title: Protein kinase A inhibitor attenuates levodopa-induced motor response alterations in the hemi-parkinsonian rat.
abstract: Chronically administered levodopa, the standard treatment for Parkinson's disease, is ultimately associated with disabling alterations in motor response. To evaluate the possible contribution of striatal cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) signaling pathways to these response modifications, the acute effects of a PKA inhibitor, Rp-cAMPS, on motor response changes attending chronic, twice-daily administration of levodopa were measured in 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned hemi-parkinsonian rats. A single intrastriatal injection of Rp-cAMPS (2.5 or 25 microg) attenuated both the shortened duration and augmented intensity of levodopa-induced turning in a dose dependent manner. Rp-cAMPS completely normalized motor responses to a dopamine D1 agonist (SKF 38392), but had no effect on those to a dopamine D2 agonist (quinpirole). These results suggest that D1 receptor-mediated PKA activation may contribute to the development of the altered motor responses associated with chronic levodopa treatment.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Del Dotto
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Chase
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007980:Levodopa / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019257:Quinpirole / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011930:Reaction Time; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000819:agonists; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000819:agonists; D012399:Rotation; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D015259:Dopamine Agents; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D013873:Thionucleotides; D019257:Quinpirole; C016957:adenosine-3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate; D007980:Levodopa; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases