A metabotropic glutamate 2/3 receptor antagonist, MGS0039, increases extracellular dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens shell

• Published in: Neuroscience letters Vol. 393; no. 2; pp. 127 - 130
• Main Authors: Karasawa, Jun-ichi, Yoshimizu, Takao, Chaki, Shigeyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 30.01.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Area Under Curve; Biological and medical sciences; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds - pharmacology; Dicarboxylic Acids - pharmacology; Dopamine; Dopamine - metabolism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists - pharmacology; Extracellular Space - drug effects; Extracellular Space - metabolism; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Male; mGlu 2/3 receptors; MGS0039; Microdialysis; Microdialysis - methods; Nucleus accumbens; Nucleus Accumbens - drug effects; Nucleus Accumbens - metabolism; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate - antagonists & inhibitors; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Nucleus accumbens; mGlu 2/3 receptors; Microdialysis; Dopamine; MGS0039; Central nervous system; Basal ganglion; Glutamate receptor; Catecholamine; Extracellular; Encephalon; Neurotransmitter; Antagonist; Biological receptor
• ISSN: 0304-3940; 1872-7972
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.09.058

(1 R,2 R,3 R,5 R,6 R)-2-Amino-3-(3,4-dichlorobenzyloxy)-6-fluorobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (MGS0039), a potent and selective metabotropic glutamate 2/3 (mGlu 2/3) receptor antagonist, exhibits antidepressant-like activities in some animal models. In the present study, we examined the effect of MGS0039 on extracellular dopamine levels in the rat nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell using in vivo microdialysis evaluation because accumbal dopamine has been implicated in depression. Local application of MGS0039 into the NAc shell at 10 μM significantly increased extracellular dopamine levels in the NAc shell in freely moving rats. In contrast, local application of 10 μM of LY354740, an mGlu 2/3 receptor agonist, significantly decreased extracellular dopamine levels in the same brain region. These findings suggest that dopamine release in the NAc shell is regulated by mGlu 2/3 receptors, and that the effect on dopamine levels in the NAc shell may partially explain the antidepressant-like properties of mGlu 2/3 receptor antagonists.