title: Effect of SA4503 on the electrically evoked release of (3)H-acetylcholine from striatal and hippocampal rat brain slices.
abstract: Recent microdialysis data has shown that the systemic administration of the selective sigma(1) receptor agonist SA4503 increases the extracellular levels of acetylcholine (ACh) in the hippocampus, but not the striatum, of freely moving rats. In the present study, we examined the effect of SA4503 on the electrically evoked release of (3)H-ACh in rat brain slices isolated from the hippocampus and striatum. At 100 and 300 nM concentrations of SA4503, the electrically evoked release of (3)H-ACh was increased in hippocampal but not striatal slices. Concentrations below 100 nM did not alter the electrically evoked release of (3)H-ACh in either brain area. These results tentatively suggest that the increase in extracellular ACh levels observed in the hippocampus after the systemic administration of SA4503 could in part be related to its interaction with sigma(1) receptors in the hippocampus.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratories, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Horan
authors.forename: Andrew N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Gifford
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuno
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mita
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ashby
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D018697:Nootropic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017480:Receptors, sigma / Q000502:physiology; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D018697:Nootropic Agents; D010879:Piperazines; D017480:Receptors, sigma; D014316:Tritium; C101789:SA 4503; D000109:Acetylcholine