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  • 1
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 59 (1992), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: A rabbit eye model of neural ischaemia is described that uses an increased pressure in the anterior eye chamber to block the capillary supply to the retina. A microdialysis probe placed very close to the retinal surface was used to monitor release of amino acids during ischaemia. A large (two- to threefold) increase in the release of glutamate and O-phosphoserine (twofold), but not of six other amino acids monitored, occurred during initial ischaemia. During reperfusion after release of intraocular pressure, much larger (five- to 10-fold) increases in the release of these amino acids were observed. Parallel ischaemic retinal tissue damage was observed. This damage was prevented by keta-mine applied locally via a superfusion needle, suggesting that glutamate released during ischaemia, and particularly during reperfusion, was responsible for cell death.
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  • 2
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 56 (1991), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: There is a considerable amount of conflicting evidence from several studies as to the action of applied N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) on the release of glutamate and aspartate in the brain. In the present study the effect of NMDA on extracellular levels of endogenous amino acids was investigated in conscious, unrestrained rats using intracerebral microdialysis. NMDA caused dose-related increases in extracellular levels of glutamate and aspartate; threonine and glutamine were unaffected. The NMDA-evoked release of glutamate and aspartate was significantly decreased by the specific NMDA receptor antagonist 3-[(±)-2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl]-propyl-1-phosphonic acid. In addition, increasing the perfusate concentration (and therefore the extracellular concentration) of Ca2+ significantly enhanced the NMDA-evoked release of glutamate and aspartate, whereas removal of Ca2+ and addition of a high Mg2+ concentration to the perfusate caused a significant reduction in their NMDA-evoked release. Moreover, the NMDA-evoked release of glutamate and aspartate was reduced in decorticate animals. These results demonstrate that, in the striatum in vivo, NMDA causes selective release of endogenous glutamate and aspartate from neurone terminals and that this action occurs through an NMDA receptor-mediated mechanism. The ability of NMDA receptor activation to induce release of glutamate and aspartate, perhaps by a positive feedback mechanism, may be relevant to the pathologies underlying epilepsy and ischaemic and hypoglycaemic brain damage.
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  • 3
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 48 (1987), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Hippocampal brain slices were incubated with depolarizing agents or excitatory amino acids either alone or in the presence of excitatory amino acid antagonists [ω-phosphonic α-aminocarboxylic acids—2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (AP4), 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (AP5), or 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid (AP7)—or γ-D-glutamylaminomethylsulphonic acid (GAMS)] or a calcium-channel blocker, (S)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)-3-methylaza-7-cyano-7- (3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-8-methyl-nonane hydrochloride [(-)-D888]. The uptake of 45Ca2+ and the efflux of glutamate or aspartate induced by veratrine or high K+ was blocked (54–76%) by AP7 (IC50 46–250 μM). AP5 and AP4 were less effective. (-)-D888 (10 μM) caused 100% block of evoked 45Ca2+ uptake. Uptake of 45Ca2+ induced by exogenous glutamate, aspartate, and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) was also inhibited by AP7, whereas GAMS completely blocked the action of kainate and partially blocked that of glutamate. The action of NMDA in stimulating 45Ca2+ uptake was Mg2+-sensitive, low Mg2+ levels in the incubation medium selectively enhancing the response. It is concluded that Ca2+ uptake evoked by excitatory amino acids is receptor-mediated, and that released excitatory amino acids are responsible for a large part of the action of veratrine and high K+ in stimulating 45Ca2+ uptake.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 48 (1987), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Modulation of [3H]dopamine release by cholinergic agents (acetylcholine, atropine, d-tubocurarine, oxo-tremorine, and nicotine) was studied in primary cell cultures derived from whole brains of foetal rats (17 days of gestation). Monolayer and aggregated neuron-enriched cultures were maintained for 17 days in vitro. [3H]Dopamine basal outflow was enhanced by acetylcholine, nicotine, and atropine and was unaffected by oxotremorine, hexametho-nium, and d-tubocurarine. The action of nicotine was antagonized by d-tubocurarine, and that of atropine was partially blocked by oxotremorine. A similar picture was seen when the influence of cholinergic agents was studied under depolarizing conditions. The action of oxotremorine was dependent on nerve activity. The presence of both musca-rinic and nicotinic antagonists was necessary for abolishing the effect of acetylcholine on the dopamine outflow. These results show that dopamine release in both types of neuron-enriched cultures can be influenced by cholinergic agents and that both muscarinic and nicotinic receptors are involved in regulation of the amine's outflow.
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  • 5
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 56 (1991), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Monoaminergic synaptosomes have been isolated and purified from rat brain by immunomagnetophoresis. This novel technique uses magnetic beads to which Protein A is bound. Noradrenergic, dopaminergic, and serotonergic synaptosomes (previously cell-surface labelled with anti-dopamine-β-hydroxylase, anti-tyrosine hydroxylase, and anti-tryptophan hydroxylase, respectively) may be isolated in a highly purified state. The synaptosomal subpopulations are recovered in a viable metabolic state and show glucose-stimulated respiration and Ca2+-dependent neurotransmitter release. A novel subtype of dopamine-β-hydroxylase was found in dopaminergic terminals. No evidence for glutamate core-lease from monoaminergic synaptosomes was obtained.
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  • 6
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 50 (1988), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The effect of kainate on extracellular levels of amino acids in corpus striatum was investigated in vitro and in vivo, to elucidate the mechanism underlying its neurotoxicity. Kainate increased extracellular glutamate and aspartate in both striatal slices in vitro and intact striatum in vivo, as previously reported. Both in vitro and in vivo, DL-threo-3-hydroxyaspartate increased extracellular glutamate and aspartate levels (to between 150 and 200% of basal), and also enhanced their kainate-evoked release. The action of kainate in vivo was reduced by prior frontal decortication, whereas in vitro the kainate-evoked responses were only slightly reduced by tetrodotoxin. and remained above control values. These results confirm that kainate increases extracellular glutamate and aspartate. and provide evidence that this is due to synaptic release evoked by an action on receptors on glutamatergic neurone terminals. These findings may be relevant to the understanding of epilepsy.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 48 (1987), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Dissociated cell cultures derived from whole brains of foetal rats (17 days of gestation) were maintained for periods of up to 21 days in vitro for the purpose of studying the transmitter-releasing properties of the dopaminergic neuronal cells and glial cells. In the neuron-enriched cultures, after 3 days in vitro, [3H]dopamine was released in response to depolarizing stimuli. Both the potassium and veratrine-evoked release of dopamine was Ca2+ dependent. Veratrine-evoked release was reduced in the presence of the calcium channel blocker verapamil and was tetrodotoxin sensitive. Glial cultures, after 7 days in vitro, did not respond to any depolarizing stimuli, although they displayed a significant ability to take up [3H]dopamine. Comparison between static incubations and perfused cultures showed no difference in the patterns of release resulting from veratrine stimulation. Tyrosine hydroxylase activity increased progressively in neuron-enriched cultures but was not detectable in glial cultures. These results show that neuron-enriched cultures respond to depolarizing stimuli in a manner similar to excised adult basal ganglia tissue, with the appearance of functional ionic channels after 3 days in vitro.
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  • 8
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 60 (1993), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: In vivo microdialysis was used in conjunction with a novel dual-label preloading method to monitor changes in extracellular levels of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate due to N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) infusion in the striatum of conscious, unrestrained rats. [14C]GABA and [3H]glutamate were applied in the dialysis stream for a preloading period of 30 min, after which dialysis perfusion was continued for up to 6 h and dialysate samples were collected for analysis by liquid scintillation spectrometry. NMDA (300 μM in the dialysate) caused significant rises in both 14C and 3H content measured in the dialysates, the majority of which remained associated with the preloaded GABA and glutamate, respectively. The NMDA-evoked release of both GABA and glutamate was blocked by the specific NMDA receptor antagonist 3-[(±)-2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl]propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP), indicating that the response was receptor mediated. The NMDA-stimulated release of glutamate was also totally abolished by concomitant application of the adenosine agonist 2-chloroadenosine or by prior frontal decortication. However, these two treatments caused little change in NMDA-evoked GABA release. These results show that NMDA causes release of GABA from the striatum in vivo by an NMDA receptor-mediated mechanism and that the majority of this release is not secondary to glutamate release from terminals of the corticostriate pathway. In addition, they confirm the results of previous studies investigating the effect of NMDA on endogenous glutamate release.
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  • 9
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 47 (1986), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The concentration of extracellular excitatory amino acids in the striatum of conscious, unrestrained rats was measured using intracerebral microdialysis, during chemical stimulation of the striatum in intact and hemidecorticate animals. Chemical stimulation of the striatum with tityustoxin (0.1 μM) evoked a rise in dialysate concentration of glutamate (to 383% of basal) and aspartate (to 156% of basal), accompanied by a drop in glutamine (to 55% of basal). These changes showed significant attenuation after treatment with L-proline (1 mM) or 2-chloroadenosine (15 μM). Unilateral degeneration of the corticostriate pathway, produced by frontal hemidecortication, caused a reduction in both basal and stimulated levels of glutamate in the lesioned side, whereas no effect was observed in the intact side. Similarly, basal and stimulated levels of glutamine were unchanged in the intact side, but were increased in the lesioned side. These results provide in vivo evidence for glutamate and possibly aspartate being neurotransmitters in the corticostriate pathway. In addition they lend support to previous studies in vitro, which implicated glutamine as the principal precursor for neurotransmitter glutamate.
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    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: The tissue content and the interstitial fluid levels of glutamate, aspartate, GABA, glutamine, glycine, and serine were studied in amygdaloid-kindled rat brain. Interstitial levels were studied in vivo before and during stage 5 full limbic seizures using microdialysis. Slices of amygdala from kindled and sham-operated animals were used to study baseline and KCl-evoked release in vitro. The contents of these amino acids were measured in slices of amygdala, hippocampus, and cerebral cortex from kindled and sham-operated animals. Kindled brains showed two- to threefold higher levels of glutamate, aspartate, and GABA and 12-fold higher levels of glutamine than sham-operated controls. Correlating with this, interstitial fluid levels of glutamate were two- to threefold higher from kindled amygdala than from control both in vivo (microdialysis) and in vitro (superfusion). GABA levels in interstitial fluid from kindled amygdala were reduced by 67% compared with control amygdala.
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