title: Specific stimulating effect of glycine on 3H-dopamine efflux from substantia nigra slices of the rat.
abstract: The effect of glycine was studied on the efflux of tritium-labelled dopamine, 5-HT and GABA from small slices of rat substantia nigra in vitro. A depolarising stimulus (50 mM KCl) stimulated the efflux of 3H-5HT, 3H-dopamine and 3H-GABA in a calcium-dependent fashion. Glycine (50 and 100 micromoles) stimulated the spontaneous efflux of 3H-dopamine but not that of 3H-5HT or 3H-GABA. Taurine, GABA and beta-alanine, all at 100 micromoles, had no effect on release of radioactivity after prelabelling nigral slices with 3H-dopamine. In keeping with a transmitter role for glycine at this site, 3H-glycine was taken up by small slices of rat substantia nigra by both high affinity (Km = 2.4 micromoles) and low affinity systems (Km = 5.96 mM). However 50 mM KCl was without effect on the efflux of radioactivity from nigral slices prelabelled with 3H-glycine.
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013331:Strychnine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013654:Taurine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013654:Taurine; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D013331:Strychnine; D000409:Alanine; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D005998:Glycine; D004298:Dopamine