title: Facilitation of dopamine release in vivo by serotonin agonists: studies with microdialysis.
abstract: Using microdialysis, changes in extraneuronal levels of dopamine (DA), and the metabolites of DA and serotonin (5-HT), were monitored concurrent with perfusion of 5-HT1 agonists into the anterior striata of anesthetized rats. Perfusion of 5-HT facilitated DA release in a dose dependent manner, and to a greater extent than any other agonist tested. Extraneuronal DA levels increased 34% with perfusion of 0.04 nmol 5-HT and 18-fold with perfusion of 4.0 nmol 5-HT. Perfusion with multiple doses of either 1-(m-chlorophenyl)piperazine (m-CPP) or trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP) also resulted in a dose-dependent facilitation of DA release with a 40% increase in extracellular DA produced by either 0.4 nmol m-CPP or 10.0 nmol TFMPP. A 50-fold increase in DA followed 40.0 nmol m-CPP, while 160 nmol TFMPP enhanced DA 11-fold. Local application of either 5-methoxy-3(1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-4-pyridinyl)-1H indole succinate (RU24969) or 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin hydrobromide (8-OH-DPAT) (2.0 nmol perfused over 20 min) increased extracellular DA by 300 and 40%, respectively. RU24969 (2.0 nmol) also facilitated DA release following systemic pretreatment with 8-OH-DPAT (100 micrograms/kg). Perfusion with fenfluramine to release endogenous 5-HT also increased extraneuronal DA in a dose-dependent manner, and this facilitation was prevented by pretreatment with the 5-HT reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine. The facilitation of DA release by 0.4 nmol 5-HT was reduced by pretreatment with the 5-HT1 antagonist pindolol (4.0 nmol). These results suggest that serotonergic innervation of the anterior striatum may exert a facilitatory influence on DA release.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, MI 48207.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benloucif
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Galloway
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003956:Dialysis; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D010869:Pindolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; C018406:1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine; D012701:Serotonin; D010869:Pindolol; C015068:1-(3-chlorophenyl)piperazine; D004298:Dopamine