title: Irreversible blockade of D2 dopamine receptors by fluphenazine-N-mustard increases glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA in rat striatum.
abstract: The influence of dopaminergic activity on the function of GABAergic neurons in striatum was examined by administering rats the irreversible D2 dopamine receptor antagonist, fluphenazine-N-mustard (FNM), and determining the level of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) mRNA in striatum. Rats were given either an acute single injection or chronic daily injections of FNM (20 mumol/kg, i.p.) for 6 days. The level of GAD mRNA in striatum was determined by in situ hybridization histochemistry. The results showed that acute treatment with FNM failed to significantly change striatal GAD mRNA. However, chronic FNM treatment significantly increased in the level of striatal GAD mRNA. These results demonstrate that irreversible blockade of D2 dopamine receptors increases the expression of GAD mRNA in rat striatum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003024:Clozapine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D005476:Fluphenazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015347:RNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015347:RNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; C053619:fluphenazine-N-mustard; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase; D003024:Clozapine; D006220:Haloperidol; D005476:Fluphenazine