Different roles of group I and group II metabotropic glutarnate receptors on phencyclidine-induced doparnine release in the rat prefrontal cortex

The dopamine system in the limbic-prefrontal cortex has been assumed to play an important role in the cognitive dysfunction of schizophrenia and phencyclidine (PCP)-induced psychosis. In the present study, the role of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor subtypes on PCP-induced cortical dopamine release was investigated using the microdialysis technique. Infusion of 50 and 100 muM of non-selective mGlu receptor agonist trans-(1S,3R)-1-amino-1,3-cyclopentane-dicarboxylic acid inhibited PCP-induced dopamine release, while the basal dopamine level was not significantly affected. A similar inhibition of PCP-induced dopamine release was observed with 100 and 500 muM of selective group I mGlu receptor agonist, (+)-3-hydroxy-phenylglycine. On the other hand, infusion of 10 muM of selective group II mGlu receptor agonist, 2-(2, 3-dicarboxycyclopropyl)-glycine, enhanced the PCP-induced dopamine increase. These results suggest that group I and II mGlu receptors exert opposite modulations on the PCP-induced dopamine release. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.