[3H]beta-CIT: a radioligand for dopamine transporters in rat brain tissue

Eur J Pharmacol. 1999 Dec 3;385(2-3):291-4. doi: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00695-0.

Abstract

[3H]2-beta-carbomethoxy-3-beta-[4'-iodophenyl]tropane (beta-CIT) was prepared and evaluated. With rat forebrain tissue, [3H]beta-CIT showed high affinity for dopamine transporters (DAT), with selectivity for DAT over norepinephrine transporters, but not serotonin transporters, as well as DAT-stereoselectivity with beta-CIT, amphetamine and methylphenidate. Affinity and selectivity for 53 compounds assayed with [3H]beta-CIT and standard DAT radioligand [3H]GBR-12935 were highly correlated (r0.95). [3H]beta-CIT is proposed as a useful, high-affinity DAT radioprobe.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amphetamine / chemistry
  • Amphetamine / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Autoradiography
  • Binding, Competitive / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Cocaine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cocaine / chemistry
  • Cocaine / metabolism
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism
  • Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism
  • Membrane Transport Proteins*
  • Methylphenidate / chemistry
  • Methylphenidate / metabolism
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins*
  • Piperazines / metabolism
  • Piperazines / pharmacology
  • Radioligand Assay
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Tritium

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Piperazines
  • Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • Slc6a3 protein, rat
  • Slc6a4 protein, rat
  • Tritium
  • Methylphenidate
  • 2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)tropane
  • vanoxerine
  • 1-(2 (diphenylmethoxy)ethyl)-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine
  • Amphetamine
  • Cocaine