PMID- 19038779 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090324 LR - 20220223 IS - 1521-0103 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3565 (Print) IS - 0022-3565 (Linking) VI - 328 IP - 3 DP - 2009 Mar TI - Cocaine alters vesicular dopamine sequestration and potassium-stimulated dopamine release: the role of D2 receptor activation. PG - 807-12 LID - 10.1124/jpet.108.146159 [doi] AB - Cocaine is a psychostimulant that inhibits the inward transport of dopamine (DA) via the neuronal DA transporter, thereby increasing DA concentrations in the synaptic cleft. Cocaine administration also causes a redistribution of striatal vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT)-2-containing vesicles that co-fractionate with synaptosomal membranes after osmotic lysis (referred to herein as membrane-associated vesicles) to a nonmembrane-associated, cytoplasmic subcellular fraction. Although previous studies from our laboratory have focused on the impact of cocaine on cytoplasmic vesicles, the present report describes the pharmacological effects of cocaine on the membrane-associated vesicle population. Results revealed that the redistribution of VMAT-2 and associated vesicles away from synaptosomal membranes is associated with a decrease in total DA transport and DA content in the membrane-associated VMAT-2-containing subcellular fraction. Cocaine also decreases the velocity and magnitude of K+-stimulated exocytotic DA release from whole striatal suspensions. The cocaine-induced VMAT-2 redistribution, decrease in DA release, and decrease in total DA transport are mediated by D2 receptors as these events were prevented by pretreatment with the D2 receptor antagonist, eticlopride [S-(-)-3-chloro-5-ethyl-N-[(1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]-6-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzamide hydrochloride]. These data suggest that after cocaine administration, D2 receptors are activated because of increased synaptic DA, resulting in a redistribution of DA-containing vesicles away from synaptosomal membranes, thus leading to less DA released after a depolarizing stimulus. These findings provide insight into not only the mechanism of action of cocaine but also mechanisms underlying the regulation of dopaminergic neurons. FAU - Farnsworth, Sarah J AU - Farnsworth SJ AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. FAU - Volz, Trent J AU - Volz TJ FAU - Hanson, Glen R AU - Hanson GR FAU - Fleckenstein, Annette E AU - Fleckenstein AE LA - eng GR - R01 DA004222-22/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA004222/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K05 DA000378/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA00869/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 DA013367/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA13367/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K05 DA000378-07/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA11389/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA019447/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K05 DA000378-08/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA011389/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA04222/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 DA013367-05/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA00378/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA004222-21/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 DA013367-06A2/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - K02 DA019447/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA000869/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20081126 PL - United States TA - J Pharmacol Exp Ther JT - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics JID - 0376362 RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D2) RN - 0 (Slc18a2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins) RN - I5Y540LHVR (Cocaine) RN - RWP5GA015D (Potassium) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Membrane/drug effects/physiology MH - Cocaine/*pharmacology MH - Corpus Striatum/drug effects/physiology MH - Dopamine/*metabolism MH - Electric Stimulation MH - Male MH - Potassium/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Dopamine D2/drug effects/*physiology MH - Synaptic Vesicles/drug effects/physiology MH - Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins/drug effects/*physiology PMC - PMC2682259 EDAT- 2008/11/29 09:00 MHDA- 2009/03/25 09:00 PMCR- 2010/03/01 CRDT- 2008/11/29 09:00 PHST- 2008/11/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/03/25 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/11/29 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jpet.108.146159 [pii] AID - 0807 [pii] AID - 10.1124/jpet.108.146159 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2009 Mar;328(3):807-12. doi: 10.1124/jpet.108.146159. Epub 2008 Nov 26.