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The effects of NG-substituted L-arginine (ARG) analogues on striatal ARG and citrulline (CIT) levels were investigated using in vivo microdialysis technique. A microdialysis probe was implanted into the striatum of anaesthesized Sprague-Dawley rats. Direct intrastriatal perfusion with 1 mM NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (n = 8) increased striatal ARG release and decreased CIT release, suggesting suppressed NO synthase activity in the tissue. On the other hand, 1 mM NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) (n = 6) evoked a persistent increase in both ARG and CIT. Considering that 4-320 microM L-ARG (n = 8) failed to increase CIT formation, CIT seems to be synthesized in the striatal tissue from L-NMMA by the enzyme that has been demonstrated in the kidney and aortic endothelium (NG,NG-dimethylarginine dimethyl-aminohydrolase).
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