Activation of protein kinase C inhibits uptake, currents and binding associated with the human dopamine transporter expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Si Jia Zhu, Michael P. Kavanaugh, Mark S. Sonders, Susan G. Amara, Nancy R. Zahniser

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Abstract

Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) regulates the activity of a number of neurotransmitter transporters. When Xenopus oocytes expressing the cloned human dopamine transporter (hDAT) were pretreated with bath-applied phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a PKC activator, [3H]DA uptake decreased irreversibly in a time- and dose-dependent manner (IC50 = 22 nM; maximal inhibition = 63-85%). The inhibition appeared to be PKC-specific because incubation with the inactive form of phorbol ester 4α-phorbol-12,13- didecanoate (400 nM) did not change the uptake activity and PMA (100 nM) inhibition could be partially blocked by the selective PKC inhibitor bisindolyl-maleimide 1 (1 μM). Saturation studies of [3H]DA uptake showed that PMA-induced inhibition was due to a decrease in V(max) with no change in K(T). Similar to uptake, PMA pretreatment inhibited both the hDAT transport- associated and substrate-independent leak currents. PMA also decreased membrane capacitance (c(m)) by 40%, selectively in hDAT-expressing oocytes. In addition, PMA pretreatment resulted in a 77% decrease in B(max) of [3H]mazindol binding to intact oocytes. In contrast, binding to whole homogenates of PMA-pretreated oocytes was not significantly altered. These results suggest that PMA regulates hDAT expressed in Xenopus oocytes by altering cell surface trafficking of hDAT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1358-1365
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Volume282
Issue number3
StatePublished - Sep 1997

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