Table 1.

Cocaine blocks the positive allosteric interaction between D1R and H3R.

Competition experiment ([3H]SCH vs SKF38393)Parameters
KD1 (nm)KD2 (nm)
Not treated rats in the absence of cocaine
    Control31 ± 41100 ± 200
    +RAMH14 ± 1*320 ± 10*
Not treated rats in the presence of cocaine
    Control28 ± 21000 ± 100
    +RAMH30 ± 41100 ± 200
Cocaine acutely treated rats
    Control28 ± 4440 ± 60
    +RAMH19 ± 4390 ± 40
Sham rats
    Control26 ± 4700 ± 100
    +RAMH3 ± 2**130 ± 40**
Cocaine self-administered rats
    Control33 ± 6800 ± 200
    +RAMH37 ± 91900 ± 600
  • Competition curves of the D1R antagonist [3H]SCH 23390 (2 nm) binding versus increasing concentrations of the D1R agonist SKF 38393 were performed in the absence or the presence of 2 nm of the H3R agonist RAMH using striatal membranes from control rats treated or not with 30 μm cocaine for 30 min, rats acutely treated with cocaine, or cocaine self-administered rats. KD1 and KD2 are, respectively, the equilibrium dissociation constants of SKF 38393 binding to D1R and were determined by fitting binding data to Equation 3. Parameters are mean ± SEM (n = 3). For each group, significant differences with respect to control were calculated by an unpaired Student's t test (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01).