Oxidative metabolism of the brain in the experimental cerebral edema

Autor: A. Dincă, R. Chirvasie, B. Schwartz, E. Păuşescu
Rok vydání: 1967
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Zdroj: Experimental Neurology. 19:455-462
ISSN: 0014-4886
DOI: 10.1016/0014-4886(67)90165-3
Popis: The interrelation of the cerebral water content on the activity of some cerebral enzymes was studied in dogs with experimental edema of the brain. NAD-specific isocitric dehydrogenase, glutamyl transferase and acid phosphatase activity were found to be increased in the edematous cerebral tissue, while succinic dehydrogenase, α-ketoglutaric dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase activity were unmodified; 2,4-dinitrophenol did not induce depression of the ability of edematous cerebral tissue to oxidize isocitrate, α-ketoglutarate and succinate. These observations suggest that the effect of cerebral edema may be related to decreased high-energy phosphate metabolism with subsequent alteration of oxidative phosphorilation of some substrates.
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