Multiple pathways of Pb2+ permeation in rat cerebellar granule neurones
Multiple pathways of Pb2+ permeation in rat cerebellar granule neurones
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00557.x
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发表时间:
2001-10
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
M. Mazzolini;S. Traverso;C. Marchetti
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作者:
M. Mazzolini;S. Traverso;C. Marchetti
The pathways of lead (Pb2+) uptake were studied in fura‐2‐loaded cerebellar granule cells from 8‐day‐old rats. In a nominal Ca‐free external bath, Pb2+ (5–50 µm) determined an increase of the fluorescence emission ratio (R = E340/E380) even in the absence of any specific stimulus. This rise was dose‐dependent, was not significantly affected by mm Mg2+ or Ca2+, but it was readily reversed by the membrane‐permeant heavy metal chelator tetrakis(2‐pyridylmethyl) ethylene‐diamine (TPEN, 100 µm), indicating that it was due to Pb2+ influx. The rate of rise, dR/dt, was increased up to a factor of 5 by depolarizing high‐KCl solution, indicating a sizeable permeation through voltage‐dependent channels. This effect was neither antagonized by nimodipine, nor enhanced by BayK8644, but it was slackened by ω‐agatoxin IVA (200 nm), suggesting an involvement of non‐L‐type calcium channels. Pb2+ influx was also stimulated by glutamic acid or NMDA in the presence of 10–30 µm glycine, but only in Mg‐free solution, suggesting that glutamate channels of the NMDA type are an additional pathway of Pb2+ uptake. Pb2+ caused a time‐, dose‐ and stimulus‐dependent saturation of the dye, whose intracellular concentration is ∼ 10 µm, indicating that intracellular Pb2+ can readily reach a concentration in the micromolar range. These results indicate that the particular vulnerability of neurones to Pb2+ poisoning is linked to the presence of specific transport systems, which mediate the rapid uptake of Pb2+ into the neurone.