title: [Changes in the brain GABA system after repeated injections of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate and its Schiff base with GABA].
abstract: A state of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) system (glutamate, glutamate decarboxylase, GABA, GABA-alpha-ketoglutarate aminotransferase) and the coupled reactions (alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, aspartate- and alanine aminotransferases) was studied in three brain structures (cerebellum, brain cortex and truncus cerebri) after multiple administration of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PALP) and its Shiff base with GABA (5 injections at doses 10.0 and 15.0 mg/kg of body mass, respectively). Non-coenzymatic effects of PALP were found to prevail within 1 hr after its last administration: inhibition of PALP-dependent aminotransferases and activation of the alpha-keto-glutarate oxidative decarboxylation were observed. The opposite effects were detected after addition of PALP to brain homogenates in vitro. Administration of the PALP-GABA complex exhibited qualitatively similar to those of PALP effects on the reactions studied in brain. The data obtained suggest that parenteral administration of the coenzyme preparation caused a number of metabolic effects, which are sometimes far from unambigously predicted theoretical considerations. The similarity of PALP and PALP-GABA effects appears to demonstrate ready biotransformation of the Shiff base with liberation of PALP and GABA.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Rozanov
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Kopelevich
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Savitskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D005970:Glutamate Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012545:Schiff Bases / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012545:Schiff Bases; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D005970:Glutamate Synthase; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase
vernacular_title: Izmeneniia v sisteme GAMK golovnogo mozga pri mnogokratnom in''etsirovanii piridoksal'-5'-fosfata i ego shiffova osnovaniia s GAMK.