Behavioral responses of dopamine β-hydroxylase knockout mice to modafinil suggest a dual noradrenergic–dopaminergic mechanism of action
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior(2008)
摘要
Modafinil is approved for use in the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness. The precise mechanism of modafinil action has not been elucidated, although both dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) systems have been implicated. To explore the roles of DA and NE in the mechanism of modafinil-induced arousal, dopamine β-hydroxylase knockout (Dbh −/−) mice were examined in behavioral paradigms of arousal (photobeam breaks and behavioral scoring of sleep latency). Dbh −/− mice completely lack NE but have hypersensitive DA signaling. It was hypothesized that Dbh −/− mice would be unresponsive to modafinil if the compound acts primarily via NE, but would be hypersensitive to modafinil if it acts primarily via DA. Dbh −/− mice had increased sensitivity to the locomotor-activating and wake-promoting effects of modafinil. Paradoxically, the α1-adrenergic receptor antagonist, prazosin, attenuated the effects of modafinil in control mice, but not in Dbh −/− mice. Blockade of DA receptors with flupenthixol decreased modafinil-induced locomotion and wake in both control and Dbh −/− mice. These results suggest that both NE and DA are involved in the behavioral effects of modafinil in control mice, but the requirement for NE can be bypassed by hypersensitive DA signaling.
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Dopamine,Dopamine β-hydroxylase,Locomotion,Modafinil,Norepinephrine,Sleep
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