Healy J, Downes A, McBean G J
Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, 4, Dublin, Ireland.
Neurosci Lett. 2000 Aug 25;290(2):113-6. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01318-5.
The effect of the neuropeptide, substance P, on the transport of D-[(3)H]aspartate into rat striatal synaptosomes was studied. Almost 90% of the total transport of D-[(3)H]aspartate was sodium-dependent and the maximum rate (V(max)) of this transport was increased by 34% of control by 2.5 nM substance P (EC(50)=0.52 nM). In contrast, sodium-independent transport was inhibited by substance P. The NK(1) antagonist, L706303 (500 nM) blocked the stimulation of D-[(3)H]aspartate transport by 2.5 nM substance P, but did not alter D-aspartate uptake in the absence of substance P. These results indicate that high affinity glutamate transporters in the brain may be under positive regulation by substance P, and suggest a previously-unidentified mechanism of control of glutamate transport.
研究了神经肽P物质对D-[(3)H]天冬氨酸转运至大鼠纹状体突触体的影响。D-[(3)H]天冬氨酸的总转运中近90%依赖于钠,该转运的最大速率(V(max))在2.5 nM P物质作用下比对照增加了34%(半数有效浓度(EC(50))=0.52 nM)。相反,不依赖钠的转运受到P物质的抑制。NK(1)拮抗剂L706303(500 nM)可阻断2.5 nM P物质对D-[(3)H]天冬氨酸转运的刺激作用,但在无P物质时不改变D-天冬氨酸的摄取。这些结果表明,大脑中的高亲和力谷氨酸转运体可能受P物质的正向调节,并提示了一种先前未被识别的谷氨酸转运控制机制。