PMID- 20605908 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101021 LR - 20211020 IS - 1521-0103 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3565 (Print) IS - 0022-3565 (Linking) VI - 335 IP - 1 DP - 2010 Oct TI - Dopamine uptake inhibitors but not dopamine releasers induce greater increases in motor behavior and extracellular dopamine in adolescent rats than in adult male rats. PG - 124-32 LID - 10.1124/jpet.110.167320 [doi] AB - Most life-long drug addiction begins during adolescence. Important structural and functional changes in brain occur during adolescence and developmental differences in forebrain dopamine systems could mediate a biologic vulnerability to drug addiction during adolescence. Studies investigating age differences in psychostimulant responses have yielded mixed results, possibly because of different mechanisms for increasing extracellular dopamine. Recent research from our laboratory suggests that adolescent dopamine systems may be most affected by selective dopamine uptake inhibitors. We investigated age-related behavioral responses to acute administration of several dopamine uptake inhibitors [methylphenidate, 1-2-[bis-(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine (GBR12909), and nomifensine] and releasing agents [amphetamine and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)] in adolescent and adult male rats. Methylphenidate and amphetamine effects on stimulated dopamine efflux were determined using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry in vivo. Dopamine uptake inhibitors but not dopamine releasing agents induced more locomotion and/or stereotypy in adolescent relative to adult rats. MDMA effects were greater in adults at early time points after dosing. Methylphenidate but not amphetamine induced much greater dopamine efflux in periadolescent relative to adult rats. Periadolescent male rats are particularly sensitive to psychostimulants that are DAT inhibitors but are not internalized and do not release dopamine. Immaturity of DAT and/or DAT associated signaling systems in adolescence specifically enhances behavioral and dopaminergic responses in adolescence. FAU - Walker, Q David AU - Walker QD AD - Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. FAU - Morris, Sarah E AU - Morris SE FAU - Arrant, Andrew E AU - Arrant AE FAU - Nagel, Jacqueline M AU - Nagel JM FAU - Parylak, Sarah AU - Parylak S FAU - Zhou, Guiying AU - Zhou G FAU - Caster, Joseph M AU - Caster JM FAU - Kuhn, Cynthia M AU - Kuhn CM LA - eng GR - R01 DA019114/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - DA019114/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20100706 PL - United States TA - J Pharmacol Exp Ther JT - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics JID - 0376362 RN - 0 (Amphetamines) RN - 0 (Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 1LGS5JRP31 (Nomifensine) RN - 207ZZ9QZ49 (Methylphenidate) RN - 90X28IKH43 (vanoxerine) RN - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Aging/*physiology MH - Amphetamines/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Behavior, Animal/drug effects MH - Brain Chemistry/drug effects MH - Dopamine/*metabolism MH - Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Electrophysiology MH - Male MH - Methylphenidate/pharmacology MH - Motor Activity/*drug effects MH - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/pharmacology MH - Neostriatum/drug effects/metabolism MH - Nomifensine/pharmacology MH - Piperazines/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley PMC - PMC2957786 EDAT- 2010/07/08 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/22 06:00 PMCR- 2011/10/01 CRDT- 2010/07/08 06:00 PHST- 2010/07/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/07/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jpet.110.167320 [pii] AID - 3622934 [pii] AID - 10.1124/jpet.110.167320 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2010 Oct;335(1):124-32. doi: 10.1124/jpet.110.167320. Epub 2010 Jul 6.