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STUDIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GABA SYNTHESIS AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN BRAIN
Author(s) -
Sandoval MaríaaElena,
Palacios R.,
Tapia R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1976.tb10392.x
Subject(s) - aminooxyacetic acid , biochemistry , in vivo , leucine , protein biosynthesis , amino acid , biology , phenylalanine , gel electrophoresis , pyridoxal phosphate , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , cofactor , enzyme
— The synthesis of γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) in mouse brain was decreased by treatment of the animals with pyridoxal phosphate‐ γ‐glutamylhydrazone, an inhibitor of glutamate decarboxylase in vivo. Under these experimental conditions the following parameters were studied: (1) the incorporation of labeled leucine in vivo , into protein of brain subcellular fractions; (2) the brain polysome profile; (3) the incorporation of labeled leucine into protein in vitro , in ribosomal preparations isolated from brain tissue. In other experiments, GABA synthesis was also decreased in brain cortex slices by preincubation with aminooxyacetic acid. The incorporation of [ 3 H]leucine or [ 14 C]leucine into protein in these slices was studied, and samples from the proteins were subjected to acrylamide‐sodium dodecylsulfate gel electrophoresis. Radioactivity was counted in slices of the gel. The results of the experiments in vivo and in vitro indicate that the previously reported decrease of protein synthesis induced by an inhibition of GABA synthesis affects proteins of all subcellular fractions and all populations of protein as separated by gel electrophoresis. The polysome profile from brains of mice with decreased GABA synthesis was similar to that of control mice. This result differs from that found when brain protein synthesis is inhibited by dopamine and serotonin.