Psychopharmacology · 2004
The CB receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 fails to elicit disruption of prepulse inhibition of the startle in Sprague-Dawley rats.
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Bortolato Marco, Aru Gian Nicola, Frau Roberto, Orrù Marco, Luckey Grant Christopher, Boi Gianluca, Gessa Gian Luigi
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RATIONALE: A growing evidentiary body indicates cannabinoid exposure is conducive to cognitive impairment and psychotic phenomena in vulnerable individuals. In this respect, recent studies have displayed controversial results on the ability of cannabinoids to elicit sensorimotor gating alterations and attentional filtering, whose disruption is a distinctive feature of psychosis.
OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of acute, subchronic, and chronic treatment with the synthetic CB receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 (WIN) on prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle reflex (ASR), a powerful paradigm for evaluation of sensorimotor gating.
METHODS: Different groups of adult Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with 0.5, 1, and 2 mg/kg WIN (i.p.) acutely, as well as for 7 days and 21 days. All animals underwent testing 40 min after the last treatment and their evaluation was compared with that of animals treated with vehicle. In a separate group, the effects of WIN withdrawal were also analyzed, 24 h after discontinuation of a 21-day treatment.
RESULTS: No variation in PPI was detected in any of the test groups when compared with controls, whatever the dosage and the treatment.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest WIN does not impair sensorimotor gating in Sprague-Dawley rats and confirm clinical evidence according to which cannabis is an unlikely causative of psychosis among non-vulnerable individuals. Nonetheless, since in other studies the same compound was shown to induce PPI alterations in Wistar rats, our results are also suggestive that genetic differences might be critical for the development of cannabis-induced cognitive disorders.
OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of acute, subchronic, and chronic treatment with the synthetic CB receptor agonist WIN 55,212-2 (WIN) on prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle reflex (ASR), a powerful paradigm for evaluation of sensorimotor gating.
METHODS: Different groups of adult Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with 0.5, 1, and 2 mg/kg WIN (i.p.) acutely, as well as for 7 days and 21 days. All animals underwent testing 40 min after the last treatment and their evaluation was compared with that of animals treated with vehicle. In a separate group, the effects of WIN withdrawal were also analyzed, 24 h after discontinuation of a 21-day treatment.
RESULTS: No variation in PPI was detected in any of the test groups when compared with controls, whatever the dosage and the treatment.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest WIN does not impair sensorimotor gating in Sprague-Dawley rats and confirm clinical evidence according to which cannabis is an unlikely causative of psychosis among non-vulnerable individuals. Nonetheless, since in other studies the same compound was shown to induce PPI alterations in Wistar rats, our results are also suggestive that genetic differences might be critical for the development of cannabis-induced cognitive disorders.