Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in brain: localization in and release from isolated nerve terminals.
The vasoactive intestinal polypeptide was present in synaptosomal (nerve ending) preparations from cerebral cortex, hypothalamus, and striatum of rat brain in higher concentrations than in these tissues as a whole. The total content and relative specific activity of the peptide increased with progressive purification of the synaptosomal fractions and generally followed the distribution of known synaptosomal constituents--dopamine, norepinephrine, and lactate dehydrogenase (L-lactate:NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.27). The peptide was also released from synaptosomal pellets with increased K+ concentration, and this release was Ca2+-dependent. The findings suggest a role for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide as a transmitter or modulator of synaptic function.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000378:metabolism*
D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase; D004298:Dopamine
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