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THE UPTAKE OF [3H]CHOLINE BY SNAIL (HELIX POMATIA) NERVOUS TISSUE IN VITRO

Abstract— When suboesophageal ganglia of the snail Helix comalia were incubated at 25°C in a medium containing [3H]choline, tissue: medium ratios of about 14:1 were obtained after 20 min incubation, and only 15°, of the accumulated choline was metabolized to form [3H]acetylcholine. The uptake of [3H]choline showed saturation kinetics and was dependent upon temperature and sodium ions. Kinetic analysis suggested the existence of a high affinity uptake process (Km= 1.7 μM, Vmax= 0.21 nmol/g/min) and a low affinity process (Km= 100 μM, Vmax= 1.2 nmol/g/min). The high affinity uptake differed from the low affinity system in that it was sensitive to various metabolic inhibitors and was competitively inhibited by low concentrations of hemicholinium‐ and acetylcholine. Neither uptake system was greatly influenced by the absence of calcium, potassium or magnesium ions or by the presence of low concentrations of 5‐HT, dopamine. tetrabenazine, chlorpromazine, decamethonium, nalaxone or imipramine. The high affinity uptake process may be important in supplying choline for the biosynthesis of acetylcholine in cholinergic neurons.