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Title: | Ionic selectivity of the Ca2+/H+ antiport in synaptic vesicles of sheep brain cortex | Authors: | Gonçalves, Paula P. Meireles, Sandra M. Neves, Paulo Vale, M. Graça P. |
Keywords: | Cations transport; Ca2+/H+ antiport; Synaptic vesicle; Brain cortex | Issue Date: | 1999 | Citation: | Molecular Brain Research. 67:2 (1999) 283-291 | Abstract: | As we previously reported, synaptic vesicles isolated from sheep brain cortex contain a Ca2+/H+ antiport that permits Ca2+ accumulation inside the vesicles (~5 nmol/mg protein) at expenses of the pH gradient generated by the H+-pumping ATPase. We observed that the system associates Ca2+ influx to H+ release and operates with low affinity for Ca2+. In the present work, we found that Ca2+/H+ antiport mediates exchange of protons with other cations such as Zn2+ and Cd2+, suggesting that these cations and Ca2+ share the same transporter molecules to enter the intravesicular space. Zn2+ and Cd2+ induce H+ release in a concentration-dependent manner (fluorimetrically evaluated) and they inhibit the antiport-mediated Ca2+ uptake by the vesicles (isotopically measured). In contrast, large cations such as Ba2+ and Cs+ do not alter Ca2+ influx and they are unable to induce proton release from the vesicles. With respect to Sr2+, which has an intermediary size relatively to the other groups of cations, we found that it does not induce H+ liberation from the vesicles, but it has a concentration-dependent inhibitory effect on the Ca2+-induced H+ release and Ca2+ uptake by the vesicles. These results indicate that the cation selectivity of the synaptic vesicles Ca2+/H+ antiport is essentially determined by the size of the cation transported into the vesicles. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/5465 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00081-9 | Rights: | openAccess |
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