ISSN:
1471-4159
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract: Synaptosomes can be loaded with mag-fura-2 without significant perturbation of their ATP content by incubation for 10 min at 37°C with 10 µM mag-fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester in Hanks'-HEPES buffer (pH 7.45). The intrasynaptosomal free Mg2+ concentration ([Mg2+]i) was found to be dependent on external Mg2+ concentration, increasing from 0.8 to 1.25 mM when the concentration of Mg2+ in the incubation medium increased from 1 to 8 mM. Dissipation of the Na+ gradient across the plasma membrane of synaptosomes by treatment with the Na+ ionophore monensin (0.2 mM) or with veratridine (0.2 mM) and ouabain (0.6 mM) produced a moderate increase of [Mg2+]i, from 1.0 to 1.2–1.3 mM in an incubation medium containing 5 mM Mg2+. Plasma membrane depolarization by incubation of synaptosomes in a medium containing 68 mM KCl and 68 mM NaCl had no effect on [Mg2+]i. Reversal of the Na+ gradient by incubation of synaptosomes in a medium in which external Na+ was replaced by choline increased [Mg2+]i up to 1.6 and 2.2 mM for extrasynaptosomal Mg2+ concentrations of 1 and 8 mM, respectively. We conclude that a Na+/Mg2+ exchange operates in the plasma membrane of synaptosomes. In the presence of Mg2+ in the incubation medium, extrasynaptosomal ATP, but not ADP or adenosine, increased [Mg2+]i from 1.1 ± 0.1 up to 1.6 ± 0.1 mM. The nonhydrolyzable ATP analogue adenosine 5′-(βγ-imido)triphosphate antagonized the effect of ATP, but had no effect by itself on [Mg2+]i. It is concluded that Mg2+ transport across the plasma membrane of synaptosomes is modulated by the activity of an ecto-ATPase or an ecto-protein kinase.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1995.65062757.x
