title: The effects of imidazole-4-acetic acid upon the energy metabolism of normoxic and hypoxic rat brain.
abstract: The metabolic effects of intravenous administration of 200 mg/kg imidazole-4-acetic acid (IMA) on normoxic, hypoxemic and hypoxemic-oligemic rat brain were assessed by measurement of the cerebral contents of energy phosphates and selected glycolytic-citric acid cycle intermediates. In normoxic brain IMA was associated with unaltered adenylates, increased glucose and aspartate, and decreased pyruvate, lactate, citrate, alpha-ketoglutarate and malate; a pattern which is compatible with cerebral metabolic depression. In hypoxemic brain IMA was associated with a lower accumulation of lactate and a higher level of tissue glucose; again conforming to patterns documented for classical cerebral depressants. In hypoxemic-oligemic brain IMA was associated with a gross deterioration of the tissue ATP content and with a massive lactacidosis which indicated a detrimental action in this hypoxic state.
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007093:Imidazoles; D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C005954:imidazoleacetic acid; D010100:Oxygen