PRAMIPEXOLE, A DOPAMINE-D2 AUTORECEPTOR AGONIST, DECREASES THE EXTRACELLULAR CONCENTRATION OF DOPAMINE INVIVO
PRAMIPEXOLE, A DOPAMINE-D2 AUTORECEPTOR AGONIST, DECREASES THE EXTRACELLULAR CONCENTRATION OF DOPAMINE INVIVO
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-2999(91)90666-e
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发表时间:
1991-07-23
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
MULLER, RE
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作者:
CARTER, AJ;MULLER, RE
Pramipexole (SND 919) is a dopamine D2 autoreceptor agonist which is structurally related to talipexole (B-HT 920), a potential antipsychotic agent. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pramipexole on the extracellular concentration of dopamine in vivo. Dopamine and its metabolites, 3,4-dihydrophenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid, were measured in the anterior striatum of freely moving rats by microdialysis and high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Pramipexole (30 and 100-mu-g/kg) caused long-lasting decreases in the extracellular concentrations of dopamine and its metabolites. Talipexole (30-mu-g/kg) produced similar effects. Sulpiride (5 mg/kg), a selective dopamine D2 antagonist, caused a transient increase in the concentration of dopamine and long-lasting increases in the concentrations of its metabolites; it also reversed the effects of pramipexole. SCH-23390 (100-mu-g/kg), a selective dopamine D1 receptor antagonist, caused a transient increase in the concentration of dopamine but did not affect the concentrations of the metabolites. SCH-23390 failed to reverse the effects of pramipexole. These results indicate that pramipexole reduces the extracellular concentrations of dopamine and its metabolites in vivo through a reversible interaction with the dopamine D2 receptor.