title: AMPA receptor mediates mGlu 2/3 receptor antagonist-induced dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens shell.
abstract: The role of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) receptor activation in the regulation of dopamine release by the metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) 2/3 receptors in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell was investigated using an in vivo microdialysis evaluation. The local application of 10 microM of LY341495, an mGlu 2/3 receptor antagonist, significantly increased extracellular dopamine levels in the NAc shell in freely moving rats. Pretreatment with an AMPA receptor antagonist, NBQX (0.3 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly attenuated the increase in dopamine release induced by LY341495 application to the basal level, while the systemic administration of NBQX alone had no effect on dopamine release in this region of the brain. Moreover, the local application of an AMPA receptor potentiator, CX546, at 100 or 300 microM also enhanced dopamine release in the NAc shell in a concentration-dependent manner. These findings suggest that the activation of the postsynaptic AMPA receptor plays a role in mediating the regulation of dopamine release by the mGlu 2/3 receptor in the NAc shell.
authors.affiliation: Discovery Pharmacology, Molecular Function and Pharmacology Laboratories, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kita-ku, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun-ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: Daiji
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kambe
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaki
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004149:Dioxoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D014966:Xanthenes / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C443080:1-(1,4-benzodioxan-6-ylcarbonyl)piperidine; D000596:Amino Acids; D004149:Dioxoles; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; C114624:LY 341495; D010880:Piperidines; D011810:Quinoxalines; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D014966:Xanthenes; C108822:metabotropic glutamate receptor 2; C102718:metabotropic glutamate receptor 3; C062865:2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline; D004298:Dopamine