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Dopamine in Male Sexual Behavior Elaine M. Hull The Florida State University Psychology Department & Neuroscience Program Neural circuits regulating sexual behavior NAc OB BST CTF MPOA VTA MeA Brain Stem Neural circuits regulating sexual behavior NAc OB BST CTF MPOA VTA MeA Brain Stem Neural circuits regulating sexual behavior NAc OB BST CTF MPOA VTA MeA Brain Stem Neural circuits regulating sexual behavior NAc OB BST CTF MPOA VTA MeA Brain Stem Neural circuits regulating sexual behavior NAc OB BST CTF MPOA VTA MeA Brain Stem Our lab has focused on the medial preoptic area, which contains A14 periventricular DA neurons. It is the main integrative area for male sexual behavior in all vertebrate species. Model for MPOA dopamine’s influence on male sexual behavior Is dopamine released in the MPOA during copulation? Gonadally intact males and T-treated castrates had increased extracellular DA during pre-exposure to a female and during copulation. Vehicle-treated 1-week castrates that copulated also showed DA increases, but those that did not copulate did not show the DA increase. What elicits the MPOA DA release? Large lesions of the amygdala abolished copulation, which was restored by apomorphine in the MPOA. Smaller lesions of the MeA impaired, but did not abolish mating. Basal DA levels in the MPOA were normal, but the DA response to the female was abolished. Chemical stimulation of the MeA mimicked the MPOA DA response to a female. Therefore, normal basal DA in the MPOA is sufficient for suboptimal copulation. The DA increase in response to a female facilitates mating and is mediated by input from the MeA. • But there are no DA neurons in the MeA. What elicits the DA increase? Glutamatergic axons from the MeA and BNST to MPOA • Juan Dominguez, my former post-doc, showed that a few axons from the MeA, and numerous axons from the BNST, ended in the MPOA and contained glutamate. Is glutamate released in the MPOA before and during mating? Glutamate % change Sexual activity increases glutamate in the MPOA of male rats. 400 ** 300 * 200 100 0 BL PRE COP EJAC PEI POST Sample Using 2 min microdialysis samples Reverse dialysis of glutamate uptake inhibitors into the MPOA increased glutamate levels and facilitated mating. ** ACSF UPTKi Glutamate % change 400 300 200 100 0 BL UPTKi PRE COP EJAC PEI POST Samples EJACULATION FREQUENCY 5 4 ** EJACULATION LATENCY (sec) 600 400 300 PEI (sec) * 500 400 3 200 2 1 0 300 200 100 100 0 0 * Therefore, glutamate is released in the MPOA during copulation, and it facilitates mating. • Does glutamate also affect MPOA DA levels? HVA % CHANGE DA % CHANGE DOPAC % CHANGE Exogenous glutamate in the MPOA increased DA levels, but decreased DOPAC and HVA Sample (6 min) Sample (6 min) Nitric oxide has been reported to inhibit DA transport and increase DA levels in the striatum. • Could NO explain our results? L-NAME blocked the glutamate-evoked DA release and the decreases in DOPAC and HVA. DOPAC % CHANGE HVA % CHANGE DA % CHANGE Sample (6 min) Sample (6 min) Metabolite levels were lower for animals receiving glutamate alone compared with those receiving glutamate+ L-NAME. Exogenous glutamate in the MPOA increased DA levels, but inhibited metabolites: Role for NO? POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR THIS EFFECT: 1. Glutamate induces exocytocis of DA 2. Glutamate binds NMDA receptors, which allows for Ca2+ influx and induces NO production in NOScontaining cells. a) Increased NO may inhibit DA uptake in neighboring terminals, prolonging DA’s effects & decreasing DA catabolism. b) Increased NO might also increase extracellular DA by inducing vesicular leakage. MPOA dopamine release during copulation depends on nitric oxide L-NAME blocked mating-induced DA release in the MPOA. Microinjection of L-NAME into the MPOA impaired copulation in sexually naïve (A) and experienced (B) males. A B Sexually Experienced Males 1. Show increased preference for being with a receptive female. Sexually Experienced Males 1. Increased preference for being with a receptive female. 2. Require less time and stimulation to achieve ejaculation. Sexually Experienced Males 1. Increased preference for being with a receptive female. 2. Require less time and stimulation to achieve ejaculation. 3. Require less time to resume copulation after ejaculating. Sexually Experienced Males 1. Increased preference for being with a receptive female. 2. Require less time and stimulation to achieve ejaculation. 3. Require less time to resume copulation after ejaculating. 4. Are more resistant to sexual impairments due to castration, brain damage, or stress. Sexually Experienced Males 1. Increased preference for being with a receptive female 2. Require less time and stimulation to achieve ejaculation 3. Require less time to resume copulation after ejaculating 4. Are more resistant to sexual impairments due to castration, brain damage, or stress Is the MPOA implicated? Stronger Activation of the MPOA in Sexually Experienced Males First Experience Repeated Experience Sexually experienced males had more Fos-ir in the MPOA resulting from mating to one ejaculation, than did naïve males that mated for the first time. Does NOS in the MPOA contribute to exposure-induced enhancement of mating? L-NAME administration before each of seven non-copulatory exposures to an estrous female blocked exposure-induced enhancements on the drug-free test day. (Preliminary data suggest that a D1 antagonist has similar effects.) Sexual experience increases NOS-ir in the MPOA of male rats % NOS w/NR1 100 Percentage NOS 75 NMDAR1 50 25 0 NNS NS ENS ES Total NOS 80 * 60 * * # Cells 40 20 0 NNS NS ENS ES Nearly all cells containing NOS also contained NMDA receptors. Sexual experience increased the number of NOS-ir cells in MPOA. Overlay Sexual experience increases NOS protein concentration in the MPOA of male rats Sexually Naïve and Not Mated (NC) Sexually Experienced and Not Mated (EC) Sexually Naïve and Mated (NM) * MEAN DENSITY (PIXELS) 150 * 100 * 50 0 NC NM EC EM Sexually Experienced and Mated (EM) A major means of activating NOS is via NMDA glutamate receptors. Does an NMDA antagonist in the MPOA also impair sexual sensitization? Blocking NMDA receptors in the MPOA impaired sexual sensitization. Microinjecting MK-801 before each noncopulatory exposures to an estrous female impaired exposureinduced enhancements of: 16 14 MOUNTS 1. number of mounts 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 * Saline MK801 Naive Blocking NMDA receptors in the MPOA impaired sexual sensitization. 1. number of mounts 2. number of intromissions INTROMISSIONS Microinjecting MK-801 prior to repeated noncopulatory exposures to an estrous female impaired experienceinduced enhancements on: 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Saline MK801 Naive * Blocking NMDA receptors in the MPOA impaired sexual sensitization. Microinjecting MK-801 prior to repeated noncopulatory exposures to an estrous female impaired experienceinduced enhancements on: 1. number of mounts 2. number of intromissions 3. number of ejaculations EJACULATIONS 2.5 2 1.5 Saline MK801 Naive 1 0.5 0 * • What intracellular messenger mediates NO’s effects? Cyclic GMP mediates NO’s facilitation of DA release in the MPOA Inhibition of guanylyl cyclase blocked effects of the NO donor (sodium nitroprusside). Cyclic GMP mediates NO’s facilitation of DA release in the MPOA Inhibition of NOS did not affect facilitation by cGMP analog, because cGMP is downstream of NOS. Summary Sexual stimulation NMDAr Glutamate NOS Dopamine Summary Sexual stimulation NMDAr Glutamate NOS Dopamine NO Summary Sexual stimulation NMDAr Glutamate NOS (Higher NOS w/ experience) Dopamine NO Postscript: Orexin/hypocretin increases mesolimbic DA activity and facilitates copulation Copulation increased Fosir in orexin-containing neurons of perifornical LH. Double-labeled cells in Non-copulating males Double-labeled cells in copulating males Castration decreased orexincontaining cells; E2 restored them. Orexin (.014 nmol) in the VTA increased firing rates of DA neurons. Orexin (1.4 nmol) in the VTA increased cells per track, but not firing rates. Orexin (140 nmol) in the VTA decreased cells per track, probably due to depolarization block, an effect reversed by autoreceptor stimulation by systemic apomorphine. Red orexin-containing axons end near green THcontaining neurons that are activated (Fos-ir, black) by copulation. • Estrogen receptor-containing cells in the MPOA, BNST, and LHA orexin-containing cells in the LHA. Axons from those cells depolarize DA-ergic cells in the VTA and, perhaps, the MPOA. Microinjection of orexin into the MPOA facilitates male sexual behavior (Gulia et al., 2003). 5-HT is released in the LHA at the time of ejaculation and inhibits mating. It also decreases DA release in the NAc (Lorrain et al., 1999) and hyperpolarizes orexin neurons (Li et al., 2002). Acknowledgments Juan Dominguez, Ph.D John Muschamp, Ph.D Mario Gil Satoru Sato, Ph.D Gwen Lagoda Anna Vigdorchik Daniel Lorrain, Ph.D Harvey Rattus Lucy Lumley, Ph.D Former and Present Lab Members: Bradley Lown, Ph.D Linda Rosselli-Austin, Ph.D Rosemary D’Agostino, Ph.D Deborah Kleese Edelstein, Ph.D Mary Solanto, Ph.D Richard Thomas, Ph.D J. Ken Nishita, Ph.D Daniel Bitran, Ph.D Elizabeth A. Pehek, Ph.D Linda C. Band, Ph.D Terrence Bazzett, Ph.D Vincent P. Markowski, Ph.D Robert C. Eaton, Ph.D Jason Moses, Ph.D Leslie Matuszewich, Ph.D Jianfang Du, Ph.D Susan K. Putnam, Ph.D Jon V. Riolo, Ph.D Katie Grausam K02-MH001714 R01-MH040826 SNP and 8-Br-cGMP increase DA levels in the MPOA of DHT-treated castrates. However, SNP was somewhat more effective. Only SNP increased DOPAC in DHT-Treated Castrates Only SNP into the MPOA facilitated sexual behavior in DHT treated castrates 100.00 Percent that Displayed Mounts 90.00 80.00 * PERCENT 70.00 60.00 50.00 40.00 30.00 20.00 10.00 0.00 Control 8-Br-cGMP SNP Only SNP into the MPOA facilitates sexual behavior in DHT treated castrates 100.00 Percent that Displayed Intromissions 90.00 80.00 PERCENT 70.00 60.00 * 50.00 40.00 30.00 20.00 10.00 0.00 Control 8-Br-cGMP SNP Only SNP into the MPOA facilitates sexual behavior in DHT treated castrates 100.00 Percent that Displayed Ejaculations 90.00 80.00 PERCENT 70.00 60.00 * 50.00 40.00 30.00 20.00 10.00 0.00 Control 8-Br-cGMP SNP 400 ** 300 * 200 100 0 BL PRE COP EJAC Sample PEI POST Glutamate % decrease Glutamate % change Magnitude of decrease in glutamate after ejaculation correlates with post-ejaculatory interval. 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 100 200 300 400 PEI (Sec) 500 600 Blocking D1 Receptors Attenuated Activation of MPOA During Initial Experience Vehicle D1 Antagonist Males receiving a D1 antagonist had less Fos-ir in the MPOA after their first sexual experience, than did males receiving vehicle.