title: Nicotine indirectly inhibits [3H]dopamine uptake at concentrations that do not directly promote [3H]dopamine release in rat striatum.
abstract: The effects of both (-)- and (+)-nicotine isomers were examined on in vitro uptake and release of [3H]dopamine in rat striatum. Both isomers inhibited uptake of [3H]dopamine in chopped tissue at concentrations well below those necessary for promoting release of preloaded [3H]dopamine. (-)-Nicotine was more potent than (+)-nicotine both at inhibiting uptake and at promoting release. Unlike other dopamine uptake inhibitors, however, nicotine inhibited only 50% of the total uptake. In the presence of 1 nM nicotine, the residual [3H]dopamine uptake was less sensitive to inhibition by cocaine than uptake in the absence of nicotine. Nicotine did not compete against the binding of [3H]GBR 12935, a selective dopamine uptake inhibitor. The nicotinic receptor agonists carbachol and 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium iodide also inhibited uptake, whereas the nicotinic antagonists chlorisondamine and mecamylamine blocked nicotine's effect. Thus, the effect of nicotine on dopamine uptake appears to be mediated by a receptor similar to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. These receptors do not seem to be on the terminals that are accumulating dopamine, however, since tetrodotoxin prevented the effect of nicotine on [3H]dopamine uptake and nicotine had no effect on uptake in a synaptosomal preparation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izenwasser
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Jacocks
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rosenberger
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002714:Chlorisondamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004246:Dimethylphenylpiperazinium Iodide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D008464:Mecamylamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009538:Nicotine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D004246:Dimethylphenylpiperazinium Iodide; D008464:Mecamylamine; D009538:Nicotine; D002217:Carbachol; C044630:1-(2 (diphenylmethoxy)ethyl)-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine; D003042:Cocaine; D002714:Chlorisondamine; D004298:Dopamine