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. 2008 Dec 19;328(3):912–920. doi: 10.1124/jpet.108.147959

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4.

Effect of PKCβ inhibition on basal and AMPH-induced DAT trafficking in WT mice. Striatal synaptosomes from WT mice were pretreated with either the PKCβ-specific inhibitor LY (100 nM) or V for 1 h at 37°C. Surface DAT expression was determined by biotinylation and quantified as described under Materials and Methods. Data were expressed as percentage of DAT surface expression (biotinylated DAT/lysate DAT) relative to control. A, incubation with 100 nM LY for 1 h at 37°C significantly reduced basal surface DAT expression compared with Veh treatment (LY versus V, paired Student's t test, p < 0.05, n = 9). B, striatal synaptosomes from WT mice were preincubated with 100 nM LY379196, then challenged with 10 μM A or V for either 0.5 or 60 min. Short-term (0.5 min) AMPH exposure resulted in a significant reduction in surface DAT expression compared with Veh exposure (LY + V versus LY + 30-sec AMPH, paired Student's t test, p < 0.05, n = 4), mimicking short-term AMPH-induced DAT trafficking in KO mice. Conversely, long-term AMPH treatment (60 min) increased surface DAT expression compared with Veh controls (LY + V versus LY + 60-min AMPH, paired Student's t test, p < 0.01, n = 6), a similar pattern to KO mice. Data are represented as mean ± S.E.M.