Abstract
The transport of amino acids across the blood-brain barrier was measured with the single-pass carotid injection method. The pH of the injected bolus varied between 4.5 and 8.5. Arginine and lysine uptakes were inhibited 24% at pH 5.5 and 59% at pH 4.5. The uptakes of 2-aminobicyclo (2,2,1) heptane-2-carboxylic acid and phenylalanine were unaffected at this pH. There were also no changes observed in choline, glucose, or butanol transport. The Ki of arginine transport inhibition by H+ was 2.4 +/- 0.5 microM; i.e., pH 5.6 +/- 0.1. No change with pH occurred in the Km of arginine transport, while a significant decrease (p less than 0.01) was observed in the Vmax (10.2 +/- 2.3 nmol min-1 g-1 and 5.6 +/- 2.3 nmol min-1 g-1 at pH 7.5 and pH 5.5, respectively). This noncompetitive inhibition was found to be transient as arginine uptake at pH 7.5; it was measured by carotid injection 30 sec following a previous bolus which was buffered to pH 4.5, and was not significantly different from the control. This selective inhibition of the blood-brain barrier basic amino acid carrier demonstrates the advantage of the carotid injection approach in exposing the capillary exchange site to extreme alterations in chemical composition which could not...Continue Reading
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