PUBLICATION
Effects of a non-competitive N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist, tiletamine, in adult zebrafish
- Authors
- Kolesnikova, T.O., Khatsko, S.L., Shevyrin, V.A., Morzherin, Y.Y., Kalueff, A.V.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-161206-7
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Neurotoxicology and teratology 59: 62-67 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Kalueff, Allan V.
- Keywords
- Aquatic screening, Central glutamatergic system, Ketamine, Sedative effects, Tiletamine, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Brain/metabolism*
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Hypnotics and Sedatives/pharmacology*
- Male
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tiletamine/pharmacokinetics*
- Tiletamine/pharmacology*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 27916716 Full text @ Neurotoxicol. Teratol.
Citation
Kolesnikova, T.O., Khatsko, S.L., Shevyrin, V.A., Morzherin, Y.Y., Kalueff, A.V. (2017) Effects of a non-competitive N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist, tiletamine, in adult zebrafish. Neurotoxicology and teratology. 59:62-67.
Abstract
Tiletamine is a non-competitive N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist chemically related to ketamine and phencyclidine. A common veterinary anesthetic drug, tiletamine is currently a Schedule III controlled substance. This compound exerts sedative effects in humans and animals, also having an abuse potential, toxicity and dissociative hallucinogenic properties clinically. However, the neurotropic profile of tiletamine remains poorly understood, necessitating novel models and in-vivo screens, including non-mammalian species. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are rapidly becoming a popular model organism for screening various CNS drugs, including those acting at NMDA receptors. Here, we investigated acute behavioral effects of 1, 5 and 10mg/L of tiletamine on adult zebrafish. In the standard novel tank test, a 20-min immersion in 1mg/L of tiletamine produced no overt differences from control zebrafish (receiving 0.1% DMSO vehicle), except for reduced top entries. In contrast, tiletamine at 5 and 10mg/L exerted robust dose-dependent sedative effects in zebrafish (also darkening their skin coloration, similar to ketamine and PCP). Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analyses revealed no tiletamine peaks in control and 1mg/L groups, but detected tiletamine peaks in zebrafish brain samples at 5 and 10mg/L. Together, these findings demonstrate potent neurotropic effects of tiletamine in zebrafish, and their high sensitivity to this drug. Our findings also support the growing utility of fish-based aquatic screens for studying neuroactive properties of NMDA antagonists in-vivo.
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