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  • Title: c-fos gene expression is induced in a subpopulation of striatal neurons following a single administration of a dopamine D1-receptor agonist in adult rats lesioned with 6-OHDA as neonates.
    Author: Soghomonian JJ, Laprade N, Sandstrom M, Bruno JP.
    Journal: Brain Res Mol Brain Res; 1998 Jun 01; 57(1):155-60. PubMed ID: 9630593.
    Abstract:
    The effects of the dopamine D1 receptor agonist, SKF-38393, on the levels of mRNAs encoding for the proto-oncogene c-fos and the GABA-synthesizing enzyme glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) were measured by in situ hybridization histochemistry in the striatum of adult rats depleted of dopamine as neonates. c-fos mRNA levels exhibited a prominent increase following the acute systemic administration of SKF-38393 in dopamine-depleted but not in normal rats. Double-labeling in situ hybridization histochemistry using a radioactive c-fos probe and a digoxigenin-labeled preproenkephalin (PPE) cRNA probe indicated that c-fos mRNA levels were increased by SKF-38393 exclusively in a subpopulation of PPE-unlabeled neurons. Dopamine-depleted rats exhibited an increase in GAD65 mRNA levels relative to control rats. Acute administration of SKF-38393 did not alter GAD65 mRNA levels in control or in dopamine-depleted rats. Our results demonstrate that an acute administration of a D1-receptor agonist induces c-fos but not GAD65 gene expression in a subpopulation of presumed striato-nigral/entopeduncular neurons. They also suggest that the D1-dependent behavioral plasticity exhibited by adult rats depleted of dopamine as neonates is not the result of an altered activation of the two subpopulations of striatal efferent neurons.
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