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Acta Physiol Hung. 1996;84(4):417-8.
Differences between BDZ1 selective and non-selective GABAA/BDZ receptor ligands in discriminative stimulus and EtOH intake/preference paradigms.
Iwinska K, Jankowska E, Stefanski R, Bienkowski P, Kostowski W.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland.
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Neuroscience. 1997 Dec;81(4):1043-53.
GABAA-receptor alpha-subunit is an essential prerequisite for receptor formation in vivo.
Fritschy JM, Benke D, Johnson DK, Mohler H, Rudolph U.
Institute of Pharmacology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
The mechanisms governing the assembly of alpha-, beta- and gamma-subunits to form GABAA-receptors are poorly understood. Here, we report that the alpha-subunit is essential for receptor assembly. In mice homozygous for a deletion on chromosome 7 spanning the alpha 5- and gamma 3-subunit genes, zolpidem-insensitive benzodiazepine binding sites, corresponding to GABAA-receptors containing the alpha 5-subunit, were absent in the hippocampus. This loss of alpha 5-GABAA-receptor binding was also apparent as a 21% decrease in the total number of benzodiazepine binding sites in the hippocampus. In addition, immunoreactivity for the beta 2,3- and gamma 2-subunit was decreased exclusively in neurons which normally express the alpha 5-subunit, such as olfactory bulb granule cells and hippocampal pyramidal cells. In other brain regions of the mutants, the beta 2,3- and gamma 2-subunit staining was unaffected. Controls included two lines of mice homozygous for a shorter chromosomal deletion, that either included or excluded the gamma 3-subunit gene. These two lines were indistinguishable with regard to numbers of benzodiazepine binding sites and levels alpha 5-, beta 2,3- and gamma 2-subunit immunoreactivity, indicating that the lack of gamma 3-subunit gene did not contribute to the observed deficit in receptor formation. These results demonstrate that the absence of the alpha 5-subunit gene prevents the formation of the entire respective receptor complex in adult mouse brain. Thus, the alpha-subunit, unlike the gamma 2-subunit, might play a major role in the assembly or targeting of GABAA-receptor complexes.
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Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2000 Jan 3;119(1):21-32.
Synchronous postnatal increase in alpha1 and gamma2L GABA(A) receptor mRNAs and high affinity zolpidem binding across three regions of rat brain.
Roberts AA, Kellogg CK.
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Meliora Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
The objective of this study was to correlate postnatal changes in levels of mRNAs encoding predominant GABA(A) receptor subunits with a functional index of receptor development. This study is the first to quantify the temporal relationship between postnatal changes in predominant GABA(A) receptor mRNAs and zolpidem-sensitive GABA(A) receptor subtypes. In Experiment 1, we measured zolpidem displacement of 3H-flunitrazepam from rat cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum at 0, 6, 14, 21, 29, and 90 postnatal days. Three independent 3H-flunitrazepam sites with high (K(i)=2. 7+/-0.6 nM), low (K(i)=67+/-4.8 nM), and very low (K(i)=4.1+/-0.9 mM) affinities for zolpidem varied in regional and developmental expression. In Experiment 2, we used RNAse protection assays to quantify levels of alpha1, alpha2, beta1, beta2, gamma2S and gamma2L mRNAs in the above regions at the same postnatal ages. Although there was a high degree of regional variation in the developmental expression of zolpidem-sensitive GABA(A) receptors and subunit mRNAs, a dramatic increase in high affinity zolpidem binding sites and alpha1 mRNA levels occurred within all three regions during the second postnatal week. Furthermore, a temporal overlap was observed between the rise in alpha1 mRNA and high affinity zolpidem binding and a more prolonged increase in gamma2L in each region. These results point to the inclusion of the alpha1 and gamma2L subunits in a GABA(A) receptor subtype with a high zolpidem affinity and suggest that a global signal may influence the emergence of this subtype in early postnatal life.
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Z Naturforsch [C]. 1997 Sep-Oct;52(9-10):687-93.
Uterine relaxant effect of zolpidem: a comparison with other smooth muscle relaxants.
Alvarez de Sotomayor M, Herrera MD, Perez-Guerrero C, Marhuenda E.
Departamento de Farmacia, Technologia Farmaceutica y Farmacologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
Zolpidem is an imidazopyridine sedative-hypnotic which interacts with central benzodiazepine-receptors. To examine its effects on uterine smooth muscle we have compared with those obtained by diltiazem, papaverine and diazepam on different experimental models. The IC50 values obtained indicate similar behaviour of zolpidem and diazepam. They showed more active against the spontaneous contractions and those induced by KCl (60 mM) or by CaCl2 (0.01-10 mM) in Ca(2+)-free depolarizing medium than against acetylcholine (0.1 mM)-induced contractions. Both of them also showed more effectiveness against the tonic component of the acetylcholine-evoked contraction than against the phasic one. All the drugs tested were less powerful against contractions induced by oxytocin than against those induced by other agonists. This observation let us speculate that the mechanism of action of zolpidem may be related to an action on Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels due to an interaction with low affinity receptor located at the plasmalemma as has been suggested for diazepam.
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Analyst. 1997 Oct;122(10):1119-24.
Development of a radioimmunoassay for the determination of zolpidem in biological samples.
De Clerck I, Daenens P.
Laboratory of Toxicology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
The development of a specific and sensitive radioimmunoassay for the detection of zolpidem and its metabolites in urine and serum samples is described. The assay can be used to pre-screen forensic and emergency samples. 6-Methyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]-pyridine-3-acetic acid was prepared as a hapten and was coupled directly and indirectly to bovine serum albumin. The immunization of rabbits with the hapten-bovine serum albumin conjugates resulted in the production of highly specific antibodies, showing no significant cross-reactivities towards existing drugs. The four-parameter logistic model was used to process the calibration data into a fitting curve (r2 = 0.9764). Intra- and inter-assay relative standard deviations were < 6.30 and < 12.28%, respectively. The limit of quantification was 0.1 ng ml-1. Using this assay, zolpidem levels were determined in urine and serum, and could be easily detected up to 48 h after oral intake of 10 mg of zolpidem.
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