title: A novel mechanism of dopamine neurotoxicity involving the peripheral extracellular and the plasma membrane dopamine transporter.
abstract: Chinese hamster ovary cells stably expressing a rat dopamine transporter (designated D8 cells) and neuroblastoma SK-N-SH cells were used as two model systems to study dopamine neurotoxicity. Within 24 h, 1-10 mM dopamine induced D8 cells into apoptosis while 20-200 microM dopamine induced SK-N-SH cells into cell death. The viability of both cell types decreased in a dose-dependent manner. However, the dopamine uptake activity of D8 cells at 10 mM was not significantly higher than the uptake at 100 microM, suggesting that it was not the high concentration of intracellular dopamine that induced D8 cells into apoptosis, but rather dopamine found in the extracellular space. Furthermore, cocaine, an inhibitor of dopamine uptake, could not block cell death induced by dopamine. Forskolin, an agonist of protein kinase A (PKA), stimulated dopamine uptake in D8 cells and blocked apoptosis induced by the drug. These results suggest that the dopamine transporter mediates a dopamine-dependant apoptotic signal transduction pathway that is independent of dopamine uptake into the cell.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D016466:CHO Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009498:Neurotoxins; D005576:Colforsin; D004298:Dopamine