DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1978.tb06534.x. RELEASE OF ATP FROM A SYNAPTOSOMAL PREPARATION BY ELEVATED EXTRACELLULAR K<sup>+</sup> AND BY VERATRIDINE

RELEASE OF ATP FROM A SYNAPTOSOMAL PREPARATION BY ELEVATED EXTRACELLULAR K+ AND BY VERATRIDINE

10.1111/j.1471-4159.1978.tb06534.x

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Journal of Neurochemistry (311)

Abstract

Abstract—A technique was developed which permitted the release of ATP from synaptosomes by elevated extracellular K+ or by veratridine to be directly and continuously monitored. The released ATP interacted with firefly luciferin and luciferase in the incubation medium to produce light which could be detected by a photomultiplier. The assay system was specific for ATP, in that similar concentrations of adenosine, AMP or ADP did not produce chemiluminescence. Moreover, the maximum peak of light emission correlated linearly with the concentrations of ATP present in the medium, so that semiquantitative estimates of ATP release could be made.Elevating the extracellular K+ concentration produced a graded release of ATP from synaptosomes. Rb+ also released ATP but Na+, Li+ and choline did not. The response to elevated K+ was not blocked by tetrodotoxin (TTX), indicating that this effect was not mediated by the opening of Na+‐channels in synaptosomal membranes.Veratridine (50 μM) caused a graded release of ATP which was larger and more prolonged than that caused by elevated K+. The release of ATP by veratridine was blocked by TTX indicating that the opening of Na+‐channels was involved. Neither veratridine nor elevated K+ released ATP from microsomal or mitochondrial fractions, showing that the release of ATP probably did not originate from microsomal, vesicular or mitochondrial contaminants of the synaptosomal preparation.Release of ATP by elevated K+ was diminished in a medium lacking CaCl+ or when EGTA was added to chelate Ca2+. In contrast, release by veratridine appeared to be augmented in Ca2+‐free media or in the presence of EGTA.The K+‐induced release of ATP, which is Ca2+ dependent, closely resembles the exocytotic release of putative neurotransmitters from presynaptic nerve‐terminals. On the other hand, the apparent lack of a Ca2+ requirement for veratridine's action suggests that this process could originate from other sites, or involve mechanisms other than conventional neurotransmitter release processes.

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White, T. D. (1978). RELEASE OF ATP FROM A SYNAPTOSOMAL PREPARATION BY ELEVATED EXTRACELLULAR K+ AND BY VERATRIDINE. Journal of Neurochemistry, 30(2), 329â336. Portico.

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T. D. White (first)

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