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- Title
In vitro<sup>1</sup>H NMR spectroscopy shows an increase inN-acetylaspartylglutamate and glutamine content in the hippocampus of amygdaloid-kindled rats.
- Authors
Yukihiko Shirayama; Seizo Takahashi; Yoshio Minabe; Takashi Ogino
- Abstract
We examined energy metabolism and amino acid content in the hippocampus of amygdaloid-kindled rats using1H NMR spectroscopy. Three weeks after the last stage 5 seizure, kindled rats were killed by microwave irradiation. The hippocampus was dissected out and subjected to MeOH/CHCl3 extraction. All1H spectra were analyzed to quantify absolute concentrations using a non-linear least squares method, combined with a prior knowledge of chemical shifts. Saturation effects were compensated for by the T1 measurement of each component. Levels of energy metabolism-related compounds, phosphocreatine, creatine, glucose and succinate were the same in both kindled rats and sham controls. Lactate concentration had a tendency to increase, although this was not statistically significant. When compared with sham controls, levels of aspartate, glutamate, glycine and glutamine, as well as GABA and inositol, were increased in the ipsilateral but not the contralateral hippocampus. In contrast, levels of taurine, alanine and threonine were unchanged. Finally,N-acetylaspartylglutamate content was elevated, whereasN-acetyl-l-aspartate content was unaltered in the ipsilateral hippocampus of kindled animals. Our results suggest that amygdala kindling may affects amino acid metabolism, but not energy metabolism.
- Subjects
METABOLISM; AMINO acids; HIPPOCAMPUS (Brain); AMYGDALOID body; ACETIC acid; GABA
- Publication
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2005, Vol 92, Issue 6, p1317
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02958.x