title: Dopaminergic modulation of hippocampal noradrenaline release. Evidence for alpha 2-antagonistic effects of some dopamine receptor agonists and antagonists.
abstract: 3H-Noradrenaline release in the rabbit hippocampus and its possible modulation via presynaptic dopamine receptors was studied. Hippocampal slices were preincubated with 3H-noradrenaline, continuously superfused in the presence of cocaine (30 mumol/l) and subjected to electrical field stimulation. The electrically evoked tritium overflow from the slices was reduced by 0.1 and 1 mumol/l dopamine and apomorphine, but significantly enhanced by 10 mumol/l apomorphine or by 0.1 and 1 mumol/l bromocriptine. If the alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist yohimbine (0.1 mumol/l) was present throughout superfusion, the inhibitory effects of dopamine and apomorphine were more pronounced and even 10 mumol/l apomorphine and 1 mumol/l bromocriptine inhibited noradrenaline release. Qualitatively similar observations were made in the presence of another alpha 2-antagonist, idazoxane (0.1 mumol/l). In the presence of the D2-receptor antagonist domperidone (0.1 mumol/l) the inhibitory effects of dopamine were almost abolished, whereas both apomorphine (greater than 1 mumol/l) and bromocriptine (greater than 0.01 mumol/l) greatly facilitated noradrenaline release. The D2-receptor agonist LY 171555 (0.1 and 1 mumol/l) significantly reduced the evoked noradrenaline release whereas the D1-selective agonist SK & F 38393 was ineffective at similar concentrations. The effects of LY 171555 were abolished in the presence of domperidone (0.1 mumol/l) but remained unchanged in the presence of yohimbine or idazoxane (0.1 mumol/l, each). At 1 mumol/l the D2-receptor antagonists domperidone and (-)sulpiride significantly increased the evoked noradrenaline release by about 10%. However, at this concentration, domperidone (but not (-)sulpiride) affected also basal tritium outflow. Bulbocapnine and the preferential D1-receptor antagonists SCH 23390 enhanced the evoked noradrenaline release already at 0.1 mumol/l.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001971:Bromocriptine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004873:Ergolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D019257:Quinpirole; D011817:Rabbits; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects*; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D004873:Ergolines; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D019257:Quinpirole; D015016:Yohimbine; D012701:Serotonin; D001971:Bromocriptine; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D003042:Cocaine; D001058:Apomorphine; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine