title: Brain synaptosomal Ca2+ uptake: comparison of Sprague-Dawley, Wistar-Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: 1. K(+)-stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake by synaptosomes was measured with respect to the strain differences between Sprague-Dawley (SD), Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). 2. 45Ca2+ uptake by synaptosomes isolated from cerebral cortex of SD, WKY and SHR was measured at 15, 30, 60, 120 and 240 sec time periods. 3. The sequence of both the magnitude and rate of resting and depolarization-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake was SHR greater than WKY greater than SD. 4. The fastest rates of resting and depolarization-dependent 45Ca2+ uptake occurred in each rat during the first 15 sec and uptake rates dropped off quickly in both resting and depolarization states. 5. At 15 sec, there were significant differences between SHR and WKY, while there were no significant differences between WKY and SD. 6. The results suggest that an important alteration in Ca2+ channel characteristics may occur in SHR brain synaptosomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford 61107-1897.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salafsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013045:Species Specificity; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium