title: Pergolide elevation of MHPG sulphate concentration in rat hypothalamus blocked by spiperone and mimicked by other dopamine agonists.
abstract: Pergolide increased the concentration of MHPG sulphate (3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylethylene glycol sulphate) in rat hypothalamus, and the increase was prevented by pretreatment with spiperone, a dopamine antagonist. An increase in hypothalamic MHPG sulphate concentration similar to that caused by pergolide was found after injection of quinpirole, a 'partial ergoline' that is a selective D2 agonist not affecting alpha-adrenoceptors, and by (-)-N-propylnorapomorphine, a dopamine agonist not related to the ergolines. Although the increase in MHPG sulphate concentration produced by pergolide had earlier been assumed to result from blockage of alpha-adrenoceptors, the present data indicate that it is an effect produced by dopamine D2 receptor stimulation.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hemrick-Luecke
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Toomey
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002090:Butyrophenones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D004873:Ergolines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006018:Glycols / Q000378:metabolism*; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / Q000378:metabolism*; D010479:Pergolide; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects; D013134:Spiperone / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D002090:Butyrophenones; D004873:Ergolines; D006018:Glycols; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D010479:Pergolide; D013134:Spiperone; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol; D004298:Dopamine; D006719:Homovanillic Acid