Neonatal undernutrition and RNA synthesis in developing rat brain
| Autor: | Beatriz H. Duvilanski, AliciaE. R. De Guglielmone, Ana M. Soto |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Aging Uracil Nucleotides Period (gene) Biology Tritium Biochemistry Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience chemistry.chemical_compound In vivo Internal medicine Microsomes medicine Animals Nucleotide Uridine chemistry.chemical_classification Cell Nucleus Orotic Acid Nucleotides Body Weight RNA Brain Rats Inbred Strains Metabolism DNA DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases Organ Size In vitro Rats Endocrinology chemistry Microsome Female Chromatography Thin Layer Deficiency Diseases Food Deprivation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of neurochemistry. 22(4) |
| ISSN: | 0022-3042 |
| Popis: | —Underfeeding of newborn rats results in a decreased body and brain weight at 10, 20 and 30 days of age. The DNA and RNA content of the brain in these animals are similar to those of normal controls. The in vivo and in vitro synthesis of RNA in brain is significantly decreased in undernourished rats at 10 days of age when compared with controls. The metabolic transformation of 3H-orotic acid to nucleotides is also diminished. A short period of food rehabilitation produces -an improvement in the above mentioned alterations. However, a reduced incorporation of label into microsomal RNA persists even in the last condition. The results suggest that malnutrition, during the first days of life, alters the metabolism of cerebral RNA. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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