title: Ca(2+)-dependent changes of acetylcholine release and IP3 mass in Torpedo cholinergic synaptosomes.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate possible changes of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) mass in Torpedo cholinergic synaptosomes in conditions promoting stimulated acetylcholine (ACh) release. For this purpose, we used a radioreceptor IP3 mass assay and a chemiluminescent method for ACh detection. Torpedo cholinergic synaptosomes have consistent IP3 mass levels under resting conditions. The IP3 mass was neither modified by changes in external Ca2+ nor by a Ca(2+)-free medium containing EGTA. IP3 mass and ACh release, measured in the same conditions and in parallel, were increased by depolarization with high K+ and by the ionophores A-23/87 and gramicidin-D in a manner dependent on external Ca2+ emphasizing that Ca2+ entry, independently of the influx mechanism involved, leads to an IP3 increase. The phospholipase C beta inhibitors U-73122 and U-73343 reduced K(+)-stimulated IP3 levels while K(+)-evoked ACh release was almost completely blocked suggesting an additional effect of these drugs on depolarization-neurotransmitter secretion coupling. The effect reported showing an increase of IP3 by agents that stimulate ACh release may suggest a possible link between IP3 metabolism and the neurotransmitter release mechanism. However, such a link is probably not a direct one as implied by the results obtained with the inhibitors of phospholipase C.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif sur Yvette, France.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Gaudry-Talarmain
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Molgo
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D004557:Electric Organ / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014101:Torpedo; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007476:Ionophores; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C051038:Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D000109:Acetylcholine; D002118:Calcium