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  • Title: Glutamate-induced release of the nitric oxide precursor, arginine, from glial cells.
    Author: Grima G, Benz B, Do KQ.
    Journal: Eur J Neurosci; 1997 Nov; 9(11):2248-58. PubMed ID: 9464920.
    Abstract:
    Arginine, the nitric oxide precursor, is predominantly localized in glial cells, whereas the constitutive nitric oxide synthase is mainly found in neurons. Therefore, a transfer of arginine from glial cells to neurons is needed to replenish the neuronal precursor pool. This is further supported by the finding that arginine is released upon selective pathway stimulation both in vitro and in vivo. We investigated the mechanism underlying this glial-neuronal interaction by analysing the effect of glutamate receptor agonists on the extracellular [3H]arginine level in cerebellar and cortical slices and in cultures of either cortical astroglial cells or neurons. We present data indicating that arginine is released from cerebellar and cortical slices and astroglial cell cultures upon activation of ionotropic non-NMDA glutamate receptors. Glutamate had no effect on the extracellular [3H]arginine level in neuronal cultures. Moreover, the effect of glutamate in cerebellar slices was tetrodotoxin-insensitive, and the calcium ionophore A23187 evoked the release of [3H]arginine from astroglial cell cultures. Thus, nitric oxide synthesis and nitric oxide transmission may be based on the glial-neuronal transfer of arginine which is induced by activation of excitatory amino acid receptors on glial cells.
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