title: Hypothermia in mice: D2 dopamine receptor mediation and absence of spare receptors.
abstract: The nonselective dopamine (DA) receptor agonists R(-)apomorphine (APO) and R(-)-N-n-propylnorapomorphine (NPA) elicited dose- and time-dependent hypothermia in mice with ED50 values of 300 and 18 micrograms/kg, respectively. The selective D2 agonist quinpirole (LY 171555) also elicited dose-dependent hypothermia, whereas the selective D1 agonist SKF 38393 had no effect. The selective D1 and D2 antagonists SCH 23390 (1 mg/kg) and sulpiride (200 mg/kg), respectively, did not significantly alter body temperature. The hypothermic effect of a maximal dose of NPA (0.2 mg/kg) was not blocked by SCH 23390 (1 mg/kg) but was significantly attenuated (p less than 0.001) by pretreatment with sulpiride (200 mg/kg). Pretreatment with sulpiride (200 mg/kg) produced a parallel, 40-fold shift to the right of the dose-response curve for NPA. Partial, irreversible DA receptor inactivation by N-ethoxycarbonyl-2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline (EEDQ) (2 mg/kg) reduced the maximal hypothermic effect of NPA (to 49% of control) without altering its ED50. Analysis of the data indicated a linear relationship between DA receptor occupancy and hypothermic response. The results demonstrate that DA agonist-induced hypothermia in mice is mediated by D2 receptors and that there is no receptor reserved for this response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hizami
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kreuter
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D004873:Ergolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011804:Quinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D019257:Quinpirole; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D001552:Benzazepines; D015259:Dopamine Agents; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D004873:Ergolines; D011804:Quinolines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D019257:Quinpirole; C009074:N-n-propylnorapomorphine; C000470:EEDQ; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D013469:Sulpiride; D001058:Apomorphine