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Brain Res. 2000 Apr 17;862(1-2):280-3.
Changes in [3H]zolpidem and [3H]Ro 15-1788 binding in rat globus pallidus and substantia nigra pars reticulata following a nigrostriatal tract lesion.
Chadha A, Howell O, Atack JR, Sur C, Duty S.
Neurodegenerative Disease Research Group, Centre for Age-Related Diseases, Hodgkin Building, GKT School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, UK.
Changes in GABA(A) receptor alpha(1) subunit gene expression occur in the globus pallidus and substantia nigra pars reticulata following lesions of the nigrostriatal tract. To determine whether these changes are translated at the protein level, we performed quantitative autoradiography with the alpha(1) selective ligand, [3H]zolpidem, and the non-selective benzodiazepine site ligand, [3H]Ro 15-1788. Binding of both [3H]zolpidem and [3H]Ro 15-1788 was significantly increased in the substantia nigra pars reticulata (13. 5+/-4.1 and 26.3+/-2.9%, respectively) and significantly reduced in the globus pallidus (20.9+/-0.8 and 18.3+/-1.3%, respectively). These changes in alpha(1) subunit protein expression may help to compensate for the pathological changes in GABAergic activity that occur after striatal dopamine depletion.
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J Forensic Sci. 1999 Mar;44(2):369-71.
Zolpidem distribution in postmortem cases.
Levine B, Wu SC, Smialek JE.
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Zolpidem is the prototype of a class of sedative hypnotic drugs that are derivatives of imidazopyridine and is sold in the United States under the trade name Ambien. Over a four-year period, zolpidem was identified in eight cases investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland. Zolpidem was identified by gas chromatography-nitrogen-phosphorus detection (GC-NPD) following an alkaline extraction and was confirmed by full-scan electron impact gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Zolpidem was quantitated by GC-NPD in all specimens received. Five of the cases presented were deaths due to drug intoxication. In three of these cases, zolpidem was an incidental finding because the drug fatalities resulted from other drugs. In the other two cases of drug intoxication, zolpidem was present in elevated concentrations and was a contributing, but not exclusive cause of the drug intoxication. The remaining three cases were deaths that were not caused by drugs. The blood zolpidem concentrations in these cases were therapeutic (0.28, 0.12 and 0.19 mg/L, respectively). In six of the eight cases where both blood and urine were analyzed, the blood concentration was higher than the urine concentration. The distribution of zolpidem into the liver and kidney failed to identify any sequestration of the drug into either specimen.
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Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2000 Apr;149(2):176-80.
Comparison of benzodiazepines and the non-benzodiazepine agents zolpidem and zaleplon with respect to anxiolytic action as measured by increases in hypertonic NaCl-solution drinking in rats.
Lobarinas E, Falk JL.
Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854-8020, USA.
RATIONALE: In previous studies, water-deprived rats offered hypertonic 1.5% NaCl solutions to drink showed increased intakes when treated with agents known to have anxiolytic action in humans. This study explored two non-benzodiazepine (non-BZ) sedative-hypnotic agents, zolpidem and zaleplon, and compared them with three traditional BZs. OBJECTIVES: Although many studies confirm that treatment with BZs possessing sedative-hypnotic and anxiolytic actions also produces acute increases in food and fluid ingestion in animals, zolpidem has yielded conflicting results. To help resolve this question, we compared three BZs with zolpidem and zaleplon with respect to their actions in increasing the ingestion of 1.5% NaCl solution in water-deprived rats. METHODS: Rats were adapted to a water-deprivation schedule permitting drinking for 1 h daily. Once or twice each week, 1.5% NaCl solution was substituted for water during the drinking session and, 15 min pre-session, rats were given a drug or vehicle dose by gavage (p.o.) to delineate the dose-effect relationships for zolpidem, zaleplon, alprazolam, clonazepam, and chlordiazepoxide. Then, the dose-effect relationship for zolpidem was re-determined. A second study with two groups, using both zolpidem and clonazepam, explored whether following the dose-effect determination of a drug by a second determination affected the second relationship, and whether dose-effect determinations of either agent affected the results of the second agent investigated. RESULTS: All agents yielded dose-related increases in 1.5% NaCl solution ingestion, except the first zolpidem determination in the first study. In the second study, all determinations yielded dose-related increases, with no indication that the set of determinations for the first agent affected those for the second agent. CONCLUSIONS: The BZ and non-BZ agents explored yielded significant dose-effect relationships using this procedure, confirming their classification among the anxiolytic agents. The initial negative result for zolpidem in the first study may indicate a less reliable anxiolytic action for this agent, although this could not be resolved as attributable to drug history.
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2000 Jun;66(2):361-9.
Precipitated and spontaneous withdrawal following administration of lorazepam but not zolpidem.
Elliot EE, White JM.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Adelaide, South 5005, Australia.
Radiotelemetry was utilized to compare zolpidem and lorazepam tolerance and withdrawal in rats. Locomotor activity, electromyographic activity (EMG), and body temperatures were used to assess the acute drug effects, and as measures of tolerance and withdrawal. Lorazepam, zolpidem, or vehicle was administered for 12 days, and data were recorded daily, immediately, after treatment. Data were also recorded immediately after flumazenil (25 mg/kg, IP) precipitated withdrawal and during 4 days of spontaneous withdrawal. Complete tolerance to the acute effects of lorazepam administration developed within 7 days of treatment and both flumazenil-precipitated and spontaneous withdrawal were observed. In contrast, there was no tolerance to the sedative actions of zolpidem administration after 12 days, but complete tolerance to the hypothermic and muscle relaxant effects was apparent after 8 days of treatment. Despite the presence of tolerance, no evidence of either spontaneous or flumazenil-induced withdrawal was recorded in these rats. In conclusion, this model suggests that as a sedative zolpidem has significant advantages over the classic benzodiazepines.
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2000 Jun;66(2):371-4.
Mice lacking the long splice variant of the gamma 2 subunit of the GABA(A) receptor are more sensitive to benzodiazepines.
Quinlan JJ, Firestone LL, Homanics GE.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
The gamma 2 subunit is required for benzodiazepine modulation of the GABA(A) receptor. Alternate splicing of precursor GABA(A) gamma 2 mRNA results in two splice variants, a short (gamma 2S) and a long (gamma 2L) variant. We investigated the roles of these splice variants in benzodiazepine pharmacology using mice lacking genes for the gamma 2L splice variant. Sleep time responses to midazolam and zolpidem were 20 and 18% greater, respectively, in null allele mice compared with wild-type mice, while responses to nonbenzodiazepine agents such as etomidate and pentobarbital were unchanged. Although the GABA(A) receptor number was not altered in null allele mice, there was a corresponding increase in affinity of brain membranes for benzodiazepine agonists (midazolam, diazepam, and zolpidem), while affinity for benzodiazepine inverse agonists (beta CCM and Ro15-4513) was decreased. These changes were not observed in inbred mice of the parental strains (C57BL/6J and 129/SvJ) used to create the genetically altered mice, indicating that differences between gamma 2L null allele and wild-type mice were unlikely to be simply due to cosegregation of linked alleles. Absence of the gamma 2L splice variant increases the affinity of receptors for benzodiazepine agonists, and is associated with a modest increase in behavioral sensitivity to benzodiazepine agonists. Lack of the gamma 2L subunits may shift the GABA(A) receptor from an inverse agonist-preferring toward an agonist-preferring configuration.
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