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Fluoxetine, a selective 5-HT uptake inhibitor, inhibited 15 mM K+-induced [3H] 5-HT release from rat spinal cord and cortical synaptosomes at concentrations > 0.5 uM. This effect reflected a property shared by another selective 5-HT uptake inhibitor paroxetine but not by less selective uptake inhibitors such as amitriptyline, desipramine, imipramine or nortriptyline. Inhibition of release by fluoxetine was inversely related to both the concentration of K+ used to depolarize the synaptosomes and the concentration of external Ca2+. Experiments aimed at determining a mechanism of action revealed that fluoxetine did not inhibit voltage-independent release of [3H] 5-HT release induced by the Ca2+-ionophore A 23187 or Ca2+-independent release induced by fenfluramine. Moreover the 5-HT autoreceptor antagonist methiothepin did not reverse the inhibitory actions of fluoxetine on K+-induced release. Further studies examined the effects of fluoxetine on voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels and Ca2+ entry. Whereas fluoxetine and paroxetine inhibited binding of [3H] nitrendipine to the dihydropyridine-sensitive L-type Ca2+ channel, the less selective uptake inhibitors did not alter binding. The dihydropyridine antagonist nimodipine partially blocked fluoxetine-induced inhibition of release. Moreover enhanced K+-stimulated release due to the dihydropyridine agonist Bay K 8644 was reversed by fluoxetine. Fluoxetine also inhibited the K+-induced increase in intracellular free Ca2+ in fura-2 loaded synaptosomes. These data are consistent with the suggestion that fluoxetine inhibits K+-induced [3H] 5-HT release by antagonizing voltage-dependent Ca2+ entry into nerve terminals.  相似文献   

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In the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) of rats, the interaction of sodium bromide (NaBr) with various drugs which interfere with the GABA system, such as 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-aminobutyrate [( + )baclofen, Bac], ( + )bicuculline (Bic), picrotoxin (Pic) and chlorpromazine (CPZ), and the effects of NaBr on the K+-induced release of [3H]acetylcholine ([3H]ACh) were studied in vitro. The effects on the evoked potentials induced by preganglionic stimulation were analysed in situ. The in vitro experiments revealed that 1 mM NaBr inhibits both the basal and the K+-induced release of [3H]ACh in a Ca2+-dependent manner. This NaBr effect was additive with the similar effect of the GABA agonist Bac, but it could not be blocked with any of the drugs applied. In vivo, 1 mM NaBr depressed the amplitude of the evoked potentials in the SCG. It is concluded that, in the SCG of rats, NaBr interacts with the presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes. The inhibitory effects of NaBr on both the [3H]ACh release and the potentials evoked by preganglionic stimulation cannot be attributed to a direct interference with GABA receptor complexes; some other binding site/s on the presynaptic and postsynaptic membranes might be responsible for the bromide-induced reduction of the synaptic transmission in the SCG of rats.  相似文献   

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Rabbit retinac preloaded with [3H]adenosine were superfused in vitro and the effect of neurotransmitter agonists and antagonists on the release of [3H]purines was studied. Glutamic acid, aspartic acid, kainic acid (KA), quisqualic acid (QUIS) and acid (NMDA) all stimulated the efflux of [3H] labelled and endogenous purines. Their effect was reduced in a Ca2+-free medium except when using a high concentration (100 μM) of KA, QUIS and NMDA. The effect of aspartic acid and of NMDA were blocked by 2-amino-7-phosphono-heptanoic acid (APH) and 2-amino-5-phosphono-valeric acid (APV). Carbachol also increased the release of adenosine-derived radioactivity and this effect was reduced by the removal of Ca2+ and by pretreatment with atropine. τ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and muscimol, induced a small increase in the release which was Ca2+-dependent and was blocked by bicuculline and picrotoxin. Dopamine elicited an increase in the release which was partially reduced in a Ca2+-free medium and was blocked by haloperidol. Glycine and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) also induced small but significant increases. The neurotransmitter antagonists had an effect of their own. Superfusion with APH and APV depressed the outflow of radioactivity whereas bicuculline, picrotoxin, strychnine and haloperidol enhanced it. The K+-evoked release of [3H]purines was reduced by haloperidol and by 5-HT. The observations indicate that stimulation of several important neurotransmitter receptors in the retina elicits the release of adenosine derivatives. The results with the antagonists also suggest that purines are continuously released as a result of a tonic activation of the respective membrane receptors.  相似文献   

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Release of [3H]dopamine ([3H]DA) from rat striatal slices kept under hypoxic or/and glucose-free conditions was measured using a microvolume perfusion method. The corresponding changes in nucleotide content were determined by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RPHPLC). The resting release of [3H]DA was not affected by hypoxia, but under glucose-free conditions massive [Ca2+]0-independent release of [3H]DA was observed. Hypoxia reduced the energy charge (E.C.) and the total purine content from 19.36 ± 4.15 to 6.98 ± 1.83 mol/mg protein. Glucose deprivation by itself, or in combination with hypoxia, markedly reduced the levels of adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP). The E.C. under glucose-free conditions was significantly reduced from 0.73 ± 0.04 to 0.44 ± 0.20. When the tissue was exposed to hypoxic and glucose-free conditions for 18 min the level of ATP was reduced to 3.15 ± 0.11 mol/mg protein. However, when the exposure time was 30 min the ATP level was further reduced to 1.11 ± 0.37 nmol/mg protein. The resting release was enhanced in a [Ca2+]0-independent manner, but there was no release in response to stimulation, and tetrodotoxin did not affect the enhanced resting release, indicating that the release was not associated with axonal activity. Similarly, 50 μM ouabain, inhibitor of Na+/K+-activated ATPase, enhanced the release of [3H]DA at rest in a [Ca2+]0-independent manner. It seems very likely that the reduced ATP level under glucose-free conditions leads to an inhibition of the activity of Na+/K+-ATPase that results in reversal of the uptake processes and in [Ca2+]0-independent [3H]DA release from the axon terminals.  相似文献   

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Purified synaptic vesicles were isolated from hog cerebral cortex by a rapid procedure consisting of homogenization of cerebral cortex slices in iso-osmotic sucrose, differential centrifugation and sucrose density-gradient centrifugation. The purity of the vesicles was evaluated both biochemically and morphologically. The vesicles contained high amounts of γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) and acetylcholine at specific concentrations of 390 nmol/mg protein and 7.2 nmol/mg protein respectively.

Glutamate decarboxylase, the enzyme which catalyses GABA formation, binds to the synaptic vesicles in a calcium-dependent manner. The percentage of glutamate decarboxylase bound to the vesicles increases from about 5% without calcium, reaching a plateau of about 60% at 4 mM Ca2+. Magnesium in concentrations 0.2–10 mM has no significant effect on glutamate decarboxylase binding. Also in phospholipid vesicles (small unilamellar phosphatidylserine-phosphatidylcholine. 2:1 liposomes) Ca2+, but not Mg2+, induced the binding of glutamate decarboxylase, reaching a plateau of 50% at 2 mM Ca2+. Both in synaptic vesicles and in phospholipid vesicles the calcium-dependent glutamate decarboxylase binding seems to be specific, and not caused by unspecific association of proteins, since the specific binding (bound enzyme activity/mg bound protein) increases 3-fold from 0 to 4 mM Ca2+.

The functional role of this binding was studied in GAD containing vesicles by measuring the relationship between the accumulation of [3H]GABA, newly synthetized from [3H]glutamate, and the uptake of added [14C]GABA. No significant uptake of [14C]GABA was found under the experimental conditions used, whereas large amounts of [3H]GABA were found within the vesicles. It appears that the [3H]GABA accumulation process is functionally linked to [3H]GABA synthesis and is mediated by the membrane-bound glutamate decarboxylase. This synthesis-coupled uptake of GABA into synaptic vesicles possibly serves to bring about a plasticity effect in previously stimulated GABAergic nerve endings.  相似文献   


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Two parameters of Ca2+ dynamics in brain preparations (45Ca-uptake to slices and [3H]nitrendipine binding to membrane fractions) were measured in naive and chronic morphine-administered rats. While morphine did not have any effect on 45Ca-uptake to striatal slices in normal Krebs-Ringer solution, it inhibited K+-stimulated 45Ca-uptake to slices. Furthermore, the effect of morphine was antagonized by naloxone. Inhibition of K+-stimulated 45Ca-uptake to striatal slices by morphine was not observed in preparations obtained from chronic morphine-administered rats (6 mg/kg/b.i.d./7 days). In membrane fractions, [3H]nitrendipine binding increased by 34% in striatum following chronic morphine treatment, whereas no change was observed in the cortex and hippocampus. The results will be discussed in relation to the phenomena underlying chronic morphine administration.  相似文献   

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The effects of γ-amino-n-butyric acid (GABA), (+)bicuculline, isoguvacine and 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-aminobutyrate [(±)baclofen] on the K-induced release of [3H]acetylcholine (ACh) were studied in the superior cervical ganglia of the rat in vitro. GABA and isoguvacine inhibited [3H]ACh release and these inhibitions were reversible by (+)bicuculline. Furthermore, the release of [3H]ACh was also inhibited by (±)baclofen. In receptor-binding studies, binding of [3H]GABA to membrane preparations from the superior cervical ganglia was inhibited by both (±)baclofen and (+)bicuculline. It is concluded that the inhibitory effect of GABA on the release of ACh can be mediated by GABAA(bicuculline-sensitive) and by GABAB (baclofen-activated) receptors. Our findings are compatible with the existence of a non-synaptic GABAergic inhibitory system involving GABAA and GABAB receptors on cholinergic nerve terminals in the superior cervical ganglion of rat.  相似文献   

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The effects of subcutaneous (s.c.) oxytocin treatment have been investigated on various parameters of dopaminergic neurotransmission in basal forebrain structures (nucleus olfactorius posterior + nucleus accumbens + septum) of the mouse. Acute oxytocin treatment failed to influence dopamine utilization in the basal forebrain. Following chronic injections of oxytocin (0.2 mg/kg) for 8 8 days, the neuropeptide decreased dopamine utilization. Neither in vivo nor in vitro oxytocin treatment was capable of influencing the in vitro uptake of [3H]dopamine in basal forebrain slices. The spontaneous release of [3H]dopamine (in the presence of 4.2 mM K+) from basal forebrain tissue slices was not affected by in vitro or acute or chronic in vivo oxytocin treatment. The stimulated release of [3H]dopamine (in the presence of 30 mM K+) was significantly inhibited by chronic in vivo oxytocin administration. Chronic oxytocin treatment decreased the Bmax value of [3H]spiroperidol binding in the basal forebrain. The dissociation constant (Kd) of [3H]spiroperidol binding was not influenced by oxytocin. The data indicate that peripheral oxytocin treatment is capable of modifying dopaminergic neurotransmission in mouse basal forebrain regions.  相似文献   

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The effects of dithiothreitol (DTT) and, reduced (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG), glutathione on the release of [3H]GABA evoked by glutamate and its agonists were studied in rat hippocampal slices. DTT had no effect on the basal release of [3H]GABA but it enhanced and prolonged the glutamate agonist-evoked release. This effect was abolished by (+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo(a,d)cyclohept-5,10-imine hydrogen maleate (MK-801), a noncompetitive NMDA antagonist, and blocked by Mg2+ ions. It was only slightly attenuated by 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), a non-NMDA receptor antagonist, and not affected by -(+)-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionate ( -AP3), a selective antagonist of the metabotropic glutamate receptor. The effect of DTT on the NMDA-evoked release of GABA was only slightly affected by extracellular Ca2+ but completely blocked by verapamil even in the absence of Ca2+. GSH and GSSG attenuated or abolished the effects of DTT on the agonist-induced release of [3H]GABA. The results imply that the enhanced and prolonged release of GABA evoked by the coexistence of DTT and excitatory amino acids and attenuated by endogenous GSH and GSSG is a consequence of sustained activation of the NMDA receptor-governed ionophores, which contain functional thiol groups. DTT, GSH and GSSG may regulate the redox state and accessibility of these groups. In addition to the influx of extracellular Ca2+, DTT mobilizes Ca2+ from intracellular pools distinct from those regulated by metabotropic glutamate receptors.  相似文献   

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Phospholipase A2 added directly to superfused [3H]norepinephrine-labeled synaptosomes could cause the release of neurotransmitter molecules. Chloroquine and quinacrine, which block the action of phospholipase A2, inhibited either the phospholipase A2-stimulated or the high potassium-stimulated release of [3H]norepinephrine from synaptosomes. Only quinacrine blocked the high potassium-stimulated influx of Ca2+. It appears that during stimulation of synaptosomes, Ca2+ influx leads to the activation of phospholipase A2, which in turn, hydrolyzes membrane phospholipids in situ. The formation of lysophospholipids may alter the microenvironment and the physicochemical properties of membranes, resulting in the release of neurotransmitter through exocytosis.  相似文献   

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Abstract: The effect of colchicine (0.5 mM) and of cytochalasin B (10−4 M) on the release of [35S]taurine from the isolated chick retina, upon stimulation by 68.5 mM-KCl, 10−5 M-veratridine and 10 mM-glutamate, was studied. Cytochalasin and colchicine effects on taurine release were compared with those on K+-stimulated release of [3H]dopamine and [3H]GABA. Colchicine caused a marked decrease of the [35S]taurine release evoked by the three stimulatory agents; it also decreased [3H]dopamine release without affecting that of [3H]GABA. Cytochalasin B significantly decreased the efflux of [35S]taurine stimulated by glutamate or veratridine without altering that evoked by 68.5 mM-KCl. Cytochalasin practically suppressed the [3H]dopamine-stimulated release and slightly decreased that of [3H]GABA. This drug produced a high increase in the spontaneous release of labeled GABA and taurine. These results suggest that the release of taurine and GABA from the chick retina probably occurs through different mechanisms. It is suggested that taurine release may be related to a process involving contractile proteins.  相似文献   

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In order to examine intracellular modulation of CNS catecholamine release, cerebrocortical synaptosomes were prelabeled with [3H]noradrenaline and permeabilized with streptolysin-O in the absence or presence of Ca2+. Plasma membrane permeabilization allowed efflux of cytosol and left a compartmentalized pool of [3H]noradrenaline intact, approximately 10% of which was released by addition of 10−5 M Ca2+. Addition of activators or inhibitors of protein kinase C, as well as inhibitors of Ca2+-calmodulin kinase II or calcineurin, failed to change Ca2+-induced noradrenaline release. Evoked release from permeabilized synaptosomes deficient in the vesicle-associated phosphoprotein synapsin I was also unchanged. In contrast, addition of a synthetic ‘active domain’ peptide from the myristoylated, alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS) protein increased, while addition of calmodulin decreased Ca2+-induced release from the permeabilized synaptosomes, the latter effect being reversed by a peptide inhibitor of calcineurin. Moreover, addition of the actin-destabilizing agent DNase I, as well as antibodies to MARCKS, appeared to increase spontaneous, Ca2+-independent release from noradrenergic vesicles. These results indicate that the MARCKS protein may modulate release from permeabilized noradrenergic synaptosomes, possibly by modulating calmodulin levels and/or the actin cytoskeleton.  相似文献   

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The mechanisms of cholinergic stimulation of gastrin cells were studied in the rat pancreatic cell line B6 RIN. Carbachol induced an increase in intracellular Ca2+ and stimulated gastrin release in a dose-dependent manner over the range 10−5-10−3 M. These effects were completely abolished by atropine, suggesting the implication of muscarinic cholinergic receptors. The binding properties of these receptors were investigated. [N-Methyl-3H]scopolamine ([3h]nms) binding on cell homogenates was time-dependent, saturable and consistent with a single high-affinity binding class (Kd = 39.5 pM, and Bmax = 7.9 fmol/mg DNA). Carbachol competitively inhibited [3H]NMS binding. The potency of inhibition of [3H]NMS binding by subtype selective antagonists was hexahydrodifenidol> pirenzepine> AF-DX 116. These results suggest the M3, muscarinic receptors may be involved in the carbachol-induced gastrin release from B6 RIN cells.  相似文献   

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The potency of a series of opioid and non-opioid psychotomimetic drugs to inhibit the specific binding of [3H]PCP and ( + )-[3H]SKF-10,047 to rat cerebral cortical membranes was examined. ( + )-PCMP, the 3-methylpiperidino analog of PCP, was a potent inhibitor of the specific binding of both ligands. All of the other 12 compounds examined, however, displayed a 3-277-fold selectivity for either [3H]PCP or (+)-[3H]SKF-10,047 binding. These results suggest that although these opioid and non-opioid psychotomimetics bind to both sites, most have significantly different affinities. The binding sites for [3H]PCP appear to be distinct from the ‘sigma’ binding sites labeled with (+)-[3H]SKF-10,047.

SKF-10,047 Sigma receptor Phencyclidine Phencyclidine receptor Psychotomimetic activity  相似文献   


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Rat brain cortex slices preincubated with [3H]serotonin or [3H]noradrenaline (25 100 nmol/l each) were superfused and the effects of serotonin and histamine on the electrically (0.3 or 3 Hz) evoked tritium overflow were studied.

In slices preincubated with [3H]serotonin the extent of inhibition of the electrically (3 Hz) evoked tritium overflow produced by histamine was increased when the concentration of [3H]serotonin used for incubation was decreased. The evoked overflow tended to be lower in slices from 2-year-old rats than in slices from 6-month-old animals whereas the inhibitory effect of histamine on the evoked overflow did not differ. Treatment of rats with nimodipine for at least 6 weeks did not significantly affect the evoked overflow in slices from 6-month and 2-year-old rats nor did it significantly alter the serotonin- and histamine-mediated inhibition of the evoked overflow in slices from young adult rats. The extent of histamine-mediated inhibition of the electrically evoked tritium overflow from slices (of young adult rats) preincubated with [3H]noradrenaline did not change when the concentration of [3H]noradrenaline used for incubation was decreased; the degree of inhibition markedly increased when the frequency of stimulation was lowered from 3 to 0.3 Hz. The inhibitory effect of histamine on the electrically (0.3 Hz) evoked overflow was mimicked by the H3 receptor agonist R-(−)--methylhistamine and antagonized by the H3 receptor antagonist thioperamide. The electrically evoked overflow and its inhibition by histamine were not affected by nimodipine, irrespective of whether the Ca2+ antagonist was administered in vivo (for at least 6 weeks) or added to the superfusion medium in vitro.

It is concluded that (1) the extent of the H3 receptor-mediated effect in rat brain cortex slices can be markedly increased by lowering the concentration of the tracer in slices preincubated with [3H]serotonin and by lowering the stimulation frequency in slices preincubated with [3H]noradrenaline; (2) the H3 receptor-mediated inhibition of serotonin release is not changed during aging and (3) nimodipine does not significantly influence serotonin release and noradrenaline release and their serotonin and/or histamine receptor-mediated modulation.  相似文献   


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In the present study we characterize the optimal experimental conditions under which to investigate the cholinergic regulation of endogenous electrically evoked γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release from guinea pig cortical slices. Superfusion with the neuronal GABA reuptake inhibitor, SKF89976A (10 μM) caused cortical GABA release to be linearly correlated with the frequency of electrical stimulation (5, 10, 20 Hz). Electrically evoked GABA release (10 Hz) was tetrodotoxin-sensitive and Ca2+-dependent and was under GABAB autoreceptor control. Under these experimental conditions, acetylcholine (0.1–10 μM) and physostigmine (30 μM) decreased the electrically evoked GABA release while the M2 receptor antagonist AFDX-116 (0.01–0.1 μM) counteracted these effects. Similar results were also observed in a cortical synaptosomal preparation stimulated with K+ (10 mM). These findings demonstrate an inhibitory cholinergic regulation of electrically evoked GABA release via M2 receptors located on cortical GABAergic terminals.  相似文献   

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The serotonin neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) appears to affect invertebrate systems differently from vertebrate ones. The basis for toxicity in vertebrates appears to involve the intraneuronal actions of monoamine oxidase (MAO) upon the toxin. In insects, MAO is not present in appreciable amounts. In this study, we demonstrate that in vitro 5.7-DHT competitively inhibits the uptake of [3H]serotonin by serotonergic neurohaemal areas. The apparent KM increases from 4.9 × 10−7 to 1.7 × 10−6 M. This neurotoxin also causes a significant release of previously accumulated [3H]serotonin in nominally Ca2+-free saline. While 5,7-DHT does not affect the uptake of [3H]tryptophan, it reduces the subsequent synthesis of [3H]serotonin. In vivo, the tissues appear to have recovered 2 weeks after toxin treatment, as determined by immunohistochemistry. At 24 h, 1 week and 2 weeks after injection, the tissues are able to take up and release [3H]serotonin normally. 1 and 2 weeks after injection, insects ingest a normal-sized blood meal, a behaviour acutely disrupted by 5,7-DHT treatment. The results of this and other invertebrate studies suggest that 5,7-DHT does not destroy serotonergic neurons, as it does in vertebrates. 5,7-DHT may be a more useful tool to study the functions of serotonin in invertebrates as one may transiently affect serotonin stores.  相似文献   

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Glucose-induced insuline release, glucose-induced rises in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), and voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel activity were assessed in monolayer cultures of β-vells 3–5 day-old rats. The glucose-stimulated insulin secretory responses and [Ca2+]i rises were like those in adult rat β-cells rather than fetal rat β-cells. Voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel antagonists decreased glucose-induced insulin secretion, aborted the [Ca2+]2 rise and, like deprivation of extracellular Ca2+, prevented the glucose-induced rise in [Ca2+]i when added before the glucose challenge. The presence of nifedipine-sensitive, voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels was demonstrated directly by measuring Ca2+ currents using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique and indirectly by measuring [Ca2+]1 after membrane depolarization by 45 mMm K+ or 200 μM tolbutamide. Thus, in cultured β-cells of 3–5 day-old rats the coupling of glucose stimulation to Ca2+ influx is essentially mature, in contrast to what has been reported for fetal or very early neonatal cells.  相似文献   

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Abstract: Involvement of protein kinase C (PKC) in the release of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was examined in Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with mRNA from rat cerebellum, as compared with findings in slices of rat cerebellum. The mRNA-injected oocytes preloaded with [3H]GABA showed spontaneous release of [3H]GABA, ∼0.5% of GABA content per 1 min. Stimulation with either Ca2+ ionophore (A23187) or a high K+ concentration increased the release of [3H]GABA from slices of rat deep cerebellar nucleus and mRNA-injected oocytes but not from noninjected and water-injected oocytes. 12- O -Tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (10–300 n M ) but not 4α-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (300 n M ) potentiated the A23187-stimulated release of [3H]GABA from slices and from mRNA-injected oocytes, in a concentration-dependent manner. Thus, machinery associated with release processes of GABA can be expressed in oocytes by injecting rat cerebellar mRNA, and PKC participates in GABA release from the functionally expressed GABAergic nerve terminals.  相似文献   

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The stiffness of the sarcomeres was studied during the diastolic interval of 18 stimulated (0.5 Hz) cardiac trabeculae of rat (pH 7.4; temperature = 25°C). Sarcomere length (SL) and force (F) were measured using, respectively, laser diffraction techniques (resolution: 4 nm) and a silicon strain gauge (resolution: 0.63 μN). Sinusoidal perturbations (frequency = 500 Hz) were imposed to the length of the preparation. The stiffness was evaluated from the corresponding F and SL sinusoids by analysis of both signals together either in the time domain or in the frequency domain. A short burst (duration = 30 ms) of sinusoidal perturbations was repeated at 5 predetermined times during diastole providing 5 measurements of stiffness during the time interval separating two twitches. These measurements revealed that stiffness increases by 30% during diastole, while a simultaneous expansion of the sarcomeres (amplitude = 10-60 nm) was detected. Measurements of the fluorescence of fura-2 under the same conditions revealed a continuous exponential decline of [Ca2+]i from 210 to 90 nM (constant of time 300 ms) during diastole. In order to test the possibility that the increase of sarcomere stiffness and the decline of [Ca2+]i were coupled during diastole of intact trabeculae, we studied the effect of different free Ca2+-concentrations ([Ca2+]) between 1 and 430 nM on sarcomere stiffness in rat cardiac trabeculae skinned by saponin (n = 17). Stiffness was studied using 500 Hz sinusoidal perturbations of muscle length (ML). We found that, below 70 nM, the stiffness was independent of [Ca2+]; between 70 and 200 nM, the stiffness declined with increase of [Ca2+]; above 200 nM, the stiffness increased steeply with [Ca2+]. The data fitted accurately to the sum of two sigmoids (Hill functions): (1) at [Ca2+] < 200 nM the stiffness decreased with [Ca2+] (EC50 = 160 ± 13 nM; n = −2.6±0.7) and (2) at [Ca2+] > 200 nM, stiffness increased with [Ca2+] (EC50 = 3.4±0.3 μM; n = 2.1±0.2) due to attachment of cross-bridges. From these results, it was possible to reproduce accurately the time course of diastolic stiffness observed in intact trabeculae and to predict the effect on stiffness of a spontaneous elevation of the diastolic [Ca2+]. Identical stiffness measurements were performed in 4 skinned preparations exposed to a cloned fragment of titin (Ti I-II) which has been shown to exhibit a strong interaction with F-actin in vitro. It was anticipated that Ti I-II would compete with endogenous titin for the same binding site on actin in the I-band. Below 200 nM, Ti I-II (2 μM) eliminated the Ca2+-dependence of stiffness. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the Ca2+-sensitivity of the sarcomeres at [Ca2+] < 200 nM, i.e. where the myocytes in intact muscle operate during diastole, involves an association between titin molecules and the thin filament.  相似文献   

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