Taranabant (MK-0364) dose-dependently inhibits 2 h and overnight food intake as well as overnight gains in body weight in C57BL/6N mice. At the 1- and 3-mg/kg doses (p.o.), Taranabant significantly inhibits 2-h food intake (36 and 69% reductions, respectively; P<0.05 and P<0.00001, respectively) and overnight food intake (13 and 40% reductions, respectively; P<0.05 and P<0.00001, respectively) as well as overnight gains in body weight (48 and 165% reductions, respectively; P<0.01 and P<0.00001, respectively). Taranabant dose-dependently inhibits food intake and weight gain, with an acute minimum effective dose of 1 mg/kg in diet-induced obese (DIO) rats[1]. Taranabant (MK-0364) has a good pharmacokinetic profile in three species (rat, 1 mg/kg iv, 2 mg/kg po, F=74%, t1/2=2.7 h; dog, 0.2 mg/kg iv, 0.4 mg/kg po, F=31%; t1/2=14 h; rhesus monkey, 0.2 mg/kg iv, 0.4 mg/kg po, F=31%, t1/2=3.6 h) and good brain exposure (1 mg/kg iv, brain and plasma concentrations of 0.11 and 0.18 μM at 1 h, respectively)[2].
