title: Trimethyltin-induced alterations in brain amino acids, amines and amine metabolites: relationship to hyperammonemia.
abstract: An investigation of several neurochemical consequences of exposure of the rat to 3/4 of the estimated single injection LD50 quantity of trimethyltin chloride (TMT) indicated that a significant elevation in the levels of glutamine (Gln) and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid (5-HIAA) occurred at post-dosing day 7 in each examined region of the brain; elevated Gln persisted in the hippocampus through day 14 and returned to control levels at day 28. At post-dosing day 7, levels of glutamate were decreased in the hippocampus, while levels of GABA were decreased in hippocampus and frontal cortex, but not in corpus striatum; hippocampal glutamate and GABA returned to control levels by post-dosing day 14. Decreased levels of taurine (Tau) occurred on day 7 in both hippocampus and frontal cortex; hippocampal Tau remained below control levels through post-dosing day 28. Levels of other amino acids and of amines and amine metabolites were not altered by TMT in the 7 to 28 day post-dosing interval. At day 7, TMT treatment did not alter brain regional activities of glutamine synthetase; however, plasma ammonia was elevated 100% above the control value. Alterations in several serum enzymes (esp., alkaline phosphatase and aspartate aminotransferase) revealed several other peripheral consequences of TMT exposure which persist through post-dosing day 28. The more prominent and wide-spread neurochemical alterations resulting from TMT exposure appear to reflect consequences of hyperammonemia resulting from a peripheral effect of the organotin compound.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase / Q000378:metabolism; D005973:Glutamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D014298:Trimethyltin Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002395:Catecholamines; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds; D014298:Trimethyltin Compounds; D005973:Glutamine; C046488:trimethyltin; D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D000641:Ammonia; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase