Chelation of endogenous membrane calcium inhibits γ‐aminobutyric acid uptake in synaptosomes
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neuroscience Research
- Vol. 24 (2) , 293-298
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.490240222
Abstract
In a previous work, we have demonstrated that calcium chelators induce the release of γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) from synaptosomes in a Na+ ‐dependent manner and that this release is blocked by cations such as Mg2+, La3+, and ruthenium red. In the present study, we show that treatment of synaptosomes with 0.1 mM EGTA in the absence of both Ca2+ and Mg2+ inhibits the sodium‐dependent high‐affinity uptake of [3H]GABA by about 50%. This inhibition increased to about 65% with 1.5 mM EGTA, and it was completely prevented by an excess of Ca2+ or by 1.2 mM Mg2+. In contrast, when EDTA was used as a chelator, Mg2+ was unable to reverse the inhibition. The inhibitory effect of 0.1 mM EGTA was also prevented by 250 μM La3+ or by 20 μM ruthenium red. In the absence of chelators and the presence of Ca2+ and Mg2+, 50 μM and 200 μM La3+ inhibited GABA uptake by about 20 and 50%, respectively, whereas 20 μM ruthenium red produced a nonsignificant 25% inhibition and nifedipine was without effect. It is concluded that the membranesurface negative charges, probably those of the sialic acid molecules that have been implicated in the functioning of the GABA carrier, must be neutralized by endogenous Ca2+ or by another cation in order to permit the adequate function of the transporter. The inhibition by La3+ in the absence of the chelators could be explained by a binding of this cation to the Na+ sites on the GABA carrier.Keywords
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