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Somatostatin precursor in the rat striatum: changes after local injection of kainic acid.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2864394     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The molecular forms of somatostatin contained in the rat striatum were separated by size-exclusion HPLC. Three major peaks of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SLI) were resolved. Two peaks cochromatographed with synthetic somatostatin-14 (SS-14) and somatostatin-28 (SS-28), respectively. One peak exhibited a higher molecular weight (about 10,000) and may contain a proform of somatostatin. Local injection of the neurotoxin kainic acid (1 microgram) into the left striatum resulted in a persistent decrease (65-85%) of all three forms of somatostatin. In the contralateral--not injected--striatum a decrease of SLI was also observed which was maximal (45%) after 2 days and was largely abolished after 7 days. This decrease of SLI in the contralateral striatum, however, was due mainly to a decrease of SS-14 and SS-28 but not of the putative proform. Our data suggest that kainic acid causes a destruction of somatostatin-containing perikarya in the injected striatum, whereas in the contralateral striatum increased release with subsequent inactivation of SS-14 and SS-28 takes place. The putative somatostatin proform may serve as neurochemical marker for somatostatin-containing perikarya in the striatum.
Authors:
G Sperk; R Widmann
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neurochemistry     Volume:  45     ISSN:  0022-3042     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurochem.     Publication Date:  1985 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1985-11-18     Completed Date:  1985-11-18     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985190R     Medline TA:  J Neurochem     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1441-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Corpus Striatum / drug effects,  metabolism*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Kainic Acid / pharmacology*
Kinetics
Male
Protein Precursors / isolation & purification,  metabolism*
Radioimmunoassay
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Somatostatin / isolation & purification,  metabolism*
Somatostatin-28
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Protein Precursors; 487-79-6/Kainic Acid; 51110-01-1/Somatostatin; 75037-27-3/Somatostatin-28

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