Schedule-controlled behavioral effects of the selective 2-amino-3-(5- methyl-3-hydroxyisoxazol-4-yl)propanoic acid antagonist LY293558 in pigeons

MJ Benvenga, PL Ornstein and JD Leander

Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Behavioral effects of the selective 2-amino-3-(5-methyl-3- hydroxyisoxazol-4- yl)propanoic acid (AMPA) antagonist LY293558, along with its racemate (LY215490) and opposing enantiomer (LY293559) were evaluated in pigeons. When responding was maintained under a multiple fixed ratio 50 responses, fixed interval 5 minute (FRFI) schedule of food presentation, LY215490 completely antagonized the rate suppression induced by AMPA (10 mg/kg) and by the AMPA analog, 2-amino-3-hydroxy-5- tert-butyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (ATPA; 40 mg/kg) at 1.25 and 2.5 mg/kg, respectively. In contrast, LY215490, up to 10 mg/kg, was unable to antagonize the rate suppression induced by N-methyl-D-aspartic acid. LY293558, at 0.32 mg/kg, completely blocked the rate suppression produced by AMPA in both components of the multiple schedule. Similarly, LY293558, at 0.64 mg/kg, blocked the rate suppression induced by ATPA in both components. In contrast, the opposing enantiomer, LY293559, up to 10 mg/kg, was without effect on rate suppression produced by AMPA in this model. In additional studies, behavior was maintained under a schedule in which responding was maintained by food presentation in the presence of one key color and in the presence of a second key color, responding was maintained by food and simultaneously suppressed by electric shock ("punished responding"). LY215490 significantly increased punished responding at 10 and 30 mg/kg, whereas unpunished responding was unaffected until 56 mg/kg depressed it. LY293558 significantly increased punished responding at 3 mg/kg without having an effect on unpunished responding. LY293559, on the other hand, was unable to significantly increase punished responding at doses up to 175 mg/kg.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Volume 275, Issue 1, pp. 164-170, 10/01/1995
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