title: Loss of dopamine uptake sites and dopamine D2 receptors in striatonigral degeneration.
abstract: To explore the mechanisms underlying L-dopa response, we studied, by postmortem autoradiography, selective makers of dopamine presynaptic terminals, [3H]WIN 35428, and dopamine D2 receptors, [3H]nemonapride, in the putamen of four Parkinson's disease (PD) and one striatonigral degeneration (SND) neuropathologically confirmed brains as compared with six matched control brains. Dopamine uptake transporter was dramatically decreased (> 90%) both in PD and SND striatum. Dopamine D2 receptors were preserved in PD, but clearly reduced (> 76%) in the SND putamen. These data confirm that L-dopa response is closely associated with the preservation of striatal dopamine D2 receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, and Faculty of Medicine University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berciano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Figols
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pazos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pascual
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001345:Autoradiography; D001549:Benzamides / Q000378:metabolism; D002102:Cadaver; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008875:Middle Aged; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D011699:Putamen / Q000378:metabolism; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values; D020955:Striatonigral Degeneration / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; C021279:(1R-(exo,exo))-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-8-methyl-8- azabicyclo(3.2.1)octane-2-carboxylic acid, methyl ester; D003042:Cocaine; C030265:nemonapride