title: Nitric oxide involvement in regulating the dopamine transport in the striatal region of rat brain.
abstract: Spontaneous [3H]dopamine ([3H]DA) overflow was measured from striatal slices in the presence of different glutamate (Glu) receptor agonists such as N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), kainate (KA) and quisqualate (QA) and their corresponding antagonists, Dizocilpine maleate (MK-801), D-gamma-glutamyl-aminomethanesulfonic acid (GAMS) and 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), respectively. [3H]DA uptake and release in the presence of L-Arginine (L-Arg) and NG-nitro-arginine (L-N-Arg), an inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis were also evaluated. L-N-Arg alone or combined with L-Arg significantly reduced [3H]DA uptake at 10 and 100 microM from 33% to 44% from striatal slices. Whereas, in brain synaptosomal fractions L-Arg induced a biphasic effect on that [3H]DA uptake in a dose dependent manner, and L-N-Arg showed an absolute inhibition in 80-90% of this [3H]DA uptake at 1-500 microM. The amino acids, lysine, valine and histidine (100 microM) had a little effect inhibitory on [3H]DA uptake from synaptosomal fractions. Glu agonists, NMDA (10 microM) and KA (10 microM) importantly increased the spontaneous [3H]DA overflow, which was blocked by MK-801 (10 microM) and GAMS (10 microM), respectively. QA had no effect on [3H]DA release. L-Arg (10-200 microM) potentiated the spontaneous [3H]DA overflow in a dose dependent fashion from striatal slices, being reverted by 10 microM L-N-Arg alone or in combination with all other compounds; whereas, lysine, histidine and valine did not modify that spontaneous [3H]DA overflow. Results support the hypothesis related to the participation of NO on DA transport possibly synthesized at the dopaminergic (DAergic) terminals in the striatum; also that L-Arg concentration may determine alternative mechanisms to regulate the DAergic activity at the striatum.
authors.affiliation: C.I.B.O., I.M.S.S., Depto. de Biol. Cel. y Molec., C.U.C.B.A., Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chaparro-Huerta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beas-Zárate
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feria-Velasco
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D019335:Nitroarginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D019335:Nitroarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase