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Vol. 58, Issue 4, 771-777, October 2000
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Section of Molecular
Neuropharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
In situ hybridization with cRNA probes showed A2A receptor
and Golf mRNAs to be abundantly expressed in caudate
putamen, nucleus accumbens, and olfactory tubercle, whereas
Gs mRNA shows a comparatively low expression in regions
expressing A2A receptors. In caudate putamen, 49% of the
medium-sized neuron-like cells exhibited a strong signal for adenosine
A2A receptor mRNA, and 98% showed a strong signal for
Golf mRNA. In contrast, Gs mRNA was found in
only 12% of the medium-sized neuron-like cells in caudate putamen. The
coexpression of adenosine A2A receptor mRNA with that of
Golf or Gs mRNAs was studied with double in
situ hybridization. A large majority (91-95%) of the neurons in
caudate-putamen that contained adenosine A2A receptor mRNA
also expressed Golf mRNA, whereas only 3 to 5% of the
neurons with adenosine A2A receptor mRNA coexpressed Gs mRNA. The A2A receptor agonist CGS 21680 [2-[p-(2-carbonylethyl)phenylethylamino-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine] dose dependently activated Golf subunits in striatal
membranes as shown by photolabeling with
[
-32P]m-acetylanilido-GTP followed by
immunoprecipitation with a specific antibody against Golf.
Transfection of Golf cDNA into Chinese hamster ovary cells,
which stably express human adenosine A2A receptors, led to
an increased efficacy of CGS 21680, as evidenced by a stronger cAMP
response, indicating that activation of Golf by
A2A receptors leads to a biological signal. In conclusion, these results provide anatomical and biochemical evidence that adenosine A2A receptors stimulate Golf rather
than Gs in striatum.
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