| Literature DB >> 6973701 |
T Ritchie, S Glusman, B Haber.
Abstract
The uptake of 5-HT was measured in the frog filum terminale (FT), a preparation composed almost exclusively of normal glia. [3H]5-HT was taken up by the FT via a high-affinity, sodium-dependent, temperature-sensitive transport system having a Km of 0.7 microM. In addition, a variety of drugs and aromatic amines known to selectively inhibit 5-HT uptake by synaptosomes and brain slices affected the uptake of 5-HT by the FT in qualitatively similar manner. The FT was shown to accumulate [3H]5-HT at rates significantly greater than the lumbar enlargement which contains both neurons and glia. The glial accumulation of 5-HT by the FT was verified by autoradiography. These findings strongly support the suggestion that glia may modulate aminergic transmission by competing with neurons for the reuptake of neuronally released amines.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6973701 DOI: 10.1007/BF00963859
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurochem Res ISSN: 0364-3190 Impact factor: 3.996