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Study of Dopamine Turnover by Monitoring the Decline of Dopamine Metabolites in Rat CSF After α‐Methyl‐ p ‐Tyrosine

Study of Dopamine Turnover by Monitoring the Decline of Dopamine Metabolites in Rat CSF After... Abstract: CSF was continuously withdrawn from the third ventricle of anesthetized rats. CSF 3,4‐dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 5‐hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentrations were determined every 15 min by liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection. Acute tyrosine hydroxylase inhibition (with α‐methyl‐p‐tyrosine (α‐MPT)) induced an exponential decline in levels of DOPAC and HVA in CSF. The decline in DOPAC and HVA concentrations was identical in CSF and forebrain but was much slower in the striatum, suggesting that CSF metabolites of 3,4‐dihydroxyphenylethylamine (dopamine) reflect whole forebrain metabolites. The decay in CSF DOPAC and HVA levels after dopamine synthesis inhibition was also used as an in vivo index of forebrain dopamine turnover after various pharmacological treatments. Haloperidol pretreatment accelerated this decay, confirming the increase in brain dopamine turnover induced by neuroleptics. After reserpine pretreatment (15 h before), α‐MPT produced a very sharp decay in levels of DOPAC and HVA. This result indicates that the residual dopamine that cannot be stored after reserpine treatment is very rapidly renewed and metabolized. Nomifensine strongly diminished the slope of DOPAC and HVA level decreases after α‐MPT, a result which can be explained either by a slower dopamine turnover or by the involvement of storage dopamine pools. These results exemplify the use of monitoring the decay of dopamine metabolites after α‐MPT administration in the study of the pharmacological action of drugs on the central nervous system of the rat. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neurochemistry Wiley

Study of Dopamine Turnover by Monitoring the Decline of Dopamine Metabolites in Rat CSF After α‐Methyl‐ p ‐Tyrosine

Mignot, E.; Laude, D.
Journal of Neurochemistry , Volume 45 (5) – Nov 1, 1985
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0022-3042
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Abstract: CSF was continuously withdrawn from the third ventricle of anesthetized rats. CSF 3,4‐dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 5‐hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentrations were determined every 15 min by liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection. Acute tyrosine hydroxylase inhibition (with α‐methyl‐p‐tyrosine (α‐MPT)) induced an exponential decline in levels of DOPAC and HVA in CSF. The decline in DOPAC and HVA concentrations was identical in CSF and forebrain but was much slower in the striatum, suggesting that CSF metabolites of 3,4‐dihydroxyphenylethylamine (dopamine) reflect whole forebrain metabolites. The decay in CSF DOPAC and HVA levels after dopamine synthesis inhibition was also used as an in vivo index of forebrain dopamine turnover after various pharmacological treatments. Haloperidol pretreatment accelerated this decay, confirming the increase in brain dopamine turnover induced by neuroleptics. After reserpine pretreatment (15 h before), α‐MPT produced a very sharp decay in levels of DOPAC and HVA. This result indicates that the residual dopamine that cannot be stored after reserpine treatment is very rapidly renewed and metabolized. Nomifensine strongly diminished the slope of DOPAC and HVA level decreases after α‐MPT, a result which can be explained either by a slower dopamine turnover or by the involvement of storage dopamine pools. These results exemplify the use of monitoring the decay of dopamine metabolites after α‐MPT administration in the study of the pharmacological action of drugs on the central nervous system of the rat.

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Published: Nov 1, 1985

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