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D-1 and D-2 receptor blockade have additive cataleptic effects in mice, but receptor effects may interact in opposite ways.

Abstract
The dopaminergic role of D-1 and D-2 receptors in catalepsy was evaluated using drugs with preferential receptor affinities. The D-1 antagonist, SCH 23390, caused distinct catalepsy in mice at 1, 2, and 10 mg/kg, IP, but not at two lower doses. The selective D-1 blocker, molindone, also caused catalepsy at 5 and 10 mg/kg; and blockade of both receptor types produced additive cataleptogenic effects. Apomorphine (4 mg/kg), which is an agonist for both receptors, potentiated SCH 23390-induced catalepsy much more than it did the catalepsy induced by molindone; the potentiation was produced by higher, not lower, doses of apomorphine. To determine if the apomorphine potentiation was mediated by D-1 or D-2 receptors, we tested selective agonists in mice that were concurrently injected with selective blockers. SCH 23390-induced catalepsy was potentiated by a large dose of the D-2 agonist, bromocriptine. The catalepsy of D-2 blockade with molindone was not potentiated by the D-1 agonist, SKF 38393, which slightly disrupted the catalepsy of D-2 blockade. We conclude that catalepsy is not a simple D-2 blockade phenomenon and that preferential antagonism of either receptor type can cause catalepsy. Catalepsy is most profound when both receptor types are blocked. Dopamine agonists, in large concentrations, are known to promote movements, and thus it is not surprising that they tend to disrupt catalepsy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
AuthorsW R Klemm, H Block
JournalPharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior (Pharmacol Biochem Behav) Vol. 29 Issue 2 Pg. 223-9 (Feb 1988) ISSN: 0091-3057 [Print] United States
PMID3283778 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Benzazepines
  • Receptors, Dopamine
  • Bromocriptine
  • 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine
  • Apomorphine
  • Molindone
Topics
  • 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine
  • Animals
  • Apomorphine (pharmacology)
  • Benzazepines (pharmacology)
  • Bromocriptine (pharmacology)
  • Catalepsy (etiology, physiopathology)
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Molindone (pharmacology)
  • Motor Activity (drug effects, physiology)
  • Receptors, Dopamine (drug effects, physiology)

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