title: Long-lasting change in the membrane-associated protein kinase C activity in the hippocampal kindled rat.
abstract: The effect of hippocampal kindling on protein kinase C (PKC) activity and protein concentration was investigated in rat amygdala/pyriform cortex (AM/PC) and right (contralateral) and left (ipsilateral) hippocampus (HIPP). There was no difference in cytosolic PKC activity between control and kindled groups in any part of the brain. The membrane-associated PKC activity was altered as follows. One week after the last seizure, it was significantly increased in both right (by 26%, P less than 0.05) and left HIPP (by 30%, P less than 0.02). Four weeks after the last seizure, it was significantly increased in the AM/PC (by 14%, P less than 0.02), right HIPP (by 37%, P less than 0.01) and left HIPP (by 24%, P less than 0.05). The protein concentrations in the crude cytosolic extracts prior to elution of PKC through DE-52 columns were significantly increased in the AM/PC (by 11%, P less than 0.05) and right HIPP (by 18%, P less than 0.02) 4 weeks after the last seizure. In the membrane extracts, there was a significant increase by 23% (P less than 0.02) in the left HIPP 1 week after the last seizure. In the fraction co-eluted with PKC, a significant increase in protein concentration of the cytosolic preparation was confirmed in the AM/PC (by 12%, P less than 0.05) as well as in the left HIPP (by 15%, P less than 0.05) 4 and 1 weeks respectively after the last seizure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daigen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otsuki
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000201:enzymology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D007696:Kindling, Neurologic; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D012640:Seizures / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011493:Protein Kinase C