Systemic nicotine‐induced dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens is regulated by nicotinic receptors in the ventral tegmental area

Synapse - Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 36-44 - 1994
Margret Nisell1, George G. Nomikos1, Torgny H. Svensson1
1Department of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, S-104 01 Stockholm, Sweden

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AbstractStimulation of the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system is considered of major importance for the rewarding and dependence producing properties of nicotine (NIC). To identify the site of this stimulatory action, simultaneous microdialysis was performed in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the ipsilateral nucleus accumbens (NAC) of awake rats. Extracellular concentrations of DA and its metabolites were measured in the NAC. NIC (0.5 mg/kg, s.c.) increased DA and its metabolites by ∼50%.Concomitant infusion of the nicotinic receptor antagonist mecamylamine (MEC, 100 μ) through the VTA probe, starting 40 min before NIC injection, antagonized the NIC induced increases of DA and its metabolites. In contrast, similar MEC pretreatment (40 or 140 min) in the NAC did not affect DA or metabolite responses to systemic NIC. Infusion of NIC (1,000 μ) in the NAC or the VTA increased DA release by 49% and 48%, respectively, whereas only the VTA infusion increased metabolite concentrations by ‐25%. MEC infusion (1–1,000 μ) in the VTA did not affect DA or its metabolites, whereas the 1,000 μ concentration infused in the NAC increased DA by 77%. These results suggest that nicotinic receptors in the somatodendritic region may be of greater importance than those located in the terminal area for the stimulatory action of systemic NIC on the mesolimbic DA system. Furthermore, our findings support the notion that the mesolimbic dopaminergic system is phasically rather than tonically regulated by nicotinic receptor activation within the VTA. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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