Reduced glutamate-mediated synaptic transmission has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Because antipsychotic agents might exert their beneficial effects against schizophrenic symptoms by strengthening excitatory transmission in critical dopaminoceptive brain areas, in the present study we have studied the effects of acute and chronic haloperidol treatment on striatal synaptic plasticity. Repetitive stimulation of corticostriatal terminals in slices induced either long-term depression or long-term potentiation (LTP) of excitatory transmission in control rats, whereas it invariably induced NMDA receptor-dependent LTP in animals treated chronically with haloperidol. Haloperidol effects were mimicked and occluded in mice lacking both D2L and D2S isoforms of dopamine D2 receptors (D2R-/-), in mice lacking D2L receptors and expressing normal levels of D2S receptors (D2R-/-;D2L-/-), and in mice lacking D2L receptors and overexpressing D2S receptors (D2L-/-). These data indicate that the blockade of D2L receptors was responsible for the LTP-favoring action of haloperidol in the striatum. In contrast, overexpression of D2S receptors uncovered a facilitatory role of this receptor isoform in LTP formation because LTP recorded from D2L-/- mice, but not those recorded from wild-type, D2R-/-, and D2R-/-;D2L-/- mice, was insensitive to the pharmacological blockade of D1 receptors. The identification of the cellular, molecular, and receptor mechanisms involved in the action of haloperidol in the brain is essential to understand how antipsychotic agents exert their beneficial and side effects.

Centonze, D., Usiello, A., Costa, C., Picconi, B., Erbs, E., Bernardi, G., et al. (2004). Chronic haloperidol promotes corticostriatal long-term potentiation by targeting dopamine D2L receptors. THE JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 24(38), 8214-8222 [10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1274-04.2004].

Chronic haloperidol promotes corticostriatal long-term potentiation by targeting dopamine D2L receptors

CENTONZE, DIEGO;BERNARDI, GIORGIO;CALABRESI, PAOLO
2004-09-22

Abstract

Reduced glutamate-mediated synaptic transmission has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Because antipsychotic agents might exert their beneficial effects against schizophrenic symptoms by strengthening excitatory transmission in critical dopaminoceptive brain areas, in the present study we have studied the effects of acute and chronic haloperidol treatment on striatal synaptic plasticity. Repetitive stimulation of corticostriatal terminals in slices induced either long-term depression or long-term potentiation (LTP) of excitatory transmission in control rats, whereas it invariably induced NMDA receptor-dependent LTP in animals treated chronically with haloperidol. Haloperidol effects were mimicked and occluded in mice lacking both D2L and D2S isoforms of dopamine D2 receptors (D2R-/-), in mice lacking D2L receptors and expressing normal levels of D2S receptors (D2R-/-;D2L-/-), and in mice lacking D2L receptors and overexpressing D2S receptors (D2L-/-). These data indicate that the blockade of D2L receptors was responsible for the LTP-favoring action of haloperidol in the striatum. In contrast, overexpression of D2S receptors uncovered a facilitatory role of this receptor isoform in LTP formation because LTP recorded from D2L-/- mice, but not those recorded from wild-type, D2R-/-, and D2R-/-;D2L-/- mice, was insensitive to the pharmacological blockade of D1 receptors. The identification of the cellular, molecular, and receptor mechanisms involved in the action of haloperidol in the brain is essential to understand how antipsychotic agents exert their beneficial and side effects.
22-set-2004
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA
English
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Time Factors; Antipsychotic Agents; Receptors, Dopamine D2; Rats, Wistar; Mice, Knockout; Motor Activity; Cerebral Cortex; Organ Culture Techniques; Mice; Ligands; Dopamine Antagonists; Male; Protein Kinase C; Haloperidol; Neostriatum; Rats; Animals; Receptors, Dopamine D1; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Binding Sites; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Neuronal Plasticity; Long-Term Potentiation; Long-Term Synaptic Depression; Synaptic Transmission
Centonze, D., Usiello, A., Costa, C., Picconi, B., Erbs, E., Bernardi, G., et al. (2004). Chronic haloperidol promotes corticostriatal long-term potentiation by targeting dopamine D2L receptors. THE JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 24(38), 8214-8222 [10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1274-04.2004].
Centonze, D; Usiello, A; Costa, C; Picconi, B; Erbs, E; Bernardi, G; Borrelli, E; Calabresi, P
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