title: Effects of serotonergic agents on the up-regulation of dopamine D2 receptors induced by haloperidol in rat striatum.
abstract: We examined the modulatory effect of serotonergic activities on haloperidol-induced up-regulation of dopamine D2 receptors in rat striatum. Chronic treatment with haloperidol (0.1, 0.5 mg/kg, i.p., 3 weeks) increased the number of dopamine D2 receptors, while no increase was observed with the atypical antipsychotic drugs clozapine (10 mg/kg) and trans-5-chloro-2-methyl-2,3,3a, 12b-tetrahydro-1 H-dibenz[2,3:6,7]oxepino[4,5-c]pyrrolidine maleate (ORG 5222; 0.25 mg/kg). Chronic treatment with 6-chloro-2-(1-piperazinyl)pyrazine (MK-212), a nonselective serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) receptor agonist (2.5 mg/kg), or with citalopram, a 5-HT reuptake inhibitor (10 mg/kg), potentiated the haloperidol (0.1 mg/kg)-induced up-regulation of dopamine D2 receptors, while that with (+/-)-8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), a 5-HT1A receptor agonist (0.1 mg/kg) had no influence on the dopamine D2 receptor up-regulation. Coadministration of ritanserin (1 mg/kg), a 5-HT2A/2C receptor antagonist, with a low dose of haloperidol (0.1 mg/kg), but not with a high dose of the agent (0.5 mg/kg) attenuated the dopamine D2 receptor up-regulation, Drug occupation of 5-HT2A and dopamine D2 receptors in vivo examined using N-ethoxycarbonyl-2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline (EEDQ) was 69.8% and 45.1%, respectively, after the acute administration of haloperidol (0.1 mg/kg) plus ritanserin (1 mg/kg). This profile, that 5-HT2A receptors are highly occupied compared with dopamine D2 receptors, was similar to that of clozapine or ORG 5222. These results suggest that potent 5-HT2A receptor antagonism versus weak dopamine D2 receptor blockade may be involved in the absence of up-regulation of dopamine D2 receptors after chronic treatment with clozapine or ORG 5222.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikane
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kusumi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018490:Serotonin Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D044402:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D018490:Serotonin Agents; D006220:Haloperidol; D002746:Chlorpromazine