title: Rapid and differential losses of in vivo dopamine transporter (DAT) and vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) radioligand binding in MPTP-treated mice.
abstract: The dose- and time-dependent changes of in vivo radioligand binding to the neuronal membrane dopamine transporter (DAT) and vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 (VMAT2) were examined in mouse brain after MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) administrations. Regional brain distribution studies were done in male C57BL/6 mice using simultaneous injections of d-threo-[(3)H]methylphenidate (DAT) and (+)-alpha-[(11)C]dihydrotetrabenazine (VMAT2). Single (55 mg/kg i.p. ) or multiple (4 x 10 mg/kg i.p., 1-hour intervals) administration of MPTP caused significant reductions in [(3)H]methylphenidate and [(11)C]dihydrotetrabenazine specific striatal binding, measured 14 days later. The single high dose of MPTP produced greater losses of [(11)C]dihydrotetrabenazine binding than did the multiple MPTP dosing regimen. Using the single high dose of MPTP, changes of in vivo binding of the two radioligands were determined at 1, 3, and 14 days after neurotoxin injection. At 1 day, there are large losses of [(3)H]methylphenidate binding (DAT) but no changes in [(11)C]dihydrotetrabenazine binding to the VMAT2 site in the striatum. At 3 and 14 days, there were >50% losses of binding of both bot radioligands, but significantly (P < 0.001) greater losses of VMAT2 binding of [(11)C]dihydrotetrabenazine. These studies indicate that the losses of the neuronal membrane and vesicular transporters are not always equal, and do not occur in the same time frame, after administration of the neurotoxin MPTP.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. mkilbour@umich.edu
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kilbourn
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuszpit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D013747:Tetrabenazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014316:Tritium; D050492:Vesicular Biogenic Amine Transport Proteins; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; C493453:Slc18a2 protein, mouse; C493215:Slc6a3 protein, mouse; D050492:Vesicular Biogenic Amine Transport Proteins; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins; D014316:Tritium; D008774:Methylphenidate; C032811:dihydrotetrabenazine; D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D004298:Dopamine; D013747:Tetrabenazine