acute tolerance develops by taltirelin hydrate ((-)-N-[(S)-hexahydro-1-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-pyrimidinylcarbonyl]-l-histidyl-l-prolinamide tetrahydrate; taltirelin), a thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) analog, we examined the motor behavior, TRH receptors and dopamine D(2) receptors following 2 weeks treatment in rats. Taltirelin selectively bound to TRH receptors and increased the spontaneous motor activity by a single administration, suggesting that the motor effect of taltirelin is mediated by TRH receptors. Following repeated treatment with TRH, there was a significant reduction in the increment of spontaneous motor activity. In contrast, after repeated treatment with taltirelin at a dose that increased the motor activity to a similar extent to TRH by a single administration, there was no apparent change in its motor effect. In accord with the motor activity, we found a significant reduction in the [(3)H]methyl-TRH binding to TRH receptors in the brain following repeated treatment with TRH but not taltirelin. However, the [(3)H]spiperone binding to dopamine D(2) receptors in the corpus striatum did not change by repeated taltirelin and TRH treatments. Thus, the down-regulation of TRH receptors would be a main cause of the behavioral tolerance. These results suggest that taltirelin hardly develops the behavioral tolerance due to the lack of down-regulation of TRH receptors.
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