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  • Title: Biphasic effects of sigma ligands on the neuronal response to N-methyl-D-aspartate.
    Author: Bergeron R, de Montigny C, Debonnel G.
    Journal: Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol; 1995 Mar; 351(3):252-60. PubMed ID: 7609778.
    Abstract:
    Previous studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that low doses of selective sigma (sigma) ligands potentiate the neuronal response to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) in the CA3 region of the rat dorsal hippocampus. Sertraline and clorgyline, two antidepressant drugs with a high affinity for receptors, also potentiate, at low doses, the NMDA response; however, when administered at higher sigma doses, the degree of potentiation induced by these two ligands progressively decreases (Bergeron et al. 1993). In the present experiments, the selective sigma ligands DTG, (+)pentazocine, BD-737, JO-1784 and L-687,384 were studied to determine if they would also generate bell-shaped dose-response curves. These ligands were administered intravenously at doses ranging from 1 micrograms/kg to 1 mg/kg or applied by microiontophoresis. They potentiated selectively, with bell-shaped dose-response curves, the NMDA-induced activation of pyramidal neurons in the CA3 region of the rat dorsal hippocampus. The potentiation of the NMDA response following the intravenous administration of a low dose of a sigma ligand persisted for at least 60 min, after which point in time a second injection of the same dose induced the same degree of potentiation. Moreover, a sustained potentiation was obtained during prolonged microiontophoretic applications of a sigma ligand. These two latter series of observations suggest that the lack of effect of the high doses of sigma ligands is not related to a rapid desensitisation of sigma receptors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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