Phosphatidylserine increases in vivo the synaptosomal uptake of exogenous GABA in rats.
1988
Abstract A sonicated liposome suspension of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and phosphatidylserine (liposome-entrapped GABA), intraperitoneally administered in rats, inhibited EEG epileptic activity induced by penicillin, whereas GABA did not. A significant increase (20.4%) in brain radioactivity accumulation occurred at 5 min after i.p. administration of [ 14 C]GABA associated with phosphatidylserine in comparison with the administration of [ 14 C]GABA; such an increase persisted after 20 min. However, the accumulation of radioactivity into brain synaptosomes demonstrated a 24.1% increase at 5 min and subsequently showed a 43.3% increase at 20 min after injection of liposome-entrapped GABA. The above findings suggest that phosphatidylserine stimulates exogenous GABA uptake into brain GABAergic nerve terminals.
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