%0 Journal Article %T La regulaci¨®n del transportador de colina de alta afinidad dependiente de AMPc/PKA no es mediada por dopamina en neuronas de retina %A Garay %A Jos¨¦ L %A L¨®pez H %A William J %A Mosquera F %A Elis A %A Subiela H %A Jos¨¦ D %A Loureiro D S %A Nelson E %J Archivos Venezolanos de Farmacolog¨ªa y Terap¨¦utica %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the high affinity choline transporter (hacht) activity is considered to be the rate-limiting step in acetylcholine (ach) synthesis in the cholinergic terminal. recent studies show that hacht contains consensus serine and threonine residues for protein kinase a (pka) phosphorylation. using chick retinal neurons evaluated the effects of the second messenger camp on the hacht activity. the increase of the intracellular camp levels through phosphodiesterase inhibition, adenilatecyclase activation or using a phosphodiesterase-resistant camp analog decreased hacht activity between 29 and 69%. moreover, the activation of dopamine d1-type receptors increase the intracellular camp levels and activates pka, however, the treatment with dopamine d1 or d2 receptor antagonists does not induce changes on transporter activity. %K high affinity choline transporter %K protein kinase a %K dopamine. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0798-02642010000400003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en