Phospholipid methylation and noradrenaline exchanges in a synaptosomal preparation from the rat brain

When synaptosomes from rat brain were incubated with S-adenosylmethionine (10(-3) M), noradrenaline uptake and KCl-stimulated release were decreased. These effects were dependent on MgCl2, temperature, and incubation time. We have investigated the enzymatic methylation of phosphatidylethanolamine to give phosphatidylcholine.