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. 1984 Dec;357:67–77. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1984.sp015489

Release of adenosine, inosine and hypoxanthine from rabbit non-myelinated nerve fibres at rest and during activity.

J C Maire, J Medilanski, R W Straub
PMCID: PMC1193247  PMID: 6512706

Abstract

The composition of the efflux from desheathed rabbit vagus nerve, loaded with radioactivity by incubation in [3H]adenosine, was studied at rest and during electrical activity and after application of inhibitors of ecto-enzymes and modifications of intermediary metabolism. In addition, the degradation of externally applied ATP and adenosine was examined. [3H]ATP applied to the incubation medium was degraded to ADP, AMP, adenosine and inosine. The hydrolysis to nucleosides was inhibited by alpha, beta-methylene ADP; the appearance of AMP and nucleosides was slowed by beta, gamma-methylene ATP. Deamination of [3H]adenosine was blocked by 2-deoxycoformycin. The effluent from resting and stimulated preparations showed the presence of large amounts of inosine and hypoxanthine, smaller amounts of adenosine and adenine and traces of nucleotides. The composition of the effluent was not significantly altered by addition of alpha, beta-methylene ADP; beta, gamma-methylene ATP or 2-deoxycoformycin. Application of glucose-free solutions caused a large release of adenosine instead of inosine and hypoxanthine and a small increase in resting and stimulated efflux of 3H. Addition of 2-deoxyglucose produced a large increase in resting efflux and increased liberation of adenosine. Cyanide, 2,4-dinitrophenol, arsenate or salicylate increased the resting efflux of adenosine, inosine and hypoxanthine, and the effect of activity. It is concluded that electrical activity leads to release of adenosine, inosine and hypoxanthine, in various proportions depending on metabolic state, and that there is practically no liberation of nucleotides from nerve axons.

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