PMID- 24920625 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140804 LR - 20231012 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 24 DP - 2014 Jun 11 TI - Is Parkinson's disease a vesicular dopamine storage disorder? Evidence from a study in isolated synaptic vesicles of human and nonhuman primate striatum. PG - 8210-8 LID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5456-13.2014 [doi] AB - The cause of degeneration of nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) neurons in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is still unknown. Intraneuronally, DA is largely confined to synaptic vesicles where it is protected from metabolic breakdown. In the cytoplasm, however, free DA can give rise to formation of cytotoxic free radicals. Normally, the concentration of cytoplasmic DA is kept at a minimum by continuous pumping activity of the vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT)2. Defects in handling of cytosolic DA by VMAT2 increase levels of DA-generated oxy radicals ultimately resulting in degeneration of DAergic neurons. Here, we isolated for the first time, DA storage vesicles from the striatum of six autopsied brains of PD patients and four controls and measured several indices of vesicular DA storage mechanisms. We found that (1) vesicular uptake of DA and binding of the VMAT2-selective label [(3)H]dihydrotetrabenazine were profoundly reduced in PD by 87-90% and 71-80%, respectively; (2) after correcting for DA nerve terminal loss, DA uptake per VMAT2 transport site was significantly reduced in PD caudate and putamen by 53 and 55%, respectively; (3) the VMAT2 transport defect appeared specific for PD as it was not present in Macaca fascicularis (7 MPTP and 8 controls) with similar degree of MPTP-induced nigrostriatal neurodegeneration; and (4) DA efflux studies and measurements of acidification in the vesicular preparations suggest that the DA storage impairment was localized at the VMAT2 protein itself. We propose that this VMAT2 defect may be an early abnormality promoting mechanisms leading to nigrostriatal DA neuron death in PD. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 the authors 0270-6474/14/348210-09$15.00/0. FAU - Pifl, Christian AU - Pifl C AD - Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, christian.pifl@meduniwien.ac.at. FAU - Rajput, Alex AU - Rajput A AD - Movement Disorders Program Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N OW8, Canada. FAU - Reither, Harald AU - Reither H AD - Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. FAU - Blesa, Javier AU - Blesa J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4257-1325 AD - Movement Disorders Group, Neurosciences Division, CIMA, and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, E31008 Pamplona, Spain, and. FAU - Cavada, Carmen AU - Cavada C AD - Departamento de Anatomia, Histologia y Neurociencia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, E28049 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Obeso, Jose A AU - Obeso JA AD - Movement Disorders Group, Neurosciences Division, CIMA, and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, E31008 Pamplona, Spain, and. FAU - Rajput, Ali H AU - Rajput AH AD - Movement Disorders Program Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N OW8, Canada. FAU - Hornykiewicz, Oleh AU - Hornykiewicz O AD - Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Slc18a2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins) RN - 10028-17-8 (Tritium) RN - 3466-75-9 (dihydrotetrabenazine) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) RN - X77S6GMS36 (Homovanillic Acid) RN - Z9O08YRN8O (Tetrabenazine) SB - IM EIN - J Neurosci. 2015 Nov 25;35(47):15767 MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Animals MH - Corpus Striatum/pathology/*ultrastructure MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Dopamine/*metabolism MH - Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/pharmacokinetics MH - Female MH - Homovanillic Acid/metabolism MH - Humans MH - MPTP Poisoning/pathology MH - Macaca fascicularis MH - Male MH - Parkinson Disease/*pathology MH - Synaptic Vesicles/*metabolism MH - Tetrabenazine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacokinetics MH - Tritium/metabolism/pharmacokinetics MH - Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins/*metabolism PMC - PMC6608236 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Parkinson's disease OT - VMAT2 OT - dopamine OT - striatum OT - synaptic vesicles EDAT- 2014/06/13 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/05 06:00 PMCR- 2014/12/11 CRDT- 2014/06/13 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/12/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 34/24/8210 [pii] AID - 5456-13 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5456-13.2014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2014 Jun 11;34(24):8210-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5456-13.2014.