SEROTONIN REGULATION OF TACHYKININ BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE RAT NEOSTRIATUM

被引:54
作者
WALKER, PD [1 ]
RILEY, LA [1 ]
HART, RP [1 ]
JONAKAIT, GM [1 ]
机构
[1] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,DEPT BIOL SCI,NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ 08903
关键词
PREPROTACHYKININ; SUBSTANCE-P; SEROTONIN; TACHYKININ; NEOSTRIATUM; MESSENGER RNA;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(91)91155-T
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmission was altered to determine its role in regulating the biosynthesis of tachykinins in the neostriatum (NS). Depletion of 5-HT with subchronic p-chlorophenylalanine (pCPA) treatment decreased preprotachykinin (PPT, the prohormone precursor to SP) mRNA levels in the NS. By contrast, raising extracellular 5-HT levels with zimelidine (a 5-HT uptake inhibitor) or clorgyline (a monoamine oxidase inhibitor) resulted in increased levels of PPT mRNA. To determine whether 5-HT receptors played a role in mediating the changes in PPT mRNA, animals were treated with the 5-HT2 agonist DOI. This drug significantly increased both PPT mRNA and SP-like immunoreactivity in the NS. These results together indicate that neostriatal tachykinin biosynthesis is sensitive to alterations in 5-HT neurotransmission.
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