ISSN:
1573-7365
Keywords:
lactate efflux
;
hippocampal slice
;
tissue acid-base balance
;
in vitro model of ischemia
;
lactate transport
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Lactic acid accumulation has been implicated in the evolution of brain damage after ischemia. Since compartmentation of lactate may play a role in acid-base balance, lactate release from gerbil hippocampal slices was examined during a number of metabolic stresses including elevated [K+]e, ischemia, anoxia, and aglycemia. Slices were preincubated for 1 hr in artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF) equilibrated with 95% O2/5% CO2 (pH 7.4 at 37°C) and then transferred to tubes containing 300μl of test medium. The rate of lactate release in control slices was 9.64 nmol/min/mg protein and increased 2.6- and 3.2-fold in the presence of 60 mM potassium and anoxia, whereas the rate of lactate release was decreased by 50 and 25% during ischemia and aglycemia. Lactate release was temperature dependent and was only minimally influenced by removing Ca2+ or by adding 5 mM d-lactate to the ACSF. In contrast, pyruvate inhibited lactate release with an apparent Ki of 2.4 mM. The results suggest that lactate can be released from cells via a saturable and stereospecific lactate transporter with an apparentK m of 10.7 mM andV max of 43.7 nmol/mg protein/min. Such a relatively high-capacity transporter system can rapidly equilibrate brain lactate but is probably not involved in regulating intracellular acid-base balance.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00999841
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