Generalization to Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Depends On Training Dose in Rats Trained to Discriminate 1.25 Mg/Kg Clozapine Versus 5.0 Mg/Kg Clozapine Versus Vehicle in a Three-Choice Drug Discrimination Task
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2005
Abstract
The prototypical atypical antipsychotic drug (APD) clozapine (CLZ) elicits a discriminative cue that appears to be similar to the stimulus properties elicited by atypical, but not typical, antipsychotic drugs in two-choice drug discrimination procedures. However, the ability of CLZ to generalize to atypical APDs depends on the training dose, since several atypical APDs (e.g. sertindole, risperidone) do not substitute for a 5.0 mg/kg CLZ training dose in rats, but do so for a 1.25 mg/kg CLZ training dose. Yet, a 1.25 mg/kg CLZ discriminative stimulus has not generalized to all atypical APDs either (e.g. quetiapine); thus, both 1.25 mg/kg and 5.0 mg/kg CLZ discriminative stimuli may be necessary to provide a better screen for atypical APDs. The present study sought to determine whether a three-choice 1.25 mg/kg CLZ versus 5.0 mg/kg CLZ versus vehicle drug discrimination task in rats might better distinguish atypical from typical APDs. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were trained in this three-choice drug discrimination task with a fixed ratio 30 reinforcement schedule for food. Clozapine produced full substitution (≥ 80% condition-appropriate responding) for both the 1.25 mg/kg CLZ dose (ED 50 = 0.09 mg/kg) and the 5.0 mg/kg CLZ dose (ED50 = 2.71 mg/kg). The atypical APD olanzapine produced full substitution for the 5.0 mg/kg CLZ dose, but not for the 1.25 mg/kg CLZ dose (ED50 = 1.55 mg/kg). In contrast, the atypical APD quetiapine produced full substitution for the 1.25 mg/kg CLZ dose (ED50 = 0.13 mg/kg), but not for the 5.0 mg/kg CLZ dose. Similarly, the atypical APD sertindole produced full substitution for only the 1.25 mg/kg CLZ dose (ED50 = 0.94 mg/kg). Risperidone, another atypical APD, produced partial substitution (≥ 60% and ≤, 80% condition-appropriate responding) for the 1.25 mg/kg CLZ dose, and failed to substitute for the 5.0 mg/kg CLZ dose. The atypical APD ziprasidone and the typical APDs haloperidol and chlorpromazine failed to substitute for either CLZ training dose. These results demonstrated that the 1.25 mg/kg CLZ training dose provides partial or full stimulus generalization to more atypical APDs than does the 5.0 mg/kg CLZ training dose. Full substitution by olanzapine for only the 5.0 mg/kg CLZ dose suggests that this higher training dose is also important for screening atypical APDs.
DOI
10.1097/01.fbp.0000172735.73876.06
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Prus, Adam J.; Philibin, Scott D.; Pehrson, Alan; and Porter, Joseph H., "Generalization to Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Depends On Training Dose in Rats Trained to Discriminate 1.25 Mg/Kg Clozapine Versus 5.0 Mg/Kg Clozapine Versus Vehicle in a Three-Choice Drug Discrimination Task" (2005). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 242.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/242