The striatum as a target for anti-rigor effects of an antagonist of mGluR1, but not an agonist of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to find out whether the metabotropic receptor 1 (mGluR1) and group II mGluRs, localized in the striatum, are involved in antiparkinsonian-like effects in rats. Haloperidol (1 mg/kg ip) induced parkinsonian-like muscle rigidity, measured as an increased resistance of a rat's hind foot to passive flexion and extension at the ankle joint. (RS)-1-aminoindan-1,5-dicarboxylic acid (AIDA; 0.5-15 microg/0.5 microl), a potent and selective mGluR1 antagonist, or (2R,4R)-4-aminopyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate (2R,4R-APDC; 7.5-15 microg/0.5 microl), a selective group II agonist, was injected bilaterally into the striatum of haloperidol-treated animals. AIDA in doses of 7.5-15 microg/0.5 microl diminished the haloperidol-induced muscle rigidity. In contrast, 2R,4R-APDC injections were ineffective. The present results may suggest that the blockade of striatal mGluR1, but not the stimulation of group II mGluRs, may ameliorate parkinsonian muscle rigidity.

• Authors: Krystyna Ossowska, Jolanta Konieczny, Andrzej Pilc, Stanislaw Wolfarth
• Journal: Brain research (Brain Res) Vol. 950 Issue 1-2 Pg. 88-94 (Sep 20 2002) ISSN: 0006-8993 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 12231232 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antiparkinson Agents
• Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
• metabotropic glutamate receptor 2
• metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1

Topics

• Animals
• Antiparkinson Agents (administration & dosage)
• Corpus Striatum (drug effects, physiology)
• Drug Delivery Systems (methods)
• Male
• Parkinsonian Disorders (chemically induced, drug therapy, physiopathology)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate (agonists, antagonists & inhibitors, physiology)