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The neurotoxin MPP+ potently inhibited the striatal binding of [3H]-tyramine, a putative marker for the vesicular transporter of dopamine, and provoked a massive in vivo release of striatal dopamine. Tetrabenazine, an established ligand for the vesicular catecholamine carrier, potently inhibited [3H]-tyramine binding, tyramine-provoked striatal efflux of dopamine and the fast component of MPP(+)-induced dopamine release. It is concluded that MPP+ in the striatum, besides interacting with additional intracellular targets, avidly binds at a vesicular site functionally involved with the outward transport of dopamine.
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