Abstract:
:Methoxetamine (MXE) is a novel psychoactive compound (NPS) that emerged in 2010 as a substitute for the dissociative anaesthetic ketamine. MXE has a reputation of carrying a lower risk of harm than ketamine, however a number of deaths have been reported. Currently very little is known about the psychopharmacological effects of this compound or its toxicity; therefore we tested, in Wistar rats, the effects of MXE in a series of behavioural tasks, measured its pharmacokinetics and urinary metabolites. Locomotor activity and its spatial characteristics (in the open field) and sensorimotor gating (prepulse inhibition; PPI) were evaluated after 5, 10 and 40mg/kg subcutaneous (sc.) MXE. Pharmacokinetics and brain: serum ratios were evaluated after 10mg/kg sc. MXE so that peak drug concentration data could be used to complement interpretation of maximal behavioural effects. Finally, quantification of metabolites in rat urine collected over 24h was performed after single bolus of MXE 40mg/kg sc. 5 and 10mg/kg MXE induced significant locomotor stimulation, in addition it increased thigmotaxis and decreased time spent in the centre of the open field (indicative of anxiogenesis). By contrast, 40mg/kg reduced locomotion and increased time spent in the centre of the arena, suggesting sedation/anaesthesia or stereotypy. The duration of effects was present for at least 60-90min, although for 5mg/kg, locomotion diminished after 60min. MXE decreased baseline acoustic startle response (ASR) and disrupted PPI, irrespective of testing-onset. MXE (all doses) reduced habituation but only at 60min. Maximal brain levels of MXE were observed 30min after administration, remained high at 60min and progressively declined to around zero after six hours. MXE accumulated in the brain; the brain: serum ratio was between 2.06 and 2.93 throughout the whole observation. The most abundant urinary metabolite was O-desmethylmethoxetamine followed by normethoxetamine. To conclude, MXE acts behaviourally as a typical dissociative anaesthetic with stimulant and anxiogenic effects at lower doses, sedative/anaesthetic effects at higher doses, and as a disruptor of sensorimotor gating. Its duration of action exceeds that of ketamine which is consistent with reports from MXE users. The accumulation of the drug in brain tissue might reflect MXE's stronger potency compared to ketamine and indicate increased toxicity.
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Brain Res Bulljournal_title
Brain research bulletinauthors
Horsley RR,Lhotkova E,Hajkova K,Jurasek B,Kuchar M,Palenicek Tdoi
10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.05.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-09-01 00:00:00pages
102-110issue
Pt 1eissn
0361-9230issn
1873-2747pii
S0361-9230(16)30098-3journal_volume
126pub_type
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