title: Changes of 5-hydroxytryptamine release by different glucose concentration from hippocampal slices exposed to hypoxia.
abstract: We have previously reported that the spontaneous release of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT) was markedly decreased by hypoxic insult in rat hippocampal slices. In the present study, the effect of glucose on 5-HT release was examined. Fractional release of [3H]5-HT was measured from an incubation medium exchanged every 10 min for 140 min and after stabilization of [3H]5-HT release, 10 or 20 min period of hypoxia was induced by exchanging the media which have been previously saturated by 95% N2/5% CO2 gas. In the media containing 1, 2, 5, 10 or 20 mM glucose, [3H]5-HT release was stabilized after 40 min of incubation. Exposure to hypoxia decreased [3H]5-HT release up to 60% of the control level in a glucose concentration-dependent manner and recovered gradually after hypoxic periods. However, in the media containing no glucose, the spontaneous release of [3H] 5-HT increased continuously during incubation. Moreover, when hippocampal slices were exposed to hypoxia, the [3H]5-HT release increased up to 150% of the control level and recovered gradually to the control level after hypoxic periods. These results demonstrate that hypoxia inhibits or enhances 5-HT release in the presence or absence of extracellular glucose respectively and suggest that the availability of extracellular glucose is a key factor to determine the direction of 5-HT release under hypoxic condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D005947:Glucose