title: Aporphines. 15. Action of aporphine alkaloids on dopaminergic mechanisms in rat brain.
abstract: Of eleven aporphine analogues tested on striatal adenylate cyclase only (-)-apomorphine and (+/-)-N-n-propyl-norapomorphine (+/-(NPA)) were effective in stimulating the cyclase from rat brain. Inactive compounds included (+/-)-isoapomorphine, (-)-1,2-dihydroxyaporphine and (+/-)-10-hydroxy-N-n-propylnoraporphine. (+)-Bulbocapnine was an effective antagonist of the stimulating effects of dopamine or (-)-apomorphine on striatal adenylate cyclase. Injection of (-)-apomorphine into the lateral ventricle of rats with unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine-induced lesions of the nigro-striatal pathway caused the animals to rotate away from the side of the lesion. Intraventricular injection of 25 mug (+/-)-10-hydroxy-N-n-propylnorapomorphine was ineffective in producing rotation. The results are discussed in relation to the structural requirements for CNS dopamine receptor agonists.
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001060:Aporphines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000201:enzymology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001060:Aporphines; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D004298:Dopamine