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Peptide-induced grooming behavior and caudate nucleus dopamine release
Authors:Wouter J. Florijn   Anthony J.G.D. Holtmaat   Henk de Lang   Henk Spierenburg   Willem Hendrik Gispen  Kirk H.G. Versteeg  
Abstract:
We simultaneously measured the display of grooming behavior and, by monitoring the extracellular dopamine concentration via transversal microdialysis, the release of dopamine in the caudate nucleus in freely moving rats after i.c.v. administration of 1 μg adrenocorticotropic hormone-(1–24) (ACTH-(1–24)). During a period of 1 h after administration of the peptide, the incidence of excessive grooming behavior was increased. Concomitantly, the concentration of dopamine in the caudate nucleus dialysates was significantly increased (maximal effect 151% of basal release) whereas that of its metabolite DOPAC was unchanged. The potent α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) receptor agonist, [Nle4,D-Phe7]α-MSH, induced grooming behavior and stimulated caudate nucleus dopamine release (maximal effect 148% of basal release) whereas ACTH-(7–16)-NH2 did neither induce grooming behavior nor cause an increase in caudate nucleus dopamine release. Single-dose tolerance was observed for ACTH-induced grooming but not for ACTH-induced dopamine release. These data are in support of the proposed involvement of brain dopamine systems in grooming behavior of the rat but at the same time suggest that the effect of ACTH/MSH-like peptides on dopaminergic transmission in the caudate nucleus is proximal to the final neural pathway involved in ACTH-induced grooming behavior.
Keywords:Grooming behavior   Dopamine release in vivo   Microdialysis   ACTH-(1–  24)
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