Glutamate uptake is not a major target site for anaesthetic agents.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We have examined the effects of thiopentone, propofol and ketamine 3-300 mumol litre-1, 3.6%, 2.4 rat MAC of isoflurane, 3.0%, 2.4 rat MAC of halothane and morphine 0.1-10 mumol litre-1 on uptake of [3H]glutamate into rat cerebrocortical and cerebellar synaptosomes. Corticol and cerebellar synaptosomes took up [3H]glutamate in a time-, concentration-, Na(+)-dependent and L-transpyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate inhibitory manner. The Km and Vmax values for uptake were 8.6 mumol litre-1 and 1.7 nmol/min/mg protein and 2.2 mumol litre-1 and 0.7 nmol/min/mg protein in cortical and cerebellar preparations, respectively. At clinically relevant concentrations none of the agents tested influenced the uptake process. Our data suggest that the uptake of glutamate is not a major target site for anaesthetic or analgesic agents.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthetics, Intravenous
- Brain
- Glutamic Acid
- Morphine
- Synaptosomes