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Toxicological Sciences 64, 216-223 (2001)
Copyright © 2001 by the Society of Toxicology

NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Dopamine Transporter Binding in the Rat Striatum Is Increased by Gestational, Perinatal, and Adolescent Exposure to Heptachlor

Sherry Purkerson-Parker*,{dagger}, Katherine L. McDaniel{dagger} and Virginia C. Moser{dagger},1

* The University of North Carolina, Curriculum in Toxicology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599; and {dagger} Neurotoxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711

Heptachlor is a persistent cyclodiene pesticide that affects GABAergic function. Recent reports indicate that heptachlor exposure also alters dopamine transporter (DAT) expression and function in adult mice. The aim of this study was to determine whether gestational, perinatal, and/or adolescent heptachlor exposure in rats altered dopamine-receptor and DAT binding. Adolescent exposure to dieldrin was included to evaluate the generality of the findings. Sprague-Dawley rats received doses (po) ranging from 0 to 8.4 mg/kg/day of heptachlor, or dieldrin, 3 mg/kg/day, during different developmental periods. There were dose-related decreases in maternal weight gain and pup survival, as well as delayed righting reflex, at heptachlor doses >=3 mg/kg/day. There were no changes in striatal dopamine receptor-D1 ([3H]SCH-23390) and -D2 ([3H]spiperone) binding in preweanling pups exposed perinatally to heptachlor, and no differences in the response of adult rats to the motor activity-increasing effects of d-amphetamine. However, there were significant (27–64%) increases in striatal DAT binding of [3H]mazindol in preweanling rats exposed only gestationally. In rats exposed perinatally and/or during adolescence, there were also increases (34–65%) in striatal DAT binding at postnatal days (PND) 22, 43, and 128. Adolescent exposure to dieldrin also increased DAT binding. In other rats exposed perinatally and throughout adolescence, even the lowest dose of heptachlor 0.3 mg/kg/d increased DAT binding on PND 130. The DAT affinity for mazindol was unchanged in heptachlor-exposed striata. In vitrobinding studies indicated that heptachlor (>=10 µM) displaced mazindol binding. Thus, gestational, perinatal, and/or adolescent exposure to heptachlor produced an increase in DAT binding as early as PND 10, and this change persisted into adulthood.

Key Words: heptachlor; dieldrin; dopamine transporter; neurotoxicity; developmental; rats.


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