Different Metabolism of Glutamatergic and Gabaergic Compartments in Superfused Hippocampal Slices Characterized by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
From: Centre for Neurosciences of Coimbra, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Neuroscience
- Publish Date: Feb 2007
- ISSN: 0306-4522
- Volume: 144
- Issue: 4
- Pages: 1305-13
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Duarte J M N, Cunha R A, Carvalho R A, et al. Different Metabolism of Glutamatergic and Gabaergic Compartments in Superfused Hippocampal Slices Characterized by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.. Neuroscience Feb 2007;144:1305-13
Abstract
We investigated intermediary metabolism using (13)C-glucose and (13)C-acetate tracers followed by (13)C-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) isotopomer analysis in rat hippocampal slice preparations, the most widely used preparation for electrophysiological studies. Slices displayed a stable metabolic activity over a wide range of superfusion periods in the absence or presence of 50 muM 4-aminopyridine (4AP), which triggers an intermittent burst-like neuronal firing. This caused an increase of tricarboxylic acid (TCA)-related amino acids (glutamate, aspartate and GABA) and shortened the time required to reach metabolic and isotopic steady state (3 h in the presence of 4AP and 7 h in its absence). (13)C-NMR isotopomer analysis revealed an increase in TCA flux in astrocytes and in GABA compartments greater than in putative glutamatergic neurons and the fitting of these data further indicated that the metabolic network in GABAergic and glutamatergic compartments has a different design and reacts differently to the stimulation by the presence of 4AP. These results show that (13)C-isotopomer analysis allows estimating metabolic parameters/fluxes under both steady- and non-steady-state metabolic conditions in hippocampal slices, opening the possibility of combining electrophysiological and metabolic studies in the same preparation.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): 4-Aminopyridine, Acetates, Action Potentials, Animals, Astrocytes, Carbon Radioisotopes, Energy Metabolism, Glucose, Glutamic Acid, Hippocampus, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Male, Neurons, Organ Culture Techniques, Potassium Channel Blockers, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Time Factors, Tricarboxylic Acids, Up-Regulation, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
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