Intracerebroventricular administration of NMDA-R1 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide significantly alters the activity of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons: an electrophysiological study

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Koji TajiriM Kurachi

Abstract

In this study, we determined the activity of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons in male albino rats following the intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (aODN) against the mRNA for the NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor. In addition, the effect of aODN on the specific binding of the NMDA receptor ligand [(3)H]MK-801 was also examined in various brain areas, including the midbrain. Antisense ODN against the NR1 mRNA, the corresponding sense ODN (sODN) or saline was continuously administered into the right ventricle of rats by osmotic minipumps for 7 days (20 nmol/day). Autoradiographic binding studies indicated that aODN significantly reduced the density of [(3)H]MK-801 binding by an average of 20-30% in several forebrain regions, including the anterior cingulate cortex, caudate putamen, and nucleus accumbens. However, [(3)H]MK-801 binding was not significantly altered in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) or substantia nigra pars compacta (SNC). Subsequently, using the technique of extracellular single-unit recording, the number, as well as the firing pattern, of spontaneously active DA neurons was determined in the VTA and SNC. The administration of aODN did not significantly alter the number...Continue Reading

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