title: NMDA-type glutamatergic modulation in dopaminergic activation measured by apomorphine-induced cage climbing behaviors.
abstract: The present study examined the hypothesis that NMDA, AMPA/Kainate, and metabotropic (mGlu) glutamate receptors contribute to a behavioral stimulation induced by activation of dopamine receptors by comparing responses in apomorphine-induced cage climbing behaviors in mice. MK-801, CNQX, and MCPG were served as the NMDA receptor, AMPA/Kainate receptor, and mGlu receptor antagonist, respectively, to elucidate the glutamatergic modulation in apomorphine-induced dopaminergic activation in mice. Drugs were administered intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) into the mouse brain 15 min before the apomorphine treatment (2 mg/kg, s.c.). I.c.v. injection of MK-801 inhibited the apomorphine-induced cage climbing behavior dose-dependently. However, treatments with CNQX and MCPG did not any significant change in apomorphine-induced cage climbing behavior in mice. These results suggest that stimulation of NMDA type of glutamate receptors could contribute to the dopaminergic stimulation, but not AMPA/Kainate and mGlu type glutamate receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea. jang@skku.ac.kr
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000502:physiology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D001058:Apomorphine