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Active uptake of substance P carboxy-terminal heptapeptide (5-11) into rat brain and rabbit spinal cord slices

Abstract

We previously reported that nerve terminals and glial cells lack an active uptake system capable of terminating transmitter action of substance P (SP). In the present study, we demonstrated the existence of an active uptake system for SP carboxy-terminal heptapeptide, (5-11)SP. When the slices from either rat brain or rabbit spinal cord were incubated with (3H)(5-11)SP, the uptake of (5-11)SP into slices was observed. The uptake system has the properties of an active transport mechanism: it is dependent on temperature and sensitive to hypoosmotic treatment and is inhibited by ouabain and dinitrophenol (DNP). In the brain, (5-11)SP was accumulated by means of a high-affinity and a low-affinity uptake system. The Km and the Vmax values for the high-affinity system were 4.20 x 10(-8) M and 7.59 fmol/10 mg wet weight/min, respectively, whereas these values for the low-affinity system were 1.00 x 10(-6) M and 100 fmol/10 mg wet weight/min, respectively. In the spinal cord, there was only one uptake system, with a Km value of 2.16 x 10(-7) M and Vmax value of 26.2 fmol/10 mg wet weight/min. These results suggest that when SP is released from nerve terminals, it is hydrolysed into (5-11)SP before or after acting as a  More>>
Publication Date:
Dec 01, 1981
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-82-105264
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: J. Neurochem.; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 37:6
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIDES; UPTAKE; SPINAL CORD; IN VITRO; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; RABBITS; RATS; TRITIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PROTEINS; RODENTS; VERTEBRATES; 551001* - Physiological Systems- Tracer Techniques; 550501 - Metabolism- Tracer Techniques
OSTI ID:
5402811
Research Organizations:
Department of Pharmacology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: JONRA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 1529-1534
Announcement Date:
Jun 01, 1982

Citation Formats

Nakata, Y, Kusaka, Y, Yajima, H, and Segawa, T. Active uptake of substance P carboxy-terminal heptapeptide (5-11) into rat brain and rabbit spinal cord slices. United Kingdom: N. p., 1981. Web.
Nakata, Y, Kusaka, Y, Yajima, H, & Segawa, T. Active uptake of substance P carboxy-terminal heptapeptide (5-11) into rat brain and rabbit spinal cord slices. United Kingdom.
Nakata, Y, Kusaka, Y, Yajima, H, and Segawa, T. 1981. "Active uptake of substance P carboxy-terminal heptapeptide (5-11) into rat brain and rabbit spinal cord slices." United Kingdom.
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title = {Active uptake of substance P carboxy-terminal heptapeptide (5-11) into rat brain and rabbit spinal cord slices}
author = {Nakata, Y, Kusaka, Y, Yajima, H, and Segawa, T}
abstractNote = {We previously reported that nerve terminals and glial cells lack an active uptake system capable of terminating transmitter action of substance P (SP). In the present study, we demonstrated the existence of an active uptake system for SP carboxy-terminal heptapeptide, (5-11)SP. When the slices from either rat brain or rabbit spinal cord were incubated with (3H)(5-11)SP, the uptake of (5-11)SP into slices was observed. The uptake system has the properties of an active transport mechanism: it is dependent on temperature and sensitive to hypoosmotic treatment and is inhibited by ouabain and dinitrophenol (DNP). In the brain, (5-11)SP was accumulated by means of a high-affinity and a low-affinity uptake system. The Km and the Vmax values for the high-affinity system were 4.20 x 10(-8) M and 7.59 fmol/10 mg wet weight/min, respectively, whereas these values for the low-affinity system were 1.00 x 10(-6) M and 100 fmol/10 mg wet weight/min, respectively. In the spinal cord, there was only one uptake system, with a Km value of 2.16 x 10(-7) M and Vmax value of 26.2 fmol/10 mg wet weight/min. These results suggest that when SP is released from nerve terminals, it is hydrolysed into (5-11)SP before or after acting as a neurotransmitter, which is in turn accumulated into nerve terminals. Therefore, the uptake system may represent a possible mechanism for the inactivation of SP.}
journal = []
volume = {37:6}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1981}
month = {Dec}
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