title: d-Amphetamine as a releaser or reuptake inhibitor of biogenic amines in synaptosomes.
abstract: The effect of d-amphetamine on the release of tritiated norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was analyzed in synaptosomes from different brain area. 3H-NE release was unaffected in the hypothalamus, a region which is rich in noradrenergic terminals, and in cerebellum and pons-medulla, but was substantially increased in corpus striatum and moderately in cerebral cortex. 3H-DA release was strongly enhanced in corpus striatum, a region rich in dopaminergic terminals, substantially increased in cerebral cortex, and slightly increased in the hypothalamus. Since the regional pattern of d-amphetamine-stimulated release was similar with the two catecholamines, but the stimulation was greater with 3H-DA than with 3H-NE, and was more evident in areas richer in dopaminergic terminals, it is suggested that the drug can release 3H-DA or artificially stored 3H-NE from dopaminergic terminals, but not 3H-NE, from noradrenergic terminals. d-Amphetamine also seems capable of releasing 3H-5-HT from serotoninergic terminals. In contrast with the two catecholamines, 3H-5-HT release was more enhanced in cerebral cortex than in corpus striatum.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001679:Biogenic Amines; D012701:Serotonin; D003913:Dextroamphetamine; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine