Effect of chronic desipramine treatment on adrenoceptor modulation of [3H]dopamine release from rat nucleus accumbens slices
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1985
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Nurse B.
Russell V.A.
Taljaard J.J.F.
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The effects of α2- and β-adrenoceptor agonists on the 25 mM K+-induced release of [3H]dopamine ([3H]DA) from nucleus accumbens slices of chronic desipramine (DMI)- and saline-treated rats were investigated using a superfusion technique. The K+-induced release of [3H]DA from nucleus accumbens slices was shown to be Ca2+ dependent and to be enhanced by ascorbic acid. In experiments with isoproterenol, ascorbic acid was added to the superfusion media in order to prevent the otherwise rapid oxidation of the drug. The K+-induced release of [3H]DA from nucleus accumbens slices of saline-treated rats was significantly decreased by the α2-adrenoceptor agonist, clonidine (10 μM; 89 ± 2.4% of control values; P < 0.002), and significantly enhanced by the β-adrenoceptor agonist, isoproterenol (1 and 10 μM; 122 ± 4.3 and 171 ± 2.9% of control values, P < 0.002 and P < 0.001, respectively). The basal release of [3H]DA was strongly enhanced by 10 μM but not 1 μM isoproterenol. Chronic DMI pretreatment (10 mg/kg i.p. for 28 days) did not significantly alter the K+-induced release of [3H]DA. Chronic DMI treatment attenuated the α2-adrenoceptor-mediated inhibition of [3H]DA release, while the β-adrenoceptor-mediated stimulation remained unchanged. The net effect of chronic DMI treatment therefore would appear to be a facilitation of dopaminergic neurotransmission in the mesolimbic system. This is consistent with behavioural evidence which suggests that the function of the mesolimbic dopaminergic reward system is facilitated by chronic treatment with antidepressant drugs.
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adrenergic receptor, alpha 2 adrenergic receptor, ascorbic acid, beta adrenergic receptor, clonidine, desipramine, isoprenaline, nialamide, radioisotope, animal experiment, central nervous system, dopamine h 3, drug interaction, eighth nerve nucleus, nerve cell membrane potential, nervous system, nonhuman, priority journal, rat, Animal, Calcium, Clonidine, Comparative Study, Desipramine, Dopamine, Drug Interactions, In Vitro, Isoproterenol, Male, Nucleus Accumbens, Rats, Rats, Inbred Strains, Receptors, Adrenergic, Septal Nuclei, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Brain Research
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334
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