title: On the relationship between D2 receptor density and neuroleptic-induced catalepsy among eight inbred strains of mice.
abstract: The present study assesses the relationships among ED50 to neuroleptic-induced catalepsy and regional brain D1 and D2 dopamine receptor binding for eight inbred strains of mice (A, AKR, BALB/c, C3H, C57BL/6, CBA, DBA/2 and LP). The ED50 for haloperidol among these strains varies 30-fold from the most sensitive (BALB/c 0.31 mg/kg) to least sensitive (LP 9.5 mg/kg). As measured by quantitative receptor autoradiography, the haloperidol ED50 shows a significant positive correlation with [3H]spiroperidol binding to somatodendritic autoreceptors in the midbrain dopamine cell groups (A8, A9 and A10), but not with binding in the striatum. Although there are strain differences in [3H]SCH23390 binding in all regions studied, D1 receptor density was not correlated with haloperidol ED50. Within the striatum of these eight strains, there is no correlation between [3H]spiroperidol binding and [3H]SCH23390 binding. Overall, these data indicate that sensitivity to neuroleptic induced catalepsy is a genetically determined trait and that midbrain D2 receptor density may contribute significantly to the variance in this response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kanes
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hitzemann
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hitzemann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001345:Autoradiography; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000378:metabolism; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D001552:Benzazepines; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D006220:Haloperidol