title: Pharmacological evidence for GABAergic and glutamatergic involvement in the convulsant and behavioral effects of glutaric acid.
abstract: The effect of intrastriatal administration of glutaric acid (GTR), a metabolite that accumulates in glutaric acidemia type I (GA-I), on the behavior of adult male rats was investigated. After cannula placing, rats received unilateral intrastriatal injections of GTR buffered to pH 7.4 with NaOH or NaCl. GTR induced rotational behavior toward the contralateral side of injection and clonic convulsions in a dose-dependent manner. Rotational behavior was prevented by intrastriatal preadministration of DNQX and muscimol, but not by the preadministration of MK-801. Convulsions were prevented by intrastriatal preinjection of muscimol. This study provides evidence for a participation of glutamatergic non-NMDA and GABAergic mechanisms in the GTR-induced behavioral alterations. These findings may be of value in understanding the physiopathology of the neurological dysfunction in glutaric acidemia.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Begnini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Bastiani
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Fialho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jurach
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wajner
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: de Mello
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D003292:Convulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000502:physiology; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018755:GABA Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005971:Glutamates / Q000502:physiology*; D005977:Glutarates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D009118:Muscimol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003292:Convulsants; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018755:GABA Agonists; D005971:Glutamates; D005977:Glutarates; D011810:Quinoxalines; D009118:Muscimol; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; C056723:FG 9041; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; C035736:glutaric acid