title: High-affinity uptake of choline in slices of rat cerebral cortex: effects of antidepressant and anticholinergic drugs.
abstract: The high-affinity uptake of choline by rat cerebral cortical slices was inhibited by high concentrations (10-100 microM) of the tricyclic antidepressant drugs imipramine, desipramine, and iprindole in vitro. However the nontricyclic antidepressant viloxazine did not affect choline uptake even at a concentration of 100 microM. None of the drugs had any effect on choline uptake by cortical slices when administered intraperitoneally (5, 10, 25 mg/kg) 30 min before sacrifice. Several anticholinergic drugs were tested for effects on in vitro uptake of choline. Hemicholinium-3 was a potent inhibitor of choline uptake but atropine, hexamethonium, and tubocurarine had no effect even at high concentrations (1000 microM).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D002794:Choline