pimavanserin and tandospirone

Subchronic administration of an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist, e.g. phencyclidine (PCP), produces prolonged impairment of novel object recognition (NOR), suggesting they constitute a hypoglutamate-based model of cognitive impairment in schizophrenia (CIS). Acute administration of atypical, e.g. lurasidone, but not typical antipsychotic drugs (APDs), e.g. haloperidol, are able to restore NOR following PCP (acute reversal model). Furthermore, atypical APDs, when co-administered with PCP, have been shown to prevent development of NOR deficits (prevention model). Most atypical, but not typical APDs, are more potent 5-HT(2A) receptor inverse agonists than dopamine (DA) D2 antagonists, and have been shown to enhance cortical and hippocampal efflux and to be direct or indirect 5-HT(1A) agonists in vivo. To further clarify the importance of these actions to the restoration of NOR by atypical APDs, sub-effective or non-effective doses of combinations of the 5-HT(1A) partial agonist (tandospirone), the 5-HT(2A) inverse agonist (pimavanserin), or the D2 antagonist (haloperidol), as well as the combination of all three agents, were studied in the acute reversal and prevention PCP models of CIS. Only the combination of all three agents restored NOR and prevented the development of PCP-induced deficit. Thus, this triple combination of 5-HT(1A) agonism, 5-HT(2A) antagonism/inverse agonism, and D2 antagonism is able to mimic the ability of atypical APDs to prevent or ameliorate the PCP-induced NOR deficit, possibly by stimulating signaling cascades from D1 and 5-HT(1A) receptor stimulation, modulated by D2 and 5-HT(2A) receptor antagonism.

Topics: Animals; Antipsychotic Agents; Disease Models, Animal; Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; Haloperidol; Isoindoles; Memory Disorders; Phencyclidine; Piperazines; Piperidines; Pyrimidines; Random Allocation; Rats, Long-Evans; Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1A; Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; Receptors, Dopamine D2; Recognition, Psychology; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenic Psychology; Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists; Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists; Urea

Hypoglutamatergic function may contribute to cognitive impairment in schizophrenia (CIS). Subchronic treatment with the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, phencyclidine (PCP), induces enduring deficits in novel object recognition (NOR) in rodents. Acute treatment with atypical antipsychotic drugs (APDs), which are serotonin (5-HT)(2A)/dopamine D(2) antagonists, but not typical APDs, eg, haloperidol, reverses the PCP-induced NOR deficit in rats. We have tested the ability of lurasidone, an atypical APD with potent 5-HT(1A) partial agonist properties, tandospirone, a selective 5-HT(1A) partial agonist, haloperidol, a D(2) antagonist, and pimavanserin, a 5-HT(2A) inverse agonist, to prevent the development of the PCP-induced NOR deficit. Rats were administered lurasidone (0.1 or 1 mg/kg), tandospirone (5 mg/kg), pimavanserin (3 mg/kg), or haloperidol (1 mg/kg) b.i.d. 30 min before PCP (2 mg/kg, b.i.d.) for 7 days (day1-7), followed by a 7-day washout (day 8-14). Subchronic treatment with PCP induced an enduring NOR deficit. Lurasidone (1 mg/kg) but not 0.1 mg/kg, which is effective to acutely reverse the deficit due to subchronic PCP, or tandospirone, but not pimavanserin or haloperidol, significantly prevented the PCP-induced NOR deficit on day 15. The ability of lurasidone co-treatment to prevent the PCP-induced NOR deficit was enduring and still present at day 22. The preventive effect of lurasidone was blocked by WAY100635, a selective 5-HT(1A) antagonists, further evidence for the importance of 5-HT(1A) receptor stimulation in the NOR deficit produced by subchronic PCP. Further study is needed to determine whether these results concerning mechanism and dosage can be the basis for prevention of the development of CIS in at risk populations.

Topics: Animals; Cognition Disorders; Disease Models, Animal; Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; Female; Haloperidol; Isoindoles; Lurasidone Hydrochloride; Phencyclidine; Piperazines; Piperidines; Pyridines; Pyrimidines; Rats; Rats, Long-Evans; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Schizophrenia; Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists; Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Antagonists; Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists; Thiazoles; Urea