Reduced basal and phencyclidine-induced expression of heat shock protein-70 in rat prefrontal cortex by the atypical antipsychotic abaperidone.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
; 27(1): 31-6, 2003 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
The effect of antipsychotic treatment on basal and phencyclidine (PCP)-induced heat shock protein-70 (hsp70) mRNA expression was studied in the rat striatum and in the prefrontal cortex. Abaperidone, a novel drug with an atypical antipsychotic profile, was compared, at pharmacologically equivalent doses, with the atypical antipsychotics clozapine and risperidone and also with haloperidol, a classical antipsychotic. Abaperidone and clozapine reduced basal hsp70 mRNA expression in the rat striatum and in the prefrontal cortex. No change in either region was found after haloperidol, whereas risperidone reduced hsp70 mRNA in the striatum but not in the prefrontal cortex. The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist PCP significantly elevated hsp70 mRNA levels in the prefrontal cortex, an elevation that was potentiated by haloperidol and prevented by all of the atypical antipsychotics tested. Since hsp70 has been associated to some schizophrenia symptoms, we suggest that reduced hsp70 in the prefrontal cortex, a cortical area that plays a critical role in the etiology of many schizophrenia symptoms, may be linked to an atypical profile of antipsychotics, such as clozapine, and possibly also abaperidone.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Antipsicóticos
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Cromonas
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Córtex Pré-Frontal
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Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70
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Isoxazóis
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Animals
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En
Revista:
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha