Crossref journal-article
Society for Neuroscience
The Journal of Neuroscience (393)
Abstract

Electrophysiological and pharmacological studies of a cloned human dopamine transporter (hDAT) were undertaken to investigate the mechanisms of transporter function and the actions of drugs at this target. Using two-electrode voltage-clamp techniques with hDAT-expressingXenopus laevisoocytes, we show that hDAT can be considered electrogenic by two criteria. (1) Uptake of hDAT substrates gives rise to a pharmacologically appropriate “transport-associated” current. (2) The velocity of DA uptake measured in oocytes clamped at various membrane potentials was voltage-dependent, increasing with hyperpolarization. Concurrent measurement of transport-associated current and substrate flux in individual oocytes revealed that charge movement during substrate translocation was greater than would be expected for a transport mechanism with fixed stoichiometry of 2 Na+and 1 Cl−per DA+molecule. In addition to the transport-associated current, hDAT also mediates a constitutive leak current, the voltage and ionic dependencies of which differ markedly from those of the transport-associated current. Ion substitution experiments suggest that alkali cations and protons are carried by the hDAT leak conductance. In contrast to the transport-associated functions, the leak does not require Na+or Cl−, and DAT ligands readily interact with the transporter even in the absence of these ions. The currents that hDAT mediates provide a functional assay that readily distinguishes the modes of action of amphetamine-like “DA-releasing” drugs from cocaine-like translocation blockers. In addition, the voltage dependence of DA uptake suggests a mechanism through which presynaptic DA autoreceptor activation may accelerate the termination of dopaminergic neurotransmissionin vivo.

Bibliography

Sonders, M. S., Zhu, S.-J., Zahniser, N. R., Kavanaugh, M. P., & Amara, S. G. (1997). Multiple Ionic Conductances of the Human Dopamine Transporter: The Actions of Dopamine and Psychostimulants. The Journal of Neuroscience, 17(3), 960–974.

Authors 5
  1. Mark S. Sonders (first)
  2. Si-Jia Zhu (additional)
  3. Nancy R. Zahniser (additional)
  4. Michael P. Kavanaugh (additional)
  5. Susan G. Amara (additional)
References 88 Referenced 350
  1. 10.1146/annurev.ne.16.030193.000445
  2. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.14-09-05559.1994
  3. 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1971.tb00208.x
  4. 10.1038/264789a0
  5. Boja JW Vaughan R Patel A Shaya EK Kuhar MJ (1994) The dopamine transporter. in Dopamine receptors and transporters, ed Niznik HB (Marcel Dekker, New York), pp 611–644.
  6. 10.1016/0006-2952(84)90583-5
  7. 10.1073/pnas.91.26.12584
  8. 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019938 / J Physiol (Lond) / Ions required for the electrogenic transport of GABA by horizontal cells of the catfish retina. by Cammack (1993)
  9. 10.1073/pnas.93.2.723
  10. 10.1016/0896-6273(94)90260-7
  11. 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90096-5
  12. 10.1016/0169-328X(93)90187-T
  13. 10.1016/0006-8993(86)91050-4 / Brain Res / The mechanism of action of MPTP and MPP+ on endogenous dopamine release from the rat corpus striatum superfused in vitro. by Chang (1986)
  14. 10.1016/S0006-3495(95)80110-4
  15. 10.1016/0003-2697(87)90021-2
  16. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.15-03-01714.1995
  17. 10.1113/jphysiol.1989.sp017649
  18. 10.3109/10409238709086960
  19. 10.1007/BF00235130
  20. 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79604-2
  21. 10.1016/S0022-3565(25)29003-6 / J Pharmacol Exp Ther / Amine uptake and storage mechanisms in the corpus striatum of rat and rabbit. by Dorris (1971)
  22. 10.1073/pnas.93.9.4153
  23. 10.1016/S0022-3565(25)10577-6 / J Pharmacol Exp Ther / Characterization of a recombinant human dopamine transporter in multiple cell lines. by Eshleman (1995)
  24. 10.1038/375599a0
  25. 10.1016/S0022-3565(25)31549-1 / J Pharmacol Exp Ther / Chemical release of dopamine from striatal homogenates: evidence for an exchange diffusion model. by Fischer (1979)
  26. 10.1242/jeb.198.10.2197 / J Exp Biol / Sodium-dependent norepinephrine-induced currents in norepinephrine transporter transfected HEK-293 cells blocked by cocaine and antidepressants. by Galli (1995)
  27. 10.1016/0165-0270(89)90119-2
  28. 10.1016/S0026-895X(25)08925-4 / Mol Pharmacol / Cloning, pharmacological characterization, and chromosome assignment of the human dopamine transporter. by Giros (1992)
  29. 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)33961-3 / J Biol Chem / Delineation of discrete domains for substrate, cocaine, and tricyclic antidepressant interactions using chimeric dopamine-norepinephrine transporters. by Giros (1994)
  30. 10.1038/379606a0
  31. 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)37256-3 / J Biol Chem / Stable expression of biogenic amine transporters reveals differences in inhibitor sensitivity, kinetics, and ion dependence. by Gu (1994)
  32. 10.1016/0006-2952(75)90152-5
  33. Hille B (1992) Ionic channels of excitable membranes. (Sinauer, Sunderland, MA).
  34. 10.1016/S0026-895X(25)13986-2 / Mol Pharmacol / The effects of various salts, temperature and the alkaloids veratridine and batrachotoxin on the uptake of [3H]-dopamine into synaptosomes from rat striatum. by Holz (1974)
  35. 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90308-E
  36. 10.1016/S0026-895X(25)14974-2 / Mol Pharmacol / [3H]Mazindol binding associated with neuronal dopamine and norepinephrine uptake sites. by Javitch (1984)
  37. 10.3109/10409238709082546
  38. 10.1016/0014-2999(85)90304-8
  39. Kenakin TP (1987) Pharmacologic analysis of drug-receptor interaction. (Raven, New York).
  40. Kilty JE (1993) Cloning and characterization of the rat dopamine transporter: the ionic-dependence and substrate selectivity of catecholamine transporters. Dissertation, Yale University.
  41. 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb08847.x
  42. 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)61351-5
  43. 10.1007/BF00165750
  44. 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79613-3
  45. 10.1146/annurev.pa.34.040194.001251
  46. 10.1016/0006-2952(82)90057-0
  47. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.14-08-04903.1994
  48. 10.1152/ajpcell.1993.265.1.C3 / Am J Physiol / Proton conductance of the plasma membrane: properties, regulation, and functional role. by Lukacs (1993)
  49. 10.1016/0896-6273(94)90337-9
  50. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-17-05405.1996
  51. 10.1016/0955-0674(94)90079-5
  52. 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90178-L
  53. 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb02185.x
  54. 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90213-B
  55. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-02-00436.1996
  56. 10.1007/BF00235797
  57. 10.1016/S0022-3565(25)24956-4 / J Pharmacol Exp Ther / Effects of d-amphetamine and dopamine synthesis inhibitors on dopamine and acetylcholine neurotransmission in the striatum. I. Release in the absence of vesicular transmitter stores. by Parker (1986)
  58. 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb05864.x
  59. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.13-10-04246.1993
  60. 10.1016/S0026-895X(25)08549-9 / Mol Pharmacol / Mechanism of the dopamine-releasing actions of amphetamine and cocaine: plasmalemmal dopamine transporter versus vesicular monoamine transporter. by Pifl (1995)
  61. 10.1016/S0026-895X(25)09894-3 / Mol Pharmacol / Pharmacological heterogeneity of the cloned and native human dopamine transporter: disassociation of [3H]WIN 35,428 and [3H]GBR 12,935 binding. by Pristupa (1994)
  62. 10.1016/0165-6147(94)90158-9
  63. 10.1016/B978-0-12-185287-0.50020-X
  64. 10.1016/0014-2999(77)90202-3
  65. 10.1016/S0022-3565(25)31548-X / J Pharmacol Exp Ther / Dopamine can be released by two mechanisms differentially affected by the dopamine transport inhibitor nomifensine. by Raiteri (1979)
  66. 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021178
  67. 10.1126/science.2820058
  68. 10.1016/0014-2999(86)90071-3
  69. Ross SB (1976) Structural requirements for uptake into catecholamine neurons. in The mechanism of neuronal and extraneuronal transport of catecholamines, ed Paton DM (Raven, New York), pp 67–93.
  70. 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90109-S / Biochim Biophys Acta / From synapse to vesicle: the reuptake and storage of biogenic amine neurotransmitters. by Rudnick (1993)
  71. 10.1146/annurev.pa.33.040193.003231
  72. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.14-01-00088.1994
  73. 10.1016/0006-8993(88)91603-4
  74. 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80111-5
  75. Stein WD (1986) Transport and diffusion across cell membranes. (Academic, San Diego).
  76. 10.1016/S0022-3565(25)28552-4 / J Pharmacol Exp Ther / Effects of desmethylimipramine and cocaine on the uptake, retention and metabolism of H3-tyramine in rat brain slices. by Steinberg (1970)
  77. 10.1016/0896-6273(90)90339-H
  78. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.15-05-04102.1995
  79. 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb14839.x / Ann NY Acad Sci / Stoichiometry of cotransport systems. by Turner (1985)
  80. 10.1016/S0006-3495(90)82640-0
  81. 10.1074/jbc.270.30.17668
  82. 10.1016/0169-328X(92)90165-8
  83. 10.1016/0896-6273(95)90159-0
  84. 10.1016/S0026-895X(25)08574-8 / Mol Pharmacol / Biogenic amine flux mediated by cloned transporters stably expressed in cultured cell lines: amphetamine specificity for inhibition and efflux. by Wall (1995)
  85. 10.1146/annurev.ne.19.030196.002201
  86. 10.1146/annurev.ne.19.030196.001535
  87. 10.1016/0306-4522(94)00536-E
  88. 10.1016/S0022-3565(25)24730-9 / J Pharmacol Exp Ther / Interactions of [3H]amphetamine with rat brain synaptosomes. II. Active transport. by Zaczek (1991)
Dates
Type When
Created 7 years, 4 months ago (April 3, 2018, 11 a.m.)
Deposited 1 month, 3 weeks ago (July 3, 2025, 7:23 a.m.)
Indexed 1 month ago (July 25, 2025, 6:03 a.m.)
Issued 28 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1997)
Published 28 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1997)
Published Online 28 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1997)
Published Print 28 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1997)
Funders 0

None

@article{Sonders_1997, title={Multiple Ionic Conductances of the Human Dopamine Transporter: The Actions of Dopamine and Psychostimulants}, volume={17}, ISSN={1529-2401}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-00960.1997}, DOI={10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-00960.1997}, number={3}, journal={The Journal of Neuroscience}, publisher={Society for Neuroscience}, author={Sonders, Mark S. and Zhu, Si-Jia and Zahniser, Nancy R. and Kavanaugh, Michael P. and Amara, Susan G.}, year={1997}, month=feb, pages={960–974} }