Abstract：
:The glutamine cycle has been proposed as a pathway in which glutamine synthesized in glia provides substrate for synthesis of the neurotransmitters glutamate and GABA as they are lost from neurons. To test whether GABA may regulate this pathway, the effect of elevated GABA on the glial enzyme glutamine synthetase was examined in rat brain. Repeated subcutaneous injections of the antiepileptic GABA transaminase inhibitor gamma-vinylGABA at a dose of 150 mg/kg per day for 21 days reduced glutamine synthetase activity by 36% in the cortex and 22% in the cerebellum. At 30 mg/kg per day, glutamine synthetase activity was reduced by 9.5% in the cortex but unchanged in the cerebellum. The reductions were brain specific because the skeletal muscle and liver enzymes were unaffected by gamma-vinylGABA administration. Amino acid analysis of the cortex from gamma-vinylGABA-treated rats demonstrated a 270% increase in GABA levels after 150 mg/kg but no change after 30 mg/kg. GABA levels and glutamine synthetase activity were inversely correlated. The 150 mg/kg dose significantly lowered cortical glutamine and glutamate levels. The decline in brain glutamine synthetase activity with chronic gamma-vinylGABA administration developed gradually over time and may be due to the slow turnover of this enzyme in vivo.
journal_name
J Neurochemjournal_title
Journal of neurochemistryauthors
Waniewski RA,Martin DLdoi
10.1046/j.1471-4159.1995.65010355.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-07-01 00:00:00pages
355-62issue
1eissn
0022-3042issn
1471-4159journal_volume
65pub_type
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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