title: Effect of endothelin-1 induced ischemia on peroxidative damage and membrane properties in rat striatum synaptosomes.
abstract: Synaptosomes obtained from rat striata lesioned by central injection of endothelin-1 (ET-1) were analyzed for the levels of lipid peroxidation products, the susceptibility to lipid peroxidation, the phospholipid and free fatty acid composition and the activity of Na+,K(+)-ATPase one hour after ET-1 treatment. The intrastriatal injection of ET-1 promoted an increase of endogenous thiobarbituric reactive substances (TBARS), as index of free radical mediated lipid damage, and a greater susceptibility to iron/ascorbate-induced lipid peroxidation. The pattern of free fatty acids showed a significant decrease of arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid consequent to ET-1 treatment. The analysis of lipid composition showed a significant loss of phospholipids: among phospholipid species, sphingomyelin and phosphatidylethanolamine plasmalogen were particularly reduced by ET-1 treatment. The activity of membrane-bound Na+,K(+)-ATPase was also significantly reduced in synaptosomes obtained from ET-1 lesioned striata. Taken together these results indicate a significant modification of synaptosomal membrane of ET-1 treated rat striata, possibly due to a free radical mediated damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viani
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cervato
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Agnati
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cestaro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase