PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fleckenstein, Annette E.
AU  - Metzger, Ryan R.
AU  - Wilkins, Diana G.
AU  - Gibb, James W.
AU  - Hanson, Glen R.
TI  - Rapid and Reversible Effects of Methamphetamine on Dopamine Transporters
DP  - 1997 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 834--838
VI  - 282
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/282/2/834.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/282/2/834.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1997 Aug 01; 282
AB  - Reactive oxygen species decrease dopamine transporter (DAT) functionin vitro. Because of this, and the finding that METH administration causes oxygen radical formation in vivo, the effects of METH administration on DAT activity in rat striatum were investigated. A single METH injection caused a dose-dependent (0–15 mg/kg) decrease in [3H]dopamine uptake into striatal synaptosomes prepared 1 h after METH administration; an effect attributable to a decreased V max of [3H]dopamine uptake. Similarly, multiple high-dose administrations of METH (10 mg/kg/dose; four doses at 2-h intervals) decreased DAT function. The decreases in DAT activity after either single or multiple METH administrations were reversed 24 h after treatment. [3H]5HT transport into striatal synaptosomes was also affected by METH treatment. Taken together, these data suggest that METH decreases DAT activity, perhaps through a reactive oxygen species-mediated mechanism. These findings may have important implications regarding the role of oxidative events in the physiological regulation of monoaminergic systems. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics