A2A receptor is highly coexpressed with enkephalin and D2 receptor in striatopallidal neurons. A2A antagonists acutely enhance motor behavior in animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) and are therefore considered potential PD therapeutic agents. Analysis of gene expression regulation using pharmacologic tools or A2A receptor-deficient mice (A2A-/-) shows that the A2A receptor positively and tonically controls the expression of enkephalin and immediate early genes in striatopallidal neurons. Because this regulation strictly mirrors the effect of D2 receptor, these data strongly support the hypothesis that A2A antagonists reduce the activity of striatopallidal neurons in models of PD. However, analysis of A2A-/- mice suggests additional effects of A2A receptor in the control of striatal physiology. Unexpectedly, these animals exhibited a reduction in exploratory activity and a 50% reduction in substance P expression. This was associated with a 45% decrease in the striatal extracellular dopamine concentration, suggesting that chronic absence of A2A receptor results in a functional hypodopaminergic state in the striatum. The A2A receptor controls inhibitory synaptic transmission negatively in the striatum and positively in the globus pallidus; this further supports the efficacy of A2A antagonists in reducing the activity of striatopallidal neurons in PD. The A2A receptor does not modulate basal alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole proprionic acid (AMPA)-mediated excitatory corticoaccumbal synaptic transmission during normal physiologic conditions. However, genetic inactivation or pharmacologic blockade of the A2A receptor significantly reduced long-term potentiation (LTP) at this synapse. Therefore, this receptor is implicated in the induction of corticoaccumbal LTP, an effect that could be related to its involvement in long-term behavioral sensitization to repeated dopaminergic treatment.

A2A receptor and striatal cellular functions: Regulation of gene expression, currents and synaptic transmission / Schiffmann, S. N.; Dassesse, D.; D'Alcantara, P.; Ledent, C.; Swillens, S.; Zoli, Michele. - In: NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0028-3878. - STAMPA. - 61:11(2003), pp. S24-S29. [10.1212/01.wnl.0000095207.66853.0d]

A2A receptor and striatal cellular functions: Regulation of gene expression, currents and synaptic transmission

ZOLI, Michele
2003

Abstract

A2A receptor is highly coexpressed with enkephalin and D2 receptor in striatopallidal neurons. A2A antagonists acutely enhance motor behavior in animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) and are therefore considered potential PD therapeutic agents. Analysis of gene expression regulation using pharmacologic tools or A2A receptor-deficient mice (A2A-/-) shows that the A2A receptor positively and tonically controls the expression of enkephalin and immediate early genes in striatopallidal neurons. Because this regulation strictly mirrors the effect of D2 receptor, these data strongly support the hypothesis that A2A antagonists reduce the activity of striatopallidal neurons in models of PD. However, analysis of A2A-/- mice suggests additional effects of A2A receptor in the control of striatal physiology. Unexpectedly, these animals exhibited a reduction in exploratory activity and a 50% reduction in substance P expression. This was associated with a 45% decrease in the striatal extracellular dopamine concentration, suggesting that chronic absence of A2A receptor results in a functional hypodopaminergic state in the striatum. The A2A receptor controls inhibitory synaptic transmission negatively in the striatum and positively in the globus pallidus; this further supports the efficacy of A2A antagonists in reducing the activity of striatopallidal neurons in PD. The A2A receptor does not modulate basal alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole proprionic acid (AMPA)-mediated excitatory corticoaccumbal synaptic transmission during normal physiologic conditions. However, genetic inactivation or pharmacologic blockade of the A2A receptor significantly reduced long-term potentiation (LTP) at this synapse. Therefore, this receptor is implicated in the induction of corticoaccumbal LTP, an effect that could be related to its involvement in long-term behavioral sensitization to repeated dopaminergic treatment.
2003
61
11
S24
S29
A2A receptor and striatal cellular functions: Regulation of gene expression, currents and synaptic transmission / Schiffmann, S. N.; Dassesse, D.; D'Alcantara, P.; Ledent, C.; Swillens, S.; Zoli, Michele. - In: NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0028-3878. - STAMPA. - 61:11(2003), pp. S24-S29. [10.1212/01.wnl.0000095207.66853.0d]
Schiffmann, S. N.; Dassesse, D.; D'Alcantara, P.; Ledent, C.; Swillens, S.; Zoli, Michele
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