Activity at the GABA transporter contributes to acute cellular swelling produced by metabolic impairment in retina

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G D Zeevalk, W J Nicklas

Abstract

The role of the GABA transporter in acute toxicity in chick retina due to metabolic inhibition was investigated by the use of several substrate (nipecotic acid, THPO) and nonsubstrate (SKF 89976A, NO711) GABA transport inhibitors. Metabolic stress-induced acute toxicity in the retina is characterized by swelling of distinct populations of retinal neurons and selective release of GABA into the medium. Inhibitor concentrations were based on that needed to attenuate 14C-GABA uptake at its approximate KM concentration by > or = 70%. Under basal conditions, substrate, but not nonsubstrate, inhibitors increased extracellular GABA, but did not cause histological swelling per se. Under conditions of glycolytic inhibition, nonsubstrate, but not substrate, inhibitors significantly attenuated acute toxicity. Metabolic stress-induced acute toxicity was not altered by the GABA agonist muscimol, nor did muscimol reverse the protective effects of nonsubstrate transport inhibitors, suggesting that an increase in extracellular GABA during metabolic stress was not a component of the acute phase of toxicity. The results indicate that during metabolic inhibition, activity at the GABA transporter contributes to acute cellular swelling.

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