title: [3H]noradrenaline release from brain slices induced by an increase in the intracellular sodium concentration: role of intracellular calcium stores.
abstract: Rat brain slices, prelabeled with [3H]noradrenaline, were superfused and exposed to K+ depolarization (10-120 mM K+) or to veratrine (1-25 microM). In the absence of extracellular Ca2+ veratrine, in contrast to K+-depolarization, caused a substantial release of [3H]noradrenaline, which was completely blocked by tetrodotoxin (0.3 microM). The Ca2+ antagonist Cd2+ (50 microM), which strongly reduced K+-induced release in the presence of 1.2 mM Ca2+, did not affect release induced by veratrine in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. Ruthenium red (10 microM), known to inhibit Ca2+-entry into mitochondria, enhanced veratrine-induced [3H]noradrenaline release. Compared with K+ depolarization in the presence of 1.2 mM Ca2+, veratrine in the absence of Ca2+ caused a somewhat delayed release of [3H]noradrenaline. Further, in contrast to the fractional release of [3H]noradrenaline induced by continuous K+ depolarization in the presence of 1.2 mM Ca2+, that induced by prolonged veratrine stimulation in the absence of Ca2+ appeared to be more sustained. The data strongly suggest that veratrine-induced [3H]noradrenaline release in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ is brought about by a mobilization of Ca2+ from intracellular stores, e.g., mitochondria, subsequent to a strongly increased intracellular Na+ concentration. This provides a model for establishing the site of action of drugs that alter the stimulus-secretion coupling process in central noradrenergic nerve terminals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012430:Ruthenium Red / Q000494:pharmacology; D012964:Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014702:Veratrine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012430:Ruthenium Red; D010042:Ouabain; D012964:Sodium; D014702:Veratrine; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine