title: Effects of repeated amphetamine treatment on the locomotor activity of the dopamine D1A-deficient mouse.
abstract: The role of dopamine D1A receptors in mediating amphetamine-induced sensitization was investigated using the D1A-deficient mouse. During the drug pre-exposure phase, D1A-deficient and control mice were injected for five consecutive days with saline or amphetamine (2 mg/kg, i.p.). Locomotor activity was measured on the first and fifth pre-exposure day. After three abstinence days, mice were given either amphetamine or saline and locomotor activity was again assessed. Mice were then sacrificed and protein kinase A (PKA) activity was measured. In contrast to control mice, D1A-deficient mice did not show a progressive increase in locomotor activity across days. Importantly, both control and mutant mice did exhibit behavioral sensitization, because mice pre-exposed and tested with amphetamine were more active than mice acutely tested with the drug. Even so, the amphetamine-induced locomotor activity of the mutant mice was significantly reduced when compared with similarly treated control mice, indicating that the sensitized response was less pronounced in the D1A-deficient mouse. PKA activity also varied depending on genotype, since amphetamine decreased PKA activity in control but not D1A-deficient mice.
authors.affiliation: Mental Retardation Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drago
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006720:Homozygote; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011699:Putamen / Q000378:metabolism; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000502:physiology; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; C098593:dopamine D1A receptor; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D003913:Dextroamphetamine