title: Characteristics of nitric oxide-evoked [3H]taurine release from cerebral cortical neurons.
abstract: Pharmacological characteristics of [3H]taurine release evoked by nitric oxide (NO) were investigated using mouse cerebral cortical neurons in primary culture. NO generators such as S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) dose-dependently increased [3H]taurine release from neurons. Such stimulatory effects of NO generators were completely abolished by hemoglobin, a NO radical scavenger, indicating that these [3H]taurine releases might be due to NO liberated from SNAP and SNP. Sodium withdrawal from incubation buffer significantly inhibited the SNAP- and SNP-induced [3H]taurine releases, whereas the removal of calcium showed no alterations in the [3H]taurine release evoked by NO generators. Beta-Alanine and guanidinoethane sulfonate, inhibitors of carrier-mediated taurine transport system, inhibited the SNAP- and SNP-evoked releases of [3H]taurine in a dose-dependent manner. These results indicate that the NO-evoked [3H]taurine release from cerebral cortical neurons is mediated by the reverse process of sodium-dependent carrier-mediated taurine transport system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohkuma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010396:Penicillamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D013654:Taurine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium; D000099247:Taurine Transporters
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009599:Nitroprusside; D010396:Penicillamine; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D013654:Taurine; D014316:Tritium; D000099247:Taurine Transporters