GABA transporters mediate glycine release from cerebellum nerve endings: roles of Ca(2+)channels, mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchangers, vesicular GABA/glycine transporters and anion channels

Neurochemistry International
Cristina RomeiL Raiteri

Abstract

GABA transporters accumulate GABA to inactivate or reutilize it. Transporter-mediated GABA release can also occur. Recent findings indicate that GABA transporters can perform additional functions. We investigated how activation of GABA transporters can mediate release of glycine. Nerve endings purified from mouse cerebellum were prelabeled with [(3)H]glycine in presence of the glycine GlyT1 transporter inhibitor NFPS to label selectively GlyT2-bearing terminals. GABA was added under superfusion conditions and the mechanisms of the GABA-evoked [(3)H]glycine release were characterized. GABA stimulated [(3)H]glycine release in a concentration-dependent manner (EC(50) = 8.26 μM). The GABA-evoked release was insensitive to GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptor antagonists, but it was abolished by GABA transporter inhibitors. About 25% of the evoked release was dependent on external Ca(2+) entering the nerve terminals through VSCCs sensitive to ω-conotoxins. The external Ca(2+)-independent release involved mitochondrial Ca(2+), as it was prevented by the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger inhibitor CGP37157. The GABA uptake-mediated increases in cytosolic Ca(2+) did not trigger exocytotic release because the [(3)H]glycine efflux was insensitive to clostr...Continue Reading

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