Dopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase in homogenates of rat striata during ethanol and barbiturate withdrawal
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Toxicology
- Vol. 35 (4), 247-253
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00570266
Abstract
Repeated administrations of ethanol and of phenobarbital to rats led to characteristic withdrawal symptoms when the drug had been stopped. Since both drugs affect brain dopamine metabolism, the postjunctional sensitivity to dopamine in the corpora striata was tested during ethanol or phenobarbital withdrawal. This was done by studying the dopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase in homogenates of the corpora striata of ethanol- or phenobarbital-dependent rats. The results demonstrated a slight postjunctional subsensitivity to dopamine in withdrawal from both ethanol and phenobarbital. Both drugs, when added in vitro, did not affect the postjunctional sensitivity to dopamine. The results do not support the hypothesis, at least not in the case of dopamine, that a postjunctional supersensitivity to neurotransmitters is important for withdrawal symptoms after chronic administration of drugs inducing physical dependence. Nach wiederholter Gabe von Äthanol oder von Phenobarbital an Ratten wurden die Substanzen abgesetzt und dadurch charakteristische Entzugssymptome hervorgerufen. Weil beide Substanzen den Dopaminstoffwechsel im Gehirn beeinflussen, wurde die postsynaptische Empfindlichkeit gegenüber Dopamin in den Corpora striata während des Äthanol- bzw. Phenobarbital-Entzuges geprüft. Dies erfolgte, indem die Dopamin-empfindliche Adenylat-Cyclase in Homogenaten der Corpora striata untersucht wurde. Die Resultate zeigten eine leicht herabgesetzte Empfindlichkeit gegenüber Dopamin im Entzug von Äthanol oder Phenobarbital. Beide Substanzen beeinflußten, wenn sie in vitro den Homogenaten zugesetzt wurden, nicht die postsynaptische Empfindlichkeit gegenüber Dopamin. Im Falle des Dopamins konnte also nicht die Hypothese unterstützt werden, daß eine erhöhte postsynaptische Empfindlichkeit gegenüber den zugehörigen Neurotransmittern für Entzugs-Symptome nach chronischer Verabreichung von Substanzen, die körperliche Abhängigkeit hervorrufen, von Bedeutung ist.Keywords
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