Abstract:
:This paper describes a method for imaging the endogenous release of glutamate from cerebral neurons. This method is based on the reactions of glutamate oxidase and peroxidase, and on the detection of hydrogen peroxide by a fluorescent substrate of peroxidase. Glutamate has been sensitively measured in vitro in the range of 20 nM to 1 microM. We used two types of Ca(2+) channel inhibitors, MK-801 and omega-Conotoxin GVIA, which act to suppress Ca(2+) transport at postsynaptic and presynaptic neurons, respectively. MK-801 did not inhibit the increase in glutamate release after KCl stimulation, while there was no increase in glutamate release after KCl stimulation when omega-Conotoxin GVIA was used, probably due to the inhibition of voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels in the presynapse. Glutamate release and Ca(2+) flow in the synaptic regions were imaged using a laser confocal fluorescence microscope. KCl-evoked glutamate release was localized around cell bodies linked to axon terminals. This procedure allows imaging that can be sensitively detected by the fluorometric enzymatic assay of endogenous glutamate release in synapses.
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J Biochemjournal_title
Journal of biochemistryauthors
Akagi Y,Hashigasako A,Degenaar P,Iwabuchi S,Hasan Q,Morita Y,Tamiya Edoi
10.1093/jb/mvg152keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2003-09-01 00:00:00pages
353-8issue
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0021-924Xissn
1756-2651journal_volume
134pub_type
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