title: Regional decreases in alpha-[3H]amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid ([3H]AMPA) and 6-[3H]cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione ([3H]CNQX) binding in response to chronic low-level lead exposure: reversal versus potentiation by chronic dopamine agonist treatment.
abstract: This study evaluated the hypotheses that in vivo lead (Pb) exposure would alter alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor binding and, based on known glutamate-dopamine interactions and Pb-induced changes in dopamine (DA) systems, that AMPA binding might be differentially influenced by DA agonist treatment under conditions of Pb exposure. Alterations in high-affinity ([3H]AMPA) versus total AMPA [6-[3H]cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione ([3H]CNQX)] receptor binding were determined in medial frontal cortex, dorsal striatum, and nucleus accumbens of rats exposed to 0, 50, or 150 ppm of Pb acetate for 2 weeks or 8 months. Additional 8-month groups received chronic intermittent treatment with saline, the D1 agonist SKF82958, or the general DA agonist apomorphine. Two-week exposures increased AMPA receptor densities, whereas robust decreases occurred after 8 months of Pb; at the latter time point changes were more pronounced for high-affinity than total AMPA receptor binding, with high-affinity effects expressed preferentially in dorsal striatum and nucleus accumbens. DA agonist treatments almost fully reversed Pb-related declines in [3H]AMPA binding but either had no effect (apomorphine) or even further potentiated (SKF82958) the decreases in [3H]CNQX binding. One possible basis for the long-term (8-month) decrease in AMPA binding is a postsynaptic glutamatergic stimulation of non-NMDA receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York 14642, U.S.A.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Richfield
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cory-Slechta
mesh_terms: D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014316:Tritium; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D014316:Tritium; D007854:Lead; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; C071262:SK&F 82958