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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 33, 期 37, 页码 14840-14849出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0453-13.2013
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- Fondation de France
- University Victor Segalen
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Institut Federatif de Recherche (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale)
- Institut Federatif de Recherche (CNRS)
- Ministere de l'Education Nationale, de la Recherche et de la Technologie
Burst firing has been reported as a pathological activity of subthalamic nucleus (STN) neurons in Parkinson's disease. However, the origin of bursts and their causal link with motor deficits remain unknown. Here we tested the hypothesis that dopamine D-5 receptors (D(5)Rs), characterized by a high constitutive activity, may contribute to the emergence of burst firing in STN. We tested whether inhibiting D5R constitutive activity depresses burst firing and alleviates motor impairments in the 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease. Intrasubthalamic microinjections of either an inverse agonist of D(5)Rs, flupenthixol, or a D2R antagonist, raclopride, were applied. Behavioral experiments, in vivo and in vitro electrophysiological recordings, and ex vivo functional neuroanatomy studies were performed. Using [S-5] GTP gamma binding autoradiography, we show that application of flupenthixol inhibits D5R constitutive activity within the STN. Furthermore, flupenthixol reduced evoked burst in brain slices and converted pathological burst firing into physiological tonic, single-spike firing in 6-OHDA rats in vivo. This later action was mimicked by calciseptine, a Cav1 channel blocker. Moreover, the same treatment dramatically attenuated motor impairment in this model and normalized metabolic hyperactivity in both STN and substantia nigra pars reticulata, the main output structure of basal ganglia in rats. In contrast, raclopride as well as saline did not reverse burst firing and motor deficits, confirming the selective action of flupenthixol on D(5)Rs. These results are the first to demonstrate that subthalamic D(5)Rs are involved in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease and that administering an inverse agonist of these receptors may lessen motor symptoms.
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