Central nervous system-mediated hyperglycemic effects of NIK-247, a cholinesterase inhibitor, and MKC-231, a choline uptake enhancer, in rats

Jpn J Pharmacol. 1999 Jan;79(1):113-5. doi: 10.1254/jjp.79.113.

Abstract

We investigated the effects of intracerebroventricular administration of NIK-247 (9-amino-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-cyclo-penta(b)-quinoline monohydrate hydrochloride; a cholinesterase inhibitor) or MKC-231 (2-(2-oxypyrrolidin-1-yl)-N-(2,3-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofur o[2,3-b]quinolin-4-yl) acetoamide; a choline uptake enhancer) on plasma glucose level in comparison with that of neostigmine administration in rats. The extents of NIK-247- and MKC-231-induced hyperglycemia were considerably less than that by neostigmine, suggesting that the potencies of the drugs to produce the peripheral hyperglycemia may be pharmacologically negligible.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aminoquinolines / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Blood Glucose / drug effects*
  • Blood Glucose / metabolism
  • Central Nervous System / physiology*
  • Choline / pharmacokinetics
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Injections, Intraventricular
  • Male
  • Neostigmine / pharmacology
  • Nootropic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Quinolines / pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Sodium Chloride / pharmacology

Substances

  • Aminoquinolines
  • Blood Glucose
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Nootropic Agents
  • Quinolines
  • Neostigmine
  • Sodium Chloride
  • amiridine
  • Choline
  • MKC 231