Coupling of dopamine D1 recognition sites with adenylate cyclase in nuclei accumbens and caudatus of schizophrenics

Maurizio Memo, Joel E. Kleinman, Ingeborg Hanbauer

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Abstract

Sodium fluoride, guanylimidodiphosphate, and the D1 dopamine receptor agonist SKF 38393 elicited a greater activation of adenylate cyclase in homagenates of caudate nucleus in schizophrenic than in nonschizophrenic subjects used as controls. Similarly, a greater activation of adenylate cyclase by sodium fluoride was observed in the nucleus accumbens of schizophrenics. These findings suggest that the coupling of dopamine D1 recognition sites with adenylate cyclase is more efficient in the brain of the schizophrenic, presumably because of an increased affinity of the G/F protein for guanosine 5'-triphosphate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1304-1307
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume221
Issue number4617
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983
Externally publishedYes

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