title: L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-induced dopamine release in the striatum of intact and 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats: differential effects of monoamine oxidase A and B inhibitors.
abstract: Administration of L-DOPA (50 mg/kg) elicits a significant increase in extracellular dopamine in striata of rats treated with the catecholaminergic neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine but not in striata of intact rats. To assess the role of dopaminergic nerve terminals in determining the effects of exogenous L-DOPA on extracellular dopamine levels in striatum, we examined the relative contributions of monoamine oxidase A and monoamine oxidase B to the catabolism of dopamine synthesized from exogenous L-DOPA. Extracellular concentrations of dopamine and its catabolite, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, were monitored with in vivo dialysis in striata of intact rats and of rats with unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of striatal dopamine. Clorgyline (2 mg/kg), an inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A, significantly increased dopamine and decreased 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid in intact but not in dopamine-depleted striata. Inhibition of monoamine oxidase B with either L-deprenyl (1 mg/kg) or Ro 19-6327 (1 mg/kg) did not significantly affect dopamine or 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid in striata of intact or dopamine-depleted rats. In intact rats, administration of clorgyline in conjunction with L-DOPA produced a > 20-fold increase in dopamine and prevented the L-DOPA-induced increase in 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid. Although both L-deprenyl and Ro 19-6327 administered in combination with L-DOPA elicited a small but significant increase in dopamine, levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid were not affected. In rats pretreated with 6-hydroxydopamine, clorgyline had no significant effect on the increases in dopamine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid elicited by L-DOPA. Furthermore, neither L-deprenyl nor Ro 19-6327 affected L-DOPA-induced increases in dopamine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid in dopamine-depleted striata. The present findings indicate that deamination by monoamine oxidase A is the primary mechanism for catabolism of striatal dopamine, both under basal conditions and after administration of exogenous L-DOPA. Loss of dopaminergic terminals eliminates this action of monoamine oxidase A but does not enhance deamination by monoamine oxidase B. These data support a model in which exogenous L-DOPA elicits enhanced extracellular accumulation of dopamine in the dopamine-depleted striatum because some transmitter synthesis occurs at nondopaminergic sites and the dopamine terminals that normally take up and catabolize this pool of transmitter are absent.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Wachtel
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Abercrombie
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003010:Clorgyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007980:Levodopa / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000502:physiology; D016627:Oxidopamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010848:Picolinic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012642:Selegiline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D010848:Picolinic Acids; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D012642:Selegiline; C059303:lazabemide; D007980:Levodopa; D016627:Oxidopamine; D003010:Clorgyline; D004298:Dopamine