INFLUENCE OF NEUROGLIAL TRANSPORT ON THE ACTION OF γ‐AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ON MAMMALIAN GANGLION CELLS
1977; Wiley; Volume: 59; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1977.tb07502.x
ISSN1476-5381
Autores Tópico(s)GABA and Rice Research
Resumo1 The effect of inhibiting the transport of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by neuroglial cells on the depolarizing action of exogenous amino acids on isolated superior cervical ganglia of the rat was studied. 1 Transport (measured by uptake of [3H]-GABA) was inhibited by (a) reducing external [na+] from 143 to 2mM and (b) administering alternative carrier-sbustrates, 3-amino-n-butyric acid (beta-amino-butyric acid, BABA) and (+/-)-nipecotic acid at a concentration of 1 mM. 3 All three procedures enhanced the depolarization produced by low concentrations of GABA (less than or equal to 10 muM) but did not alter the maximum response, nor the response to 3-aminopropanesulphonic acid (a gabamimetic with low affinity for the neuroglial carrier). 4 It is concluded that the neuroglial uptake process can limit the action of exogenous GABA upon neurones, by reducing the interstitial GABA concentration.
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