beta-Phenylethylamine modulates acetylcholine release in the rat striatum: involvement of a dopamine D(2) receptor mechanism

European Journal of Pharmacology
M KatoT Miyatake

Abstract

We examined the effects of beta-phenylethylamine on striatal acetylcholine release in freely moving rats using in vivo microdialysis. beta-Phenylethylamine at 12.5 mg/kg, i.p. did not affect acetylcholine release in the striatum, whereas 25 and 50 mg/kg, i.p. immediately induced an increase in acetylcholine release in the striatum at 15-45 min. This increase following intraperitoneal administration of beta-phenylethylamine (25 mg/kg) was not affected by locally applied SCH-23390 (R(+)-7-chloro-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine, 10 microM), a dopamine D(1) receptor antagonist, nor by raclopride (10 microM), a dopamine D(2) receptor antagonist. The increased release of acetylcholine induced by beta-phenylethylamine was suppressed by local infusion of tetrodotoxin (1 microM). In contrast, the extracellular acetylcholine level in the striatum was significantly decreased by local application of beta-phenylethylamine (10 and 100 microM) in the striatum via a microdialysis probe. The decrease was completely blocked by local co-application of raclopride (10 microM). The beta-phenylethylamine-induced decrease in striatal acetylcholine release was not affected by co-perfusion with SCH-23390 (10 microM). Thes...Continue Reading

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