EFFECT OF STARVATION OR STREPTOZOTOCIN-DIABETES ON PHOSPHATE-ACTIVATED GLUTAMINASE OF DIFFERENT RAT-BRAIN REGIONS

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作者
LELLOS, V [1 ]
MORAITOU, M [1 ]
TSELENTIS, V [1 ]
PHILIPPIDIS, H [1 ]
PALAIOLOGOS, G [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ATHENS,SCH MED,BIOL CHEM LAB,MIKRAS ASIAS 75,GR-11527 ATHENS,GREECE
关键词
PHOSPHATE-ACTIVATED GLUTAMINASE; BRAIN REGIONS; STREPTOZOTOCIN DIABETES; LONG-TERM STARVATION; INSULIN;
D O I
10.1007/BF00966791
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Phosphate-activated glutaminase (PAG) was assayed in homogenates of brain cerebellum, hippocampus or striatum from normal, starved for 48 h or 120 h or streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Only the hippocampal enzyme was increased (47%) by diabetes. Starvation had no effect in any of the regions studied. PAG of synaptosomes or of non-synaptosomal mitochondria from the hippocampus was also increased by 48% and 22% respectively in diabetes. PAG of synaptosomes from the cortex, the cerebellum, or the striatum or of the non-synaptosomal mitochondria from the cortex were not affected by diabetes or prolonged (120h) starvation. A suggestion is presented that peripheral insulin, indirectly, may regulate PAG activity in a specific region of the rat brain.
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页码:141 / 145
页数:5
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