PMID- 9376541 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19971107 LR - 20190718 IS - 0959-4965 (Print) IS - 0959-4965 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 13 DP - 1997 Sep 8 TI - Dopamine D2 receptor upregulation in rat neostriatum following in vivo infusion of forskolin. PG - 2971-6 AB - Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) forskolin infusion for 5 days resulted in a concentration-dependent increase in rat striatal dopamine (DA) D2 receptors measured with [3H]raclopride. In animals given 50 nmol/h forskolin, the highest concentration used, raclopride-mediated suppression of spontaneous locomotor activity was attenuated, and (+/-)-7-hydroxy-dipropyl-aminotetralin HBr (7-OH-DPAT)-mediated inhibition of striatal DA synthesis, as estimated by the accumulation of DOPA following inhibition of cerebral decarboxylase, was enhanced. These data suggest that the DA D2 receptor increase comprises receptors localized both post- and presynaptically. The density of striatal DA D1 receptors was also changed with the forskolin treatment, in a concentration-dependent fashion, but in the opposite direction to DA D2 receptors. These findings suggest that striatal DA receptor sensitivity can be changed by manipulation at the second messenger level (e.g. independent of direct neurotransmitter-receptor interactions) in vivo. FAU - Wanderoy, M H AU - Wanderoy MH AD - CNS Preclinical R&D, Astra Arcus AB, Sodertalje, Sweden. FAU - Westlind-Danielsson, A AU - Westlind-Danielsson A FAU - Ahlenius, S AU - Ahlenius S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Neuroreport JT - Neuroreport JID - 9100935 RN - 0 (Dopamine Agonists) RN - 0 (Dopamine Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D2) RN - 0 (Salicylamides) RN - 0 (Tetrahydronaphthalenes) RN - 1F7A44V6OU (Colforsin) RN - 430K3SOZ7G (Raclopride) RN - RR7D75YDF4 (7-hydroxy-2-N,N-dipropylaminotetralin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cerebral Ventricles MH - Colforsin/*pharmacology MH - Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology MH - Dopamine Antagonists/pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Infusions, Parenteral MH - Male MH - Neostriatum/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Raclopride MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptors, Dopamine D2/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Salicylamides/pharmacology MH - Tetrahydronaphthalenes/pharmacology MH - Up-Regulation EDAT- 1997/10/06 00:00 MHDA- 1997/10/06 00:01 CRDT- 1997/10/06 00:00 PHST- 1997/10/06 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/10/06 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/10/06 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1097/00001756-199709080-00033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroreport. 1997 Sep 8;8(13):2971-6. doi: 10.1097/00001756-199709080-00033.