PMID- 22361264 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130517 LR - 20220309 IS - 1873-507X (Electronic) IS - 0031-9384 (Print) IS - 0031-9384 (Linking) VI - 107 IP - 5 DP - 2012 Dec 5 TI - The orexin-1 receptor antagonist SB-334867 decreases sympathetic responses to a moderate dose of methamphetamine and stress. PG - 743-50 LID - S0031-9384(12)00077-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.02.010 [doi] AB - We recently discovered that inhibiting neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH) attenuated hyperthermia, tachycardia, hypertension, and hyperactivity evoked by the substituted amphetamine 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Neurons that synthesize orexin are also found in the region of the DMH. As orexin and its receptors are involved in the regulation of heart rate and temperature, they would seem to be logical candidates as mediators of the effects evoked by amphetamines. The goal of this study was to determine if blockade of orexin-1 receptors in conscious rats would suppress cardiovascular and thermogenic responses evoked by a range of methamphetamine (METH) doses. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=6 per group) were implanted with telemetric transmitters measuring body temperature, heart rate, and mean arterial pressure. Animals were randomized to receive pretreatment with either the orexin-1 receptor antagonist SB-334867 (10mg/kg) or an equal volume of vehicle. Thirty minutes later animals were given intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of either saline, a low (1mg/kg), moderate (5mg/kg) or high (10mg/kg) dose of METH. Pretreatment with SB-334867 significantly attenuated increases in body temperature and mean arterial pressure evoked by the moderate but not the low or high dose of METH. Furthermore, animals treated with SB-334867, compared to vehicle, had lower temperature and heart rate increases after the stress of an i.p. injection. In conclusion, temperature and cardiovascular responses to a moderate dose of METH and to stress appear to involve orexin-1 receptors. The failure to affect a low and a high dose of METH suggests a complex pharmacology dependent on dose. A better understanding of this may lead to the knowledge of how monoamines influence the orexin system and vice versa. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Rusyniak, Daniel E AU - Rusyniak DE AD - Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States. drusynia@iupui.edu FAU - Zaretsky, Dmitry V AU - Zaretsky DV FAU - Zaretskaia, Maria V AU - Zaretskaia MV FAU - Durant, Pamela J AU - Durant PJ FAU - DiMicco, Joseph A AU - DiMicco JA LA - eng GR - R01 DA026867-02/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA026867/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 DA020484-05/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA026867/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA020484/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 DA020484/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20120214 PL - United States TA - Physiol Behav JT - Physiology & behavior JID - 0151504 RN - 0 (1-(2-methylbenzoxazol-6-yl)-3-(1,5)naphthyridin-4-yl urea) RN - 0 (Benzoxazoles) RN - 0 (GABA-A Receptor Agonists) RN - 0 (Naphthyridines) RN - 0 (Orexin Receptors) RN - 0 (Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled) RN - 0 (Receptors, Neuropeptide) RN - 2763-96-4 (Muscimol) RN - 44RAL3456C (Methamphetamine) RN - 8W8T17847W (Urea) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Benzoxazoles/*pharmacology MH - Blood Pressure/drug effects/physiology MH - Body Temperature/drug effects/physiology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - GABA-A Receptor Agonists/pharmacology MH - Male MH - Methamphetamine/*antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Muscimol/pharmacology MH - Naphthyridines MH - Orexin Receptors MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/*antagonists & inhibitors/physiology MH - Receptors, Neuropeptide/*antagonists & inhibitors/physiology MH - Stress, Psychological/drug therapy/*physiopathology MH - Sympathetic Nervous System/drug effects/physiology MH - Urea/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology PMC - PMC3371311 MID - NIHMS357071 EDAT- 2012/03/01 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/18 06:00 PMCR- 2013/12/05 CRDT- 2012/02/25 06:00 PHST- 2011/11/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/02/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/02/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/02/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0031-9384(12)00077-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.02.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Behav. 2012 Dec 5;107(5):743-50. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.02.010. Epub 2012 Feb 14.