Effect of 3-PPP,a putative dopamine autoreceptor agonist,on rat serum prolactin levels |
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Authors: | Herbert Y Meltzer Miljana Simonovic |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, USA;2. Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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Abstract: | 3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-N-n-propylpiperidine (3-PPP) has been reported to be a relatively selective agonist for dopamine (DA) auto-receptors in the striatal and limbic region. We have examined the effect of 3-PPP on rat plasma or serum prolactin levels. 3-PPP produced a non-significant decrease in baseline plasma prolactin levels. It produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the increase in serum prolactin levels produced by gamma-butyrolactone. Both doses of 3-PPP tested completely reversed the increase in serum prolactin levels.produced by reserpine and alpha-methylparatyrosine. These results strongly indicate that 3-PPP directly stimulated DA receptors on pituitary lactotrophes. 3-PPP only weakly inhibited the ability of 3H-spiroperidol to bind to pituitary or striatal membranes, suggesting that it may act at a different DA receptor than classical DA receptor blocking drugs. This DA receptor could have properties in common with the autoreceptors of the mesolimbic and nigrostriatal DA neurons. |
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