title: Involvement of glutamate receptors in the striatal enkephalin-induced dopamine release.
abstract: In anesthetized rats, the intrastriatal infusion of the delta-opioid receptor agonist, [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]enkephalin, increased the extracellular concentration of dopamine. This effect was abolished by the NMDA receptor antagonist, 3-[(+/-)-2-carboxypiperazine-4-yl]propyl-1-phosphonate, but was unchanged by the AMPA (D,L-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate) and kainate receptor antagonist, 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione. This suggests that the dopamine release induced by the delta-opioid agonist depends critically on the involvement of glutamatergic transmission via NMDA receptors.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Neuropsychopharmacologie Expérimentale, C.N.R.S.U.R.A. 1170, Faculté de Médecine & Pharmacie de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dourmap
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Costentin
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D020881:Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D010879:Piperazines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004745:Enkephalins; D010879:Piperazines; D011810:Quinoxalines; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; C056723:FG 9041; D020881:Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-; C050592:3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid; D004298:Dopamine