Repetitive measurement of monoamine metabolite levels in cerebrospinal fluid of conscious rats: effects of reserpine and haloperidol.
A simple high performance liquid chromatographic method with electrochemical detection is described for the simultaneous determination of unconjugated 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG), 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and homovanillic acid (HVA), the principal central nervous system (CNS) metabolites of noradrenaline, serotonin and dopamine (DA), respectively, in small samples of cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained repeatedly from freely moving rats. Amounts of 30-50 microliter of CSF could be collected repeatedly every 30-60 min allowing monitoring of monoamine metabolite concentration levels in CSF under physiological conditions. None of the metabolites showed any clear diurnal variation. A single injection of reserpine caused a prominent elevation in the concentrations of MHPG, 5-HIAA and HVA in CSF. However, after a rapid increase, the concentration of MHPG was decreased by 85% from the control values. Haloperidol caused a 3-fold increase in the concentration of HVA, indicating increased DA turnover in the CNS. The method enables the reliable quantitative determination of three major monoamine metabolites in small samples of CSF from freely moving rats and appears to be a useful tool in the evaluation of the validity of the clinically used research methods of monitoring drug-induced alterations in CNS monoaminergic activity by metabolite measurements in CSF.
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D000818:Animals; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008297:Male; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
D001679:Biogenic Amines; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D012110:Reserpine; D014364:Tryptophan; D006220:Haloperidol; D006719:Homovanillic Acid