title: Effects of iminodipropionitrile on cerebral amino acid levels.
abstract: Iminodipropionitrile (IDPN), a compound that causes dyskinetic symptoms in animals and has possible use as a model for human dyskinesia, was tested in mice and rats for its effect on cerebral amino acids. In mice, 2 h after IDPN administration, the level of total brain alanine was reduced; after 5 h the levels of aspartic acid and glutamic acid were also reduced, and the level of glutamine was increased. In rats, after chronic administration of IDPN, the level of glutamic acid in the total brain tissue was reduced. After acute administration of IDPN using microdialysis, extracellular GABA and extracellular glutamine levels in the striatum were elevated. This study shows that IDPN causes alterations in total and extracellular levels of neurotransmitter amino acids in the brain, which could have a role in IDPN-induced dyskinesia.
authors.affiliation: The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Center for Neurochemistry, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lajtha
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Vizi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D017551:Microdialysis; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D009570:Nitriles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D009498:Neurotoxins; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D009570:Nitriles; C008110:3,3'-iminodipropionitrile