title: The dopamine transporter is absent in parkinsonian putamen and reduced in the caudate nucleus.
abstract: The neuronal dopamine transporter/uptake site can be covalently labeled with the photoaffinity probe 1-(2-[bis-(4-fluorophenyl) methoxy]ethyl)-4-[2-(4-azido-3-[125I]iodophenyl)ethyl]piperazine [( 125I]FAPP) and visualized following sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. Upon photolysis, [125I]FAPP specifically incorporated into a polypeptide of apparent Mr = 62,000 in membranes from both the putamen and the caudate nucleus of control, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, and Huntington's diseased brain, and following complete deglycosylation, migrated as an Mr approximately 48,000 polypeptide. In parkinsonian postmortem putamen, however, there was no detectable photoincorporation of [125I]FAPP into the ligand binding subunit of the dopamine transporter. [125I]FAPP did specifically label the Mr 62,000 polypeptide of parkinsonian caudate, although with efficiencies of 20-50% of control. The asymmetrical loss of the dopamine transporter in Parkinson's diseased striatum was confirmed in reversible receptor binding experiments using [3H]GBR-12935 (3H-labeled 1-[2-(diphenylmethoxy) ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine). In parkinsonian putamen, mazindol competitively inhibited the binding of [3H]GBR-12935 with an estimated affinity (Ki approximately 2,000 nM) 10 times lower than in controls (Ki approximately 30 nM), while the affinity of maxindol for [3H]GBR-12935 binding in the caudate was equal to that seen with controls (Ki approximately 50 nM). The proportion of [3H]GBR-12935 binding sites recognized by mazindol with high affinity in Parkinson's diseased caudate was, however, reduced by 50-80%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Niznik
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Fogel
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Fassos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seeman
mesh_terms: D000345:Affinity Labels; D000368:Aged; D001386:Azides / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002845:Chromatography; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008454:Mazindol / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008875:Middle Aged; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D010777:Photochemistry; D010879:Piperazines / Q000378:metabolism; D011699:Putamen / Q000378:metabolism*; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D001386:Azides; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010879:Piperazines; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins; C066808:1-(2-(bis-(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy)ethyl)-4-(2-(4-azido-3-iodophenyl)ethyl)piperazine; C044630:1-(2 (diphenylmethoxy)ethyl)-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine; D008454:Mazindol