title: The effect of ageing and in vitro exposure to xylene and KCl on [Ca2+]i in synaptosomes from rats exposed prenatally to xylene.
abstract: Female rats (Mol: WIST) were exposed prenatally to 500 p.p.m. of technical xylene on days 7-20. At the age of fourteen months the rats were sacrificed and the synaptosomal fraction prepared for in vitro studies. The cytosolic calcium concentration was measured using the FURA-2 technique. The cytosolic calcium was increased in synaptosomes from old rats compared to those from rats at the age of three months, but no effect of prenatal exposure was seen. When synaptosomes were incubated with xylene, potassium or both, the cytosolic calcium concentration was changed identically in all groups of rats. When synaptosomes were incubated simultaneously to xylene and potassium a dramatical leakage of FURA-2 was observed. The mechanisms behind the membrane leakage are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edelfors
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hass
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ravn-Jonsen
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lund
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016257:Fura-2; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000633:toxicity*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014992:Xylenes / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D014992:Xylenes; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2