title: Differential trafficking of the vesicular monoamine transporter-2 by methamphetamine and cocaine.
abstract: High-dose administration of cocaine or methamphetamine to rats acutely (< or = 24 h) alters vesicular dopamine transport. This study elucidates the nature of these changes. Results reveal a differential redistribution of the vesicular monoamine transporter-2 (VMAT-2) within striatal synaptic terminals after drug treatment. In particular, cocaine shifts VMAT-2 protein from a synaptosomal membrane fraction to a vesicle-enriched fraction, as assessed ex vivo in fractions prepared from treated rats. In contrast, methamphetamine treatment redistributes VMAT-2 from a vesicle-enriched fraction to a location that is not retained in a synaptosomal preparation. These data suggest that psychostimulants acutely and differentially affect VMAT-2 subcellular localization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East, Rm. 201 84112, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Evan L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Riddle
authors.forename: Matthew K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Topham
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Haycock
authors.forename: Glen R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Annette E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Fleckenstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009479:Neuropeptides; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D050492:Vesicular Biogenic Amine Transport Proteins; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D050492:Vesicular Biogenic Amine Transport Proteins; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins; D008694:Methamphetamine; D003042:Cocaine