Amino Acids in the Cobalt-Induced Epileptogenic and Nonepileptogenic Cat's Cortex

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 740-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikuko Koyama
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Cerebral Cortex ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Cobalt Powder ◽  
Cortical Tissue ◽  
Excitatory Effect ◽  
Epileptic Discharges ◽  
Adult Cats

Epileptogenic cortical foci were produced by the topical application of cobalt powder to the exposed anterior or posterior sigmoid gyrus of adult cats. Within 60–90 min after application, epileptic discharges were observed only in the area adjacent to the cobalt-treated region (focus). Twenty-four hours later, tonic and clonic epileptic convulsions occurred. These seizures disappeared by the 3rd day after treatment. The concentration of amino acids in the cortex was determined during three periods after the application of cobalt: preconvulsive period (acute), 0–360 min; convulsive period (semi-acute), 24–48 h; postconvulsive period (chronic), 30–70 days.In the cortical tissue adjacent to the site of cobalt application, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, and γ-aminobutyric acid were decreased, while there was a marked increase in glycine, threonine, serine, and taurine during the convulsive period. In the preconvulsive period, the amino acids in the superfusates of the cobalt-treated cortex were measured. The rate of release of glutamic acid increased within 90 min after cobalt application together with a corresponding decrease of the rate of release of glutamine and urea. The excitatory effect of the liberated glutamic acid may play an important role in the production of focal epileptic discharges following the application of cobalt powder to the cerebral cortex.

The fate of glucose in different parts of the rabbit brain

1960 ◽  
Vol 152 (948) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Cortex ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Cerebellar Cortex ◽  
The Other ◽  
Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Rabbit Brain ◽  
Metabolic Pattern ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Different Parts

The fate of uniformly 14 C labelled glucose has been followed by a quantitative application of the radio paper-chromatographic technique in different parts of the rabbit brain-hypo­-thalamus medialis anterior, hypothalamus medialis posterior, hypothalamus lateralis anterior, cerebral cortex, cerebellar cortex—and in the optic chiasma. Qualitatively the metabolic pattern of glucose was similar in all the different parts of the brain which were studied. The glucose disappearing from the medium after 60 min of incubation was accounted for as lactic acid, CO 2 , alanine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, γ -aminobutyric acid and glutamine. However, in the cerebral cortex significantly greater quantities of alanine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid and glutamine were found than in any of the other tissues. The hypothalamus formed more γ -aminobutyric acid from glucose than the cerebral and cerebellar cortex. The inclusion of potassium in the medium augmented the oxygen uptake and the production of radioactive glutamine in all the different parts of the brain and the production of radioactive CO 2 in the cerebral cortex. On the other hand, the presence of potassium diminished the production of radioactive CO 2 in the hypothalamus but had no effect on CO 2 production in the cerebellar cortex.

scholarly journals Utilization in vivo of glucose and volatile fatty acids by sheep brain for the synthesis of acidic amino acids

1966 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
R M O'Neal ◽  
R E Koeppe ◽  
E I Williams
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Free Amino Acids ◽  
Free Amino ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Sheep Brain ◽  
The Brain

1. Free glutamic acid, aspartic acid, glutamic acid from glutamine and, in some instances, the glutamic acid from glutathione and the aspartic acid from N-acetyl-aspartic acid were isolated from the brains of sheep and assayed for radioactivity after intravenous injection of [2-(14)C]glucose, [1-(14)C]acetate, [1-(14)C]butyrate or [2-(14)C]propionate. These brain components were also isolated and analysed from rats that had been given [2-(14)C]propionate. The results indicate that, as in rat brain, glucose is by far the best precursor of the free amino acids of sheep brain. 2. Degradation of the glutamate of brain yielded labelling patterns consistent with the proposal that the major route of pyruvate metabolism in brain is via acetyl-CoA, and that the short-chain fatty acids enter the brain without prior metabolism by other tissue and are metabolized in brain via the tricarboxylic acid cycle. 3. When labelled glucose was used as a precursor, glutamate always had a higher specific activity than glutamine; when labelled fatty acids were used, the reverse was true. These findings add support and complexity to the concept of the metabolic; compartmentation' of the free amino acids of brain. 4. The results from experiments with labelled propionate strongly suggest that brain metabolizes propionate via succinate and that this metabolic route may be a limited but important source of dicarboxylic acids in the brain.

scholarly journals The Content of Non-essential Amino Acids in the Grains of Winter and Spring Varieties of Oats (Avena sativa L.) under the Conditions of Central Southern Bulgaria

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
T. Georgieva ◽  
P. Zorovski
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Avena Sativa ◽  
Essential Amino Acids

The purpose of this survey is to study the content of non-essential amino acids in four winter (Dunav 1, Ruse 8, Resor 1, Line M-K) and five spring (Obraztsov chiflik 4, Mina, HiFi, Novosadski golozarnest and Prista 2) cultivars of oats grown in Central Southern Bulgaria within the period from 2007 to 2009. The tested cultivars have different contents of non-essential amino acids. Dunav 1 has the highest quantity of glicine (5.12 g/100 g protein) of all the winter cultivars, Ruse 8 has the highest quantity of alanine (5.69 g/100 g protein) and Resor 1 – the highest quantity of arginine (6.14 g/100 g protein). Generally speaking, the spring cultivars have a larger quantity of glutamic acid (from 25.86 to 26.07 g/100 g protein) and proline (from 6.15 to 8.21 g/100 g protein) but a smaller quantity of glycine (from 4.68 to 4.99 g/100 g protein) compared to the winter cultivars. The naked cultivar Mina has the highest quantity of cystine (2.14 g/100 g protein), cultivar Prista 2 has the highest quantity of proline (8.21 g/100 g protein) and glutamic acid (26.07 g/100g protein) and HiFi ranks first in terms of aspartic acid (9.05 g/100 g protein), serine (5.02 g/100 g protein) and tyrosine (2.09 g/100 g protein). In the study we have also established certain relations between non-essential amino acids.

USE OF GLUTAMIC ACID-U-C14 TO DETERMINE NUTRITIONALLY ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS FOR LARVAE OF THE BLOW FLY, PHORMIA REGINA

1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1229-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kasting ◽  
A. J. McGinnis
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Essential Amino Acids ◽  
Phormia Regina ◽  
Blow Fly ◽  
Isoleucine Leucine ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Third Instar Larvae

The production of C14O2 by third-instar larvae of the blow fly, Phormia regina Meig., after it was injected with glutamic acid-U-C14, indicates that this substrate was metabolized under these conditions. However, the nutritionally essential amino acids lysine, phenylalanine, valine, isoleucine, leucine, and threonine, isolated from the injected larvae, contained little radioactivity. A low level of radioactivity in arginine, histidine, and methionine suggests that they were slowly synthesized. The nutritionally non-essential amino acids alanine, serine, aspartic acid, and proline contained large quantities of radioactivity; tyrosine and glycine were exceptions. These results, in agreement with earlier work that used glucose-U-C14, show that radioactivity data are useful for determining certain of the nutritionally essential amino acids.

scholarly journals Tracer studies on the biosynthesis of amino acids from lactate by Peptostreptococcus elsdenii

1967 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Somerville ◽  
J. L. Peel
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Carbon Chain ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Reaction Sequence ◽  
Tracer Studies ◽  
Cell Fractions

Peptostreptococcus elsdenii, a strict anaerobe from the rumen, was grown on a medium containing yeast extract and [1−14C]- or [2−14C]-lactate. Radioisotope from lactate was found in all cell fractions, but mainly in the protein. The label in the protein fraction was largely confined to a few amino acids: alanine, serine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid and diaminopimelic acid. The alanine, serine, aspartic acid and glutamic acid were separated, purified and degraded to establish the distribution of 14C from lactate within the amino acid molecules. The labelling patterns in alanine and serine suggested their formation from lactate without cleavage of the carbon chain. The pattern in aspartic acid suggested formation by condensation of a C3 unit derived directly from lactate with a C1 unit, probably carbon dioxide. The distribution in glutamic acid was consistent with two possible pathways of formation: (a) by the reactions of the tricarboxylic acid cycle leading from oxaloacetate to 2-oxoglutarate, followed by transamination; (b) by a pathway involving the reaction sequence 2 acetyl-CoA→crotonyl-CoA→glutaconate→glutamate.

The influence of diet on the nitrogenous components passing to the duodenum and through the lower ileum of sheep

1966 ◽  
Vol 166 (1002) ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Amino Nitrogen ◽  
Terminal Part ◽  
High Nitrogen ◽  
Low Nitrogen ◽  
Lower Ileum

Analyses of the alimentary contents flowing to the duodenum of sheep during 24 h show that when the sheep are consuming a low-nitrogen diet more total nitrogen and amino nitrogen pass to the duodenum than are eaten daily in the food whereas when the sheep are eating high nitrogen diets, less total nitrogen and less amino nitrogen pass to the duodenum. The disparity between the total nitrogen and amino nitrogen content of the diets largely disappeared by the time the alimentary contents reached the terminal part of the ileum. From 64 to 68% of the nitrogen entering the duodenum and 54 to 64% of the nitrogen in the ileal contents was in the form of amino nitrogen. Proportionately more of the amino nitrogen was in solution in the ileal contents than in the duodenal contents. Losses of amino acids in the stomach when a high-nitrogen diet was consumed were especially large for glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, arginine and leucine. They were least for cystine and threonine. Gains of amino acids in the stomach when low nitrogen diets were consumed were all substantial except for proline, where a loss was found when hay and flaked maize were given. When these changes are considered as proportions of the quantities eaten then trends are similar for all acids. Changes in the molar proportions of the amino acids present in hydrolysates of the duodenal and ileal contents are discussed together with the significance of these changes in relation to the nutrition of the sheep.

scholarly journals The Role of Alteration of Glutamic Acid and Gaba in Learning and Memory Impairment of Rats Induced by Aluminum

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-101
Author(s):  
Q. Niu ◽  
P. Niu ◽  
Q. Zhang ◽  
L. Wang ◽  
S. He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Cerebral Cortex ◽  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Learning And Memory ◽  
Memory Impairment ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Gamma Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Aluminum Exposure ◽  
Step Down

Aluminum exposure has been reported to be related to learning and memory impairment. This study examines the role of aluminum in alterating amino acids of the cerebral cortex of rats. The Step-down type tests were performed to investigate the alteration of learning and memory of rats induced by aluminum. The amino acids in the cerebral cortex were detected by high performance liquid chromatography (HLPC). Results show that the amounts of aluminum in the cerebral cortex increased by 5.0mgAl3+/(Kg·BW) group and 10.0mg Al3+/(Kg·BW) group. In the Step-down type test, the EN1 increased significantly in the Al3+ 10.0mg/(Kg·BW) group. The latency shortened obviously and the EN2 increased significantly in the 10.0mg Al3+/(Kg·BW) group. The content of Glu (Glutamic acid) increased but the content of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) decreased significantly in the 10.0mg Al3+/(Kg·BW) group. This present study shows evidence that the disorder of amino acid neurotransmitters system plays an important role in the impairment of learning and memory of rats induced by aluminum.

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