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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 26(11): 1231-5, Nov. 1993. tab
Article Dans Anglais | LILACS | ID: lil-148827

Résumé

Recent evidence has implicated the central nervous system as a target organ for canatoxin, a toxic protein present in Canavalia ensiformis seeds. This toxin activates the lipoxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism and can thus induce the release of substances mediated by lipoxygenase products. In the present study, the circulating levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) were measured by RIA in male Wistar rats (200-240 g) after the administration of canatoxin into the lateral cerebral ventricle. Canatoxin (0.5-2 micrograms in 2 microliters daily for 3 days) caused a dose- and time-dependent increase in the plasma levels of LH. The total dose of canatoxin used is subconvulsive. At 2, 4 and 24 h after 2 micrograms of canatoxin LH levels were increased by 10 per cent , 43 per cent and 61 per cent , respectively, compared to vehicle-injected animals (0.18 +/- 0.03 ng/ml). This response to 2 micrograms of canatoxin was not attenuated by pretreatment with two different lipoxygenase inhibitors, nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA, 125 mg/kg) or esculetin (ECLT, 125 mg/kg), ip, 1 h before each canatoxin (CNTX) injection; per cent increase in LH with CNTX alone: 61 per cent ; CNTX+NDGA: 54 per cent ; CNTX+ECLT:76 per cent ; N = 5/group. These data show that intracerebral injection of CNTX in rats increases circulating levels of LH via a mechanism that is independent of the lipoxygenase pathway


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Animaux , Mâle , Rats , Lectines/administration et posologie , Hormone lutéinisante/sang , Relation dose-effet des médicaments , Injections ventriculaires , Lipoxygenase/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Hormone lutéinisante/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Rat Wistar , Facteurs temps
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 25(8): 849-52, 1992. tab
Article Dans Anglais | LILACS | ID: lil-113581

Résumé

Canatoxin, a convulsant neurotoxin from the seeds of Canavalia ensiformis, induces lipoxygenase-dependent hypoxia in rats which is blocked by hexamethonium. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between canatoxin-induced hypoxia and bronchoconstriction. Since several effects of the toxin are very similar to those described for morphine and opioid-like peptides, the effects of opioid antagonists were also investigated. Pretreatment of male, adult Wistar rats (200-250 g) with cyproheptadine (80 ug/kg, ip, N=6) and isoproterenol (100 ug/kg, ip, N+6) partially blocked (% variation of pO2:CNTX alone: -26.67 ñ 2.56, N=6; with cyproheptadine: 16.15 ñ 2.97*, N=6; with isoproterenol: 17.73 ñ 1.93*, N=6; *P<0.05 as compared to CNTX alone) the hypoxia but no effect was observed with diphenhydramine (2 mg/kg, ip, N=6) or atrophine (2 mg/kg, ip, N=6). The hypoxemic effect of canatoxin (100 ug/kg iv 20 min, N=6) was also almost completely blocked with either naloxone (1 mg/kg, sc, N=6) or naltrexone (5 mg/kg, sc, N=6). The results presented here provide evidence suggesting that both opioid peptides and bronchoconstriction seem to play a role in the hypoxia caused by canatoxin


Sujets)
Rats , Bronches , Constriction , Convulsivants , Hypoxie/induit chimiquement , Lipoxygenase , Opium/antagonistes et inhibiteurs
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 22(11): 1405-13, 1989. ilus, tab
Article Dans Anglais | LILACS | ID: lil-83147

Résumé

Canatoxin, a protein displaying lipoxygenase-activating properties isolated from Canavalia ensiformis seeds, induces hypoxia and hyperglycemia in male rats. Liver glycogen, blood glucose and lactate levesls were measured in male and female rats after canatoxin (50 mU, iv) injection. Increased levels of serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase activity were used as an indicator of hepatic injury. There was no sex-related difference observable during canatoxin-induced hypoxia but male and female rats did whow different patterns of metabolic change and hepatic injury after toxin observed in male rats while female rats showed only hypoglycemia and glycogenolysis. Pretreatment of male rats with either glucose, diazepam or hexamethonium abolished both the hypoxia and hepatic injury and the metabolic alterations produced by toxin injection. The results suggest that the metabolic alterations and hepatic injury detected after canatoxin injection may be a consequence of primary hypoxia


Sujets)
Rats , Animaux , Mâle , Femelle , Glycémie/analyse , Glycogène hépatique/métabolisme , Hypoxie/induit chimiquement , Lactates/sang , Lectines/pharmacologie , Pression artérielle , Aspartate aminotransferases/sang , Lignées consanguines de rats
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 22(7): 877-80, 1989. ilus, tab
Article Dans Anglais | LILACS | ID: lil-83206

Résumé

Canatoxin, a convulsant neurotoxin from the seeds of Canavalia ensiformis, induces lipoxygenase-dependent hypoxia and sex-related alterations of carbohydrate metabolism in rats which are blocked by glucose, diazepam and hexamethonium. The present study analyzes the possible causal relationship between the convulsant action of canatoxin and its effects on carbohydrate metabolism. The incidence of canatoxin-induced convulsions was greater in male than in female rats. Pretreatment of male rats with drugs that block hypoxia, such as glucose (2.5 g/kg,iv,15 min), diazepam (5 mg/kg,ip, at 48 h, 24 animals against convulsions, respiratory distress and death. These results suggest that canatoxin/induced convulsions are probably the consequence of hypoxia and both effects are mediated by lipoxygenase activation


Sujets)
Rats , Animaux , Mâle , Femelle , Crises épileptiques/étiologie , Hypoxie/induit chimiquement , Lectines/toxicité , Lipoxygenase/métabolisme , Aspartate aminotransferases/métabolisme , Activation enzymatique , Glycémie/métabolisme , Foie , Glycogène hépatique/métabolisme , Hypoxie/complications , Lactates/métabolisme , Dose létale 50 , Lignées consanguines de rats
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