Antagonism of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 attenuates l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia and its molecular and neurochemical correlates in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

Abstract

Metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 (mGluR5) modulates dopamine and glutamate neurotransmission at central synapses. In this study, we addressed the role of mGluR5 in l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia, a movement disorder that is due to abnormal activation of both dopamine and glutamate receptors in the basal ganglia. A selective and potent mGluR5 antagonist, 3-[(2-methyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)ethynyl] pyridine, was tested for its ability to modulate molecular, behavioural and neurochemical correlates of dyskinesia in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats treated with l-DOPA. The compound significantly attenuated the induction of abnormal involuntary movements (AIMs) by chronic l-DOPA treatment at doses that did not interfere with the rat physiological motor activities. These effects were paralleled by an attenuation of molecular changes that are strongly associated with the dyskinesiogenic action of l-DOPA (i.e. up-regulation of prodynorphin mRNA in striatal neurons). Using in vivo microdialysis, we found a temporal correlation between the expression of l-DOPA-induced AIMs and an increased GABA outflow within the substantia nigra pars reticulata. When co-administered with l-DOPA, 3-[(2-methyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)ethynyl] pyridine greatly attenuated both the increase in nigral GABA levels and the expression of AIMs. These data demonstrate that mGluR5 antagonism produces strong anti-dyskinetic effects in an animal model of Parkinson's disease through central inhibition of the molecular and neurochemical underpinnings of l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia.

• Authors: Flora Mela, Matteo Marti, Andrzej Dekundy, Wojciech Danysz, Michele Morari, M Angela Cenci
• Journal: Journal of neurochemistry (J Neurochem) Vol. 101 Issue 2 Pg. 483-97 (Apr 2007) ISSN: 0022-3042 [Print] England
• PMID: 17359492 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antiparkinson Agents
• Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
• Grm5 protein, rat
• Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5
• Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
• Glutamic Acid
• Levodopa
• gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Topics

• Animals
• Antiparkinson Agents (adverse effects)
• Brain (drug effects, metabolism, physiopathology)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Drug Interactions (physiology)
• Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced (drug therapy, metabolism, physiopathology)
• Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists (pharmacology)
• Glutamic Acid (metabolism)
• Levodopa (adverse effects)
• Microdialysis
• Neural Inhibition (drug effects, physiology)
• Parkinson Disease (drug therapy, metabolism, physiopathology)
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley
• Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5
• Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Substantia Nigra (drug effects, metabolism, physiopathology)
• Synaptic Transmission (drug effects, physiology)
• gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (metabolism)