title: The effect of nicotine on catecholaminergic storage vesicles.
abstract: The present study examined the action of nicotine on the accumulation of [3H]dopamine into synaptic vesicles prepared from mouse cerebral cortex or bovine striatum. Nicotine was shown to be a weak inhibitor of [3H]dopamine accumulation, with an IC50 of approximately 0.2-0.4 mM. In addition, repeated nicotine administration (1.2 mg (-)-nicotine di-(+)tartrate/kg s.c., twice daily for 10 days) in vivo in BALB/cBy male mice did not alter the potency of reserpine in inhibiting [3H]dopamine accumulation into synaptic vesicles, nor did it change the slight shift induced by nicotine in the potency of reserpine in inhibiting [3H]dopamine accumulation. The present results show that nicotine is an inhibitor of vesicular dopamine accumulation at high concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Center for Neurochemistry, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Ward's Island, New York, NY 10035.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sershen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lajtha
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Reith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine; D012110:Reserpine; D004298:Dopamine