title: Differential sensitivity of tachykinin vs. enkephalin gene expression in the posterior striatum in response to acute p-chloroamphetamine treatment during postnatal development.
abstract: The acute effects of the monoamine releaser p-chloroamphetamine (pCA, 10 mg/kg, i.p.) on preprotachykinin (PPT) and preproenkephalin (PPE) mRNA expression in the anterior (A-STR) vs. posterior (P-STR) striatum were studied in rodents at postnatal days (PND) 10, 21 and 35. Northern analysis 4 h post-injection yielded no significant mRNA changes within the A-STR of any pCA group. However, significant increases (80-200% of saline control) in PPT mRNA levels occurred within the P-STR at all three postnatal ages. Interestingly, pCA did not increase PPE mRNA levels within the P-STR until PND 35 (150% of saline control). Such observation suggests that tachykinin neurons of the P-STR achieve an earlier monoamine-responsive signal transduction linkage to gene regulation as compared to enkephalin neurons. Given its predominance in the caudal regions of the striatum, 5-HT neurotransmission at the 5-HT2 receptor is suggested to play a central role in this mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Basura
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018490:Serotonin Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015320:Tachykinins / Q000235:genetics*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D010133:p-Chloroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*