Astrocytic Regulation of Basal Ganglia Dopamine/D2-Dependent Behaviors
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)
Abstract
Astrocytic involvement in dopamine dynamics related to motivational and sensorimotor gating abilities is unknown. We found that dysbindin-1 (Dys1) hypofunction increases the activity of astrocytes, which express only the isoform Dys1A that is reduced in the caudate of patients with schizophrenia. Astrocytic Dys1A disruption resulted in avolition and sensorimotor gating deficits, increased astrocytic dopamine D2 receptors and decreased dopaminergic tone within basal ganglia. Notably, astrocytic Dys1A hypofunction disrupted dopamine dynamics linked to reward expectancy and interconnected with astrocytes Ca2+ responses mainly in the globus pallidus externus (GPe). Finally, we proved these phenotypes were mediated by D2 receptors in astrocytes as their selective deletion in astrocytes either in GPe or SNc/VTA enhanced motivation and sensorimotor gating abilities as well as dopaminergic release in the GPe. Therefore, astrocytes control motivational and sensorimotor gating processes through Dys1A/D2-dependent mechanisms within the basal ganglia.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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basal ganglia dopamine/d2-dependent,astrocytic regulation
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