title: Regional differences in 5-hydroxytryptamine and catecholamine uptake in primary astrocyte cultures.
abstract: The uptake of 3H-labelled 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) norepinephrine ([3H]NE), and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine ([ 3H]dopamine, [3H]DA) was studied in primary astrocyte cultures prepared from the cerebral cortex, corpus striatum, and hippocampal regions of neonatal rat brain. Na+-dependent uptake showed marked regional differences. For [3H]5-HT the magnitude of uptake was corpus striatum greater than or equal to cerebral cortex greater than hippocampus, whereas for [3H]NE the order was hippocampus greater than corpus striatum greater than cerebral cortex. For [3H]DA, only the hippocampal cultures showed significant Na+-dependent uptake. [3H]5-HT uptake was specifically inhibited by 10(-7) M fluoxetine whereas [3H]NE uptake was preferentially inhibited by 10(-7) M desipramine. These results may reflect regional brain specialization and/or different developmental patterns of high affinity uptake of serotonin and catecholamines by astrocytes in situ.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000032:analysis; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D005473:Fluoxetine; D012701:Serotonin; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine