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Uptake and release of glycine in cerebellar granule cells and astrocytes in primary culture: Potassium‐stimulated release from granule cells is calcium‐dependent
Author(s) -
Holopainen I.,
Kontro P.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.72
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1097-4547
pISSN - 0360-4012
DOI - 10.1002/jnr.490240306
Subject(s) - kainate receptor , granule (geology) , biophysics , astrocyte , depolarization , calcium , granule cell , chemistry , neuroglia , microbiology and biotechnology , cerebellum , veratridine , membrane potential , biology , biochemistry , glutamate receptor , receptor , neuroscience , sodium , hippocampal formation , dentate gyrus , central nervous system , ampa receptor , paleontology , organic chemistry , sodium channel
The properties of [ 3 H]glycine uptake and release were studied with cerebellar granule cells, 7–9 days in vitro, (DIV) and astrocytes, 14–15 DIV, in primary cultures. The uptake of glycine in both cell types consisted of a saturable high‐affinity transport and nonsaturable diffusion. The transport constant (K m ) and maximal velocity (V) were significantly higher in granule cells than in astrocytes. Uptake was strictly Na + ‐dependent and also markedly diminished in low Cl medium. The specificity of the uptake was similar in both cell types. The spontaneous release of glycine from granule cells and astrocytes was fast. Homoexchange with extracellularly added glycine in granule cells suggests that the efflux is at least partly mediated via membrane transport sites in these cells. Kainate stimulated the release more effectively in neurons than in glial cells, the effect apparently being mediated by specific kainate‐sensitive receptors in both cell types. The release was enhanced by veratridine and by depolarization of cell membranes by high K (50 mM) in both neurons and astrocytes. The potassium‐stimulated release was partially Ca‐dependent in neurons but Ca‐independent in glial cells. The results suggest a functional role for glycine in both cerebellar astrocytes and glutamatergic granule cells.