Journal
CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
Volume 142, Issue 3, Pages 255-268Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(02)00121-7
Keywords
acetylcholinesterase; acetylcholine; chlorpyrifos; neurotransmitter release; age-related
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [R01 ES09119] Funding Source: Medline
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Acetylcholine (ACh) release is modulated pre-synaptically by both muscarinic and nicotinic receptor-mediated processes. While muscarinic autoreceptors inhibit ACh release, nicotinic autoreceptors enhance ACh release and thus disruption of these processes could potentially affect cholinergic toxicity following exposure to anticholinesterases. Marked age-related differences in sensitivity to some organophosphorus (OP) anticholinesterases have been reported. We compared nicotinic autoreceptor function (NAF) during maturation and aging and evaluated its potential modulation by the common OP insecticide, chlorpyrifos (CPF). Cortical synaptosomes were pre-loaded with [H-3]choline, superfused (0.6 ml/min) with physiological buffer and [H-3]ACh release was evoked with potassium (KCl 9 mM), with or without co-addition of exogenous ACh to stimulate nicotinic autoreceptors. Fractions of perfusate were subsequently collected and area under the curve (AUC) for [H-3] was analyzed by scintillation counting. The difference in evoked release due to co-addition of exogenous ACh was defined as NAF. Under these conditions, atropine (ATR, 0.1 muM) appeared requisite for NAF; thus this muscarinic antagonist was subsequently added to all perfusion buffers. In synaptosomes from adult tissues, exogenous ACh (3-100 muM) significantly increased release in a concentration-dependent manner. The nicotinic antagonist mecamylamine (MEC, 100 muM) substantially reduced the potassium-evoked release elicited by co-addition of ACh (10 muM). Interestingly, the nicotinic agonists nicotine (NIC) and dimethylphenylpiperazinium (DMPP; 0.1-10 muM) had no effect on release. The active metabolite of CPF (i.e. chlorpyrifos oxon (CPO), 1-10 muM) inhibited NAF in vitro. Maturation-related expression of NAF was noted (AUC with co-addition of 10 muM ACh: 7-day rats, 7+/-6; 21-day rats, 44+/-6; 90-day rats, 196+/-37; 24-month rats, 173+/-52). NAF was substantially reduced (67-91%) 96 h after maximum tolerated dosages of CPF in adult and aged rats (279 mg/kg, sc) but not in juveniles (127 mg/kg, sc), even though AChE inhibition was similar among the age groups ( > 80%). Together these data suggest that NAF is differentially expressed during maturation and that this neuromodulatory process may be selectively altered by some OP insecticides, potentially contributing to age-related differences in response to AChE inhibitors. As NAF has been postulated to be activated under conditions of 'impaired' cholinergic function, selective alteration of this pre-synaptic process by OP anticholinesterases may be also important in age-related conditions associated with cholinergic hypofunction. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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