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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
The role of polyamines (PA) synthesis in NMDA receptor-mediated 45Ca2+ fluxes and norepinephrine release was studied in rat hippocampal synaptosomes. NMDA (50 microM) caused a sharp (> 2-fold) transient increase in PA synthesis regulating enzyme, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity with concomitant elevation in PA levels in the order putrescine > spermidine > spermine. ODC inhibitor, alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), and NMDA antagonist, 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (D-AP5), both blocked increases in ODC activity and PA levels. Activation of NMDA receptors induced a sharp (3 to 4-fold) and quick (15 seconds) increase in 45Ca2+ uptake by synaptosomes within 15 seconds of exposure at 37 degrees C. The efflux of 45Ca2+ and 3H-norepinephrine (NE) release at 22 degrees C from pre-loaded synaptosomes was also significantly (2 to 4-fold) enhanced by NMDA within 15 seconds. These NMDA receptor-mediated effects on calcium fluxes and NE release were blocked by NMDA receptor-antagonists (DAP-5 and MK-801) and PA synthesis inhibitor, DFMO and the DFMO inhibition nullified by exogenous putrescine. These observations establish that ODC/PA cascade play an important role in transduction of excitatory amino acid mediated signals at NMDA receptors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Eflornithine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Egtazic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/N-Methylaspartate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Norepinephrine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ornithine Decarboxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Polyamines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Putrescine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Spermidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Spermine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0364-3190
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1421-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7898610-2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Eflornithine, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Egtazic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-N-Methylaspartate, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Ornithine Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Polyamines, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Putrescine, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Spermidine, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Spermine, pubmed-meshheading:7898610-Synaptosomes
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated calcium transport and norepinephrine release in rat hippocampus synaptosomes by polyamines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois 60611-3008.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't