CHOLINERGIC AND NORADRENERGIC DENERVATIONS DECREASE LABELLED PURINE RELEASE FROM ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED RAT CORTICAL SLICES.

Pedata, Felicita; Di Patre, P. L.; Giovannini, Maria Grazia; Pazzagli, M.; Pepeu, G.

doi:10.1016/0306-4522(89)90284-4

The origin of cortical purine release was investigated by measuring [3H]purine release from electrically stimulated cortical slices of rats after neurotoxic lesions of cholinergic, noradrenergic and serotoninergic pathways innervating the cortex. Purines were labelled by incubating the cortical slices with [3H]adenine. The 3H efflux at rest and during stimulation, analysed by high performance liquid chromatography, consisted of adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine and a small amount of nucleotides. Twenty days after unilateral or bilateral lesion of the nucleus basalis a marked decrease in choline acetyltransferase activity was associated with a decrease in [3H]purine release. A linear relationship was found between the decrease in choline acetyltransferase activity and [3H]purine release. A partial recovery in both choline acetyltransferase activity and [3H]purine release was observed eight months after the lesion. Twenty days after intra-cerebroventricular injection of 6-hydroxydopamine a 59% decrease in cortical noradrenaline content was associated with a 44% decrease in [3H]purine release. Conversely, no change in [3H]purine release was found in rats in which a 89% decrease in cortical serotonin content was induced by intra-cerebroventricular injection of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine. The decrease in [3H]purine release after the lesion of the cholinergic and noradrenergic pathways may depend on metabolic changes, a loss of a stimulating influence of acetylcholine and noradrenaline or may indicate a release of [3H]purine from cholinergic and noradrenergic fibres.

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Titolo:	CHOLINERGIC AND NORADRENERGIC DENERVATIONS DECREASE LABELLED PURINE RELEASE FROM ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED RAT CORTICAL SLICES.
Autori di Ateneo:	PEDATA, FELICITA P. L. DI PATRE GIOVANNINI, MARIA GRAZIA M. PAZZAGLI G. PEPEU mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Autori:	PEDATA, FELICITA; P. L. DI PATRE; GIOVANNINI, MARIA GRAZIA; M. PAZZAGLI; G. PEPEU
Data di pubblicazione:	1989
Rivista:	NEUROSCIENCE
Volume:	32
Pagina iniziale:	629
Pagina finale:	636
Abstract:	The origin of cortical purine release was investigated by measuring [3H]purine release from electrically stimulated cortical slices of rats after neurotoxic lesions of cholinergic, noradrenergic and serotoninergic pathways innervating the cortex. Purines were labelled by incubating the cortical slices with [3H]adenine. The 3H efflux at rest and during stimulation, analysed by high performance liquid chromatography, consisted of adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine and a small amount of nucleotides. Twenty days after unilateral or bilateral lesion of the nucleus basalis a marked decrease in choline acetyltransferase activity was associated with a decrease in [3H]purine release. A linear relationship was found between the decrease in choline acetyltransferase activity and [3H]purine release. A partial recovery in both choline acetyltransferase activity and [3H]purine release was observed eight months after the lesion. Twenty days after intra-cerebroventricular injection of 6-hydroxydopamine a 59% decrease in cortical noradrenaline content was associated with a 44% decrease in [3H]purine release. Conversely, no change in [3H]purine release was found in rats in which a 89% decrease in cortical serotonin content was induced by intra-cerebroventricular injection of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine. The decrease in [3H]purine release after the lesion of the cholinergic and noradrenergic pathways may depend on metabolic changes, a loss of a stimulating influence of acetylcholine and noradrenaline or may indicate a release of [3H]purine from cholinergic and noradrenergic fibres.
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