ALKALINE AND ACID TRANSIENTS IN CEREBELLAR MICROENVIRONMENT
ALKALINE AND ACID TRANSIENTS IN CEREBELLAR MICROENVIRONMENT
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.1983.49.3.831
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
NICHOLSON, C
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作者:
KRAIG, RP;FERREIRAFILHO, CR;NICHOLSON, C
Extracellular pH (pHo) was measured in the cerebellar cortex of the rat using a recently developed liquid membrane ion-selective micropipette (ISM). pHo was determined during stimulus-evoked neuronal activity, elevated extracellular K concentration, [K+]o, spreading depression (SD), and complete ischemia. In many experiments [K+]o was simultaneously determined. A train of local surface stimuli (LOC) produced an initial alkaline shift in pHo from a base line of 7.20-7.30 to 7.25-7.35. This was followed by a long-lasting acid phase that reached a plateau of 7.05-7.15 after 64 s of stimulation. pHo decrease was related to stimulus frequency, intensity and duration. Superfusion with Ringer solution containing Mn2+ rapidly abolished parallel fiber-induced Purkinje cell synaptic depolarization together with the alkaline shifts while enhancing the acid shifts. Superfusion of the cerebellar cortex with Ringer solution containing increasingly elevated [K+] progressively lowered pHo to a plateau of 6.95-7.05. The acidification occurred in the presence of ouabain but was reversed on return to the normal [K+]o or with the addition of the glycolytic blocker, fluoride. Stimulus-evoked alkaline shifts were enhanced by K+-Ringer superfusion. The acid shift was probably due to the metabolic production of an anion, possibly lactate. Elevation of [K+]o above 8-12 mM often produced oscillation in pHo and [K+]o with a period of about 40 s. Sometimes these oscillations ended in a spontaneous SD or SD could be evoked by stimulation. Under these conditions of raised [K+]o, the SD consisted of a very pronounced alkaline transient followed by a small, long-lasting acid shift. When SD was induced by conditioning the cerebellum with propionate or lowered NaCl, the alkaline phase was reduced and the acid enhanced. Complete ischemia began with a progressive decrease of pHo and rise in [K+]o. When [K+]o reach 12 mM, a 2nd more rapid rise in [K+]o to .gtoreq. 40 mM occurred. This was correlated with 0.1-0.2 pHo transient increase similar to that seen during SD. pHo eventually reached a plateau of 6.60-6.80, close to neutrality. Superfusion with Ringer solution containing acetazolamide immediately altered pHo homeostasis by increasing base-line pHo by about 0.10 and enhanced the induced pHo changes. Apparently, carbonic anhydrase (CA) is important for acute buffering of the brain extracellular microenvironment. These results were interpreted in terms of changes in extracellular strong ion concentration differences ([SID]o), extracellular concentration of total weak acid ([Atot]o) and partial pressure of CO2 (PCO2) in the brain microenvironment. Neuronal activity probably produces changes in many of the constituents of the microenvironment.