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Absence of neurotoxicity with medicinal grade terbutaline in the rat model.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21262341     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To evaluate neurological effects of terbutaline, rats were injected with saline, terbutaline (Sigma or American Pharmaceutical Partners (APP™)) at 0.5 mg/kg-d or 10 mg/kg-d between postnatal days (PND) 2-5 or 11-14. Brains collected 24 h after last injection were used to determine corpus-callosum thickness, Purkinje cell and neuronal number in the cerebellum. Ambulation, distance traveled, resting time and time on rotarod were analyzed. Terbutaline (both doses/grades at PND 11-14) decreased corpus-callosum thickness. Ambulation time was significantly decreased in the 10 mg/kg-d (Sigma) and 0.5 mg/kg-d of terbutaline (APP™) (PND 2-5) juvenile-rats and 10 mg/kg-d-Sigma adult-rats, 0.5 mg/kg-d APP™ (PND 11-14) adult-rats. Resting time was increased in both doses of APP™ (PND 2-5) in juvenile-rats, 10 mg/kg-d Sigma adult-rats. 10 mg/kg-d-Sigma (PND 2-5) decreased distance traveled in adult-rats. 0.5 mg/kg-d-Sigma (PND 2-5 and PND 11-14) decreased the time spent on rotarod (30 RPM) in adult-rats. Sigma terbutaline Sigma had 2× as much free base compared to APP™. In conclusion, APP™ terbutaline did not have a deleterious effect on the developing rat brain.
Authors:
Michelle Y Owens; Kedra L Wallace; Naila Mamoon; Josephine Wyatt-Ashmead; William A Bennett
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2011-01-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1873-1708     ISO Abbreviation:  Reprod. Toxicol.     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-27     Completed Date:  2011-09-20     Revised Date:  2011-12-06    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8803591     Medline TA:  Reprod Toxicol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  447-53     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA. myowens@umsmed.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists / chemistry,  toxicity*
Age Factors
Aging
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Behavior, Animal / drug effects
Brain / drug effects*,  growth & development,  pathology,  physiopathology
Female
Male
Mass Spectrometry
Motor Activity / drug effects
Neurotoxicity Syndromes / etiology*,  pathology,  physiopathology
Postural Balance / drug effects
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Terbutaline / chemistry,  toxicity*
Tocolytic Agents / chemistry,  toxicity*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
RR17701/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists; 0/Tocolytic Agents; 23031-25-6/Terbutaline
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Reprod Toxicol. 2011 Nov;32(3):368-9; author reply 370-1   [PMID:  21708245 ]

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