Naloxone reduces levodopa-induced dyskinesias and apomorphine-induced rotations in primate models of parkinsonism
Naloxone reduces levodopa-induced dyskinesias and apomorphine-induced rotations in primate models of parkinsonism
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DOI:
10.1007/s00702-002-0715-6
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发表时间:
2002-10-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Andrén, PE
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作者:
Klintenberg, R;Svenningsson, P;Andrén, PE
Using in situ hybridization, it was found that subchronic treatment with levodopa/benserazide increased preproenkephalin-A and preproenkephalin-B mRNAs in the dopamine-depleted striatum. In order to examine whether dysfunction of the endogenous opioid system may underlie the development of levodopa-induced dyskinesias, the effect of naloxone, an opioid antagonist, on dyskinesias was investigated in two models of parkinsonism in the common marmoset. MPTP-treated monkeys were administered a daily oral dose of levodopa/benserazide which relieved the parkinsonian symptoms but induced severe and reproducible dyskinetic movements. Naloxone (0.1, 0.2 or 0.5mg/kg) was given subcutaneously (s.c.) during peak-dose dyskinesia, which reduced the dyskinesias significantly using the highest dose, normalized the motor activity, but did not modify the antiparkinson effect. Unilaterally 6-OHDA-lesioned marmosets received apomorphine s.c., which caused a contralateral turning behavior that could be reduced up to 35 percent by concomitant administration of naloxone. Taken together the present results suggest a possible role for the endogenous opioid system in the pathogenesis of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in primates.