GLUTAMATE AS A CNS TRANSMITTER .1. EVALUATION OF GLUCOSE AND GLUTAMINE AS PRECURSORS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF PREFERENTIALLY RELEASED GLUTAMATE
GLUTAMATE AS A CNS TRANSMITTER .1. EVALUATION OF GLUCOSE AND GLUTAMINE AS PRECURSORS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF PREFERENTIALLY RELEASED GLUTAMATE
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(79)90306-8
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
COTMAN, CW
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作者:
HAMBERGER, AC;CHIANG, GH;COTMAN, CW
Slices of the molecular layer of the rat dentate gyrus of the hippocampal formation were incubated with either [14C]glucose, [14C]pyruvate or 14C glutamine and the efflux of endogenous and radioactive glutamate was monitored under various conditions. After prelabeling with either [14C]glutamine or [14C]glucose elevation of K+ concentration to 56 mM (Ca2+ free) increased efflux of endogenous and [14C]-glutamate. Introduction of Ca2+ into the elevated K+ medium further increased the efflux of endogenous glutamate and radioactive glutamate derived from any of the precursors tested. In glutamine containing media, the increase in glutamate efflux and basal efflux was considerably higher than in the absence of glutamine and the specific activity of glutamate released was higher than that in the tissue. Glutamine was superior to glucose or pyruvate as precursor and most specifically labeled the putative transmitter pool of glutamate. Similar experiments were carried out 4 and 14 days after a unilateral lesion in the entorhinal cortex which provided about 60% of the total synaptic input to the dentate granule cells. The Ca2+ dependent release of glutamate derived from glucose or glutamine was markedly reduced on the operated side. The transmitter pool of glutamate is probably in perforant path terminals and can be synthesized from glucose or glutamine.