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REMOVAL OF INTERFERING NUCLEOTIDES FROM BRAIN EXTRACTS CONTAINING SUBSTANCE P. EFFECT OF DRUGS ON BRAIN CONCENTRATIONS OF SUBSTANCE P
Author(s) -
LASZLO I.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0366-0826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1963.tb01507.x
Subject(s) - adenosine , adenosine monophosphate , adenosine deaminase , nucleotide , chemistry , amp deaminase , adenosine triphosphate , substance p , biochemistry , pharmacology , purine , enzyme , biology , neuropeptide , receptor , gene
Several methods for removing interfering nucleotides, adenosine‐5″‐monophosphate and adenosine 5″‐triphosphate from brain extracts have been studied. An enzymic method, using adenylic acid deaminase, has been found suitable. This deaminates adenosine monophosphate to 5″‐inosinic acid, an inactive compound which does not influence the estimations of substance P. Owing to the adenosine triphosphatase content of the enzyme extract, adenosine triphosphate was also inactivated. For the estimation of adenosine monophosphate‐deaminase activity, a simple colorimetric method is described which measures the ammonia liberated from adenosine monophosphate. Substance P in mouse brain extracts was estimated after treatment of the animals with various drugs, and after the enzymic removal of interfering nucleotides from the brain extracts. The drugs had no effect on the substance P content of mouse brain. The effect of drugs on the contractions of the guinea‐pig ileum induced by substance P was also investigated, and the effect of drugs on the estimations of substance P in brain extracts is discussed.