Effects of a non-peptide CRF antagonist (DMP696) on the behavioral and endocrine sequelae of maternal separation

Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Carla M MaciagMark A Smith

Abstract

We examined whether blockade of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptors by a non-peptide CRF antagonist (DMP696) would attenuate the stress hyper-responsiveness that occurs in response to maternal separation. In a social interaction test as well as the elevated plus maze, adult male rats, which had been maternally separated as infants, displayed more anxiety-like behavior compared with handled rats. DMP696 increased social interaction in both groups. In the elevated plus maze however, DMP696 significantly increased open arm time in the maternally separated rats but not in the handled group whereas chlordiazepoxide increased open arm time in both groups. DMP696 also appeared to block stress-induced ACTH secretion more readily in the maternally separated group compared with the handled rats. These observations suggest that CRF antagonists are particularly effective in animals that are hyper-responsive to stress and may therefore have utility in the treatment of anxiety and affective disorders where CRF has been implicated.

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