title: Differential regulation of the mesoaccumbens dopamine circuit by serotonin2C receptors in the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens: an in vivo microdialysis study with cocaine.
abstract: Stimulation of central serotonin2C receptor (5-HT(2C)R) inhibits dopamine (DA)-dependent neurochemical and behavioral effects of cocaine, while 5-HT(2C)Rs locally expressed into the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the nucleus accumbens (NAc) exert opposite functional control over cocaine-induced behavioral effects. Using in vivo microdialysis in halothane-anesthetized rats, we tested the hypothesis that this functionally opposite regulation of the mesoaccumbens DA pathway relies on the ability of 5-HT(2C)Rs in the VTA and the NAc to inhibit and enhance respectively cocaine-induced accumbal DA outflow. Intra-VTA injection of the 5-HT(2C)R agonist Ro 60-0175 at 5 microg/0.2 microl, but not 1 microg/0.2 microl, attenuated the increase in accumbal DA outflow induced by the systemic administration of 10 mg/kg of cocaine. Intra-VTA injection of the 5-HT(2C)R antagonist SB 242084 at either dose (0.1 or 0.5 microg/0.2 microl) did not modify the effects of cocaine. Intra-NAc application of Ro 60-0175 dose-dependently excited (0.1 microM) and inhibited (1 microM) cocaine-induced DA outflow. In contrast, intra-NAc application of SB 242084 resulted in diametrically opposite effects when applied at these concentrations. These results further support the idea that the overall action of central 5-HT(2C)Rs on accumbal DA output is dependent, at least in part, on the functional balance between different 5-HT(2C)R populations within the NAc and within the mesoaccumbens DA pathway (VTA vs NAc).
authors: Unité Mixte de Recherche-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR-CNRS) 5541, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux Cedex, France.
authors: Sylvia
authors: S
authors: Navailles
authors: Delphine
authors: D
authors: Moison
authors: Kathryn A
authors: KA
authors: Cunningham
authors: Umberto
authors: U
authors: Spampinato
mesh_terms: D000631:Aminopyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003042:Cocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D005021:Ethylamines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D007211:Indoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017557:Ventral Tegmental Area / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C107820:6-chloro-5-methyl-1-((2-(2-methylpyrid-3-yloxy)pyrid-5-yl)carbamoyl)indoline; D000631:Aminopyridines; D005021:Ethylamines; D007211:Indoles; D044405:Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C; C103848:Ro 60-0175; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D003042:Cocaine; D004298:Dopamine