title: Tight binding dopamine reuptake inhibitors as cocaine antagonists. A strategy for drug development.
abstract: The experiments reported in this study tested the hypothesis that tight binding dopamine (DA) reuptake inhibitors might act as cocaine antagonists. Binding studies demonstrated that the high affinity dopamine reuptake inhibitor, 1-[2-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-[3-phenylpropyl]piperazine (GBR12909) produced a wash-resistant inhibition of the DA transporter in rat striatal membranes as labeled by [3H]cocaine or [3H]1-[2-(diphenyl- methoxy)ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine [( 3H]GBR12935), indicative of tight binding. In vivo microdialysis experiments showed that administration of 25 mg/kg GBR12909 to rats produced a modest, but not statistically significant, increase in the extracellular levels of striatal DA, while this same dose of GBR12909 inhibited the ability of cocaine to elevate extracellular DA levels by 64%. These data suggest that tight binding DA reuptake blockers may provide a fruitful approach for developing a cocaine antagonist.
authors.affiliation: Unit on Receptor Studies, LCS, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Rothman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mele
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akunne
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Greig
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thurkauf
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003042:Cocaine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010879:Piperazines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010879:Piperazines; C043425:vanoxerine; C044630:1-(2 (diphenylmethoxy)ethyl)-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine; D003042:Cocaine; D004298:Dopamine