title: Pertussis toxin attenuates D2 inhibition and enhances D1 stimulation of adenylate cyclase by dopamine in rat striatum.
abstract: The response of adenylate cyclase to GTP and to dopamine (DA) was investigated in synaptic plasma membranes isolated from rat striatum injected with pertussis toxin, which inactivates the inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein (Ni) of adenylate cyclase. Pertussis toxin treatment reverted the inhibitory effects on the enzyme activity elicited by micromolar concentrations of GTP and reduced by 50% the DA inhibition of cyclase activity via D2 receptors. The toxin treatment enhanced the net stimulation of enzyme activity by DA in the presence of micromolar concentrations of GTP. However, the stimulatory effect of the selective D1 receptor agonist SKF 38393 was not significantly affected. The data indicate that Ni mediates D2 inhibition of striatal adenylate cyclase and participates in the modulation of D1 stimulation of the enzyme activity by DA.
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000201:enzymology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D001552:Benzazepines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D004298:Dopamine