PMID- 11906529 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020523 LR - 20190815 IS - 0953-816X (Print) IS - 0953-816X (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 5 DP - 2002 Mar TI - Group III metabotropic glutamate receptors and D1-like and D2-like dopamine receptors interact in the rat nucleus accumbens to influence locomotor activity. PG - 869-75 AB - Evidence for functional interactions between metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors and dopamine (DA) neurotransmission is now clearly established. In the present study, we investigated interactions between group III mGlu receptors and D1- and D2-like receptors in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc). Administration, into the NAcc, of the selective group III mGlu receptor agonist, AP4, resulted in an increase in locomotor activity, which was blocked by pretreatment with the group III mGlu receptor antagonist, MPPG. In addition, pretreatment with AP4 further blocked the increase in motor activity induced by the D1-like receptor agonist, SKF 38393, but potentiated the locomotor responses induced by either the D2-like receptor agonist, quinpirole, or coinfusion of SKF 38393 and quinpirole. MPPG reversed the effects of AP4 on the motor responses induced by D1-like and/or D2-like receptor activation. These results confirm that glutamate transmission may control DA-dependent locomotor function through mGlu receptors and further indicate that group III mGlu receptors oppose the behavioural response produced by D1-like receptor activation and favour those produced by D2-like receptor activation. FAU - David, Helene N AU - David HN AD - UMR CNRS 6551, Centre CYCERON, BP 5229, Universite de Caen Basse-Normandie, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, 14074 Caen cedex, France. FAU - Abraini, Jacques H AU - Abraini JH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - France TA - Eur J Neurosci JT - The European journal of neuroscience JID - 8918110 RN - 0 (Dopamine Agonists) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D1) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D2) RN - 0 (Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Dopamine/metabolism MH - Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Interactions/physiology MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists/pharmacology MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Glutamic Acid/metabolism MH - Male MH - Motor Activity/drug effects/*physiology MH - Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Nucleus Accumbens/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Dopamine D1/agonists/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Dopamine D2/agonists/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/agonists/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Synaptic Transmission/drug effects/*physiology EDAT- 2002/03/22 10:00 MHDA- 2002/05/25 10:01 CRDT- 2002/03/22 10:00 PHST- 2002/03/22 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/05/25 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/03/22 10:00 [entrez] AID - 1919 [pii] AID - 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01919.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Neurosci. 2002 Mar;15(5):869-75. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01919.x.