Dopamine Dopamine Endocrine and Oncogenic Functions Nira Ben-Jonathan First edition published 2020 by CRC Press 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 and by CRC Press 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN © 2020 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint. 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ISBN: 9781138392236 (hbk) ISBN: 9780429402272 (ebk) Typeset in Leawood by Lumina Datamatics Limited Visit the book’s webpage at https://www.crcpress.com/9781138392236 Contents Preface xi 2.2.5 Specific properties and brain distribution of D1-like receptors 36 Author xiii 2.2.6 Specific properties and brain distribution of D2-like receptors 38 Chapter 1 2.2.7 DAR oligomerization, desensitization, and constitutive activity 40 Homeostasis of Dopamine 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1 2.3 CANONICAL VERSUS NONCANONICAL SIGNALING 1.2 BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES 2 BY DAR SUBTYPES 42 1.2.1 Tyrosine hydroxylase 3 2.3.1 The consequences of DAR coupling to 1.2.2 Dopa decarboxylase 5 G proteins 42 1.2.3 Dopamine beta-hydroxylase and 2.3.2 The adenylate cyclase/cAMP/PKA signaling phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase 6 pathway 43 2.3.3 Cross-talk of multiple signaling pathways 44 1.3 METABOLIC ENZYMES 7 2.3.4 Role of the cGMP pathway 45 1.3.1 Monoamine oxidases (MAOs) 8 1.3.2 Catechol-O-methyltransferase 9 2.4 DAR AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS 46 1.3.3 Glucuronosyltransferases and sulfotransferases 10 2.4.1 Overview of DAR-selective ligands 46 2.4.2 D2R-altering drugs 47 1.4 MEMBRANE AND VESICULAR 2.4.3 Atypical antipsychotics 48 TRANSPORTERS 12 1.4.1 Transporters of monoamine neurotransmitters 12 2.4.4 Drug selectivity 48 1.4.2 The dopamine transporter 14 2.4.5 Peripheral dopaminergic altering drugs 49 1.4.3 Pharmacology of DAT 15 2.5 DOPAMINE RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT 1.4.4 DAT-deficient mice 16 MICE 50 1.4.5 Vesicular monoamine transporters 16 2.5.1 Phenotypes of individual DAR-KO mice 50 1.4.6 Organic cation transporters and plasma 2.5.2 D2R deletion and pituitary functions 51 membrane monoamine transporters 18 2.6 SYNOPSIS 51 1.5 STORAGE, RELEASE, AND REUPTAKE 19 REFERENCES 52 1.5.1 Functional coupling between DA synthesis and storage 19 1.5.2 Characteristics of synaptic vs. secretory vesicles 20 1.5.3 Mechanism of exocytosis 22 Chapter 3 Distribution and Characteristics REFERENCES 24 of Brain Dopamine 55 3.1 INTRODUCTION 55 Chapter 2 3.2 NORADRENERGIC AND ADRENERGIC Dopamine Receptors, Signaling NEURONS 56 Pathways, and Drugs 27 3.2.1 Historical perspectives 56 2.1 INTRODUCTION 27 3.2.2 Distribution and major functions of the brain noradrenergic neurons 58 2.2 DOPAMINE RECEPTORS: 3.2.3 Distribution and major functions of the brain STRUCTURE–FUNCTION adrenergic neurons 59 RELATIONSHIP 28 2.2.1 Overview of G protein-coupled 3.3 DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS 60 receptors (GPCR) 28 3.3.1 Classification of the brain dopaminergic 2.2.2 Structural and functional classification neurons 60 of the GPCRs 29 3.3.2 Mesocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal 2.2.3 Coupling of the GPCRs to G proteins 30 dopaminergic pathways 61 2.2.4 General characteristics and regulation 3.3.3 Retinal, olfactory, and pineal dopaminergic of the DARs 33 neurons 63 vi CONTENTS 3.4 THE HYPOTHALAMUS: STRUCTURE 4.4.5 Gastrointestinal hormones involved in the AND FUNCTIONS 65 regulation of food intake 104 3.4.1 Anatomy of the hypothalamus 65 4.4.6 Involvement of dopamine in the control of feeding behavior 105 3.4.2 The hypothalamic nuclei: Locations and major neuroendocrine functions 66 4.5 NEUROENDOCRINE REGULATION 3.4.3 Catecholaminergic innervation of the OF REPRODUCTION AND SEXUAL/ hypothalamus 70 MATERNAL BEHAVIOR 107 3.5 THE HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY 4.5.1 Synthesis of GnRH, origin and migration COMPLEX: NEURAL AND VASCULAR of GnRH neurons, and genetic dysfunctions 108 CONNECTIONS 71 4.5.2 Kisspeptins, GnRH pulsatility, and the role of dopamine 108 3.5.1 Functional anatomy of the hypothalamo-pituitary complex 71 4.5.3 Reproductive functions of PRL and reciprocal interactions with dopamine 110 3.5.2 Embryonic development and gross anatomy of the pituitary gland 72 4.5.4 Hyperprolactinemia and the suppression of GnRH release 112 3.5.3 The hypothalamo-pituitary complex: Neural connections and DA concentrations 73 4.5.5 Regulation of sexual and maternal behavior 112 3.5.4 The hypothalamo-pituitary complex: 4.6 SYNOPSIS 115 Vascular connections and DA levels in portal blood 75 REFERENCES 115 3.6 SYNOPSIS 78 REFERENCES 78 Chapter 5 Regulation of the Pituitary Gland by Dopamine 119 Chapter 4 5.1 INTRODUCTION 119 Endocrine Functions of Brain 5.2 NEURAL LOBE HORMONES: Dopamine 81 VASOPRESSIN AND OXYTOCIN 119 4.1 INTRODUCTION 81 5.2.1 Ontogeny and composition of the posterior pituitary (neurointermediate lobe) 119 4.2 CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS 82 5.2.2 Synthesis, transport, and processing 4.2.1 Circadian rhythms and their impact on health of the neurohypophysial hormones 121 and disease 82 5.2.3 Vasopressin: Receptors, functions, 4.2.2 The neurocircuitry that controls circadian and regulation 123 rhythms and the role of dopamine 84 5.2.4 Oxytocin: Receptors, physiology, and regulation 124 4.2.3 Dopamine and retinal rhythmicity 84 5.2.5 Effects of dopamine on the neurohypophysial 4.2.4 Dopamine and the suprachiasmatic nucleus 85 hormones 126 4.2.5 Effects of DA on the pineal: Regulation of melatonin synthesis and release 86 5.3 INTERMEDIATE LOBE HORMONES: 4.2.6 Effects of dopamine on the circadian rhythms β- ENDORPHIN AND α-MSH 127 of circulating hormones 88 5.3.1 Structure, innervation and regulation of the intermediate lobe 127 4.3 THE NEUROENDOCRINE STRESS 5.3.2 Synthesis and processing of POMC and its RESPONSE 90 derivatives 128 4.3.1 Time-related, multi-facetted activation 5.3.3 Regulation of intermediate lobe hormones of the stress response 90 by dopamine 128 4.3.2 Central dopamine and the stress response: Interactions with the HPA axis 92 5.4 COMPOSITION AND ONTOGENY 4.3.3 Circulating dopamine and the stress response 94 OF THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY 129 4.3.4 Dopamine and the stress response: Interactions 5.4.1 Anterior pituitary structure, cell types, with sexually dimorphic hormones 95 and dopamine receptors 129 5.4.2 Ontogeny of anterior pituitary cell lineage 131 4.4 FOOD INTAKE AND METABOLIC HOMEOSTASIS 98 5.5 SOMATOLACTOGENIC HORMONES: 4.4.1 Control of body weight and the consequences PRL AND GH 133 of dysregulation of food intake 98 5.5.1 Structure and properties of somatotrophs 4.4.2 The hypothalamus: A major relay station and lactotrophs 134 that controls feeding behavior 98 5.5.2 PRL: Structure, synthesis, regulation, 4.4.3 Leptin, a major suppressor of appetite 101 and functions 134 4.4.4 Pancreatic hormones: Insulin and amylin 102 5.5.3 GH: Structure, synthesis, and regulation 138 CONTENTS vii 5.6 REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES: 6.6 DOPAMINE RECEPTORS IN LH AND FSH 141 HEMATOPOIETIC AND IMMUNE 5.6.1 The gonadotrophs: Structure, properties, SYSTEMS 172 and secretory products 142 6.6.1 Dopamine receptors in lymphoid organs 172 5.6.2 GnRH and the GnRH receptor 143 6.6.2 Dopamine receptors in peripheral blood 5.6.3 FSH: Structure, synthesis, regulation lymphocytes 173 and functions 144 6.7 DOPAMINE RECEPTORS IN SKIN 5.6.4 LH: Structure, synthesis, regulation, AND BONES 174 and functions 145 6.7.1 Skin structure 174 5.6.5 Regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary- gonadal axis by dopamine 146 6.7.2 Dopamine receptors in different skin components 174 5.7 STRESS AND METABOLIC 6.7.3 Bone structure 175 HORMONES: ACTH AND TSH 147 6.7.4 Dopamine receptors in bone cells 175 5.7.1 Corticotrophs and ACTH 148 5.7.2 Major disorders associated with dysfunctions 6.8 DOPAMINE RECEPTORS IN MALE AND of the HPA axis 149 FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS 176 5.7.3 Involvement of dopamine in the regulation 6.8.1 Overall features of the reproductive system 176 of the HPA axis 151 6.8.2 The male lower reproductive system 176 5.7.4 Thyrotrophs and TSH 151 6.8.3 The female reproductive system 177 5.7.5 Disorders of the hypothalamo-pituitary- 6.9 SYNOPSIS 178 thyroid axis 153 5.7.6 Involvement of dopamine in the regulation REFERENCES 179 of the HPT axis 154 5.8 SYNOPSIS 154 Chapter 7 REFERENCES 154 Renal, Cardiovascular, and Pulmonary Functions of Dopamine 183 7.1 INTRODUCTION 183 Chapter 6 Attributes of Peripheral Dopamine 7.2 RENAL FLUID HEMODYNAMICS and Dopamine Receptors 159 AND HYPERTENSION 183 7.2.1 Kidney development and gross anatomy 183 6.1 INTRODUCTION 159 7.2.2 The nephron: Structure–function relationship 185 6.2 SOURCES OF CIRCULATING 7.2.3 Urine formation and composition 186 DOPAMINE 159 7.2.4 Endocrine regulation of blood pressure 6.2.1 Biosynthesis, storage, release, and by the kidney 187 metabolism of peripheral catecholamines 159 7.2.5 Dopamine: Roles in essential hypertension 6.2.2 The origin of circulating dopamine 160 and renal hemodynamics 189 6.2.3 Special characteristics of peripheral 7.3 RENAL NATRIURESIS, dopamine 162 OXIDATIVE STRESS, AND DIABETIC 6.3 UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS NEPHROPATHY 192 OF DOPAMINE SULFATE 163 7.3.1 Central role of the kidney in keeping 6.3.1 Sulfoconjugation of peripheral dopamine 163 electrolyte balance and osmolarity 192 6.3.2 Functions of DA-S and the role of 7.3.2 Endocrine regulation of natriuresis by the arylsulfatase A 164 kidney 193 7.3.3 Involvement of dopamine with natriuresis 194 6.4 DOPAMINE RECEPTORS IN THE 7.3.4 Renal dopamine and oxidative stress 195 CARDIOVASCULAR, PULMONARY, 7.3.5 Dopamine and diabetic nephropathy 195 AND RENAL SYSTEMS 166 6.4.1 The cardiovascular and renal systems 166 7.4 CARDIAC FUNCTIONS 197 6.4.2 The respiratory system 167 7.4.1 Homeostasis of dopamine in the myocardium 197 7.4.2 Actions of DA on the heart under 6.5 DOPAMINE RECEPTORS pathophysiological conditions 198 IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND IN ORGANS THAT REGULATE 7.5 BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION METABOLISM 169 IN VARIOUS VASCULAR BEDS 199 6.5.1 The digestive system 169 7.5.1 Effects of DA on various circulation systems 199 6.5.2 Metabolic regulation 171 7.5.2 Dopamine and angiogenesis 201 viii CONTENTS 7.6 RESPIRATION AND Chapter 9 OXYGEN-SENSING 202 Dopamine in the Immune and 7.6.1 Dopamine homeostasis in the upper Hematopoietic Systems 241 respiratory tract 203 7.6.2 Dopamine involvement in upper airway 9.1 INTRODUCTION 241 pathophysiology 204 9.2 CELLS DERIVED FROM THE 7.6.3 Dopamine and carotid body functions 204 LYMPHOID LINEAGE 241 7.7 PULMONARY VENTILATION 9.2.1 T cells, B cells, and NK cells 243 AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 205 9.2.2 The dopaminergic system in lymphocytes and NK cells 244 7.7.1 De novo dopamine synthesis in the lung 206 7.7.2 Actions of dopamine in the lung 206 9.3 CELLS DERIVED FROM THE MYELOID LINEAGE 246 7.8 SYNOPSIS 208 9.3.1 The dopaminergic system in erythrocytes REFERENCES 209 and platelets 246 9.3.2 The dopaminergic system in various leucocyte subtypes 248 Chapter 8 9.4 AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND Digestive and Metabolic Actions NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 250 of Dopamine 213 9.4.1 Dopamine and autoimmune diseases 251 8.1 INTRODUCTION 213 9.4.2 Dopamine, immune system, and neurological disorders 254 8.2 GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: 9.4.3 Dopamine, immune system, and MOTILITY 214 psychiatric disorders 257 8.2.1 Pharynx and esophagus 214 8.2.2 Stomach and duodenum 216 9.5 ENDOTHELIAL CELLS, 8.2.3 Small and large intestine 218 ANGIOGENESIS, AND COAGULATION 258 9.5.1 Endothelial cells and dopamine 258 8.3 GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: 9.5.2 Angiogenesis and dopamine 259 DIGESTIVE FUNCTIONS 219 9.5.3 Blood clotting and the coagulation cascade 262 8.3.1 Salivary glands 220 8.3.2 The stomach 221 9.6 INFLAMMATION AND ALLERGIC 8.3.3 Accessory digestive organs: Exocrine REACTIONS 264 pancreas and gall bladder 222 9.6.1 Inflammation and dopamine 264 8.3.4 Small and large intestines 223 9.7 SYNOPSIS 266 8.3.5 Enteric dopaminergic system and the gut microbiome 224 REFERENCES 267 8.4 ORGANS THAT REGULATE METABOLISM: PANCREAS, Chapter 10 ADIPOSE TISSUE, AND LIVER 226 Regulation of Reproduction 8.4.1 Endocrine pancreas and glucose metabolism 227 by Dopamine 271 8.4.2 Adipose tissue 228 10.1 INTRODUCTION 271 8.4.3 The liver 231 10.2 SEX DETERMINATION AND SEXUAL 8.5 DIABETES, OBESITY, AND DIFFERENTIATION OF THE BRAIN 271 ADVERSE EFFECTS OF 10.2.1 Genetic and hormonal components of ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS 233 sexual determination and differentiation 271 8.5.1 Dopamine, diabetes, and obesity 233 10.2.2 Temporal and spatial developmental stages 8.5.2 Adverse effects of antipsychotic of sexual differentiation in the brain 274 medication on body weight and 10.2.3 Interference of the sexual differentiation metabolic syndrome 234 program by endocrine disruptors 275 10.2.4 Association of dopamine with sexual 8.6 SYNOPSIS 235 differentiation in the brain 277 REFERENCES 236 10.2.5 Gender identity and sexual preference 278 CONTENTS ix 10.3 HYPOTHALAMO–PITUITARY Chapter 11 REGULATION OF REPRODUCTION Actions of Dopamine on the Skin IN BOTH SEXES 279 and the Skeleton 317 10.3.1 Common features of the central control of reproduction 279 11.1 INTRODUCTION 317 10.3.2 Involvement of dopamine in hypothalamic 11.2 SKIN STRUCTURE AND WOUND control of reproduction and sex behavior 280 HEALING 318 10.3.3 Involvement of dopamine in the control 11.2.1 Overview of skin structure 318 of reproduction by the pituitary 281 11.2.2 The complexity of wound healing 320 10.3.4 Dopamine indirectly regulates reproductive functions through the control of prolactin 281 11.2.3 Role of dopamine in wound healing 321 11.2.4 Polydopamine nanopolymers 10.4 MALE REPRODUCTION: TESTES used for drug delivery in AND THE GENITAL TRACT 283 wound healing 323 10.4.1 The male gonads: Spermatogenesis 284 11.3 PIGMENTATION AND 10.4.2 The male gonads: Steroidogenesis and MELANOGENESIS 325 protein hormone production 285 11.3.1 Overview of skin pigmentation and 10.4.3 Involvement of dopamine with testicular melanogenesis 325 functions 286 11.3.2 Selected disorders of pigmentation 328 10.4.4 The male genital tract 287 11.3.3 Role of dopamine in skin pigmentation 10.5 FEMALE REPRODUCTION: OVARIES and its disorders 329 AND GENITAL TRACT 288 11.4 SWEATING 330 10.5.1 Unique characteristics of female 11.4.1 Overview of sweating, apocrine, and reproduction 288 eccrine glands 330 10.5.2 The female gonads: Oogenesis, 11.4.2 Dopamine and sweating 330 folliculogenesis, and ovulation 289 10.5.3 The female gonads: Steroidogenesis 293 11.5 HAIR GROWTH 332 10.5.4 Involvement of dopamine with ovarian 11.5.1 Overview of hair growth and its hormonal functions 293 regulation 332 10.5.5 The female genital tract 294 11.5.2 Role of dopamine in hair growth 333 10.6 FERTILIZATION, PREGNANCY, 11.6 THE SKELETON AND BONE AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT 298 REMODELING 334 10.6.1 Overview of conception, pregnancy, 11.6.1 Overview of the skeleton and bone and embryonic development 298 remodeling 334 10.6.2 Fertilization 299 11.6.2 Involvement of dopamine in bone 10.6.3 Blastocyst transport and implantation 301 homeostasis 336 10.6.4 Endocrine functions of the placenta 302 11.7 JOINTS, BONES, AND MUSCLES 337 10.6.5 L-Dopa and dopamine levels in different 11.7.1 Overview of joints and muscles 337 compartments of pregnancy 303 11.7.2 Involvement of dopamine in muscle 10.6.6 Development of the fetal reproductive disorders 338 organs 305 11.7.3 Involvement of dopamine in bone and synovial joint disorders 340 10.7 PARTURITION AND LACTATION 306 10.7.1 The process of parturition 306 11.8 SYNOPSIS 342 10.7.2 Hormonal regulation of lactation 307 REFERENCES 342 10.8 NEONATAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBERTY, AND AGING 308 10.8.1 The reproductive axis during the neonatal Chapter 12 and prepubertal periods 308 Dopamine and Tumorigenesis in 10.8.2 Hormonal control of puberty and disorders Reproductive Tissues 345 of puberty 309 12.1 INTRODUCTION 345 10.8.3 Aging of the reproductive system 310 12.2 PITUITARY TUMORS 346 10.9 SYNOPSIS 311 12.2.1 Prevalence, classification, and molecular REFERENCES 311 characterization of pituitary tumors 346