D2 dopamine receptor-mediated inhibition of a hyperpolarization-activated current in rod photoreceptors.
1. Using the whole cell patch clamp method, we investigated the effect of dopamine on a hyperpolarization-activated current (Ih) in the inner segments of rod photoreceptors of the Xenopus retina. 2. Ih was elicited by hyperpolarizing voltage steps to -120 mV from a holding potential of -40 mV. Dopamine reversibly reduced Ih in a dose-dependent manner. Dopamine-mediated inhibition of Ih was blocked by the D2 dopamine antagonist sulpiride. 3. The D2 dopamine agonist quinpirole (0.1-20 microM) inhibited Ih whereas the D1 agonist SKF-38393 (100 microM) had no effect on Ih. Quinpirole-induced inhibition of Ih was blocked by sulpiride, but not by the D4 antagonist, clozapine. The D3 agonists (+/-)-7-hydroxy-2-dipropylaminotetralin hydrochloride and trans-7-hydroxy-2[N-propyl-N-(3'-iodo-2'-propenyl)amino]-tetralin maleate were, respectively, 5 and 100 times less effective than quinpirole in inhibiting Ih. 4. Quinpirole failed to reduce Ih when the internal solution contained GDP beta S (500 microM). Internal application GTP gamma S (300 microM) progressively and irreversibly reduced Ih and blocked a further reduction by quinpirole, indicating that the inhibition of Ih by quinpirole involves a G protein. 5. The inhibition of Ih by quinpirole was not affected by intracellularly applied adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) or by the protein kinase inhibitor H-7, indicating that a cAMP-mediated second messenger cascade does not participate in the dopamine-mediated inhibition. 6. Ih was not altered when the patch pipette contained a nominally Ca(2+)-free internal solution, but the inhibition of Ih by quinpirole was abolished, suggesting an involvement of Ca(2+) in the quinpirole-induced effect. 7. We conclude that a D2 dopamine receptor modulates Ih through the activation of a G protein and that intracellular Ca2+, but not cAMP, plays a key role in this process. 8. The reduction of Ih by dopamine may reduce the ability of rods to signal time-modulated light stimuli.
Department of Ophthalmology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.
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D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019257:Quinpirole / Q000494:pharmacology; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014981:Xenopus
D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D019257:Quinpirole; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D004298:Dopamine