کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9415971 1292951 2005 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Formation of extracellular glutamate from glutamine: Exclusion of pyroglutamate as an intermediate
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب (عمومی)
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Formation of extracellular glutamate from glutamine: Exclusion of pyroglutamate as an intermediate
چکیده انگلیسی
A 4.6-fold increase in interstitial glutamate was observed following the reverse microdialysis of 5 mM glutamine into the rat hippocampus. Two possible mechanisms of glutamine hydrolysis were examined: (a) an enzymatic glutaminase activity and (b) a non-enzymatic mechanism. Injection of 14C-glutamine at the site of microdialysis followed by microdialysis with artificial cerebral spinal fluid allowed isolation of 14C-glutamine (63%), 14C-glutamate (14%), and a compound tentatively identified as pyroglutamate (22%). In this study, we determined if non-enzymatic pyroglutamate formation from glutamine contributed to the synthesis of glutamate. Pyroglutamate is in chemical equilibrium with glutamate, although under physiological conditions, the chemical equilibrium is strongly in the direction of pyroglutamate. In vitro stability studies indicated that 14C-glutamine and 14C-pyroglutamate are not subject to significant non-enzymatic breakdown at pH 6.5-7.5 at 37 °C for up to 8 h. Reverse microdialysis with 1 mM pyroglutamate did not increase interstitial glutamate levels. Following injection of 14C-pyroglutamate and microdialysis, radioactivity was recovered in 14C-pyroglutamate (88%) and 14C-glutamine (11%). Less than 1% of the radioactivity was recovered as glutamate. Our data do not support a role of pyroglutamate as an intermediate in the formation of extracellular glutamate following the infusion of glutamine. However, it confirms that pyroglutamate, a known constituent in brain, is actively metabolized in brain cells and contributes to glutamine in the interstitial space.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brain Research - Volume 1052, Issue 1, 2 August 2005, Pages 88-96
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