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In order to gain insight into the ammonia-detoxification mechanisms in the brain and liver tissues, we have investigated the effects of hyperammonemia in rats, in vivo, on the activity levels of a number of ammonia- and glutamate-metabolizing enzymes in mitochondria and the cytosolic fractions of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, hippocampus, striatum and liver. In general, the ammonia metabolizing enzymes – glutaminase, glutamine synthetase, glutamate dehydrogenase, AMP deaminase, adenosine deaminase, as well as aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase – are differentially upregulated in various brain and liver regions of the hyperammonemic rats, indicating that divergent ammonia-detoxification mechanisms are involved in the various brain regions and liver in acute hyperammonemia.
Keywords: Ammonia detoxification, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, glutamate metabolism, hippocampus, hyperammonemia, striatum.
CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets
Title:Differential Up-Regulation of Ammonia Detoxifying Enzymes in Cerebral Cortex, Cerebellum, Hippocampus, Striatum and Liver in Hyperammonemia
Volume: 13 Issue: 6
Author(s): Elena A. Kosenko, Lyudmila A. Tikhonova, V. Prakash Reddy, Gjumrakch Aliev and Yury G. Kaminsky
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Keywords: Ammonia detoxification, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, glutamate metabolism, hippocampus, hyperammonemia, striatum.
Abstract: In order to gain insight into the ammonia-detoxification mechanisms in the brain and liver tissues, we have investigated the effects of hyperammonemia in rats, in vivo, on the activity levels of a number of ammonia- and glutamate-metabolizing enzymes in mitochondria and the cytosolic fractions of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, hippocampus, striatum and liver. In general, the ammonia metabolizing enzymes – glutaminase, glutamine synthetase, glutamate dehydrogenase, AMP deaminase, adenosine deaminase, as well as aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase – are differentially upregulated in various brain and liver regions of the hyperammonemic rats, indicating that divergent ammonia-detoxification mechanisms are involved in the various brain regions and liver in acute hyperammonemia.
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Kosenko A. Elena, A. Tikhonova Lyudmila, Reddy Prakash V., Aliev Gjumrakch and G. Kaminsky Yury, Differential Up-Regulation of Ammonia Detoxifying Enzymes in Cerebral Cortex, Cerebellum, Hippocampus, Striatum and Liver in Hyperammonemia, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 2014; 13 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871527313666140806155929
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871527313666140806155929 |
Print ISSN 1871-5273 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1996-3181 |
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