title: Nature of methamphetamine-induced rapid and reversible changes in dopamine transporters.
abstract: The nature of methamphetamine-induced rapid and transient decreases in dopamine transporter activity was investigated. Regional specificity was demonstrated, since [3H]dopamine uptake was decreased in synaptosomes prepared from the striatum, but not nucleus accumbens, of methamphetamine-treated rats. Differences among effects on dopamine transporter activity and ligand binding were also observed, since a single methamphetamine administration decreased [3H]dopamine uptake without altering [3H]WIN35428 ([3H](-)-2-beta-carbomethoxy-3-beta-(4-fluorophenyl)tropane 1,5-naphthalenedisulfonate) binding in synaptosomes prepared 1 h after injection. Moreover, multiple methamphetamine injections caused a greater decrease in [3H]dopamine uptake than [3H]WIN35428 binding in synaptosomes prepared I h after dosing. Finally, decreases in [3H]dopamine uptake, but not [3H]WIN35428 binding, were partially reversed 24 h after multiple methamphetamine injections. Western blotting indicated that saline- and methamphetamine-affected dopamine transporters co-migrated on sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) gels at approximately 80 kDa, and that acute, methamphetamine-induced decreases in [3H]dopamine uptake were not due to loss of dopamine transporter protein. These findings demonstrate heretofore-uncharacterized features of the acute effect of methamphetamine on dopamine transporters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kokoshka
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Fleckenstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D008694:Methamphetamine; C021279:(1R-(exo,exo))-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-8-methyl-8- azabicyclo(3.2.1)octane-2-carboxylic acid, methyl ester; D003042:Cocaine