TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral and neurochemical pharmacology of six psychoactive substituted phenethylamines
T2 - Mouse locomotion, rat drug discrimination and in vitro receptor and transporter binding and function
AU - Eshleman, Amy J.
AU - Forster, Michael J.
AU - Wolfrum, Katherine M.
AU - Johnson, Robert A.
AU - Janowsky, Aaron
AU - Gatch, Michael B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments Funding for this study was provided by National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse/Veterans Affairs Interagency agreements (Y1 DA 5007–05, Y1-DA-0101-01), The Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center (P50 DA018165), the Veterans Affairs Research Career and Merit Review programs, and by the National Institute on Drug Abuse contracts (N01DA2-8822 and N01DA-7-8872). The NIDA project officers contributed to study design and had no further role in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, in the writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Rationale: Psychoactive-substituted phenethylamines 2,5-dimethoxy-4- chlorophenethylamine (2C-C); 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenethylamine (2C-D); 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylphenethylamine (2C-E); 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenethylamine (2C-I); 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-2); and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine (DOC) are used recreationally and may have deleterious side effects. Objectives: This study compares the behavioral effects and the mechanisms of action of these substituted phenethylamines with those of hallucinogens and a stimulant. Methods: The effects of these compounds on mouse locomotor activity and in rats trained to discriminate dimethyltryptamine, (-)-DOM, (+)-LSD, (±)-MDMA, and S(+)-methamphetamine were assessed. Binding and functional activity of the phenethylamines at 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C receptors and monoamine transporters were assessed using cells heterologously expressing these proteins. Results: The phenethylamines depressed mouse locomotor activity, although 2C-D and 2C-E stimulated activity at low doses. The phenethylamines except 2C-T-2 fully substituted for at least one hallucinogenic training compound, but none fully substituted for (+)-methamphetamine. At 5-HT1A receptors, only 2C-T-2 and 2C-I were partial-to-full very low potency agonists. In 5-HT2A arachidonic acid release assays, the phenethylamines were partial to full agonists except 2C-I which was an antagonist. All compounds were full agonists at 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptor inositol phosphate assays. Only 2C-I had moderate affinity for, and very low potency at, the serotonin transporter. Conclusions: The discriminative stimulus effects of 2C-C, 2C-D, 2C-E, 2C-I, and DOC were similar to those of several hallucinogens, but not methamphetamine. Additionally, the substituted phenethylamines were full agonists at 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors, but for 2C-T-2, this was not sufficient to produce hallucinogen-like discriminative stimulus effects. Additionally, the 5-HT2A inositol phosphate pathway may be important in 2C-I's psychoactive properties.
AB - Rationale: Psychoactive-substituted phenethylamines 2,5-dimethoxy-4- chlorophenethylamine (2C-C); 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenethylamine (2C-D); 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylphenethylamine (2C-E); 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenethylamine (2C-I); 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-2); and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine (DOC) are used recreationally and may have deleterious side effects. Objectives: This study compares the behavioral effects and the mechanisms of action of these substituted phenethylamines with those of hallucinogens and a stimulant. Methods: The effects of these compounds on mouse locomotor activity and in rats trained to discriminate dimethyltryptamine, (-)-DOM, (+)-LSD, (±)-MDMA, and S(+)-methamphetamine were assessed. Binding and functional activity of the phenethylamines at 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C receptors and monoamine transporters were assessed using cells heterologously expressing these proteins. Results: The phenethylamines depressed mouse locomotor activity, although 2C-D and 2C-E stimulated activity at low doses. The phenethylamines except 2C-T-2 fully substituted for at least one hallucinogenic training compound, but none fully substituted for (+)-methamphetamine. At 5-HT1A receptors, only 2C-T-2 and 2C-I were partial-to-full very low potency agonists. In 5-HT2A arachidonic acid release assays, the phenethylamines were partial to full agonists except 2C-I which was an antagonist. All compounds were full agonists at 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptor inositol phosphate assays. Only 2C-I had moderate affinity for, and very low potency at, the serotonin transporter. Conclusions: The discriminative stimulus effects of 2C-C, 2C-D, 2C-E, 2C-I, and DOC were similar to those of several hallucinogens, but not methamphetamine. Additionally, the substituted phenethylamines were full agonists at 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors, but for 2C-T-2, this was not sufficient to produce hallucinogen-like discriminative stimulus effects. Additionally, the 5-HT2A inositol phosphate pathway may be important in 2C-I's psychoactive properties.
KW - (-)-2,5-dimethoxy-4- methylamphetamine
KW - Drug abuse
KW - Drug discrimination
KW - Locomotor activity
KW - Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
KW - Serotonin receptor
KW - Substituted phenethylamines
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U2 - 10.1007/s00213-013-3303-6
DO - 10.1007/s00213-013-3303-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 24142203
AN - SCOPUS:84896733364
SN - 0033-3158
VL - 231
SP - 875
EP - 888
JO - Psychopharmacologia
JF - Psychopharmacologia
IS - 5
ER -