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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 15, 2002, 22(2):389-395
Dopamine Uptake through the Norepinephrine Transporter in Brain
Regions with Low Levels of the Dopamine Transporter: Evidence from
Knock-Out Mouse Lines
José A.
Morón,
Alicia
Brockington,
Roy A.
Wise,
Beatriz A.
Rocha, and
Bruce T.
Hope
Behavioral Neuroscience Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse,
National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
Selective blockers of the norepinephrine transporter (NET) inhibit
dopamine uptake in the prefrontal cortex. This suggests that dopamine
in this region is normally cleared by the somewhat promiscuous NET. We
have tested this hypothesis by comparing the effects of inhibitors
selective for the three monoamine transporters with those of a
nonspecific inhibitor, cocaine, on uptake of 3H-dopamine
into synaptosomes from frontal cortex, caudate nucleus, and nucleus
accumbens from wild-type, NET, and dopamine transporter (DAT) knock-out
mice. Dopamine uptake was inhibited by cocaine and nisoxetine, but
not by GBR12909, in frontal cortex synaptosomes from wild-type or DAT
knock-out mice. At transporter-specific concentrations, nisoxetine and
GBR12909 failed to block dopamine uptake into frontal cortex
synaptosomes from NET knock-out mice. The efficacy of cocaine at the
highest dose (1 mM) was normal in DAT knock-out mice but
reduced by 70% in NET knock-out mice. Nisoxetine inhibited dopamine
uptake by 20% in caudate and nucleus accumbens synaptosomes from
wild-type and DAT knock-out mice but had no effect in those from NET
knock-out mice. Cocaine failed to block dopamine uptake into caudate or
nucleus accumbens synaptosomes from DAT knock-out mice. Cocaine and
GBR12909 each inhibited dopamine uptake into caudate synaptosomes from
NET knock-out mice, but cocaine effectiveness was reduced in the case
of nucleus accumbens synaptosomes. Thus, whereas dopamine uptake in
caudate and nucleus accumbens depends primarily on the DAT, dopamine
uptake in frontal cortex depends primarily on the NET. These data
underscore the fact that which transporter clears dopamine from a given
region depends on both the affinities and the local densities of the transporters.
Key words:
nucleus accumbens; caudate; frontal cortex; synaptosomes; nisoxetine; GBR 12909; cocaine
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