title: Activation of phosphatidylserine synthesis: a possible mechanism of regulation of the base-exchange enzymic system.
abstract: The possible relationship between phosphatidyl serine synthesis by base-exchange and nervous activity has been investigated in the rat caudate nucleus. The rate of incorporation of L-serine into the phosphatidyl serine of slices from caudate nucleus is not affected by dopamine nor is it affected by the addition to dopamine of a cyclic phosphodiesterase inhibitor which would increase the endogenous cyclic-AMP levels. However, imidazole, a phosphodiesterase activator, clearly stimulates by more than 100% the phosphatidyl serine synthesis in the slices. The activation is not due to interaction at the catalytic site(s) of the base-exchange system, since it is neither observed in homogenates of caudate nucleus nor in cerebral microsomes at various pH values.
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D012694:Serine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D004298:Dopamine