Chronic cocaine treatment impairs the regulation of synaptosomal 3H-DA release by D2 autoreceptors

Su Jin Yi; Kenneth M. Johnson

doi:10.1016/0091-3057(90)90241-9

Chronic cocaine treatment impairs the regulation of synaptosomal ³H-DA release by D₂ autoreceptors

Su Jin Yi, Kenneth M. Johnson

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Abstract

The effect of repeated administration of cocaine on presynaptic D₂ autoreceptor sensitivity in synaptosomes was studied. In rats treated chronically with saline, the dopamine D₂ agonist 2-(N-propyl-N-2-thienylethylamino)-5-hydroxytetralin (N-0437) caused a significant inhibition of the Ca²⁺-evoked ³H-DA release from synaptosomes prepared from the nucleus accumbens and from the striatum; this effect was blocked by the D₂ antagonist sulpiride. However, chronic cocaine pretreatment abolished the effect of N-0437 in both areas, suggesting a subsensitivity of release-modulating terminal DA autoreceptors. Subsensitive DA autoreceptors would enhance stimulated DA release from mesolimbic and nigrostriatal terminals and may play a role in the behavioral sensitization observed in this paradigm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	457-461
Number of pages	5
Journal	Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior
Volume	36
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-3057(90)90241-9
State	Published - Jul 1990
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Behavioral sensitization
Chronic cocaine
DA autoreceptor
DA release

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Clinical Biochemistry
Biological Psychiatry
Behavioral Neuroscience

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