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      Dopamine inhibits mammalian photoreceptor Na+,K+-ATPase activity via a selective effect on the alpha3 isozyme.

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
      Aminobutyrates, pharmacology, Amphetamine, Animals, Benzazepines, Clozapine, Darkness, Dopamine, Dopamine Antagonists, Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, Female, In Vitro Techniques, Isoenzymes, antagonists & inhibitors, Kynurenic Acid, Light, Ouabain, Oxygen Consumption, drug effects, Photoreceptor Cells, physiology, Rats, Retina, Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells, enzymology, Rod Cell Outer Segment, Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase

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          The rat retina contains dopaminergic interplexiform cells that send processes to the outer plexiform layer where dopamine is released in a light-dependent manner. We report herein that physiologically relevant concentrations of dopamine inhibited ouabain-sensitive photoreceptor oxygen consumption in dark- and light-adapted rat retinas and inhibited Na+,K+-ATPase specific activity (EC 3.6.1.37) in a rat rod outer-inner segment preparation. Experiments with the selective D1 agonist fenoldopam or D2 agonist quinpirole and experiments with dopamine plus either the D1 antagonist SCH23390 or D2/D4 antagonist clozapine showed that the inhibition of oxygen consumption and enzyme activity were mediated by D2/D4-like receptors. The amphetamine-induced release of dopamine, monitored by the inhibition of oxygen consumption, was blocked by L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid and kynurenic acid. Pharmacological and biochemical experiments determined that the IC50 values of ouabain for the alpha1-low and alpha3-high ouabain affinity isozymes of photoreceptor Na+,K+-ATPase were approximately 10(-5) and approximately 10(-7) M, respectively, and that the D2/D4-like mediated inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase was exclusively selective for the alpha3 isozyme. The dopamine-mediated inhibition of alpha3 first occurred at 5 nM, was maximal at 100 microM (-47%), had an IC50 value of 382 +/- 23 nM, and exhibited negative cooperativity (Hill coefficient, 0.27). Prior homogenization of the rod outer-inner segment completely prevented the long-lasting inhibition, suggesting that the effect was coupled to a second messenger. Although the physiological significance of our findings to photoreceptor function is unknown, we hypothesize that these results may have relevance for the temporal tuning properties of rods.

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