25C-NBF, a new psychoactive substance, has addictive and neurotoxic potential in rodents.
The use of new psychoactive substances (NPSs) as a substitute for illegal drugs is increasing rapidly and is a serious threat to public health. 25C-NBF is a newly synthesized phenethylamine-type NPS that acts as a 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HT) receptor agonist, but little is known about its pharmacological effects. Considering that NPSs have caused unexpected harmful effects leading to emergency and even death, scientific confirmation of the potential adverse effects of 25C-NBF is essential. In the present study, we investigated whether 25C-NBF has addictive and neurotoxic potential and causes neurochemical changes. In addictive potential assessments, high conditioned place preference (CPP) scores and stable self-administration (SA) were observed in the 25C-NBF groups (CPP [3 mg kg-1]; SA [0.01, 0.03, 0.1 mg kg-1]), suggesting the addictive liability of 25C-NBF. In neurotoxic potential assessments, 25C-NBF treatment (single super-high dose [1 × 15, 30, 40 mg kg-1]; repeated high dose [4 × 8, 15, 30 mg kg-1]) resulted in reduced motor activity (open field test), abnormal motor coordination (rota-rod test) and impaired recognition memory (novel object recognition test), suggesting that 25C-NBF is neurotoxic leading to motor impairment and memory deficits. Subsequently, immunohistochemistry showed that 25C-NBF treatment decreased tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression and increased ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba-1) expression in the striatum. Taken together, our results clearly demonstrate the dangers of recreational use of 25C-NBF, and we suggest that people stop using 25C-NBF and other NPSs whose pharmacological effects are not precisely known.
['Hur|Kwang-Hyun|KH|', 'Kim|Seong-Eon|SE|', 'Lee|Bo-Ram|BR|', 'Ko|Yong-Hyun|YH|', 'Seo|Jee-Yeon|JY|', 'Kim|Seon-Kyung|SK|', 'Ma|Shi-Xun|SX|', 'Kim|Young-Jung|YJ|', 'Jeong|Yeongdo|Y|', 'Pham|Duc Toan|DT|', 'Trinh|Quynh Dieu|QD|', 'Shin|Eun-Joo|EJ|', 'Kim|Hyoung-Chun|HC|', 'Lee|Yong-Sup|YS|', 'Lee|Seok-Yong|SY|', 'Jang|Choon-Gon|CG|0000-0003-3654-4002']
D000818:Animals D016739:Behavior, Addictive D001522:Behavior, Animal D001921:Brain D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins D003213:Conditioning, Psychological D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein D008124:Locomotion D008297:Male D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR D008840:Microfilament Proteins D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes D000082563:Open Field Test D010627:Phenethylamines D011619:Psychotropic Drugs D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley D045442:Rotarod Performance Test D019966:Substance-Related Disorders D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
25C-NBF New psychoactive substance Addiction Neurotoxicity Neurochemical change