PMID:15272078

Citation	Kobayashi, M, Iaccarino, C, Saiardi, A, Heidt, V, Bozzi, Y, Picetti, R, Vitale, C, Westphal, H, Drago, J and Borrelli, E (2004) Simultaneous absence of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor-mediated signaling is lethal in mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101:11465-70
Abstract	Dopamine (DA) controls a wide variety of physiological functions in the central nervous system as well as in the neuroendocrine and gastrointestinal systems. DA signaling is mediated by five cloned receptors named D1-D5. Knockout mouse models for the five receptors have been generated, and, albeit impaired for some important DA-mediated functions, they are viable and can reproduce. D1 and D2 receptors are the most abundant and widely expressed DA receptors. Cooperative/synergistic effects mediated by these receptors have been suggested, in particular, in the control of motor behaviors. To analyze the extent of such interrelationship, we have generated double D1/D2 receptor mutants. Interestingly, in contrast to single knockouts, we found that concurrent ablation of the D1 and D2 receptors is lethal during the second or third week after birth. This dramatic phenotype is likely to be related to altered feeding behavior and dysfunction of the gastrointestinal system, especially because major anatomical changes were not identified in the brain. Similarly, in the absence of functional D1, heterozygous D2 mutants (D1r(-/-);D2r(+/-)) showed severe growth retardation and did not survive their postweaning period. The analysis of motor behavior in D1r/D2r compound mutants showed that loss of D2-mediated functions reduces motor abilities, whereas the effect of D1r ablation on locomotion strongly depends on the experimental paradigms used. These studies highlight the interrelationship between D1 and D2 receptor-mediated control of motor activity, food intake, and gastrointestinal functions, which has been elusive in the single-gene ablation studies.
Links	PubMed PMC509223 Online version:10.1073/pnas.0402028101
Keywords	Animals; Digestive System/physiopathology; Eating; Failure to Thrive/genetics; Failure to Thrive/physiopathology; Feeding Behavior; Female; Genes, Lethal; Hypothalamus/physiopathology; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Mutant Strains; Motor Neurons/physiology; Phenotype; Receptors, Dopamine D1/genetics; Receptors, Dopamine D1/metabolism; Receptors, Dopamine D2/genetics; Receptors, Dopamine D2/metabolism; Signal Transduction/physiology
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