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Catecholaminergic activation of G-protein coupling in rat spinal cord: further evidence for the existence of dopamine and noradrenaline receptors in spinal grey and white matter.

Abstract：

:[35S]GTPgammaS autoradiography of slide-mounted tissue sections was used to examine G-protein coupling in the rat spinal cord, as stimulated by dopamine, the D1 receptor agonist SKF 38393, noradrenaline, and noradrenaline in the presence of the alpha adrenoceptor antagonist, phentolamine. Measurements were obtained from the different laminae of spinal grey and from the dorsal, lateral, and ventral columns of white matter, at cervical, thoracic, and lumbar levels. At every level, there was a relatively strong basal incorporation of GTPgammaS in laminae II-III>lamina IV-X of spinal grey, even in presence of DPCPX to block endogenous activation by adenosine A1 receptors. Dopamine, and to a lesser degree SKF 38393, but not the D2 receptor agonist quinpirole, stimulated G-protein coupling in laminae IV-X. Both dopamine and SKF 38393 also induced a weak but significant activation throughout the white matter. In both grey and white matter, the activation by dopamine was markedly reduced in presence of a selective D1 receptor antagonist. Noradrenaline strongly stimulated coupling throughout the spinal grey at all levels, an effect that was uniformly reduced in the presence of phentolamine. With or without phentolamine, there was also significant stimulation by noradrenaline in the white matter. Under the same experimental conditions, alpha 1, alpha 2, and beta adrenergic receptor agonists failed to activate GTPgammaS incorporation in either grey or white matter. However, in the presence of selective alpha 1 or alpha 2 receptor antagonist, significant reductions of noradrenaline-stimulated GTPgammaS incorporation were observed in both grey and white matter. The beta antagonist propanolol reduced GTPgammaS incorporation in grey matter only. Thus, the results confirmed the existence of D1 dopamine receptors and of alpha 1, alpha 2, and beta adrenergic receptors in the grey matter of rat spinal cord. In white matter, they strongly suggested the presence of dopamine D1, and of alpha 1 and alpha 2 adrenergic receptors on glia and/or microvessels, that might be activated by diffuse transmission in vivo.

journal_name

Brain Res

journal_title

Brain research

authors

Venugopalan VV,Ghali Z,Sénécal J,Reader TA,Descarries L

doi

10.1016/j.brainres.2005.10.101

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-27 00:00:00

pages

90-100

issue

eissn

0006-8993

issn

1872-6240

pii

S0006-8993(05)01572-6

journal_volume

1070

pub_type

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Catecholaminergic activation of G-protein coupling in rat spinal cord: further evidence for the existence of dopamine and noradrenaline receptors in spinal grey and white matter.