ATP secretion from nerve trunks and Schwann cells mediated by glutamate.
ATP release from rat sciatic nerves and from cultured Schwann cells isolated from the nerves was investigated using an online bioluminescence technique. ATP was released in relatively large amounts from rat sciatic nerve trunks during electrical stimulation. This release was blocked by the sodium channel inhibitor tetrodotoxin and the non-NMDA glutamate receptor blocker 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX). Schwann cells isolated from the nerve trunks did not release ATP when electrically stimulated but did in response to glutamate in a concentration-dependent manner. Glutamate-stimulated ATP release was inhibited by specific non-competitive AMPA receptor antagonist GYKI 52466 and competitive non-NMDA receptor antagonist CNQX. Glutamate-stimulated ATP release was decreased by inhibition of anion transporter inhibitors by furosemide, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator by glibenclamide and exocytosis by botulinum toxin A, indicating that anion transporters and exocytosis provide the main secretion mechanisms for ATP release from the Schwann cells.
Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology and Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. gjliu@physiol.usyd.edu.au
Guo Jun
GJ
Liu
Max R
MR
Bennett
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001369:Axons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005665:Furosemide / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012583:Schwann Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology
D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005665:Furosemide; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A; D005905:Glyburide