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Román V, Kedves R, Kelemen K, Némethy Z, Sperlágh B, Lendvai B, Vizi ES. Contribution of analog signaling to neurotransmitter interactions and behavior: Role of transporter-mediated nonquantal dopamine release. Physiol Rep 2021; 9:e15088. [PMID: 34762352 PMCID: PMC8582292 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Neuronal networks cause changes in behaviorally important information processing through the vesicular release of neurotransmitters governed by the rate and timing of action potentials (APs). Herein, we provide evidence that dopamine (DA), nonquantally released from the cytoplasm, may exert similar effects in vivo. In mouse slice preparations, (+/-)-3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA, or ecstasy) and β-phenylethylamine (β-PEA)-induced DA release in the striatum and nucleus accumbens (NAc), two regions of the brain involved in reward-driven and social behavior and inhibited the axonal stimulation-induced release of tritiated acetylcholine ([3 H]ACh) in the striatum. The DA transporter (DAT) inhibitor (GBR-12909) prevented MDMA and β-PEA from causing DA release. GBR-12909 could also restore some of the stimulated acetylcholine release reduced by MDMA or β-PEA in the striatum confirming the fundamental role of DAT. In addition, hypothermia could prevent the β-PEA-induced release in the striatum and in the NAc. Sulpiride, a D2 receptor antagonist, also prevented the inhibitory effects of MDMA or β-PEA on stimulated ACh release, suggesting they act indirectly via binding of DA. Reflecting the neurochemical interactions in brain slices at higher system level, MDMA altered the social behavior of rats by preferentially enhancing passive social behavior. Similar to the in vitro effects, GBR-12909 treatment reversed specific elements of the MDMA-induced changes in behavior, such as passive social behavior, while left others including social play unchanged. The changes in behavior by the high level of extracellular DA-- a significant amount originating from cytoplasmic release--suggest that in addition to digital computation through synapses, the brain also uses analog communication, such as DA signaling, to mediate some elements of complex behaviors, but in a much longer time scale.
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- Viktor Román
- Pharmacology and Drug Safety ResearchGedeon Richter Plc.BudapestHungary
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- Pharmacology and Drug Safety ResearchGedeon Richter Plc.BudapestHungary
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- Pharmacology and Drug Safety ResearchGedeon Richter Plc.BudapestHungary
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- Pharmacology and Drug Safety ResearchGedeon Richter Plc.BudapestHungary
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- Pharmacology and Drug Safety ResearchGedeon Richter Plc.BudapestHungary
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- Institute of Experimental MedicineBudapestHungary
- Department of Pharmacology and PharmacotherapySemmelweis UniversityBudapestHungary
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Burkhanova G, Chernova K, Khazipov R, Sheroziya M. Effects of Cortical Cooling on Activity Across Layers of the Rat Barrel Cortex. Front Syst Neurosci 2020; 14:52. [PMID: 32848644 PMCID: PMC7417609 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2020.00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Moderate cortical cooling is known to suppress slow oscillations and to evoke persistent cortical activity. However, the cooling-induced changes in electrical activity across cortical layers remain largely unknown. Here, we performed multi-channel local field potential (LFP) and multi-unit activity (MUA) recordings with linear silicone probes through the layers of single cortical barrel columns in urethane-anesthetized rats under normothermia (38°C) and during local cortical surface cooling (30°C). During cortically generated slow oscillations, moderate cortical cooling decreased delta wave amplitude, delta-wave occurrence, the duration of silent states, and delta wave-locked MUA synchronization. Moderate cortical cooling increased total time spent in the active state and decreased total time spent in the silent state. Cooling-evoked changes in the MUA firing rate in cortical layer 5 (L5) varied from increase to decrease across animals, and the polarity of changes in L5 MUA correlated with changes in total time spent in the active state. The decrease in temperature reduced MUA firing rates in all other cortical layers. Sensory-evoked MUA responses also decreased during cooling through all cortical layers. The cooling-dependent slowdown was detected at the fast time-scale with a decreased frequency of sensory-evoked high-frequency oscillations (HFO). Thus, moderate cortical cooling suppresses slow oscillations and desynchronizes neuronal activity through all cortical layers, and is associated with reduced firing across all cortical layers except L5, where cooling induces variable and non-consistent changes in neuronal firing, which are common features of the transition from slow-wave synchronization to desynchronized activity in the barrel cortex.
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,Aix Marseille University, INSERM, INMED, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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Roles Played by the Na +/Ca 2+ Exchanger and Hypothermia in the Prevention of Ischemia-Induced Carrier-Mediated Efflux of Catecholamines into the Extracellular Space: Implications for Stroke Therapy. Neurochem Res 2019; 45:16-33. [PMID: 31346893 PMCID: PMC6942591 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-019-02842-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The release of [3H]dopamine ([3H]DA) and [3H]noradrenaline ([3H]NA) in acutely perfused rat striatal and cortical slice preparations was measured at 37 °C and 17 °C under ischemic conditions. The ischemia was simulated by the removal of oxygen and glucose from the Krebs solution. At 37 °C, resting release rates in response to ischemia were increased; in contrast, at 17 °C, resting release rates were significantly reduced, or resting release was completely prevented. The removal of extracellular Ca2+ further increased the release rates of [3H]DA and [3H]NA induced by ischemic conditions. This finding indicated that the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX), working in reverse in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, fails to trigger the influx of Ca2+ in exchange for Na+ and fails to counteract ischemia by further increasing the intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i). KB-R7943, an inhibitor of NCX, significantly reduced the cytoplasmic resting release rate of catecholamines under ischemic conditions and under conditions where Ca2+ was removed. Hypothermia inhibited the excessive release of [3H]DA in response to ischemia, even in the absence of Ca2+. These findings further indicate that the NCX plays an important role in maintaining a high [Na+]i, a condition that may lead to the reversal of monoamine transporter functions; this effect consequently leads to the excessive cytoplasmic tonic release of monoamines and the reversal of the NCX. Using HPLC combined with scintillation spectrometry, hypothermia, which enhances the stimulation-evoked release of DA, was found to inhibit the efflux of toxic DA metabolites, such as 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (DOPAL). In slices prepared from human cortical brain tissue removed during elective neurosurgery, the uptake and release values for [3H]NA did not differ from those measured at 37 °C in slices that were previously maintained under hypoxic conditions at 8 °C for 20 h. This result indicates that hypothermia preserves the functions of the transport and release mechanisms, even under hypoxic conditions. Oxidative stress (H2O2), a mediator of ischemic brain injury enhanced the striatal resting release of [3H]DA and its toxic metabolites (DOPAL, quinone). The study supports our earlier findings that during ischemia transmitters are released from the cytoplasm. In addition, the major findings of this study that hypothermia of brain slice preparations prevents the extracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]o)-independent non-vesicular transmitter release induced by ischemic insults, inhibiting Na+/Cl−-dependent membrane transport of monoamines and their toxic metabolites into the extracellular space, where they can exert toxic effects.
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Zsilla G, Hegyi DE, Baranyi M, Vizi ES. 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, mephedrone, and β-phenylethylamine release dopamine from the cytoplasm by means of transporters and keep the concentration high and constant by blocking reuptake. Eur J Pharmacol 2018; 837:72-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Advances in understanding the functions of native GlyT1 and GlyT2 neuronal glycine transporters. Neurochem Int 2016; 99:169-177. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Reduction in temperature depolarizes neurons by a partial closure of potassium channels but decreases the vesicle release probability within synapses. Compared with cooling, neuromodulators produce qualitatively similar effects on intrinsic neuronal properties and synapses in the cortex. We used this similarity of neuronal action in ketamine-xylazine-anesthetized mice and non-anesthetized mice to manipulate the thalamocortical activity. We recorded cortical electroencephalogram/local field potential (LFP) activity and intracellular activities from the somatosensory thalamus in control conditions, during cortical cooling and on rewarming. In the deeply anesthetized mice, moderate cortical cooling was characterized by reversible disruption of the thalamocortical slow-wave pattern rhythmicity and the appearance of fast LFP spikes, with frequencies ranging from 6 to 9 Hz. These LFP spikes were correlated with the rhythmic IPSP activities recorded within the thalamic ventral posterior medial neurons and with depolarizing events in the posterior nucleus neurons. Similar cooling of the cortex during light anesthesia rapidly and reversibly eliminated thalamocortical silent states and evoked thalamocortical persistent activity; conversely, mild heating increased thalamocortical slow-wave rhythmicity. In the non-anesthetized head-restrained mice, cooling also prevented the generation of thalamocortical silent states. We conclude that moderate cortical cooling might be used to manipulate slow-wave network activity and induce neuromodulator-independent transition to activated states. Significance statement: In this study, we demonstrate that moderate local cortical cooling of lightly anesthetized or naturally sleeping mice disrupts thalamocortical slow oscillation and induces the activated local field potential pattern. Mild heating has the opposite effect; it increases the rhythmicity of thalamocortical slow oscillation. Our results demonstrate that slow oscillation can be influenced by manipulations to the properties of cortical neurons without changes in neuromodulation.
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Some Operational Characteristics of Glycine Release in Rat Retina: The Role of Reverse Mode Operation of Glycine Transporter Type-1 (GlyT-1) in Ischemic Conditions. Neurochem Res 2015; 41:73-85. [PMID: 26364050 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1713-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Rat posterior eyecups containing the retina were prepared, loaded with [(3)H]glycine and superfused in order to determine its release originated from glycinergic amacrine cells and/or glial cells. Deprivation of oxygen and glucose from the Krebs-bicarbonate buffer used for superfusion evoked a marked increase of [(3)H]glycine release, an effect that was found to be external Ca(2+)-independent. Whereas oxygen and glucose deprivation increased [(3)H]glycine release, its uptake was reduced suggesting that energy deficiency shifts glycine transporter type-1 operation from normal to reverse mode. The increased release of [(3)H]glycine evoked by oxygen and glucose deprivation was suspended by addition of the non-competitive glycine transporter type-1 inhibitor NFPS and the competitive inhibitor ACPPB further suggesting the involvement of this transporter in the mediation of [(3)H]glycine release. Oxygen and glucose deprivation also evoked [(3)H]glutamate release from rat retina and the concomitantly occurring release of the NMDA receptor agonist glutamate and the coagonist glycine makes NMDA receptor pathological overstimulation possible in hypoxic conditions. [(3)H]Glutamate release was suspended by addition of the excitatory amino acid transporter inhibitor TBOA. Sarcosine, a substrate inhibitor of glycine transporter type-1, also increased [(3)H]glycine release probably by heteroexchange shifting transporter operation into reverse mode. This effect of sarcosine was also external Ca(2+)-independent and could be suspended by NFPS. Energy deficiency in retina induced by ouabain, an inhibitor of the Na(+)-K(+)-dependent ATPase, and by rotenone, a mitochondrial complex I inhibitor added with the glycolytic inhibitor 2-deoxy-D-glucose, led to increase of retinal [(3)H]glycine efflux. These effects of ouabain and rotenone/2-deoxy-D-glucose could also be blocked by NFPS pointed to the preferential reverse mode operation of glycine transporter type-1 as a consequence of impaired cellular energy homeostasis. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that glycine transporter type-1, of which reverse mode operation assures [(3)H]glycine release, is expressed in amacrine cells in the inner nuclear and plexiform layers of the retina and also in Müller macroglia cells. We conclude that disruption of the balanced normal/reverse mode operation of glycine transporter type-1 is likely a significant factor contributing to neurotoxic processes of the retina. The possibility to inhibit glycine transporter type-1 mediated glycine efflux by drugs more potently than glycine uptake might offer some therapeutic potential for the treatment of various neurodegenerative disorders of the retina.
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Raiteri L, Raiteri M. Multiple functions of neuronal plasma membrane neurotransmitter transporters. Prog Neurobiol 2015; 134:1-16. [PMID: 26300320 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2015.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Removal from receptors of neurotransmitters just released into synapses is one of the major steps in neurotransmission. Transporters situated on the plasma membrane of nerve endings and glial cells perform the process of neurotransmitter (re)uptake. Because the density of transporters in the membranes can fluctuate, transporters can determine the transmitter concentrations at receptors, thus modulating indirectly the excitability of neighboring neurons. Evidence is accumulating that neurotransmitter transporters can exhibit multiple functions. Being bidirectional, neurotransmitter transporters can mediate transmitter release by working in reverse, most often under pathological conditions that cause ionic gradient dysregulations. Some transporters reverse to release transmitters, like dopamine or serotonin, when activated by 'indirectly acting' substrates, like the amphetamines. Some transporters exhibit as one major function the ability to capture transmitters into nerve terminals that perform insufficient synthesis. Transporter activation can generate conductances that regulate directly neuronal excitability. Synaptic and non-synaptic transporters play different roles. Cytosolic Na(+) elevations accompanying transport can interact with plasmalemmal or/and mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchangers thus generating calcium signals. Finally, neurotransmitter transporters can behave as receptors mediating releasing stimuli able to cause transmitter efflux through multiple mechanisms. Neurotransmitter transporters are therefore likely to play hitherto unknown roles in multiple therapeutic treatments.
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- Luca Raiteri
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; National Institute of Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; National Institute of Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy.
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The effects of volatile anesthetics on the extracellular accumulation of [(3)H]GABA in rat brain cortical slices. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2013; 34:71-81. [PMID: 24081560 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-013-9988-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that appears to be associated with the action of volatile anesthetics. These anesthetics potentiate GABA-induced postsynaptic currents by synaptic GABAA receptors, although recent evidence suggests that these agents also significantly affect extrasynaptic GABA receptors. However, the effect of volatile anesthetics on the extracellular concentration of GABA in the central nervous system has not been fully established. In the present study, rat brain cortical slices loaded with [(3)H]GABA were used to investigate the effect of halothane and sevoflurane on the extracellular accumulation of this neurotransmitter. The accumulation of [(3)H]GABA was significantly increased by sevoflurane (0.058, 0.11, 0.23, 0.46, and 0.93 mM) and halothane (0.006, 0.012, 0.024, 0.048, 0072, and 0.096 mM) with an EC50 of 0.26 mM and 35 μM, respectively. TTX (blocker of voltage-dependent Na(+) channels), EGTA (an extracellular Ca(2+) chelator) and BAPTA-AM (an intracellular Ca(2+) chelator) did not interfere with the accumulation of [(3)H]GABA induced by 0.23 mM sevoflurane and 0.048 mM halothane. SKF 89976A, a GABA transporter type 1 (GAT-1) inhibitor, reduced the sevoflurane- and halothane-induced increase in the accumulation of GABA by 57 and 63 %, respectively. Incubation of brain cortical slices at low temperature (17 °C), a condition that inhibits GAT function and reduces GABA release through reverse transport, reduced the sevoflurane- and halothane-induced increase in the accumulation of [(3)H]GABA by 82 and 75 %, respectively, relative to that at normal temperature (37 °C). Ouabain, a Na(+)/K(+) ATPase pump inhibitor, which is known to induce GABA release through reverse transport, abolished the sevoflurane and halothane effects on the accumulation of [(3)H]GABA. The effect of sevoflurane and halothane did not involve glial transporters because β-alanine, a blocker of GAT-2 and GAT-3, did not inhibit the effect of the anesthetics. In conclusion, the present study suggests that sevoflurane and halothane increase the accumulation of GABA by inducing the reverse transport of this neurotransmitter. Therefore, volatile anesthetics could interfere with neuronal excitability by increasing the action of GABA on synaptic and extrasynaptic GABA receptors.
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Mechanisms of glycine release, which build up synaptic and extrasynaptic glycine levels: the role of synaptic and non-synaptic glycine transporters. Brain Res Bull 2012; 93:110-9. [PMID: 23266673 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Glycine is an amino acid neurotransmitter that is involved in both inhibitory and excitatory neurochemical transmission in the central nervous system. The role of glycine in excitatory neurotransmission is related to its coagonist action at glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. The glycine levels in the synaptic cleft rise many times higher during synaptic activation assuring that glycine spills over into the extrasynaptic space. Another possible origin of extrasynaptic glycine is the efflux of glycine occurring from astrocytes associated with glutamatergic synapses. The release of glycine from neuronal or glial origins exhibits several differences compared to that of biogenic amines or other amino acid neurotransmitters. These differences appear in an external Ca(2+)- and temperature-dependent manner, conferring unique characteristics on glycine as a neurotransmitter. Glycine transporter type-1 at synapses may exhibit neural and glial forms and plays a role in controlling synaptic glycine levels and the spill over rate of glycine from the synaptic cleft into the extrasynaptic biophase. Non-synaptic glycine transporter type-1 regulates extrasynaptic glycine concentrations, either increasing or decreasing them depending on the reverse or normal mode operation of the carrier molecule. While we can, at best, only estimate synaptic glycine levels at rest and during synaptic activation, glycine concentrations are readily measurable via brain microdialysis technique applied in the extrasynaptic space. The non-synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor may obtain glycine for activation following its spill over from highly active synapses or from its release mediated by the reverse operation of non-synaptic glycine transporter-1. The sensitivity of non-synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors to glutamate and glycine is many times higher than that of synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors making the former type of receptor the primary target for drug action. Synaptic and non-synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors mediate different neural functions, many of which are not clearly defined at present. Non-synaptic glycine transporter-1 and its blockade by inhibitory drugs may be important in drug therapy interventions, such as for reducing negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
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Romei C, Raiteri M, Raiteri L. GABA transporters mediate glycine release from cerebellum nerve endings: Roles of Ca2+channels, mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchangers, vesicular GABA/glycine transporters and anion channels. Neurochem Int 2012; 61:133-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Revised: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Sperlágh B, Vizi ES. The role of extracellular adenosine in chemical neurotransmission in the hippocampus and Basal Ganglia: pharmacological and clinical aspects. Curr Top Med Chem 2011; 11:1034-46. [PMID: 21401497 PMCID: PMC3179034 DOI: 10.2174/156802611795347564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Now there is general agreement that the purine nucleoside adenosine is an important neuromodulator in the central nervous system, playing a crucial role in neuronal excitability and synaptic/non-synaptic transmission in the hippocampus and basal ganglia. Adenosine is derived from the breakdown of extra- or intracellular ATP and is released upon a variety of physiological and pathological stimuli from neuronal and non-neuronal sources, i.e. from glial cells and exerts effects diffusing far away from release sites. The resultant elevation of adenosine levels in the extracellular space reaches micromolar level, and leads to the activation A1, A2A, A2B and A3 receptors, localized to pre- and postsynaptic as well as extrasynaptic sites. Activation of presynaptic A1 receptors inhibits the release of the majority of transmitters including glutamate, acetylcholine, noradrenaline, 5-HT and dopamine, whilst the stimulation of A2A receptors facilitates the release of glutamate and acetylcholine and inhibits the release of GABA. These actions underlie modulation of neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity and coordination of neural networks and provide intriguing target sites for pharmacological intervention in ischemia and Parkinson’s disease. However, despite that adenosine is also released during ischemia, A1 adenosine receptors do not participate in the modulation of excitotoxic glutamate release, which is nonsynaptic and is due to the reverse operation of transporters. Instead, extrasynaptic A1 receptors might be responsible for the neuroprotection afforded by A1 receptor activation.
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- Beáta Sperlágh
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, POB 67, Hungary
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Sperlágh B, Zsilla G, Baranyi M, Illes P, Vizi ES. Purinergic modulation of glutamate release under ischemic-like conditions in the hippocampus. Neuroscience 2007; 149:99-111. [PMID: 17850981 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2007] [Accepted: 08/23/2007] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to explore whether endogenous activation of different purine receptors by ATP and adenosine contributes to or inhibits excess glutamate release evoked by ischemic-like conditions in rat hippocampal slices. Combined oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) elicited a substantial, [Ca(2+)](o)-independent release of [(3)H]glutamate, which was tetrodotoxin (1 microM)-sensitive and temperature-dependent. The P2 receptor antagonist pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS, 0.1-10 microM), and the selective P2X(7) receptor antagonist Brilliant Blue G (1-100 nM), decreased OGD-evoked [(3)H]glutamate efflux indicating that endogenous ATP facilitates ischemia-evoked glutamate release. The selective A(1)-receptor antagonist 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (DPCPX, 0.1-250 nM) and the selective A(2A) receptor antagonists 4-(2-[7-amino-2-)2-furyl(triazolo-[1,3,5]triazin-5-ylamino]ethyl)phenol (ZM241385, 0.1-20 nM) and 7-(2-phenylethyl)-5-amino-2-(2-furyl)-pyrazolo-[4,3-e]-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine (SCH58261, 2-100 nM) decreased OGD-evoked [(3)H]glutamate efflux, indicating that endogenous adenosine also facilitates glutamate release under these conditions. The effect of DPCPX and ZM241385 was reversed, whereas the action of P2 receptor antagonists was potentiated by the selective ecto-ATPase inhibitor 6-N,N-diethyl-D-beta,gamma-dibromomethyleneATP (ARL67156, 50 microM). The binding characteristic of the A(2A) ligand [(3)H]CGS21680 to hippocampal membranes did not change significantly in response to OGD. Taken together these data suggest that while A(1) receptors might became desensitized, A(2A) and P2X receptor-mediated facilitation of glutamate release by endogenous ATP and its breakdown product adenosine remains operational under long-term OGD. Therefore the inhibition of P2X/A(2A) receptors rather than the stimulation of A(1) adenosine receptors could be an effective approach to attenuate glutamatergic excitotoxicity and thereby counteract ischemia-induced neurodegeneration.
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- B Sperlágh
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest, Szigony u. 43., Hungary.
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Kim DS, Kwak SE, Kim JE, Jung JY, Won MH, Choi SY, Kwon OS, Kang TC. Transient Ischaemia Affects Plasma Membrane Glutamate Transporter, not Vesicular Glutamate Transporter, Expressions in the Gerbil Hippocampus. Anat Histol Embryol 2006; 35:265-70. [PMID: 16836592 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2005.00677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the present study, we investigated expressions of vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) and of the plasma membrane glutamate transporters [glutamate transporter 1 (GLT-1), glutamate/aspartate transporter (GLAST) and excitatory amino acid carrier 1 (EAAC-1)] in the gerbil hippocampus following transient ischaemia. The expressional levels and distribution patterns of VGLUT immunoreactivities were unaltered until 3 days after ischaemic-insults. However, VGLUT-2 immunoreactivity in the CA1 region was reduced at 4 days after ischaemia due to delayed neuronal death. In addition, both GLT-1 and GLAST immunoreactivities in the CA1 region were enhanced at 30 min - 12 h after ischaemia-reperfusion and their expression began to reduce at 24 h after ischaemia-reperfusion. In contrast, EAAC-1 immunoreactivity was transiently reduced in the CA1 region at 30 min after ischaemia, re-enhanced at 3-12 h after ischaemia, and re-reduced at 24 h after ischaemia. These findings suggest that malfunctions of plasma membrane glutamate transporters, not of VGLUT, may play an important role in the elevation of extracellular glutamate concentration following ischaemic insults.
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- D-S Kim
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, South Korea
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Alves R, Barbosa de Carvalho JG, Benedito MAC. High and low rearing subgroups of rats selected in the open field differ in the activity of K+-stimulated p-nitrophenylphosphatase in the hippocampus. Brain Res 2005; 1058:178-82. [PMID: 16153614 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2005] [Revised: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 08/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Na(+)/K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase) is of paramount importance for the proper functioning of the organism. The enzyme is involved in several aspects of brain function, such as the repolarization of the neuronal membranes and neurotransmitters uptake/release. Therefore, individual differences in the activity of brain Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase may result in differences in the functioning of the brain, which, in consequence, could lead to behavioral divergences. Individual differences in rearing, an exploratory behavior, have been shown to be genetically determined. In rats, the inhibition of the activity of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase was reported to induce changes in the exploratory behavior. The aim of this work was to verify if subgroups of rats selected according to the number of rearings (high and low rearing subgroups) in the open field test differ in the activity of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in brain regions. Adult, male outbred Wistar rats were selected in the open field test according to the number of rearings in subgroups of high (HR) and low (LR) rearing responders. After a rest of about 20 days after the open field session, HR and LR rats were sacrificed. In the first experiment, frontal cortex, striatum, brainstem, hippocampus and the amygdala (including the overlying limbic cortex) were dissected. The reaction of dephosphorylation of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase (K(+) stimulated p-nitrophenylphosphatase) was assayed in homogenates rich in synaptosomes. The results obtained showed a statistically significant higher activity of K(+)p-nitrophenylphosphatase only in the hippocampus of HR subgroup of rats. This result was replicated in two other subsequent experiments with different HR and LR subgroups of rats selected at different times of the year. Our data suggest that the difference in the activity of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in the hippocampus is innate and is involved in the expression of the rearing behavior.
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- Rosana Alves
- Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Bersier MG, Miksztowicz V, Peña C, Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G. Modulation of Aspartate Release by Ascorbic Acid and Endobain E, an Endogenous Na+, K+-ATPase Inhibitor. Neurochem Res 2005; 30:479-86. [PMID: 16076019 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-005-2684-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The isolation of a soluble brain fraction which behaves as an endogenous ouabain-like substance, termed endobain E, has been described. Endobain E contains two Na+, K+ -ATPase inhibitors, one of them identical to ascorbic acid. Neurotransmitter release in the presence of endobain E and ascorbic acid was studied in non-depolarizing (0 mM KCl) and depolarizing (40 mM KCl) conditions. Synaptosomes were isolated from cerebral cortex of male Wistar rats by differential centrifugation and Percoll gradient. Synaptosomes were preincubated in HEPES-saline buffer with 1 mM D-[3H]aspartate (15 min at 37 degrees C), centrifuged, washed, incubated in the presence of additions (60 s at 37 degrees C) and spun down; radioactivity in the supernatants was quantified. In the presence of 0.5-5.0 mM ascorbic acid, D-[3H]aspartate release was roughly 135-215% or 110-150%, with or without 40 mM KCI, respectively. The endogenous Na+, K+ -ATPase inhibitor endobain E dose-dependently increased neurotransmitter release, with values even higher in the presence of KCl, reaching 11-times control values. In the absence of KCl, addition of 0.5-10.0 mM commercial ouabain enhanced roughly 100% D-[3H]aspartate release; with 40 mM KCl a trend to increase was recorded with the lowest ouabain concentrations to achieve statistically significant difference vs. KCl above 4 mM ouabain. Experiments were performed in the presence of glutamate receptor antagonists. It was observed that MPEP (selective for mGluR5 subtype), failed to decrease endobain E response but reduced 50-60% ouabain effect; LY-367385 (selective for mGluR1 subtype) and dizocilpine (for ionotropic NMDA glutamate receptor) did not reduce endobain E or ouabain effects. These findings lead to suggest that endobain E effect on release is independent of metabotropic or ionotropic glutamate receptors, whereas that of ouabain involves mGluR5 but not mGluR1 receptor subtype. Assays performed at different temperatures indicated that in endobain E effect both exocytosis and transporter reversion are involved. It is concluded that endobain E and ascorbic acid, one of its components, due to their ability to inhibit Na+, K+ -ATPase, may well modulate neurotransmitter release at synapses.
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- M G Bersier
- Instituto de Biologia Celular y Neurociencias Prof. E. De Robertis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pinto R, Barrento C, Mota-Filipe H, Lima BS. Phenylephrine Induces Endogenous Noradrenaline Release in the Rat Vas deferens
through Nitric Oxide Synthase Pathway. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 93:191-6. [PMID: 14629744 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2003.930407.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have previously observed that in the rat vas deferens nitric oxide synthase pathway potentiated phenylephrine-induced contractility raising the possibility of a facilitatory role on neurotransmission by nitric oxide. To confirm this hypothesis we studied the effect of phenylephrine on the concentration response curves obtained in preparations from reserpine-treated rats in the absence and presence of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA). The endogenous noradrenaline released by normal preparations (without reserpine) was measured in the perfusion fluid of preparations stimulated with phenylephrine, in the absence and presence of L-NMMA, L-NMMA + the nitric oxide donor 3-morpholinosydnonimine hydrochloride (SIN-1), the alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin and the blocker of noradrenaline carrier desipramine. The phenylephrine-induced noradrenaline release in a calcium-free medium was also measured. L-NMMA decreased the Emax of phenylephrine concentration response curves obtained in preparations from normal (reserpine-untreated) but not from reserpine-treated rats. In the perfusion fluid of preparations incubated with phenylephrine, a concentration-dependent increase of noradrenaline was observed which was reversed by L-NMMA and restored when SIN-1 was added together with the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. The concentration-dependent phenylephrine-induced noradrenaline increase was not modified by desipramine but was abolished by 10 microM prazosin. In calcium-free medium, phenylephrine failed to increase the noradrenaline concentration. These results suggest that in the rat vas deferens, nitric oxide pathway potentiates the phenylephrine-induced contractility through a mechanism which involves calcium-dependent release of endogenous noradrenaline and seems to depend, at least partially on the activation of alpha1-adrenoceptors.
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- Rui Pinto
- Unit of Pharmacology and Pharmacotoxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy. University of Lisbon, and Clinical Laboratory of Dr. Joaquim Chaves, Algés, Portugal
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Sperlágh B, Szabó G, Erdélyi F, Baranyi M, Vizi ES. Homo- and heteroexchange of adenine nucleotides and nucleosides in rat hippocampal slices by the nucleoside transport system. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 139:623-33. [PMID: 12788822 PMCID: PMC1573884 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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(1) Here, we investigated how nucleotides and nucleosides affect the release of tritiated purines and endogenous adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) from superfused rat hippocampal slices. (2) ATP elicited concentration-dependent [(3)H]purine efflux from slices preloaded with [(3)H]adenosine. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of the effluent showed that the tritium label represented the whole set of adenine nucleotides and nucleosides, and ATP significantly increased the outflow of [(3)H]ATP. (3) Adenosine 5'-diphosphate, adenosine, uridine, uridine 5'-triphosphate, alpha,beta-methylene-ATP and 3'-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-ATP were also active in eliciting [(3)H]purine release. Adenosine (300 micro M) also evoked endogenous ATP efflux from the hippocampal slices. (4) Reverse transcription-coupled-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that mRNAs encoding a variety of P2X and P2Y receptor proteins are expressed in the rat hippocampus. Nevertheless, neither P2 receptor (i.e. pyridoxal-5-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid, 30 micro M, suramin, 300 micro M and reactive blue 2, 10 micro M), nor adenosine receptor (8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine, 250 nM and dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine, 250 nM) antagonists modified the effect of ATP (300 micro M) to evoke [(3)H]purine release. (5) The nucleoside transport inhibitors, dipyridamole (10 micro M), nitrobenzylthioinosine (10 micro M) and adenosine deaminase (2-10 U ml(-1)), but not the ecto-adenylate kinase inhibitor diadenosine pentaphosphate (200 micro M) significantly reduced ATP-evoked [(3)H]purine efflux. (6) In summary, we found that ATP and other nucleotides and nucleosides promote the release of one another and themselves by the nucleoside transport system. This action could have relevance during physiological and pathological elevation of extracellular purine levels high enough to reverse the nucleoside transporter.
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- Beáta Sperlágh
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 Budapest POB 67, Hungary.
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Semyanov A, Walker MC, Kullmann DM. GABA uptake regulates cortical excitability via cell type-specific tonic inhibition. Nat Neurosci 2003; 6:484-90. [PMID: 12679782 DOI: 10.1038/nn1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 342] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2003] [Accepted: 03/05/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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GABA(A) receptors can mediate both 'phasic' synaptic inhibition and a persistent 'tonic' form of signaling. We show that, in the presence of intact GABA uptake, guinea pig hippocampal interneurons, but not pyramidal cells, express a tonic GABA(A) receptor-mediated conductance. This conductance was pharmacologically distinct from spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs). Inhibiting GABA uptake resulted in the expression of a comparable GABA(A) receptor-mediated tonic conductance in pyramidal cells. Reducing the tonic conductance in interneurons enhanced their excitability and the inhibitory drive to pyramidal cells. These results point to a role for cell type-dependent tonic inhibition in regulating cortical excitability.
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- Alexey Semyanov
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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D'Amico M, Di Filippo C, Piegari E, Rinaldi B, Rossi F, Filippelli A. ETA endothelin receptors are involved in the ouabain-induced haemodynamic effects in the periaqueductal gray area of rats. Life Sci 2003; 72:2211-8. [PMID: 12628441 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(03)00099-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to asses the effects on blood pressure and vascular resistances elicited by microinjections of ouabain (OUA) within the periaqueductal gray area (PAG). We also tested whether peripheral vascular responses caused by exogenous intra-PAG ouabain involve activation of the PAG-endothelin system. In normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats the basal mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) was 114 +/- 3 mmHg. This was significantly increased by OUA (3 micro g, 122 +/- 2 mmHg, p < 0.05; and 6 micro g, 139 +/- 3 mmHg, p < 0.01) microinjected into the PAG area. Increases in MABP were associated with increases in total peripheral resistances (TPR), organ vascular resistances, and with reduced blood flow of almost all the organs tested: kidneys, skeletal muscle, skin, stomach, spleen, testes and intestine. Cardiac output did not change. Changes in the above vascular parameters induced by OUA were significantly (p < 0.01) reduced by intra-PAG microinjections of FR139317 (a selective ETA receptor antagonist, 5 nmol), SB209670 (a non-selective ETA/ETB receptor antagonist, 3 nmol), but not by BQ 788 (a selective ETB receptor antagonist, 5 nmol). In conclusion, OUA into the PAG area of normotensive rats caused significant changes in peripheral vascular parameters that are reduced by ETA receptor antagonists. These results indicate that PAG-ET-1 system via an action on ETA receptors is involved in the OUA effects.
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- Michele D'Amico
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology L. Donatelli, Centre of Excellence for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, 2nd University of Naples, Via Costantinopoli 16-80138 Naples, Italy.
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An SJ, Park SK, Hwang IK, Choi SY, Kim SK, Kwon OS, Jung SJ, Baek NI, Lee HY, Won MH, Kang TC. Gastrodin decreases immunoreactivities of gamma-aminobutyric acid shunt enzymes in the hippocampus of seizure-sensitive gerbils. J Neurosci Res 2003; 71:534-43. [PMID: 12548709 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Gastrodin is one of the natural compound isolated from Gastrodia elata and has known anticonvulsant effects, although the exact pharmacological principles of this natural compound and its effects on other aspects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) metabolism in vivo have not been explored. Therefore, in the present study, the effects of gastrodin on GABA metabolism in the gerbil hippocampus were examined, in an effort to identify the antiepileptic characteristics of this substance. Gastrodin reduced the seizure score in the treated group, although the immunoreactivities of GABA synthetic enzymes and GABA transporters were unaltered in gastrodin-treated animals. Interestingly, in the gastrodin-treated group, GABA transaminase (GABA-T) immunoreactivity in the hippocampus, particularly in neurons, was significantly decreased. In the gastrodin-treated group, both succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) and succinic semialdehyde reductase (SSAR) immunoreactivities in the hippocampus was also decreased significantly, which stood in contrast to the nontreated group, in which strong SSADH and SSAR immunoreactivities were detected. From the neuroanatomical viewpoint, these findings suggest that gastrodin may cause the elevation of GABA concentration by inhibiting the GABA shunt.
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- Sung-Jin An
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, South Korea
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Kang TC, Park SK, Hwang IK, An SJ, Choi SY, Kwon OS, Baek NI, Lee HY, Won MH. The altered expression of GABA shunt enzymes in the gerbil hippocampus before and after seizure generation. Neurochem Int 2003; 42:239-49. [PMID: 12427478 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(02)00079-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In the present study, the distribution of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) and succinic semialdehyde reductase (SSAR) in the hippocampus of the Mongolian gerbil and its association with various sequelae of spontaneous seizure were investigated in order to identify the roles of GABA shunt in the epileptogenesis and the recovery mechanisms in these animals. Both SSADH and SSAR immunoreactivities in the GABAergic neurons were significantly higher in the pre-seizure groups of seizure sensitive (SS) gerbil as compared to those seen in the seizure resistant (SR) gerbils. The distributions of both SSADH and SSAR immunoreactivities in the hippocampus showed significant differences after the on-set of seizure. At 3 h postictal, when compared to the pre-seizure group of SS gerbils, a decline in the immunoreactivities in the perikarya was observed. At 12 h after seizure on-set, the densities of both SSADH and SSAR immunoreactivities were begun to recover to the pre-seizure level of SS gerbils. These results suggest that the GABAergic neurons in the hippocampal complex of the SS gerbil may be highly activated. In addition, the imbalance of GABA shunt expressions in the GABAergic neurons may imply a malfunction of the metabolism of GABAergic neurons in the SS gerbils, and this defect may trigger seizure on-set. Therefore, the initiation of seizure, at least in gerbils, may be the result of a malfunction in GABA shunt in the GABAergic neurons.
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- Tae-Cheon Kang
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon 200-702, Kangwon-Do, South Korea.
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Sperlágh B, Köfalvi A, Deuchars J, Atkinson L, Milligan CJ, Buckley NJ, Vizi ES. Involvement of P2X7 receptors in the regulation of neurotransmitter release in the rat hippocampus. J Neurochem 2002; 81:1196-211. [PMID: 12068068 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.00920.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Although originally cloned from rat brain, the P2X7 receptor has only recently been localized in neurones, and functional responses mediated by these neuronal P2X7 receptors (P2X7 R) are largely unknown. Here we studied the effect of P2X7 R activation on the release of neurotransmitters from superfused rat hippocampal slices. ATP (1-30 mm) and other ATP analogues elicited concentration-dependent [3 H]GABA outflow, with the following rank order of potency: benzoylbenzoylATP (BzATP) > ATP > ADP. PPADS, the non-selective P2-receptor antagonist (3-30 microm), Brilliant blue G (1-100 nm) the P2X7 -selective antagonist and Zn2+ (0.1-30 microm) inhibited, whereas lack of Mg2+ potentiated the response by ATP. In situ hybridization revealed that P2X7 R mRNA is expressed in the neurones of the cell body layers in the hippocampus. P2X7 R immunoreactivity was found in excitatory synaptic terminals in CA1 and CA3 region targeting the dendrites of pyramidal cells and parvalbumin labelled structures. ATP (3-30 microm) and BzATP (0.6-6 microm) elicited concentration-dependent [14 C]glutamate efflux, and blockade of the kainate receptor-mediated transmission by CNQX (10-100 microm) and gadolinium (100 microm), decreased ATP evoked [3 H]GABA efflux. The Na+ channel blocker TTX (1 microm), low temperature (12 degrees C), and the GABA uptake blocker nipecotic acid (1 mm) prevented ATP-induced [3 H]GABA efflux. Brilliant blue G and PPADS also reduced electrical field stimulation-induced [3 H]GABA efflux. In conclusion, P2X7 Rs are localized to the excitatory terminals in the hippocampus, and their activation regulates the release of glutamate and GABA from themselves and from their target cells.
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- Beáta Sperlágh
- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
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Storchak LG, Linetska MV, Himmelreich NH. Does extracellular calcium determine what pool of GABA is the target for alpha-latrotoxin? Neurochem Int 2002; 40:387-95. [PMID: 11821145 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(01)00107-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Presynaptic neurotoxin alpha-latrotoxin, from the venom of Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttatus, causes massive [(3)H]GABA release from rat brain synaptosomes, irrespective of calcium presence in the extracellular medium. Whether the binding of alpha-latrotoxin to Ca(2+)-dependent (neurexin 1 alpha) or to Ca(2+)-independent (latrophilin) receptor triggers [(3)H]GABA release by the same mechanisms or different ones, inducing either exocytotic process or outflow by mobile membrane GABA transporter, is unknown. We examined alpha-latrotoxin-evoked [(3)H]GABA release from synaptosomes which cytosolic [(3)H]GABA pool was depleted either by applying competitive inhibitors of the GABA transporter, nipecotic acid and 2,4-diaminobutyric acid, or by permeation with digitonin. We also compared the effect of the GABA transporter inhibitors on depolarisation-evoked and alpha-latrotoxin-evoked [(3)H]GABA release using as depolarising agents 4-aminopyridine and high KCl in the Ca(2+)-containing and in Ca(2+)-free medium, respectively. Incubation of synaptosomes with nipecotic acid induced the essential acceleration of unstimulated [(3)H]GABA release and deep inhibition of high KCl-evoked Ca(2+)-independent [(3)H]GABA release. In contrast, at the similar conditions the effect of alpha-latrotoxin was greatly augmented with respect to the control response. Another way to assay what GABA pool was involved in alpha-latrotoxin-induced release lays in an analysis of the effects of depolarisation and alpha-latrotoxin in consecutive order. The preliminary 4-aminopyridine-stimulated [(3)H]GABA release attenuated the toxin effect. But when depolarisation occurred in Ca(2+)-free medium, no influence on alpha-latrotoxin effect was revealed. Employing digitonin-permeated synaptosomes, we have shown that alpha-latrotoxin could stimulate [3H]GABA release in the medium with 1mM EGTA, this effect of the toxin was blocked by concanavalin A and was ATP-dependent. The latter suggests that alpha-latrotoxin-released neurotransmitter has the vesicular nature. We assume that the type of the toxin membrane receptor does not determine the mechanisms of [(3)H]GABA release evoked by alpha-latrotoxin.
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- L G Storchak
- Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, St. Leontovich 9, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
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Adachi YU, Watanabe K, Higuchi H, Satoh T, Zsilla G. Halothane decreases impulse-dependent but not cytoplasmic release of dopamine from rat striatal slices. Brain Res Bull 2001; 56:521-4. [PMID: 11786236 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(01)00619-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Using in vitro superfusion techniques and electrical field stimulation, a volatile anesthetic, halothane, decreased impulse-dependent vesicular release, but did not affect amphetamine-induced cytoplasmic release of dopamine (DA) from the rat striatal slice preparations loaded with [3H]-DA. Contrary to previous in vivo studies, halothane at concentrations applied (1% to 4%) did not enhance the release of DA from slice preparation in which the cell bodies were absent, and therefore, the possible site of action was located on the axon terminals. In this in vitro experiment, halothane decreased the fractional release of DA in a concentration-dependent manner and attenuated the increase of impulse-dependent DA release when amphetamine or nomifensine administration was combined with electrical stimulation. D2-receptor agonists (quinpirole and apomorphine) reduced the release, and antagonists (sulpiride and haloperidol) enhanced the release of DA. In the presence of halothane, D2-receptor antagonists had no effect on DA release. It is concluded that halothane may have some modulatory effect on D2-receptor mediated presynaptic control of DA release.
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- Y U Adachi
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Sperlágh B, Illes P, Gerevich Z, Köfalvi A. Distinct mechanisms underlying alpha1-adrenoceptor and P2x purinoceptor operated ATP release and contraction in the guinea-pig vas deferens. Neurochem Res 2001; 26:951-7. [PMID: 11699947 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012336601854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The temperature-dependence of ATP release and contraction response evoked by different agonists were investigated in superfused guinea-pig vas deferens. Alpha-adrenoceptor agonists, i.e. noradrenaline (300 microM), and alpha-methyl-noradrenaline (300 microM), increased the basal ATP outflow, measured by the luciferin-luciferase assay, and induced biphasic contractile response. Cooling the bath temperature to 12 degrees C almost completely inhibited ATP release and twitch contraction evoked by alpha-adrenoceptor agonists, whereas the phasic contraction remained unaffected. In contrast, twitch contraction and subsequent ATP release induced by beta,gamma-methylene-ATP, a selective P2 receptor agonist (100 microM), was not reduced by low temperature. The ectoATPase activity, measured by HPLC technique was not significantly different at 37 degrees C and 12 degrees C. Nifedipine (1 microM), the voltage sensitive Ca2+ channel blocker eliminated beta,gamma-methylene-ATP evoked twitch contraction but not ATP release. In conclusion, alpha-adrenoceptor and P2 receptor agonists utilize distinct mechanisms to elicit ATP release and contraction: alpha-adrenoceptor-mediated ATP release and contraction is temperature-dependent, indicating the involvement of a carrier-mediated process in it, whereas P2x purinoceptor evoked ATP release and twitch is mediated by a different mechanism.
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- B Sperlágh
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
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Digitalis-like compounds are recently identified steroids synthesized by the adrenal gland, which resemble the structure of plant cardiac glycosides. These compounds, like the plant steroids, bind to and inhibit the activity of the Na+, K+-ATPase. The possible function of the endogenous digitalis-like compounds has to be evaluated in view of the presence of different isoforms of the Na+, K+-ATPase, which differ in their sensitivity to digitalis. This review focuses on recent published data on the Na+, K+-ATPase inhibitors, the digitalis-like compounds, regarding their structure, biosynthesis and secretion from the adrenal gland, physiological role and pathological implications in diseases such as hypertension and depression. Emphasis is given to studies describing the involvement of these compounds in brain function.
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- D Lichtstein
- Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Gerevich Z, Tretter L, Adam-Vizi V, Baranyi M, Kiss JP, Zelles T, Vizi ES. Analysis of high intracellular [Na+]-induced release of [3H]noradrenaline in rat hippocampal slices. Neuroscience 2001; 104:761-8. [PMID: 11440807 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00102-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Our aim was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the high intracellular sodium-induced transmitter release in the CNS through the characterisation of the veratridine-evoked (40 microM) noradrenaline release from rat hippocampal slices. The response to veratridine was completely inhibited by tetrodotoxin (1 microM), indicating that the effect is due to the activation of sodium channels. Omission of Ca2+ from the superfusion fluid inhibited the veratridine-evoked release by 72%, showing that the majority of release results from external Ca2+-dependent exocytosis. The residual Ca2+-independent release was not blocked by the intracellular Ca2+ chelator 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester (100 microM) suggesting that intracellular Ca2+ stores are not involved in this component of veratridine effect. The noradrenaline uptake blockers, desipramine (10 microM) and nisoxetine (10 microM), inhibited the external Ca2+-independent release by 50 and 46%, respectively, indicating that the release partly originates from the reversal of transporters (carrier-mediated release). In contrast to uptake blockers, lowering the temperature, another possibility to inhibit transporter function, completely inhibited the effect of veratridine in the absence of Ca2+. Further experiments revealed that low temperature (20 and 12 degrees C) reduces the veratridine-induced increase of intracellular sodium concentration ([Na+]i) in rat cortical synaptosomes (68 and 78% inhibition, respectively). The clinical relevance of our data is that during ischemia a massive release of transmitters occurs mainly due to the elevation of [Na+]i, which contributes to the development of ischemic brain injury. Our results show that low temperature may be a better therapeutic approach to the treatment of ischemia because it has a dual action on this process. Firstly, it inhibits the function of uptake transporters and hence reduces the carrier-mediated outflow of transmitters. Secondly, it inhibits the sodium influx and therefore prevents the unwanted elevation of [Na+]i. Our data also suggest that veratridine stimulation can be a suitable model for ischemic conditions.
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- Z Gerevich
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimentatal Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Sumiya Y, Torigoe K, Gerevich Z, Köfalvi A, Vizi ES. Excessive release of [3H] noradrenaline by veratridine and ischemia in spinal cord. Neurochem Int 2001; 39:59-63. [PMID: 11311450 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(00)00124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this study, the properties of ischemic condition-induced and veratridine-evoked [3H]noradrenaline ([3H]NA) release from rat spinal cord slices were compared. It was expected that ischemia mimicked by oxygen and glucose deprivation results in the impairment of Na+/K+ -ATPase with a consequent elevation of the intracellular Na+ -level which reverses the NA carrier and promotes excessive NA release, and veratridine, by the activation of Na+ channels, releases NA both carrier-mediated and Ca2+ -dependent, i.e. vesicular manner. In our experiments, veratridine (1-100 microM) dose-dependently increased the resting [3H]NA release, and its effect was only partially blocked by low temperature or the lack of external calcium, whereas the sodium channel inhibitor tetrodotoxin (TTX, 1 microM) completely prevented it, indicating that veratridine induces NA release via axonal depolarization and reversing the transporters by eliciting Na+ -influx. In contrast to TTX, the local anesthetic lidocaine (100 microM) only partially blocked the veratridine-induced [3H]NA release due to its inhibitory action on K+ channels. The ischemia-induced [3H]NA release was abolished at 12 degrees C, a temperature known to block only the transporter-mediated release of transmitters. However, lidocaine was also partially effective to reverse the action of ischemia on the NA release, indicating that lidocaine is not a useful compound in the treatment of spinal cord-injured patients against the excessive excytotoxic NA release.
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- Y Sumiya
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O.Box 67, H-1450, Budapest, Hungary
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Kang TC, Park SK, Bahn JH, Jeon SG, Jo SM, Cho SW, Choi SY, Won MH. The alteration of gamma-aminobutyric acid-transaminase expression in the gerbil hippocampus induced by seizure. Neurochem Int 2001; 38:609-14. [PMID: 11290386 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(01)00002-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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It is well established that GABA degradation may play a key role in epileptogenesis. However, whether or not the expression of GABA-transaminase (GABA-T), which catalyzes GABA degradation and participates in the neuronal metabolism via GABA shunt, changes chronologically after on-set of seizure remains to be clarified. To identify the change of GABA-T expression in seizure, GABA-T expression in the gerbil hippocampus, associated with different sequelae of spontaneous seizures, was investigated. The distribution pattern of GABA-T immunoreactive neurons in the hippocampus between the seizure-resistant and pre-seizure group of seizure sensitive gerbils was similar. Interestingly, at 30 min postictal, the enhancement of GABA-T immunoreactivity in the perikarya was apparently observed. This contrasted with the decline in GABA-T immunoreactivity in the granular and pyramidal layer. At 12-24 h postictal, GABA-T immunoreactivity in the hilar neurons had declined significantly. However, the GABA-T immunoreactivity in the granular layer increased. These findings suggest that in the gerbil, the alteration in GABA-T expressions may play an important role in the self-recovery mechanism from seizure attack via both GABA degradation and regulation of neuronal metabolism.
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- T C Kang
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon 200-702, South Korea
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Storchak LG, Kravchuk MV, Himmelreich NH. Okadaic acid and cyclosporin A modulate [(3)H]GABA release from rat brain synaptosomes. Neurochem Int 2001; 38:445-51. [PMID: 11222925 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(00)00107-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rat brain synaptosomes were used to investigate the effect of okadaic acid, an inhibitor of protein phosphatase 1 and 2A, and cyclosporin A, an inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2B (calcineurin), on [(3)H]GABA release. Release of [(3)H]GABA was evoked by 4-aminopyridine in the presence of calcium and by alpha-latrotoxin in the presence and absence of calcium. Pretreatment of synaptosomes with 1 microM okadaic acid reduced [(3)H]GABA release evoked by 4-aminopyridine by about 40%. The effect of alpha-latrotoxin on [(3)H]GABA release was stimulated by okadaic acid. This stimulation was equal in both media. The stimulating effect of 4-aminopyridine and alpha-latrotoxin on [(3)H]GABA release was activated when synaptosomes were pretreated with cyclosporin A. Activation of 4-aminopyridine-evoked [(3)H]GABA release was observed at 1 microM cyclosporin A, but the toxin effect was enhanced only when concentration of cyclosporin A was increased to 10 microM. The level of cyclosporin A activation depended on alpha-latrotoxin concentrations used - a higher stimulating effect of cyclosporin A was observed with lower toxin concentration. These results suggest that in calcium medium 4-aminopyridine- and alpha-latrotoxin-evoked [(3)H]GABA release was realized by different mechanisms.
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- L G Storchak
- Department of Neurochemistry, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, St. Leontovich 9, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
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Santha E, Lendvai B, Gerevich Z. Low temperature prevents potentiation of norepinephrine release by phenylephrine. Neurochem Int 2001; 38:237-42. [PMID: 11099782 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(00)00086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effect of 1-phenylephrine (1-PE), an alpha(1)-receptor agonist, was investigated on the release of tritiated norepinephrine ([3H]NE). Pairs of guinea pig vasa deferentia were loaded with [3H]NE, superfused continuously, and stimulated electrically. 1-PE (10, 100 microM) enhanced the basal release of tritium in concentration-dependent manner. The stimulation-evoked release of radioactivity was significantly increased by 100 microM 1-PE. Both basal and stimulation-evoked release by 1-PE were reduced by desipramine (10 microM), a monoamine uptake inhibitor. The effect of 1-PE on basal release was independent on extracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](o)) and alpha(1)-adrenoceptor blockade. However, the 1-PE-induced release was temperature dependent: at low temperature 1-PE failed to increase either basal or stimulation-evoked release of NE. Using three different temperatures (7, 12, 17 degrees C, respectively), it was found that basal release was blocked at all three temperature values but the stimulation-evoked release was inhibited only at the lower values. The effect of 1-PE on the NE release appears to involve a desipramine-, and temperature-sensitive process. These results suggest that a non-receptorial and direct carrier-mediated mechanism is involved in NE releasing effect of 1-PE.
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- E Santha
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 67, H-1450, Budapest, Hungary.
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Sperlágh B, Dóda M, Baranyi M, Haskó G. Ischemic-like condition releases norepinephrine and purines from different sources in superfused rat spleen strips. J Neuroimmunol 2000; 111:45-54. [PMID: 11063820 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(00)00365-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Transmitters and cotransmitters of the sympathetic nervous system are involved in the regulation of a variety of immune cell functions. However, it is not entirely clear what stimuli lead to the release of these molecules in immune organs. In this study, we investigated whether local ischemia can cause the parallel release of norepinephrine and its cotransmitter, ATP, in the spleen. Ischemic-like conditions, simulated by transient (15 min) O(2) and glucose deprivation, elicited a reversible increase in the release of both norepinephrine and purines from superfused spleen strips preloaded with [3H]norepinephrine or [3H]adenosine. HPLC analysis of the released tritium label revealed a net increase in the amount of ATP, ADP, AMP, adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine and xanthine in response to ischemic-like condition. Selective O(2) or glucose deprivation, and Ca(2+)-free conditions differentially affected the outflow of [3H]norepinephrine and [3H]purines, indicating that they derived from different sources. The ABC transporter inhibitors glibenclamide (100 microM) and verapamil (100 microM) as well as low-temperature inhibited [3H]purine release evoked by ischemic-like conditions. Surgical denervation of the spleen reduced endogenous catecholamine content and [3H]norepinephrine uptake of the spleen, but not that of [3H]adenosine. In summary, these results demonstrate the release of norepinephrine and purines in response to an ischemic-like condition in an immune organ. Although both could provide an important source of extracellular catecholamines and purines involved at various levels of immunomodulation, the source and mechanism of norepinephrine and purine efflux seem different.
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- B Sperlágh
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1450 POB 67, Budapest, Hungary.
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De Laurentiis A, Pisera D, Duvilanski B, Rettori V, Lasaga M, Seilicovich A. Neurokinin A inhibits oxytocin and GABA release from the posterior pituitary by stimulating nitric oxide synthase. Brain Res Bull 2000; 53:325-30. [PMID: 11113587 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(00)00356-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Neurokinin A (NKA) is a tachykinin that participates in the control of neuroendocrine functions. The posterior pituitary lobe (PP) contains abundant nitric oxide synthase (NOS), suggesting that nitric oxide (NO) may play a role in controlling the release of neuropeptides and neurotransmitters. In the present project, we investigated the in vitro effect of NKA on oxytocin release from hypothalamic explants and PP of male rats and the possible involvement of NO in the action of NKA. Since NKA inhibits gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release from PP, we also examined the role of NO in the effect of NKA on basal and K(+)-evoked GABA release. NKA (10(-7)-10(-5) M) significantly decreased oxytocin release from PP, whereas it did not affect its release from hypothalamic explants. The inhibitory effect of NKA on oxytocin release from PP was completely blocked by the NOS inhibitors N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA, 0.5 mM) or N(G)-nitro-L-arginine-methyl-ester (L-NAME, 1 mM). Sodium nitroprusside (0.5 mM), an NO releaser, had no effect on basal GABA release but significantly decreased K(+)-evoked GABA release. L-NMMA (0.3 mM) and L-NAME (0.5 mM) increased K(+)-evoked GABA release, indicating that NO plays an inhibitory role in GABA release from PP. The inhibition in both basal and K(+)-evoked GABA release induced by NKA (10(-7) M) was reduced by L-NAME (1 mM). Also, NKA (10(-7) M) increased NO synthesis as measured by [(14)C] citrulline production. Considered all together, our data indicate that NO may mediate the inhibitory effect of NKA on the release of both oxytocin and GABA from PP.
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- A De Laurentiis
- Centro de Investigaciones en Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Vizi ES, Nitahara K, Sato K, Sperlágh B. Stimulation-dependent release, breakdown, and action of endogenous ATP in mouse hemidiaphragm preparation: the possible role of ATP in neuromuscular transmission. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 2000; 81:278-84. [PMID: 10869732 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1838(00)00129-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this study the in vitro mouse phrenic nerve- hemidiaphragm preparation was utilized to study the release and extracellular catabolism of endogenous ATP and its action on the postsynaptic site, i.e. on the contraction force evoked by nerve stimulation. ATP, measured by the luciferin-luciferase assay, was released stimulation-dependently from the mouse hemidiaphragm in response to electrical field stimulation at 10 Hz. Blockade of the Na(+) channel activity by tetrodotoxin inhibited the majority of the release of ATP in response to stimulation, showing that it is related to neuronal activity. The nicotinic receptor antagonists d-tubocurarine, and alpha-bungarotoxin and cooling the bath temperature to 7 degrees C also reduced stimulation-induced ATP outflow, suggesting that nicotinic receptors are responsible for the part of the release of ATP that is released from postsynaptic sites in a carrier-mediated manner. Exogenous ATP (20-500 microM) added to the bath was degraded to ADP and AMP by the action of ectoATPase and ectoATPdiphosphohydrolase; the K(m) and v(max) values of these enzymes were 185.8 microM and 55.16 nmol/min.g respectively. However, the total amount of nucleotides ([ATP+ADP+AMP]) was increased after the addition of ATP, indicating that ATP itself promoted further adenine nucleotide release. Twitch contractions of the rat hemidiaphragm preparation evoked by low frequency electrical stimulation was blocked concentration-dependently by the non-depolarizing muscle relaxants d-tubocurarine and pancuronium. Suramin (100 microM-1 mM) reversed neuromuscular blockade by d-tubocurarine and pancuronium; i.e., it shifted their concentration-response curves to the right Taken together our data, that endogenous ATP is released by stimulation and subsequently catabolized in the hemidiaphragm preparation and that suramin inhibits ecto-ATPase activity could be interpreted as meaning that suramin prolongs the action of endogenous ATP to elicit twitch contraction, which points to a new, undefined role of ATP in neuromuscular transmission. The source of ATP is partly postsynaptic, released from the muscle in response to activation of nicotinic ACh receptors expressed on the muscle.
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- E S Vizi
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 67, H-1450, Budapest, Hungary.
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Harsing LG, Csillik-Perczel V, Ling I, Sólyom S. Negative allosteric modulators of AMPA-preferring receptors inhibit [(3)H]GABA release in rat striatum. Neurochem Int 2000; 37:33-45. [PMID: 10781843 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(00)00005-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The effect of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA), a selective glutamate receptor agonist, on the release of previously incorporated [(3)H]GABA was examined in superfused striatal slices of the rat. The slices were loaded with [(3)H]GABA in the presence of beta-alanine (1 mM) and superfused with Krebs-bicarbonate buffer containing nipecotic acid (0.1 mM) and aminooxyacetic acid (0.1 mM) to inhibit GABA uptake and metabolism. AMPA (0.01 to 3 mM) increased basal [(3)H]GABA outflow and nipecotic acid potentiated this effect. The [(3)H]GABA releasing effect of AMPA was an external Ca(2+)-dependent process in the absence but not in the presence of nipecotic acid. Cyclothiazide (0.03 mM), a positive modulator of AMPA receptors, failed to evoke [(3)H]GABA release by itself, but it dose-dependently potentiated the [(3)H]GABA releasing effect of AMPA. The AMPA (0.3 mM)-induced [(3)H]GABA release was antagonized by NBQX (0.01 mM) in a competitive fashion (pA(2) 5.08). The negative modulator of AMPA receptors, GYKI-53784 (0.01 mM) reversed the AMPA-induced [(3)H]GABA release by a non-competitive manner (pD'(2) 5.44). GYKI-53784 (0. 01-0.1 mM) also decreased striatal [(3)H]GABA outflow on its own right, this effect was stereoselective and was not influenced by concomitant administration of 0.03 mM cyclothiazide. GYKI-52466 (0. 03-0.3 mM), another negative modulator at AMPA receptors, also inhibited basal [(3)H]GABA efflux whereas NBQX (0.1 mM) by itself was ineffective in alteration of [(3)H]GABA outflow. The present data indicate that AMPA evokes GABA release from the vesicular pool in neostriatal GABAergic neurons. They also confirm that multiple interactions may exist between the agonist binding sites and the positive and negative modulatory sites but no such interaction was detected between the positive and negative allosteric modulators. Since GYKI-53784, but not NBQX, inhibited [(3)H]GABA release by itself, AMPA receptors located on striatal GABAergic neurons may be in sensitized state and phasically controlled by endogenous glutamate. It is also postulated that these AMPA receptors are located extrasynaptically on GABAergic striatal neurons.
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- L G Harsing
- Institute for Drug Research Ltd, 47-49 Berlini ut, 1045, Budapest, Hungary.
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In this article I throw attention on to this GABA issue by outlining several aspects of current interest in the field of GABA research. The theme was selected in association with the Pharmacology and Therapeutical Potential of the GABA System symposium of the Second European Congress of Pharmacology held in July 1999 in Budapest, Hungary. A wide range of topics relating to the GABA system were outlined, including new members of the GABAA receptor gene family, subunit composition of native GABA(A) receptors, surface expression and clustering of GABA(A) receptor subunits, allosteric modulation of GABA(A) receptors, localization of agonist binding sites, GABA release, GABA(A)-GABA(B) receptor crosstalk, GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptor functions in different brain areas, altered transport and GABA(A) receptor pattern in different models of epilepsy.
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- J Kardos
- Department of Neurochemistry, Chemical Institute, Chemical Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
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