title: NK-1 receptor blockade decreases amphetamine-induced behavior and neuropeptide mRNA expression in the striatum.
abstract: The effect of intrastriatal administration of LY306740, a specific NK-1 receptor antagonist, on the behavior and changes in gene expression elicited by the psychomotor stimulant, amphetamine, was studied. Acute administration of amphetamine (2.5 mg/kg, i.p.) caused an increase in behavioral activity and preproenkephalin, preprodynorphin and substance P mRNA expression in the striatum. When amphetamine-treated rats were pretreated with LY306740 (35 and 20 nmoles per side, intrastriatally), there was a significant decrease in amphetamine-induced behavioral activity. Quantitative in situ hybridization histochemistry revealed that both concentrations of LY306740 significantly decreased amphetamine-induced mRNA expression of all three neuropeptides. These data indicate that striatal NK-1 receptors modulate amphetamine-induced behavior and mRNA expression of neuropeptides in the rat striatum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, BSB 403, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Nicolini
authors.forename: Jacqueline F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McGinty
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000661:Amphetamine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D019540:Area Under Curve; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004399:Dynorphins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D064729:Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects; D013373:Substance P / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; C102280:LY 306740; D064729:Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists; D009479:Neuropeptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C036448:pre-prodynorphin; D013373:Substance P; D004399:Dynorphins; D000661:Amphetamine