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Ventral mesencephalic neurons contained only low-affinity and sodium-independent binding sites of [3H]WIN 35,428 (marker of dopamine transporter) during the first 10d in primary cultures. These sites were present in cytosol, and they are not very probably related to dopamine transporter. After 12 d in culture, membrane-bound, high-affinity, and sodium-dependent [3H]WIN 35,428 binding sites were detected. In membranes prepared from cells 14 d in culture, cocaine displaced [3H]WIN 35,428 binding with similar potency to that in striatal membranes of adult rat brain. The high-affinity [3H]WIN 35,428 binding sites in mesencephalic neuronal cell cultures are very probably related to dopamine transporter. The development of high-affinity [3H]WIN 35,428 binding sites in neurons cultured for different time periods could be a useful model of dopamine transporter ontogenesis.
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Valchář, M., Hanbauer, I. Rat mesencephalic neuronal cells cultured for different periods as a model of dopamine transporter ontogenesis. Mol Neurobiol 11, 111–119 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02740689
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