title: Characterization of dopamine transporter and locomotor effects of cocaine, GBR 12909, epidepride, and SCH 23390 in C57BL and DBA mice.
abstract: C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice were used to examine genetic differences in locomotor activating effects of acute cocaine administration and to determine whether differences were mediated by dopaminergic systems. C57BL/6 mice were less activated than DBA/2 mice at 5 and 10 min after 10 and 15 mg/kg cocaine. HPLC analysis showed equivalent brain cocaine concentrations in the two strains at 5 and 10 min after 10, 15, or 20 mg/kg doses. The selective dopamine uptake inhibitor, GBR 12909, at 5 and 7.5 mg/kg, produced greater locomotor activation in DBA/2 mice than in C57BL/6 mice. However, binding studies with the selective dopamine uptake ligand [3H]GBR 12935, revealed no between-strain difference in Kd or Bmax in caudate putamen (CP) or nucleus accumbens (NA) membranes. Competition assays using unlabeled dopamine to compete for [3H]GBR 12935 binding in CP or NA membranes showed no between-strain difference by brain region. The specific D1 or D2 antagonists, SCH 23390 or epidepride, respectively, produced dose-dependent decreases in locomotor activity but there were no between-strain differences. However, epidepride, at a dose of 0.003 mg/kg, completely reversed cocaine-induced (15 mg/kg) activation in both strains. These findings show that C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice differ in dopamine-related behaviors and suggest that dopaminergic processes may mediate genetic differences in cocaine sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Womer
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Erwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003042:Cocaine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D014179:Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010879:Piperazines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D001552:Benzazepines; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D014179:Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors; D010879:Piperazines; D011759:Pyrrolidines; C063525:epidepride; C043425:vanoxerine; D003042:Cocaine; D004298:Dopamine