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In vivo analysis of serotonin clearance in rat hippocampus reveals that repeated administration of p-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), but not 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), leads to long-lasting deficits in serotonin transporter function.
J Neurochem. 2007 Feb; 100(3):617-27.JN

Abstract

p-Methoxyamphetamine (PMA) has been implicated in fatalities as a result of 'ecstasy' (MDMA) overdose worldwide. Like MDMA, acute effects are associated with marked changes in serotonergic neurotransmission, but the long-term effects of PMA are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of repeated PMA administration on in vitro measures of neurodegeneration: serotonin (5-HT) uptake, 5-HT transporter (SERT) density and 5-HT content in the hippocampus, and compare with effects on in vivo 5-HT clearance. Male rats received PMA, MDMA (4 or 15 mg/kg s.c., twice daily) or vehicle for 4 days and 2 weeks later indices of SERT function were measured. [(3)H]5-HT uptake into synaptosomes and [(3)H]cyanoimipramine binding to the SERT were significantly reduced by both PMA and MDMA treatments. 5-HT content was reduced in MDMA-, but not PMA-treatment. In contrast, clearance of locally applied 5-HT measured in vivo by chronoamperometry was only reduced in rats treated with 15 mg/kg PMA. The finding that 5-HT clearance in vivo was unaltered by MDMA treatment suggests that in vitro measures of 5-HT axonal degeneration do not necessarily predict potential compensatory mechanisms that maintain SERT function under basal conditions.

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Callaghan PD
Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
Owens WA
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Javors MA
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Sanchez TA
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Jones DJ
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Irvine RJ
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Daws LC
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AmphetaminesAnimalsBinding, CompetitiveHippocampusMaleMetabolic Clearance RateN-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetaminePresynaptic TerminalsRadioligand AssayRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySerotoninSerotonin AgentsSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSynaptosomesWallerian Degeneration

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eng

PubMed ID

17181558

Citation

Callaghan, Paul D., et al. "In Vivo Analysis of Serotonin Clearance in Rat Hippocampus Reveals That Repeated Administration of P-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), but Not 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), Leads to Long-lasting Deficits in Serotonin Transporter Function." Journal of Neurochemistry, vol. 100, no. 3, 2007, pp. 617-27.
Callaghan PD, Owens WA, Javors MA, et al. In vivo analysis of serotonin clearance in rat hippocampus reveals that repeated administration of p-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), but not 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), leads to long-lasting deficits in serotonin transporter function. J Neurochem. 2007;100(3):617-27.
Callaghan, P. D., Owens, W. A., Javors, M. A., Sanchez, T. A., Jones, D. J., Irvine, R. J., & Daws, L. C. (2007). In vivo analysis of serotonin clearance in rat hippocampus reveals that repeated administration of p-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), but not 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), leads to long-lasting deficits in serotonin transporter function. Journal of Neurochemistry, 100(3), 617-27.
Callaghan PD, et al. In Vivo Analysis of Serotonin Clearance in Rat Hippocampus Reveals That Repeated Administration of P-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), but Not 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), Leads to Long-lasting Deficits in Serotonin Transporter Function. J Neurochem. 2007;100(3):617-27. PubMed PMID: 17181558.
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