SSR149415 is an orally active, selective vasopressin V1b receptor antagonist (human/rat Ki in nM = 1.5/1.3/V1b, 91/1050/V1a, 1412/2897/V2, 174/270/OT) that inhibits 30 nM AVP-induced Ca2+ response in human and rat V1b CHO transfectants (Ki = 1.26/2.0 nM). SSR149415 suppresses AVP-mediated physiological responses in vivo, including corticotropin secretion (1-30 mg/kg p.o. or i.p. in rats) upon exogenous AVP administration (0.3 µg/kg alone or 0.03 µg/kg with 0.1 µg corticoliberin/kg via i.v.), restraint stress-Induced corticotropin secretion (EC50 = 10 mg/kg i.p. in rats), and in a murine model of anxiety (four-plate test; 1-10 mg/kg i.p. or 3-10 mg/kg p.o. acute or 10 mg/kg/day p.o.).
The role of the vasopressin system and dopamine D1 receptors in the effects of social housing condition on morphine reward
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, 113-118 (2018)
Identification of avian vasotocin receptor subtype-specific antagonists involved in the stress response of the chicken, Gallus gallus
Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics, 37(7), 1685-1699 (2019)
Differential activation of arginine-vasopressin receptor subtypes in the amygdaloid modulation of anxiety in the rat by arginine-vasopressin
Psychopharmacology, 235(4), 1015-1027 (2018)
Anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects of the non-peptide vasopressin V1b receptor antagonist, SSR149415, suggest an innovative approach for the treatment of stress-related disorders
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 99(9), 6370-6375 (2002)
Adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure (AIE) produces lasting, sex-specific social anxiety-like alterations in male, but not female rats. Oxytocin (OXT) and vasopressin (AVP) brain systems play opposite roles in regulating social preference/avoidance, with OXT increasing approach to, and AVP increasing avoidance
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