title: Effect of L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG) on neuroleptic-induced catalepsy and dopamine/neuroleptic receptor bindings.
abstract: The mechanism of action subserving the potential anti-Parkinsonian properties of L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG) was investigated in behavioural and neurochemical models of dopaminergic function in the rat. Acute administration of PLG (20 and 40 mg kg-1 SC) failed to alter appreciably the intensity of the cataleptic response elicited by haloperidol (3 mg kg-1 IP). By contrast, chronic PLG treatment (20, 40 and 80 mg kg-1 SC twice daily for five days) significantly attenuated haloperidol-induced catalepsy. The effect of PLG on in vitro dopamine/neuroleptic receptor binding in rat striatum as differentially labelled by apomorphine and spiroperidol was also examined. PLG selectively enhanced the affinity of the specific binding of agonist [3H] apomorphine to dopamine receptors in the striatum, but had no effect on [3H] spiroperidol binding. The behavioural and biochemical results obtained in the present study raise the possibility that PLG may facilitate nigro-striatal dopaminergic neurotransmission through interacting with a unique PLG receptor functionally coupled to the dopamine receptor-adenylate cyclase complex.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000378:metabolism; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006220:Haloperidol; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009075:MSH Release-Inhibiting Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013134:Spiperone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D013134:Spiperone; D009075:MSH Release-Inhibiting Hormone; D006220:Haloperidol; D001058:Apomorphine