Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 7-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

THE INFLUENCE OF INTRAVENTRICULARLY INJECTED AMINO ACID EXCITANTS ON THE LABELLING OF ENDOGENOUS BRAIN AMINO ACIDS FROM (U‐ 14 C)ACETATE IN NEMBUTALIZED MICE

THE INFLUENCE OF INTRAVENTRICULARLY INJECTED AMINO ACID EXCITANTS ON THE LABELLING OF ENDOGENOUS... Mice were anaesthetized with nembutal and the effects of intraventricularly injected excitant amino acids on (U‐14C)acetate metabolism were investigated. The natural excitant amino acids, l‐glutamate and l‐aspartate, reduced the incorporation of 14C from (U‐14C)acetate into glutamine, GAB A and possibly alanine. The synthetic excitant amino acid, N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate caused a reduction in the incorporation of 14C from intraventricularly injected (U‐14C)acetate into all of the brain amino acids labelled by (U‐14C)acetate within 5 min. It is suggested that these effects may be due to changes in pool sizes of tricarboxylic cycle intermediates, to inhibition of acetyl‐CoA formation, or both. Differences in the metabolic effects of the synthetic and natural excitants are interpreted in terms of the uptake of the natural amino acids into glutamine‐forming pool(s) of glutamate metabolism. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neurochemistry Wiley

THE INFLUENCE OF INTRAVENTRICULARLY INJECTED AMINO ACID EXCITANTS ON THE LABELLING OF ENDOGENOUS BRAIN AMINO ACIDS FROM (U‐ 14 C)ACETATE IN NEMBUTALIZED MICE

Journal of Neurochemistry , Volume 18 (9) – Sep 1, 1971

Loading next page...
 
/lp/wiley/the-influence-of-intraventricularly-injected-amino-acid-excitants-on-O4P4Uevywp

References (16)

Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1971 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0022-3042
eISSN
1471-4159
DOI
10.1111/j.1471-4159.1971.tb03748.x
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Mice were anaesthetized with nembutal and the effects of intraventricularly injected excitant amino acids on (U‐14C)acetate metabolism were investigated. The natural excitant amino acids, l‐glutamate and l‐aspartate, reduced the incorporation of 14C from (U‐14C)acetate into glutamine, GAB A and possibly alanine. The synthetic excitant amino acid, N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate caused a reduction in the incorporation of 14C from intraventricularly injected (U‐14C)acetate into all of the brain amino acids labelled by (U‐14C)acetate within 5 min. It is suggested that these effects may be due to changes in pool sizes of tricarboxylic cycle intermediates, to inhibition of acetyl‐CoA formation, or both. Differences in the metabolic effects of the synthetic and natural excitants are interpreted in terms of the uptake of the natural amino acids into glutamine‐forming pool(s) of glutamate metabolism.

Journal

Journal of NeurochemistryWiley

Published: Sep 1, 1971

There are no references for this article.