title: Rat brain fatty acid-binding protein during development.
abstract: Cytosolic fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) have been described in rat and bovine whole brain. In the present study we investigated the distribution of FABP among white matter and gray matter as well as its changes during development. Fatty acid binding activity was similar in white and gray matter up to 40 days of age. In white matter it showed an age dependent increase thereafter, while in gray matter it remained constant throughout. Gel filtration (Sephadex G-75) of white matter cytosol of adult female rats resolved the fatty acid-binding activity in two peaks: A (Vo) and B (12-14 KDa; FABP). The specific binding activity in the FABP fraction was 10.4 pmol/micrograms of protein. The activity in peak A showed an age-dependent increase which paralleled myelin deposition. In contrast, the activity in the FABP fraction (peak B) remained undetectable up to 40 days of age, increasing thereafter. The differential distribution of cellular brain proteins with the capacity to bind fatty acids in gray matter and white matter suggests that this activity could be related to glial cells or to cell related structures such as myelin.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Galarza De Bo
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Atlasovich
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ermacora
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Torea
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pasquini
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Santome
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Soto
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009928:Organ Specificity; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D019308:Palmitic Acid