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  • Title: The partial D2-like dopamine receptor agonist terguride acts as a functional antagonist in states of high and low dopaminergic tone: evidence from preweanling rats.
    Author: McDougall SA, Hernandez RM, Reichel CM, Farley CM.
    Journal: Psychopharmacology (Berl); 2005 Apr; 178(4):431-9. PubMed ID: 15765258.
    Abstract:
    RATIONALE: In adult rats, the partial D(2)-like agonist terguride acts as an antagonist at normosensitive D(2)-like post-synaptic receptors, while it acts as an agonist at the same receptors during states of low dopaminergic tone. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present study was to determine whether partial D(2)-like agonists exhibit both antagonistic and agonistic actions during the preweanling period. METHODS: In experiments 1 and 2 (examining the agonistic actions of terguride), preweanling rats were either given an escalating regimen of amphetamine to induce a state of amphetamine withdrawal or pretreated with the tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor AMPT. Distance traveled was measured after rats were injected with saline, terguride (0.4-1.6 mg/kg), or the full D(2)-like receptor agonist NPA (0.01 mg/kg). In experiment 3 (examining the antagonistic actions of terguride), preweanling rats were pretreated with terguride 30 min before they were tested with saline, NPA (0.05 mg/kg), or amphetamine (1.5 mg/kg). RESULTS: NPA had an exaggerated locomotor activating effect when tested under conditions of amphetamine withdrawal, while the partial D(2)-like agonist did not enhance distance traveled under any circumstance. Similarly, NPA increased and terguride did not affect the distance-traveled scores of AMPT-pretreated rats. In experiment 3, terguride pretreatment significantly reduced the distance traveled of amphetamine-treated and NPA-treated rats. CONCLUSIONS: The behavioral evidence indicates that, during the preweanling period, terguride antagonizes D(2)-like post-synaptic receptors in a state of high dopaminergic tone; however, there is no evidence that terguride is capable of stimulating D(2)-like post-synaptic receptors during states of low dopaminergic tone.
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