Altered precursor availability and metabolism of monoamines in the brain caused by the injection of physiologic saline to suckling rats: On the reliability of saline "controls" in neurochemical studies.

Abstract:

:The effect of subcutaneous injections of saline (0.9% NaCl, 10-40 ?l/g b. wt) to 5- and 20-day old rats on the concentrations of tyrosine (Tyr) and tryptophan (Trp) in the serum and the brain and on the levels of biogenic amines and their metabolites in the developing brain at 6 h p.i. is described. At day 5 the concentration of Tyr in the blood was decreased (dose-dependent), but the brain concentrations of Tyr and of its amine-metabolites, dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE), homovanillic acid (HVA) and dihydroxyphenylacetate (DOPAC) were unaffected. In contrast, in the 20-day old rat, serum Tyr was unaffected by the saline injections, but the Tyr concentration in the brain decreased markedly at the highest saline dose. The concentrations of NE (only at maximum dose) and of DA (independent on the amount of saline injected) were elevated in the brains of saline injected 20-day old rats. The concentrations of Trp and indoles were more affected at day 5 than at day 20: slightly decreased concentration of Trp in the serum but markedly increased concentrations of brain Trp (only at maximum dose), elevated serotonin (5-HT, independent on the amount of saline injected) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA, at maximum dose) in the brain. If the maximum dose of 40 ?l/g body weight was injected to suckling rats repeatedly during the whole suckling period (in 12 h intervals), some effects caused by one single injection of 40 ?l/g disappeared (Tyr-depletion in blood or brain, increase in brain NE, DA and Trp), but other additional effects appeared (decreased DA and increased DOPAC, decreased 5-HT and 5-HIAA). The results show that saline injections do cause characteristic, age-dependent alterations of precursor availability as well as of the rate of synthesis and degradation of catecholamine and 5-HT. Repeated treatments have different effects than one single treatment on the precursor availability and the metabolism of monoamines. These alterations must be taken into account if the effects of certain "specific" treatments are compared and discussed in relation to saline "controls".

journal_name

Neurochem Int

authors

Huether G,Thoemke F,Sprotte U,Steinhaus U,Neuhoff V

doi

10.1016/0197-0186(85)90071-3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1985-01-01 00:00:00

pages

725-30

issue

4

eissn

0197-0186

issn

1872-9754

pii

0197-0186(85)90071-3

journal_volume

7

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