ATP diphosphohydrolase activity in synaptosomes from cerebral cortex of rats subjected to chemically induced phenylketonuria. 1995

A T Wyse, and J J Sarkis, and J S Cunha-Filho, and M V Teixeira, and M R Schetinger, and M Wajner, and C M Wannmacher
Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande, Brasil.

ATP diphosphohydrolase (apyrase) (EC 3.6.1.5) activity was measured in synaptosomes from cerebral cortex of Wistar rats of both sexes subjected to experimental phenylketonuria, i.e., chemical hyperphenylalaninemia induced by subcutaneous administration of 5.2 mumol phenylalanine/g body weight (twice a day) plus 0.9 mumol p-chlorophenylalanine/g body weight (once a day). ATP diphosphohydrolase specific activity (nmol Pi min-1 mg protein-1) of synaptosomes was significantly decreased compared to controls for both ATP (from 147.6 to 129.9) and ADP (from 70.2 to 63.1) hydrolysis one hour after single administration of the drugs to 35-day old rats. Chronic treatment was performed from the 6th to the 28th postpartum day. The enzyme specific activity of synaptosomes was measured one week after the last administration of the drugs and was significantly reduced compared to controls for both ATP (from 164.1 to 150.2) and ADP (from 76.3 to 62.1) hydrolysis. The in vitro effects of the drugs on the synaptosome enzyme specific activity were also investigated. Phenylalanine alone or associated with p-chlorophenylalanine significantly reduced enzyme specific activity for both ATP (from 150.2 to 136.0) and ADP (from 70.5 to 59.3) nucleotides as substrates. Since ADP diphosphohydrolase seems to play an important role in neurotransmission, these findings may be related to the neurological dysfunction characteristic of human phenylketonuria.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010649 Phenylalanine An essential aromatic amino acid that is a precursor of MELANIN; DOPAMINE; noradrenalin (NOREPINEPHRINE), and THYROXINE. Endorphenyl,L-Phenylalanine,Phenylalanine, L-Isomer,L-Isomer Phenylalanine,Phenylalanine, L Isomer
D010661 Phenylketonurias A group of autosomal recessive disorders marked by a deficiency of the hepatic enzyme PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE or less frequently by reduced activity of DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE (i.e., atypical phenylketonuria). Classical phenylketonuria is caused by a severe deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase and presents in infancy with developmental delay; SEIZURES; skin HYPOPIGMENTATION; ECZEMA; and demyelination in the central nervous system. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p952). Biopterin Deficiency,Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency Disease,Hyperphenylalaninemia, Non-Phenylketonuric,Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency Disease,BH4 Deficiency,DHPR Deficiency,Deficiency Disease, Dihydropteridine Reductase,Deficiency Disease, Phenylalanine Hydroxylase,Deficiency Disease, Phenylalanine Hydroxylase, Severe,Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency,Folling Disease,Folling's Disease,HPABH4C,Hyperphenylalaninaemia,Hyperphenylalaninemia Caused by a Defect in Biopterin Metabolism,Hyperphenylalaninemia, BH4-Deficient, C,Hyperphenylalaninemia, Tetrahydrobiopterin-Deficient, Due To DHPR Deficiency,Non-Phenylketonuric Hyperphenylalaninemia,Oligophrenia Phenylpyruvica,PAH Deficiency,PKU, Atypical,Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency,Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency Disease, Severe,Phenylketonuria,Phenylketonuria I,Phenylketonuria II,Phenylketonuria Type 2,Phenylketonuria, Atypical,Phenylketonuria, Classical,QDPR Deficiency,Quinoid Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency,Tetrahydrobiopterin Deficiency,Atypical PKU,Atypical Phenylketonuria,Biopterin Deficiencies,Classical Phenylketonuria,Deficiency, BH4,Deficiency, Biopterin,Deficiency, DHPR,Deficiency, Dihydropteridine Reductase,Deficiency, PAH,Deficiency, Phenylalanine Hydroxylase,Deficiency, QDPR,Deficiency, Tetrahydrobiopterin,Disease, Folling,Disease, Folling's,Hyperphenylalaninemia, Non Phenylketonuric,Non Phenylketonuric Hyperphenylalaninemia,Non-Phenylketonuric Hyperphenylalaninemias
D002540 Cerebral Cortex The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions. Allocortex,Archipallium,Cortex Cerebri,Cortical Plate,Paleocortex,Periallocortex,Allocortices,Archipalliums,Cerebral Cortices,Cortex Cerebrus,Cortex, Cerebral,Cortical Plates,Paleocortices,Periallocortices,Plate, Cortical
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001081 Apyrase A calcium-activated enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ATP to yield AMP and orthophosphate. It can also act on ADP and other nucleoside triphosphates and diphosphates. EC 3.6.1.5. ADPase,ATP-Diphosphatase,Adenosine Diphosphatase,ADP Phosphohydrolase,ATP Diphosphohydrolase,ATP-ADPase,ATP ADPase,ATP Diphosphatase,Diphosphatase, Adenosine,Diphosphohydrolase, ATP,Phosphohydrolase, ADP
D013574 Synaptosomes Pinched-off nerve endings and their contents of vesicles and cytoplasm together with the attached subsynaptic area of the membrane of the post-synaptic cell. They are largely artificial structures produced by fractionation after selective centrifugation of nervous tissue homogenates. Synaptosome
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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