[In vitro release of [5Met]- and [5Leu]-enkephalins from the rat brain crude synaptosomal (P2) fraction: Ca2+-dependency of K+-stimulation and effects of various drugs].
The rat brain P2 fraction was suspended in Krebs Ringer bicarbonate buffer containing 20 microM bacitracin and incubated at 37 degrees C for 10 min under an atmosphere of 95% O2-5% CO2. Incubation was terminated by centrifugation at 4 degrees C and 10,000 X g for 10 min. The supernatant was designated as the S1 fraction, and from the pellet, the S2 to S4 fractions were collected by repeated suspension, incubation, and centrifugation. The radioimmunoassays of each S fraction revealed the spontaneous release of [5Met]- and [5Leu]-enkephalins at the ratio of 2 to 1. The peptide contents gradually decreased from S1 to S4, but the release tended to become constant in S3 and S4. Thus, the effects of some ions and drugs on the release were compared at the stage of obtaining the S3 fraction. The release of both peptides were significantly stimulated in 50 mM KCl buffer, and the stimulatory effect appears to be dependent on Ca2+ concentration. Veratrine and A23187 were also effective stimulants of the release. On the other hand, neither spontaneous nor K+-stimulated release of enkephalins was affected by morphine (1 microM), naloxone (1 microM), kyotorphin (1 or 10 microM), and Li+ (50 mM). Similar results were obtained with the release of 3H-noradrenaline taken up in vitro by the P2 fraction. The usability of the P2 fraction as an in vitro model for the study of stimulus-coupled release of enkephalins was discussed with some limitations found herein.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004743:Enkephalin, Leucine / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007477:Ions; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D014702:Veratrine / Q000494:pharmacology
D007477:Ions; D000001:Calcimycin; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine; D004743:Enkephalin, Leucine; D014702:Veratrine; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium