title: Effects of the NMDA receptor antagonists on deltamethrin-induced striatal dopamine release in conscious unrestrained rats.
abstract: To better understand the neurotoxicity caused by the pyrethroid pesticide, we examined the effects of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists MK-801, a non-competitive cation channel blocker, and 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (APV), a competitive Na(+) channel blocker, on extracellular dopamine levels in male Sprague-Dawley rats receiving the type II pyrethroid deltamethrin using an in vivo microdialysis system. Deltamethrin (60 mg/kg, i.p.) evidently increased striatal dopamine levels with a peak time of 120 min, and the local infusion (i.c.) of either MK-801(650 muM) or APV (500 muM) completely blocked these actions. The fluctuation in the dopamine metabolite 3-MT also resembled that in dopamine. Our results suggest that dopamine-releasing neurons would be modulated via the NMDA receptor by the excitatory glutamatergic neurons after deltamethrin treatment.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Medicine Academic Group, Iwate University, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuhama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003243:Consciousness; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D009570:Nitriles / Q000633:toxicity*; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D007306:Insecticides; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; C017180:decamethrin; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; C056639:2-amino-5-phosphopentanoic acid; D014633:Valine; D004298:Dopamine