title: AMPA receptors modulate extracellular 5-hydroxytryptamine concentration and metabolism in rat striatum in vivo.
abstract: We have investigated the effects of infusing the excitatory amino acid agonist alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) on extracellular levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in rat striatum using in vivo microdialysis. AMPA (50-500 microM) caused a concentration-dependent increase in extracellular 5-HT, while having the converse effect on 5-HIAA. At the highest agonist dose the decrease in dialysate 5-HIAA was followed by a significant increase in this metabolite. Two hundred micromolar 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), a competitive non-NMDA glutamate receptor antagonist, reversed the effects of a 100 microM AMPA on dialysate 5-HT and 5-HIAA. Co-infusion of AMPA with tetrodotoxin (TTX) abolished the effects of 100 microM AMPA, but only partially reversed the effect of 500 microM AMPA on 5-HT release. We have also investigated whether AMPA receptor desensitization, a well documented event, plays a role in AMPA receptor modulation of striatal 5-HT release. Diazoxide (500 microM), a drug which prevents AMPA receptor desensitization, failed to augment the effect of 100 microM AMPA on 5-HT release. Diazoxide alone significantly decreased 5-HT release, as did the drug cromakalim (100 microM), probably as a result of their common action as activators of ATP-dependent K+ channels. It is concluded that AMPA receptors play a role in regulating both 5-HT release and metabolism in rat striatum. However, AMPA receptor desensitization does not appear to play a role in this process in this structure.
authors.affiliation: Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maione
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Biggs
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Whitton
mesh_terms: D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D019806:Cromakalim; D003981:Diazoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000378:metabolism*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001578:Benzopyrans; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D011758:Pyrroles; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D019806:Cromakalim; D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D003981:Diazoxide