title: Control of the subthalamic innervation of the rat globus pallidus by D2/3 and D4 dopamine receptors.
abstract: The effects of activating dopaminergic D(2/3) and D(4) receptors during activation of the subthalamic projection to the globus pallidus (GP) were explored in rat brain slices using the whole cell patch-clamp technique. Byocitin labeling and both orthodromic and antidromic activation demonstrated the integrity of some subthalamopallidal connections in in vitro parasagittal brain slices. Excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) that could be blocked by CNQX and AP5 were evoked onto pallidal neurons by local field stimulation of the subthalamopallidal pathway in the presence of bicuculline. Bath application of dopamine and quinpirole, a dopaminergic D(2)-class receptor agonist, reduced evoked EPSCs by about 35%. This effect was only partially blocked by sulpiride, a D(2/3) receptor antagonist. The sulpiride-sensitive reduction of the subthalamopallidal EPSC was associated with an increase in the paired-pulse ratio (PPR) and a reduction in the frequency but not the mean amplitude of spontaneous EPSCs (sEPSCs), indicative of a presynaptic site of action, which was confirmed by variance-mean analysis. The sulpiride-resistant EPSC reduction was mimicked by PD 168,077 and blocked by L-745,870, selective D(4) receptor agonist and antagonist, respectively, suggesting the involvement of D(4) receptors. The reduction of EPSCs produced by PD 168,077 was not accompanied by changes in PPR or the frequency of sEPSCs; however, it was accompanied by a reduction in mean sEPSC amplitude, indicative of a postsynaptic site of action. These results show that dopamine modulates subthalamopallidal excitation by presynaptic D(2/3) and postsynaptic D(4) receptors. The importance of this modulation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Biofísica, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, UNAM, PO Box 70-253, Mexico City, DF 04510 Mexico.
authors.forename: Adán
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Osvaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ibáñez-Sandoval
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sierra
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valdiosera
authors.forename: Dagoberto
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anaya
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galarraga
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bargas
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aceves
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D050637:Receptors, Dopamine D3 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D050638:Receptors, Dopamine D4 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D020530:Subthalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C099630:3-((4-(4-chlorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrrolo(2,3-b)pyridine; D001549:Benzamides; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; C477501:N-((4-(2-cyanophenyl)-1-piperazinyl)methyl)-3-methylbenzamide; D010879:Piperazines; D011725:Pyridines; D011758:Pyrroles; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D050637:Receptors, Dopamine D3; D050638:Receptors, Dopamine D4; D004298:Dopamine