Serotonergic activity in the rat striatum after intrastriatal transplantation of fetal nigra as measured by microdialysis.
In vivo microdialysis was used to examine the effects of dopaminergic transplants on extracellular concentrations of dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT), and their precursors and major metabolites in the denervated rat striatum. Dialysis perfusates were collected from intact 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion plus sham grafted, and lesion plus fetal substantia nigra (SN) grafted striata. The SN transplants ameliorated the reduction of striatal DA and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) levels in rats with unilateral 6-OHDA lesions of the mesostriatal pathway. The transplants also increased extracellular levels of 5-HT and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in the denervated striatum. In response to NSD-1015 (an inhibitor of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, AADC), 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) levels were substantially elevated in the SN grafted striata as compared with those in the sham grafted controls, which continued even after subsequent administration of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA, 100 mg/kg i.p.). Immunohistochemical analysis showed hyperinnervation of 5-HT fibers in the grafted striatum, which was consistent with the results of microdialysis experiments. These results indicated that implantation of SN grafts into the 6-OHDA-lesioned striatum of rats induces hyperactivity of 5-HT synthesis, release and metabolism.
Ishida
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Department of Psychiatry, Miyazaki Medical College, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki 889-16, Japan. ishiday@post.miyazaki-med.ac.jp
Hashiguchi
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Todaka
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K
Kuwahara
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I
Ishizuka
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Y
Nakane
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H
Uchimura
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D
Nishimori
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T
Mitsuyama
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Y
D006916:5-Hydroxytryptophan / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D065105:Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D003342:Corpus Striatum; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D016332:Fetal Tissue Transplantation; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007980:Levodopa / Q000494:pharmacology; D017551:Microdialysis; D016627:Oxidopamine; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000196:embryology / Q000637:transplantation*; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic
D065105:Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006834:Hydrazines; D012701:Serotonin; D007980:Levodopa; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D016627:Oxidopamine; C004297:3-hydroxybenzylhydrazine; D006916:5-Hydroxytryptophan