The effect of crotoxin on the release of acetylcholine and lactate dehydrogenase from rat brain cortical slices
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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25(7): 707-11, 1992. ilus
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ABSTRACT
We have studied the effects of crotoxin, the neurotoxin of the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus, ,on the release of acetylcholine and lactate dehydrogenase from rat brain cortical slices. Crotoxin enhances the release of [3H]-acetylcholine from cortical slices (control values 92.8 ñ 5.9 and 150.3 ñ 11.7 DPM/mg and crotoxin valuesw 199.1 ñ 7.0 and 336.0 ñ 26.0 DPM/mg at 60 and 120 min incubation, respectively) in parallel with the release of lactate dehydrogenase (control values 50.4 ñ 16.8 and 80.3 ñ 19.5 U/mg and crotoxin values 162.5 ñ 39.1 and 355.7 ñ 38.2 U/mg, at 120 min incubation, respectively). Both effects are markedly reduced when substituting Sr2+ for Ca2+ in the incubation medium. It is concluded that the phospholipase activity of crotoxin is responsible for the observed effects
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Main subject:
Phospholipases
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Acetylcholine
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Cerebral Cortex
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Crotoxin
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L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
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Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
1992
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Article
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