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Enzyme Activities in Relation to pH and Lactate in Postmortem Brain in Alzheimer‐Type and Other Dementias

Enzyme Activities in Relation to pH and Lactate in Postmortem Brain in Alzheimer‐Type and Other... Abstract: Phosphate‐activated glutaminase, glutamic acid decarboxylase, pyruvate dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase, pH, and lactate were measured in frontal cortex and caudate nucleus of postmortem brains from cases of Alzheimer‐type dementia (ATD), Down's syndrome, Huntington's disease, and one case of Pick's disease, as well as from sudden death and agonal controls. Lactate levels were higher and pH, phosphate‐activated glutaminase, and glutamic acid decarboxylase levels were lower in the agonal controls than in the sudden death controls. Phosphate‐activated glutaminase and glutamic acid decarboxylase were correlated with tissue pH and lactate, and also were reduced by in vitro acidification, suggesting that the low activities of these enzymes in agonal controls were related to decreased pH consequent upon lactate accumulation. Compared with control tissues at the same pH, phosphate‐activated glutaminase and glutamic acid decarboxylase were unaltered in ATD and Down's frontal cortex and reduced in Huntington's caudate nucleus, and glutamic acid decarboxylase was reduced in Huntington's frontal cortex. These data suggest that GABAergic neurons are not affected in ATD and confirm the GABAergic defect in Huntington's disease. Pyruvate dehydrogenase and succinic dehydrogenase activities were the same in agonal controls and sudden death controls and were unaffected by acid pH and lactate in vitro, and pyruvate dehydrogenase was not correlated with pH or lactate. Reduced pyruvate dehydrogenase in frontal cortex of individual ATD, Down's, and Pick's cases. and in the caudate nucleus of Huntington's and Down's cases, was accompanied by gliosis/neuron loss. We conclude that decreased pyruvate dehydrogenase reflects neuronal loss. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neurochemistry Wiley

Enzyme Activities in Relation to pH and Lactate in Postmortem Brain in Alzheimer‐Type and Other Dementias

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0022-3042
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1471-4159
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10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb04948.x
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Abstract: Phosphate‐activated glutaminase, glutamic acid decarboxylase, pyruvate dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase, pH, and lactate were measured in frontal cortex and caudate nucleus of postmortem brains from cases of Alzheimer‐type dementia (ATD), Down's syndrome, Huntington's disease, and one case of Pick's disease, as well as from sudden death and agonal controls. Lactate levels were higher and pH, phosphate‐activated glutaminase, and glutamic acid decarboxylase levels were lower in the agonal controls than in the sudden death controls. Phosphate‐activated glutaminase and glutamic acid decarboxylase were correlated with tissue pH and lactate, and also were reduced by in vitro acidification, suggesting that the low activities of these enzymes in agonal controls were related to decreased pH consequent upon lactate accumulation. Compared with control tissues at the same pH, phosphate‐activated glutaminase and glutamic acid decarboxylase were unaltered in ATD and Down's frontal cortex and reduced in Huntington's caudate nucleus, and glutamic acid decarboxylase was reduced in Huntington's frontal cortex. These data suggest that GABAergic neurons are not affected in ATD and confirm the GABAergic defect in Huntington's disease. Pyruvate dehydrogenase and succinic dehydrogenase activities were the same in agonal controls and sudden death controls and were unaffected by acid pH and lactate in vitro, and pyruvate dehydrogenase was not correlated with pH or lactate. Reduced pyruvate dehydrogenase in frontal cortex of individual ATD, Down's, and Pick's cases. and in the caudate nucleus of Huntington's and Down's cases, was accompanied by gliosis/neuron loss. We conclude that decreased pyruvate dehydrogenase reflects neuronal loss.

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Journal of Neurochemistry – Wiley

Published: Nov 1, 1990

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