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J Tomas1, J Marsal, J E Esquerda
1Universitat de Barcelona, Facultad de Medicina, Laboratori d'Histologia, Departament d'Anatomia Patològica, C.S. "Principes de España", L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
Pure cholinergic synaptosomes from the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata have a saturable adenosine uptake mechanism (calculated K(m), 3 ?M; V(max), 24 pmol/min/mg prot.). In this preparation, high intracellular calcium elicited by increasing external calcium concentration, potassium depolarization, sodium-calcium exchange inhibition or divalent cation ionophore A23187 action, inhibits adenosine uptake into synaptosomes. The data presented in this paper are consistent with the interpretation that high intracellular calcium participates in the regulation of the high-affinity adenosine uptake system.
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