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Héry F, Simonnet G, Bourgoin S, Soubrié P, Artaud F, Hamon M, Glowinski J.
“Effect Of Nerve Activity On The In Vivo Release Of [3H]serotonin Continuously Formed From L-[3H]tryptophan In The Caudate Nucleus Of The Cat”.
Brain Research. 1979;169:317-334.
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Abstract
A new isotopic approach has been developed to study the in vivo release of serotonin (5-HT). 'Encephale isolŽ' cats were implanted with a push-pull cannula in the ventrocaudal part of the head of the caudate nucleus to estimate the release of [3H]5-HT continuously synthesized from L-[3H]tryptophan. Both [3H]5-HT and [3H]tryptamine were found in superfusates. Resting steady state in the release of [3H ]indoleamines was observed as soon as 20 min after the beginning of the superfusion with t-[3H]tryptophan; the levels of [3H]5-HT in superfusates were 2.5 times those of [3H]tryptamine and about 6 times the blank value. They were markedly enhanced in the presence of fluoxetine (5 x 10-6M), a blocker of the 5-HT uptake process. A marked increase in the release of [3H]5-HT was seen during the local depolarization of 5-HT terminals with potassium chloride (60 mM) or batrachotoxin (10-6M) or during the stimulation of 5-HT cell bodies in the nucleus raphe dorsalis with t-glutamic acid (5 x 10-5M). These treatments did not enhance the efflux of [3H]tryptamine. The potassium-evoked release of [3H]5-HT was reduced by LSD (10-5M). LSD added alone in the superfusing fluid was without effect. The batrachotoxin-evoked release of [3H]5-HT was inhibited in the presence of tetrodotoxin (9 x 10-6M). The spontaneous release of [3H]5-HT and [3H]tryptamine was markedly reduced in the presence of a calcium-free medium containing cobalt (10 mM). A transient slight reduction in the spontaneous release of [3H]5-HT was observed in the presence of tetrodotoxin (9 x 10-6M). The local cooling of 5-HT cell bodies with a cryoelectrode induced a slight reversible decrease in [3H]5-HT release. These last two treatments were without significant effect on [3H]tryptamine efflux in superfusates. These results indicate that the release of [3H]5-HT endogenously formed from [3H]tryptophan is dependent on nerve activity and that this is not the case for [3H]tryptamine. The advantages of the isotopic approach for in vivo studies on the release of 5-HT are discussed.
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