Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: Single and Binge Methamphetamine Administrations Have Different Effects on the Levels of Dopamine D2 Autoreceptor and Dopamine Transporter in Rat Striatum
doi: 10.3390/ijms15045884
Figure Lengend Snippet: The effect of binge intraperitoneal (i.p.) METH on the immunoreactivity of pre-synaptic dopamine D2 autoreceptor (D2S) in striatal synaptosomal fractions. Binge METH (4 × 10 mg/kg, every 2 h, i.p.) increased D2 receptor immunoreactivity at 1 h in total synaptosomal fraction (+32%, * p < 0.05) and decreased D2 receptor immunoreactivity at 24 h in all three fractions, total, membrane-endosomal, and cytosol-vesicular fraction (−34% ( ** p < 0.01), −28%, and −11%, respectively). A trend for an increase in D2S immunoreactivity was observed in cytosol-vesicular fraction (+48%, p = 0.069). Abbreviations: M, membrane fraction; METH, methamphetamine; PonS, Ponceau S; SAL, saline; T, total fraction; V, vesicular fraction.
Article Snippet: Dynabeads (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA) were incubated in the presence of 2 μL of rabbit polyclonal D2 receptor primary antibody (AB5084P, 1:1000; EDM Millipore), polyclonal DAT primary antibody (SC1433; Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc.), or radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer (negative control) for 12 h at 4 °C, followed by the addition of synaptosomal fractions (200 μg of proteins in 100 μL of RIPA buffer) and second incubation (12 h at 4 °C).
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