PMID- 15328036 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041108 LR - 20141120 IS - 0006-8993 (Print) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 1021 IP - 1 DP - 2004 Sep 17 TI - Dopamine D1/D5 receptor activation fails to initiate an activity-independent late-phase LTP in rat hippocampus. PG - 92-100 AB - The role of dopamine in the hippocampus remains poorly defined. Numerous studies have suggested that it acts as a neuromodulator of late-phase long-term potentiation (L-LTP) in CA1, while other reports controversially indicate that D1/D5 receptor (D1/D5R) activation may directly initiate activity-independent LTP. We have further investigated this putative role of dopamine in area CA1 in rat hippocampal slices using field potential recording techniques. Application of the dopamine D1/D5 receptor agonists SKF 38393 and 6-bromo-APB at 100 microM for 20 min did not induce an activity-independent L-LTP. Varying the incubation conditions still did not permit either SKF 38393 or an alternative D1/D5R agonist, 6-chloro-PB, to induce L-LTP. To further determine if intracellular mechanisms, which may act to limit the expression of LTP, were preventing D1/D5R-induced L-LTP expression, we inhibited protein phosphatase 1 activity by reducing cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) inhibition of inhibitor 1. Inhibition of cdk5 by roscovitine (10 microM, 40 min) did not facilitate the ability of SKF 38393 to induce L-LTP in CA1. Biochemical experiments confirmed that the concentration of agonist used significantly elevated intracellular cAMP levels, suggesting that effective D1/D5R activation was achieved. Furthermore, coactivation with NMDA receptors (NMDAR) resulted in a synergistic increase in cAMP. These findings demonstrate that D1/D5R activation in CA1 initiates intracellular second messenger accumulation, but that this is insufficient to induce an activity-independent L-LTP. FAU - Mockett, Bruce G AU - Mockett BG AD - Department of Psychology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand. mockettb@psy.otago.ac.nz FAU - Brooks, Wendy M AU - Brooks WM FAU - Tate, Warren P AU - Tate WP FAU - Abraham, Wickliffe C AU - Abraham WC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (Dopamine Agents) RN - 0 (Drd5 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D1) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 137750-35-7 (Receptors, Dopamine D5) RN - 6384-92-5 (N-Methylaspartate) RN - 67287-49-4 (2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) SB - IM MH - 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Cyclic AMP/metabolism MH - Dopamine Agents/pharmacology MH - Drug Synergism MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists/pharmacology MH - Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects/physiology MH - Hippocampus/*physiology MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Long-Term Potentiation/*physiology MH - Male MH - N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Dopamine D1/*physiology MH - Receptors, Dopamine D5 MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology MH - Synaptic Transmission/drug effects/physiology EDAT- 2004/08/26 05:00 MHDA- 2004/11/09 09:00 CRDT- 2004/08/26 05:00 PHST- 2004/06/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/08/26 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/11/09 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/08/26 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-8993(04)01034-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.06.039 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 2004 Sep 17;1021(1):92-100. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.06.039.