Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
GABA uptake transporters support dopamine release in dorsal striatum with maladaptive downregulation in a parkinsonism model. |
| Authors: |
Roberts, Bradley M., Doig, Natalie M., Brimblecombe, Katherine R., Lopes, Emanuel F., Siddorn, Ruth E., Threlfell, Sarah, Connor-Robson, Natalie, Bengoa-Vergniory, Nora, Pasternack, Nicholas, Wade-Martins, Richard, Magill, Peter J., Cragg, Stephanie J. |
| Source: |
Nature Communications; 10/2/2020, Vol. 11 Issue 1, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p |
| Subject Terms: |
GABA transporters, DOPAMINE, NUCLEUS accumbens, DOWNREGULATION, CELL membranes, MONOAMINE transporters |
| Abstract: |
Striatal dopamine (DA) is critical for action and learning. Recent data show that DA release is under tonic inhibition by striatal GABA. Ambient striatal GABA tone on striatal projection neurons can be determined by plasma membrane GABA uptake transporters (GATs) located on astrocytes and neurons. However, whether striatal GATs and astrocytes determine DA output are unknown. We reveal that DA release in mouse dorsolateral striatum, but not nucleus accumbens core, is governed by GAT-1 and GAT-3. These GATs are partly localized to astrocytes, and are enriched in dorsolateral striatum compared to accumbens core. In a mouse model of early parkinsonism, GATs are downregulated, tonic GABAergic inhibition of DA release augmented, and nigrostriatal GABA co-release attenuated. These data define previously unappreciated and important roles for GATs and astrocytes in supporting DA release in striatum, and reveal a maladaptive plasticity in early parkinsonism that impairs DA output in vulnerable striatal regions. GABA transporters expressed in the striatum may affect behaviour. Here the authors investigate the contribution of GABA transporters on astrocytes to the regulation of dopamine release in the striatum, and show decreased expression of GAT-1 and GAT-3 in a mouse model of Parkinsonism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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