title: L-type Ca2+ channel blockers promote Ca2+ accumulation when dopamine receptors are activated in striatal neurons.
abstract: Dopamine (DA) receptor-mediated signal transduction and gene expression play a central role in many brain disorders from schizophrenia to Parkinson's disease to addiction. While trying to evaluate the role of L-type Ca2+ channels in dopamine D1 receptor-mediated phosphorylation of the transcription factor cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB), we found that activation of dopamine D1 receptors alters the properties of L-type Ca2+ channel inhibitors and turns them into facilitators of Ca2+ influx. In D1 receptor-stimulated neurons, L-type Ca2+ channel blockers promote cytosolic Ca2+ accumulation. This leads to the activation of a molecular signal transduction pathway and CREB phosphorylation. In the absence of dopamine receptor stimulation, L-type Ca2+ channel blockers inhibit CREB phosphorylation. The effect of dopamine on L-type Ca2+ channel blockers is dependent on protein kinase A (PKA), suggesting that protein phosphorylation plays a role in this phenomenon. Because of the adverse effect of activated dopamine receptors on L-type Ca2+ channel blocker action, the role of L-type Ca2+ channels in the dopamine D1 receptor signal transduction pathway cannot be assessed with pharmacological tools. However, with antisense technology, we demonstrate that L-type Ca2+ channels contribute to D1 receptor-mediated CREB phosphorylation. We conclude that the D1 receptor signal transduction pathway depends on L-type Ca2+ channels to mediate CREB phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MRC215, 115 Mill Street Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
authors.forename: Molly E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Macías
authors.forename: Rachael M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Youngs
authors.forename: Anjali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajadhyaksha
authors.forename: Joshua T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Dudman
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Konradi
mesh_terms: D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology*; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D015647:2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium