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Synaptosomal phospholipid pool in rabbit brain and its effect on GABA uptake

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Rabbit synaptosomes have been used to study the effect of the base-exchange reaction in membrane phospholipids on γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transport in vitro. The uptake of GABA was measured after a base-exchange reaction with ethanolamine, choline, orl-serine and after subsequent displacement of these exchanged moieties from lipid by bases of similar or different structures which were added to the synaptosomal medium. Serine incorporation stimulated GABA transport, but its displacement from membrane lipid by choline or ethanolamine induced an inhibition of GABA transport. Ethanolamine incorporation inhibited GABA transport, but its displacement by serine or choline resulted in stimulation of GABA uptake. Choline incorporation also inhibited GABA transport, although less than ethanolamine. The pool size of synaptosomal phospholipids, presumably involved in GABA uptake, accounted for 0.2 to 10% of the total content of membrane phospholipid. Thus, alteration of phospholipid compositior by exchange of the lipid hydrophilic head-groups influences the extent GABA uptake into rabbit synaptosomes.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, The Medical School, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Gianna Evelina De Medio, Gianfranco Trovarelli, Anders Hamberger & Giuseppe Porcellati

  2. Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

    Gianna Evelina De Medio, Gianfranco Trovarelli, Anders Hamberger & Giuseppe Porcellati

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De Medio, G.E., Trovarelli, G., Hamberger, A. et al. Synaptosomal phospholipid pool in rabbit brain and its effect on GABA uptake. Neurochem Res 5, 171–179 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00964330

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