The pharmacological assessment of a new, potent oxotremorine analogue in mice and rats

Eur J Pharmacol. 1982 May 21;80(2-3):209-15. doi: 10.1016/0014-2999(82)90056-5.

Abstract

Some of the central and peripheral effects of oxotremorine (OT) and its azetidine analogue, N-[4-azetidinyl)-2-butynyl]-2-pyrrolidone (BM 120), were compared in mice and rats. BM 120 was found to be about twice as potent as OT and to have a somewhat longer duration of action. All its effects were antagonized by pretreatment with atropine sulphate. BM 120 acted as powerful muscarinic agonist on the isolated guinea pig ileum.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Temperature / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Ileum / drug effects
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Muscle Contraction / drug effects
  • Oxotremorine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Oxotremorine / metabolism
  • Oxotremorine / pharmacology*
  • Parasympathomimetics / pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains

Substances

  • N-(4-(1-azetidinyl)-2-butynyl)-2-pyrrolidone
  • Parasympathomimetics
  • Oxotremorine