Connor, John J. and Lowry, John P. (2016) A comparison of the effects of the dopamine partial agonists aripiprazole and (-)-3-PPP with quinpirole on stimulated dopamine release in the rat striatum: studies using fast cyclic voltammetry in vitro. European Journal of Pharmacology, 686 (1-3). pp. 60-65. ISSN 0014-2999

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The effects of aripiprazole, (-)-(3-hydroxyphenyl)- N-n-propylpiperidine ((-)-3-PPP) and quinpirole on single and multiple pulse stimulated dopamine release were investigated using the technique of fast cyclic voltammetry (FCV) in isolated rat striatal slices. Aripiprazole and (-)-3-PPP had no significant effect on single pulse dopamine release at concentrations from 10nM to 10μM indicating low agonist activity. The compounds failed to potentiate 5 pulse stimulated release of dopamine although inhibitory effects were seen at 10 μM for aripiprazole. Both compounds were tested against the concentration-response curve for quinpirole’s inhibition of stimulated single pulse dopamine release. Aripiprazole and (-)-3-PPP shifted the concentration-response curve for quinpirole to the right. In each case this was a greater than a 100-fold shift for the 10 μM test compound. Whilst these results indicate that both compounds show little agonist activity on dopamine release and significant antagonism of the inhibitory effect of quinpirole on dopamine release, whether they are functionally selective dopamine D2 ligands remains controversial.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	The definitive version of this article is available at DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.04.046
Keywords:	Aripiprazole; 3-­‐PPP; quinpirole; voltammetry; dopamine release; partial antagonist; autoreceptor;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Chemistry
Item ID:	7007
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.04.046
Depositing User:	John Lowry
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2016 17:15
Journal or Publication Title:	European Journal of Pharmacology
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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