title: Involvement of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in Fos immunoreactivity induced by stepholidine in both intact and denervated striatum of lesioned rats.
abstract: Stepholidine (SPD), a natural product, has been demonstrated in previous studies as a D1 agonist and D2 antagonist. In this work SPD-induced Fos immunoreactivity was examined. In the normal rats, Fos was induced in the striatum by SPD (1-20 mg/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently. The distribution of Fos-positive cells induced by SPD showed a rostral-caudal decline, matching the distribution of D2 dopamine receptors. The Fos-positive cells were mainly found in striatal neurons retrogradely labeled with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) from GP but not from SN, and could be abolished by the pretreatment of a D2 agonist LY171555 (2 mg/kg, i.p.), suggesting that the Fos expression in normal rats was due to the D2 antagonistic action of SPD. In the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats, SPD (4 mg/kg, i.p.) induced Fos expression in intact and denervated side of the striatum with different characteristics. Similar to that of normal rats, the Fos expression in intact side possessed the rostral-caudal gradient and could be abolished by the pretreatment of LY171555. However, in the denervated side, the Fos positive cells were widely distributed, and mainly found in striatal neurons retrogradely labeled from SN but not from GP. Furthermore, this expression was prevented by the pretreatment of SCH23390 (0.2 mg/kg, i.p.) but not LY171555, suggesting that the Fos expression in denervated side was due to the D1 agonistic action of SPD. Therefore, we concluded that the Fos expression induced by SPD in intact and denervated striatum was mediated via D2 and D1 receptor respectively, supporting the previous standpoint that SPD possesses the dual action, i.e antagonist to D2 and agonist to D1 receptors. Furthermore, it is suggested that the contralateral turning behavior induced by SPD may result from the D1-mediated excitation of striatonigral neurons of the denervated side of the lesioned rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: G Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001599:Berberine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D003714:Denervation; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D016627:Oxidopamine; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000819:agonists*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D001599:Berberine; C010513:stepholidine; D016627:Oxidopamine; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase