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Query: EC:4.6.1.1 (
adenylate cyclase
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The effect of alpha- and beta-adrenergic agonists has been studied on the release of newly synthesized [3H]glutamate and [3H]
GABA
from slices of rat cerebellum. The beta 2-adrenergic agonist salbutamol, and also noradrenaline in the presence of the alpha-adrenergic antagonist phentolamine, both potentiated the K+-evoked release of [3H]glutamate. This potentiation appears to be mediated by
adenylate cyclase
activation. No effects of beta-adrenergic stimulation were observed on [3H]
GABA
release. The alpha-adrenergic agonist clonidine inhibited both the [3H]glutamate and the [3H]
GABA
release evoked by K+. The results suggest that noradrenergic modulation of cerebellar activity may have a presynaptic as well as postsynaptic origin.
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PMID:Noradrenergic modulation of glutamate release in the cerebellum. 612 32
In dopamine (DA) receptor binding tests two different receptor populations can be measured. By using 3H-haloperidol or 3H-spiroperidol as ligands D-2 receptors are detected. When the thioxanthene neuroleptics 3H-cis (Z)-flupenthixol or 3H-piflutixol are used as ligands D-1 receptors coupled to
adenylate cyclase
can be detected. In displacement experiments butyrophenones (haloperidol and spiroperidol) and diphenylbutylpiperidines (pimozide) interact with D-2 receptors only, whereas thioxanthenes (cis [Z]-flupenthixol, cis [Z]-piflutixol and cis [Z]-clopenthixol) have equal affinity for D-1 and D-2 receptors. A similar differentiation is also seen in behavioral studies. The methylphenidate antagonistic effect of butyrophenones and diphenylbutylpiperidines is dramatically attenuated by concomitant treatment with an anticholinergic agent or a
GABA
agonist. The effect of thioxanthenes is almost unchanged. When mice are treated for 12 days with neuroleptics, supersensitivity to methylphenidate is induced. The supersensitivity is reversed by thioxanthenes, whereas butyrophenones and diphenylbutylpiperidines have no effect at all. These differences do not appear to be due to a change in the affinity for DA receptors because the ability of cis (Z)-flupenthixol, haloperidol, DA or apomorphine to displace 3H-piflutixol or 3H-spiroperidol is the same in supersensitive and control mice. The results clearly demonstrate that neuroleptics acting on both D-1 and D-2 receptors have a behavioral profile different from that of neuroleptics acting exclusively on D-2 receptors.
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PMID:Biochemical and pharmacological differentiation of neuroleptic effect on dopamine D-1 and D-2 receptors. 613 40
Chronic (12 days) administration of sulpiride (50 mg/kg, i.p.) in rats resulted in a significant (12%) increase in the glutamate contents of cerebrospinal fluid. Sulpiride had no effect on the
GABA
content of the brain areas investigated (frontal cortex, striatum, hippocampus and substantia nigra). Sulpiride is a neuroleptic drug which is believed to block especially the non-
adenylate cyclase
dopaminergic receptors which are supposed to be inhibitory axoaxonic receptors on glutamatergic corticostriatal terminals. The results are compatible with the hypothesis that glutamatergic hypofunction might be the primary defect in schizophrenia rather than hyperactivity of the dopamine synapses.
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PMID:Cerebral glutamate, neuroleptic drugs and schizophrenia: increase of cerebrospinal fluid glutamate levels and decrease of striate body glutamate levels following sulpiride treatment in rats. 613 56
Using slices of mouse or rat cerebral cortex incubated with [3H]adenosine or [3H]adenine and/or [14C]
GABA
we have examined factors affecting the release of these compounds, and especially the influence of methylxanthines. Although release of purines and
GABA
could be induced by ouabain (10(-4) M), or p-hydroxymercuribenzoate (5 x 10(-4) M) no release was produced by ethacrynic acid (10(-3) or 10(-4) M) phenytoin (10(-3) M), noradrenaline or SC 13504. Release is probably not therefore related to (Na+, K+) ATPase or Mg2+-ATPase inhibition. At concentrations of 10(-3) and 10(-4) M, caffeine, theophylline, aminophylline and isobutyl-methylxanthine (IBMX) markedly depressed the release of purines evoked by ouabain. Non-xanthine inhibition of phosphodiesterase had much weaker though statistically significant effects. The methylxanthines had no significant effect on
GABA
release. It is suggested that the results can be explained on the basis of a positive feedback system in which released adenosine activates membranal
adenylate cyclase
, and the increased concentration of cyclic AMP which results form or origin of much of the adenosine released subsequently. However, we cannot exclude the existence of an intracellular receptor for methylxanthines which causes directly the inhibition of purine release.
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PMID:Methylxanthines modulate adenosine release from slices of cerebral cortex. 616 26
The ontogenesis of the synaptic function was investigated in the central noradrenaline (NA), dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT), acetylcholine (ACh) and
GABA
nervous systems of developing rats. Monoamines histochemically first appeared on days 12 to 14 in the fetal brain and may exert a trophic action on target neurons as a "differentiation signal". The presynaptic functions such as the high affinity uptake and depolarization-induced, Ca2+-dependent release of L-[3H]DA, and [2H]DA, and [3H]DA, and [3H]5-HT were observed in synaptosomes and slices from the fetus (18 days of gestation) and brain of newborn rats. Monoamine-stimulated activity of
adenylate cyclase
and specific binding of ligands in NA(alpha 1, alpha 2, beta 1, beta 2), DA, 5-HT, ACh (muscarinic and nicotinic) and
GABA
receptors indicated dynamic changes through postnatal development. Behavioral findings suggest when neurotransmitter receptors become sensitive and reach functional maturity (NA and DA, already at birth; 5-HT and muscarinic ACh, 15 to 20 days;
GABA
, 12 to 13 days (mouse)). In addition, differences in behavioral responsiveness to drugs were observed in rats at various developing stages, probably due to the interaction between plural neuronal systems. Finally, the brain undergoing rapid differentiation seems to be most sensitive to hormones and centrally acting drugs. Thus, permanent alteration in central functions may occur when some classes of drugs, dose-dependently, are administrated to animals at the perinatal stage.
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PMID:[Functional development of the synaptic transmission in the rat CNS and its interaction with drugs (author's transl)]. 625 30
Rat brain
GABA
levels were elevated chronically by daily administration of gamma-vinyl
GABA
, an enzyme-activated, irreversible inhibitor of
GABA
:2-oxo-glutarate aminotransferase (GABA-T; EC2.6.1.19). Following various periods of drug treatment and withdrawal, the sensitivity of dopamine and
GABA
receptors in the CNS was determined by biochemical and behavioral evaluations. In contrast to chronic haloperidol treatment, none of the treatment schedules with gamma-vinyl
GABA
had any significant effect on parameters such as apomorphine induced locomotor activity, [3H] spiperone binding or dopamine-stimulated
adenylate cyclase
in the corpus striatum; nor did gamma-vinyl
GABA
treatment affect [3H]
GABA
binding or
GABA
-activated [3H] diazepam binding in the cerebral cortex. Moreover, co-administration of gamma-vinyl
GABA
and haloperidol did not alter the ability of the neuroleptic to induce supersensitivity in the striatal dopaminergic system. Thus, it appears that, in contrast to reported studies using chronic administration of other less specific GABA-T inhibitors such as gamma-acetylenic
GABA
, amino-oxyacetic acid and isonicotinic acid hydrazide or direct
GABA
agonists such as THIP (4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo (5,4-c-)-pyridin-3-ol) or kojic amine, gamma-vinyl
GABA
does not alter the sensitivity of the striatal dopaminergic system.
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PMID:Chronic elevation of brain GABA by gamma-vinyl GABA treatment does not alter the sensitivity of GABAergic or dopaminergic receptors in rat CNS. 630 25
GTP and GDP decreased the saturable binding of [3H]baclofen or [3H]gamma-aminobutyric acid ( [3H]
GABA
) to GABAB but not GABAA receptors whereas GMP displayed negligible activity. This effect was specific to guanyl nucleotides and was not mimicked by high concentrations of ATP. The inhibition of ligand binding was the result of a diminished receptor affinity with no change in receptor number. The use of a complete physiological saline solution rather than Tris buffer plus Ca2+ or Mg2+ increased the potency of GTP at the GABAB receptor. The results are discussed in relation to the effects of
GABA
and GTP on
adenylate cyclase
activity in the brain.
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PMID:Inhibition of GABAB receptor binding by guanyl nucleotides. 631 3
A large number of nitrogen heterocycles structurally related to caffeine and theophylline have been tested for activity as adenosine antagonists. Preliminary screening, utilizing displacement of [3H]N6-phenylisopropyladenosine (PIA) binding to rat brain membranes, identified several pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines with potential antagonist activity. These were then tested for their ability to antagonize adenosine-stimulated
adenylate cyclase
of guinea-pig slices and to block adenosine receptors which mediate presynaptic inhibition of transmitter release from cholinergic nerves in guinea-pig ileum. Of several compounds found to have antagonist activity, one of these, 4,6-bis-alpha- carbamoylethylthio -1-phenylpyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine ( DJB -KK) was approximately an order of magnitude more potent than theophylline in both tests. GTP greatly reduces the potency of purine agonists, but not antagonists, as inhibitors of [3H] PIA binding; the potency of the pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine compounds was not altered by GTP. The compounds have no significant activity against [3H]adenosine uptake or on the binding of ligands to muscarinic cholinergic, beta-adrenergic,
GABA
or L-glutamate receptors.
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PMID:Pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines as adenosine antagonists. 632 56
Effects of morphine and aluminum fluoride on field potentials evoked in hippocampal pyramidal cells were investigated revealing the physiological significance of
adenylate cyclase
in morphine action. Dibutyryl-cyclic AMP (db-cAMP) reduces the amplitude of potentials, while morphine enhances it. Morphine was without effects on db-cAMP induced reduction of potentials. Aluminum fluoride, known to activate GTP binding proteins, also reduced potentials and this was antagonized by morphine. Furthermore, N-[2-(methylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulphonamide dihydrochloride (H-8), a protein kinase A inhibitor, enhanced potentials. When
GABA
synthesis was inhibited by 3-mercaptopropinoic acid, both morphine and db-cAMP was without effect. These results suggested the inhibition of
adenylate cyclase
by morphine which might be related with the reduction of
GABA
release in hippocampal slices.
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PMID:Effect of morphine on aluminium fluoride and dibutyryl-cyclic AMP induced reduction of field potentials in hippocampal slices. 759 56
Galanin is a widely distributed 29/30 amino acid long neuropeptide with multiple biological effects. It inhibits glucose-induced insulin release, hippocampal acetylcholine release, hippocampal glutamate but not
GABA
release, and it lowers spinal excitability and firing of locus coeruleus neurons. It stimulates food (fat) intake and growth hormone release upon hypothalamic or i.c.v. injection. Galanin actions are mediated via high affinity Gi/G0 protein-coupled receptors--involving effector systems such as K(+)-, Ca(2+)-channels and
adenylate cyclase
. Galanin receptor agonists are thought to have therapeutic application in treatment of chronic pain and prevention of ischemic damage; galanin receptor antagonists have therapeutic potential in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, depression, and feeding disorders.
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PMID:Galanin--a neuroendocrine peptide. 769 57
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