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ArticlePsychopharmacology2010

Gamma-vinyl GABA increases nonvesicular release of GABA and glutamate in the nucleus accumbens in rats via action on anion channels and GABA transporters.

Xiao-Qing Peng, Eliot L Gardner, Zheng-Xiong Xi

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Article in Psychopharmacology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Suppression of In Vitro Epileptiform Activity by GABA Transaminase Inhibition Is Dependent on GABAThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao-Qing PengIntramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Eliot L Gardner
Zheng-Xiong Xi
National Institute on Drug Abuse · US

Funding

GABAergic compounds for treating drug addiction: Preclinical modelsZIADA000474 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI GARDNER, ELIOT · 2009 to 2017
$1.2M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 DA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationalegamma-Amino butyric acid (GABA) is a well-characterized inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, which may also stimulate nonvesicular release of other neurotransmitters under certain conditions. We have recently reported that gamma-vinyl GABA (GVG), an irreversible GABA transaminase inhibitor, elevates extracellular GABA but fails to alter dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc).

objectivesHere, we investigated the mechanism(s) by which GVG elevates extracellular GABA levels and whether GVG also alters glutamate release in the NAc. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn vivo microdialysis was used to simultaneously measure extracellular NAc GABA and glutamate before and after GVG administration in freely moving rats.

resultsSystemic administration of GVG or intra-NAc local perfusion of GVG significantly increased extracellular NAc GABA and glutamate. GVG-enhanced GABA was completely blocked by intra-NAc local perfusion of 5-nitro-2, 3-(phenylpropylamino)-benzoic acid (NPPB), a selective anion channel blocker and partially blocked by SKF89976A, a type 1 GABA transporter inhibitor. GVG-enhanced glutamate was completely blocked by NPPB or SKF89976A. Tetrodotoxin, a voltage-dependent Na(+)-channel blocker, failed to alter GVG-enhanced GABA and glutamate.

conclusionsThese data suggest that GVG-enhanced extracellular GABA and glutamate are mediated predominantly by the opening of anion channels and partially by the reversal of GABA transporters. Enhanced extracellular glutamate may functionally attenuate the pharmacological action of GABA and prevent enhanced GABA-induced excess inhibition.

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AnimalsDrug InteractionsGABA Uptake Inhibitorsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidGlutamic AcidIon ChannelsMaleMicrodialysisMicroinjectionsNipecotic AcidsNitrobenzoatesNucleus AccumbensRatsRats, Long-EvansSynaptic TransmissionSynaptic Vesicles5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acidGABA Uptake Inhibitorsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidGlutamic AcidIon ChannelsN-(4,4-diphenyl-3-butenyl)nipecotic acidNipecotic AcidsNitrobenzoatesTetrodotoxinVigabatrin

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PMID20033132
PMCPMC3713230
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