title: Differential regulation, by MK-801, of dopamine receptor gene expression in rat nigrostriatal and mesocorticolimbic systems.
abstract: Glutamate agonists have been shown to stimulate striatal dopamine release, but less is known about dopamine-glutamate interactions at the receptor level. We treated rats with 0.3, 1.0, or 3.0 mg/kg of MK-801, an NMDA antagonist, daily for 1 week and, using in situ hybridization, measured dopamine receptor mRNA levels in cortical and subcortical structures. MK-801 caused a significant increase of D1 and D2 mRNA in the dorsal and ventral striatum, a significant decrease of D3 mRNA in the nucleus accumbens, and a significant decrease of D1 mRNA in the limbic cortex. Dopamine autoreceptor expression, reflected by D2 mRNA in the midbrain, was increased in the ventral tegmental area, but not in the substantia nigra. Thus, MK-801 appears to differentially regulate the mesocorticolimbic and nigrostriatal dopamine systems.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0720, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Meador-Woodruff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008032:Limbic System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000378:metabolism; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate