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  • Title: Occurrence of a large Ca2+-independent release of glutamate during anoxia in isolated nerve terminals (synaptosomes).
    Author: Sánchez-Prieto J, González P.
    Journal: J Neurochem; 1988 Apr; 50(4):1322-4. PubMed ID: 2894412.
    Abstract:
    Isolated rat cerebral cortical synaptosomes made anoxic by addition of cyanide developed an inhibition of the Ca2+-dependent release of glutamate 2 min after the addition of the metabolic inhibitor when the intrasynaptosomal ATP/ADP ratio decreased below 1.7. In contrast, cyanide induced a continuous efflux of glutamate through a Ca2+-independent pathway that accounted for the release of 25% of total intrasynaptosomal glutamate in 5 min. The results suggest that a Ca2+-independent release of glutamate could be implicated in the neurotoxic action of this amino acid during anoxia.
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