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σ Receptor antagonist attenuation of methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity is correlated to body temperature modulation.

Robson MJ, Seminerio MJ, McCurdy CR, Coop A, Matsumoto RR
Pharmacol Rep. 2013 65 (2): 343-9

PMID: 23744418

BACKGROUND - Methamphetamine (METH) causes hyperthermia and dopaminergic neurotoxicity in the rodent striatum. METH interacts with σ receptors and σ receptor antagonists normally mitigate METH-induced hyperthermia and dopaminergic neurotoxicity. The present study was undertaken because in two experiments, pretreatment with σ receptor antagonists failed to attenuate METH-induced hyperthermia in mice. This allowed us to determine whether the ability of σ receptor antagonists (AZ66 and AC927) to mitigate METH-induced neurotoxicity depends upon their ability to modulate METH-induced hyperthermia.

METHODS - Mice were treated using a repeated dosing paradigm and body temperatures recorded. Striatal dopamine was measured one week post-treatment.

RESULTS - The data indicate that the ability of σ receptor antagonists to attenuate METH-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity is linked to their ability to block METH-induced hyperthermia.

CONCLUSION - The ability of σ receptor antagonists to mitigate METH-induced hyperthermia may contribute to its neuroprotective actions.

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Animals Benzothiazoles Body Temperature Corpus Striatum Dopamine Dopamine Agents Fever Male Methamphetamine Mice Neurotoxicity Syndromes Oxalates Piperazines Piperidines Receptors, sigma

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