PMID- 8757252 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19961125 LR - 20191101 IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 17 DP - 1996 Sep 1 TI - Mechanisms of H+ and Na+ changes induced by glutamate, kainate, and D-aspartate in rat hippocampal astrocytes. PG - 5393-404 AB - The excitatory transmitter glutamate (Glu), and its analogs kainate (KA), and D-aspartate (D-Asp) produce significant pH changes in glial cells. Transmitter-induced pH changes in glial cells, generating changes in extracellular pH, may represent a special form of neuronal-glial interaction. We investigated the mechanisms underlying these changes in intracellular H+ concentration ([H+]i) in cultured rat hippocampal astrocytes and studied their correlation with increases in intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i), using fluorescence ratio imaging with 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) or sodium-binding benzofuran isophthalate (SBFI). Glu, KA, or D-Asp evoked increases in [Na+]i; Glu or D-Asp produced parallel acidifications. KA, in contrast, evoked biphasic changes in [H+]i, alkaline followed by acid shifts, which were unaltered after Ca2+ removal and persisted in 0 CI(-)-saline, but were greatly reduced in CO2/HCO3(-)-free or Na(+)-free saline, or during 4,4'-diisothiocyanato-stilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (DIDS) application. The non-NMDA receptor antagonist 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) blocked KA-evoked changes in [H+]i and [Na+]i, indicating that they were receptor-ionophore mediated. In contrast, CNQX increased the [H+]i change and decreased the [Na+]i change induced by Glu. D-Asp, which is transported but does not act at Glu receptors, induced [H+]i and [Na+]i changes that were virtually unaltered by CNQX. Our study indicates that [Na+]i increases are not primarily responsible for Glu- or KA-induced acidifications in astrocytes. Instead, intracellular acidifications evoked by Glu or D-Asp are mainly caused by transmembrane movement of acid equivalents associated with Glu/Asp-uptake into astrocytes. KA-evoked biphasic [H+]i changes, in contrast, are probably attributable to transmembrane ion movements mediated by inward, followed by outward, electrogenic Na+/HCO3- cotransport, reflecting KA-induced biphasic membrane potential changes. FAU - Rose, C R AU - Rose CR AD - Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. FAU - Ransom, B R AU - Ransom BR LA - eng GR - R01 NS015589/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS-06208/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS-15589/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Bicarbonates) RN - 0 (Buffers) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) RN - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - 451W47IQ8X (Sodium Chloride) RN - 6OTE87SCCW (6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione) RN - 7YNJ3PO35Z (Hydrogen) RN - 9NEZ333N27 (Sodium) RN - SIV03811UC (Kainic Acid) SB - IM MH - 6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Aspartic Acid/pharmacology MH - Astrocytes/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Bicarbonates/metabolism MH - Buffers MH - Carbon Dioxide/physiology MH - Glutamic Acid/*analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology MH - Hippocampus/cytology/*drug effects MH - Hydrogen/*metabolism MH - Kainic Acid/pharmacology MH - Osmolar Concentration MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Sodium/*metabolism MH - Sodium Chloride/chemistry PMC - PMC6578898 EDAT- 1996/09/01 00:00 MHDA- 1996/09/01 00:01 PMCR- 1997/03/01 CRDT- 1996/09/01 00:00 PHST- 1996/09/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/09/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/09/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1997/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-17-05393.1996 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 1996 Sep 1;16(17):5393-404. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-17-05393.1996.