ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN [3H]CHOLINE UPTAKE ACTIVATION AND [3H]ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE |
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| Authors: | L C MURRIN R N DHAVEN M J KUHAR |
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| Institution: | Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, U. S. A. |
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| Abstract: | The depolarization-induced, calcium-dependent release of 3H]ACh from hippocampal synaptosomes was studied in a superfusion system. Release increased, with increasing depolarization. Barium and strontium effectively substituted for calcium during the depolarization, but magnesium inhibited the release. Releasable 3H]ACh is derived from the sodium-dependent component of the 3H]choline uptake which points out the physiologic importance of sodium-dependent choline transport. It is concluded that 3H]ACh release in this system has the same properties as neurotransmitter release in many other systems. Previous studies have shown that treatments which alter the activity of cholinergic neurons in vivo result in parallel changes in sodium-dependent choline uptake in vitro. When synaptosomes were utilized from animals treated to reduce cholinergic activity, there was a reduced release following the reduced uptake. Conversely, when synaptosomes were taken from animals treated to increase sodium-dependent choline uptake, there was an increase in the release. It is concluded that the changes in sodium-dependent choline uptake in vitro consequent to changes in neuronal activity in vivo result in parallel changes in releasable ACh. A comparison was made between the effect of a number of ions and agents on release and their effect on the in vitro, depolarization-induced activation of sodium-dependent choline uptake. Barium and strontium, ions which substitute for calcium in the release process, support the in vitro activation of uptake. Vinblastine and Bay a 1040, compounds which block release, prevented the in vitro activation of sodium-dependent choline uptake. However, magnesium blocked release in a dose-dependent manner, but did not block the activation of uptake in vitro. Rather, magnesium substituted for calcium and supported the activation of uptake in a dose-dependent fashion. It is concluded that acetylcholine release is not necessary for the activation of choline uptake. |
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