Abstract：
:Because both long-term adrenoceptor agonist administration and antidepressant treatment in animals down-regulate CNS beta-adrenoceptors and attenuate brain adenylate cyclase activity, beta-adrenoceptor agonists may also possess antidepressant properties. We compared the effects of the centrally acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol (5, 10 and 35 mg/kg per day), and the combination of propranolol (5 mg/kg per day) and clenbuterol (10 mg/kg per day), with desipramine (15 mg/kg per day) on forced swim test performance and on cortical beta-adrenoceptors in rats following 7 days of drug administration. Desipramine (15 mg/kg per day), and clenbuterol (10 and 35 mg/kg per day, but not 5 mg/kg per day) both significantly reduced immobility in the forced swim test. Frontal cortex beta-adrenoceptors were significantly down-regulated after desipramine and all 3 doses of clenbuterol. The co-administration of propranolol (5 mg/kg per day) blocked both the reduction in immobility and down-regulation of cortical beta-receptors induced by clenbuterol (10 mg/kg per day). Propranolol (5 mg/kg per day) alone up-regulated frontal cortex beta-adrenoceptors, but had no significant effect on swimming performance. These data suggest that the physiological consequences of beta-adrenoceptor down-regulation are important in the mechanism of action of antidepressants. The results also suggest that clenbuterol may be useful in the treatment of depression.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Finnegan KT,Terwilliger MM,Berger PA,Hollister LE,Csernansky JGdoi
10.1016/0014-2999(87)90158-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-02-10 00:00:00pages
131-6issue
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0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
0014-2999(87)90158-0journal_volume
134pub_type
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