title: Chronic stress effects on adenine nucleotide hydrolysis in the blood serum and brain structures of rats.
abstract: We have previously observed that adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) hydrolysis was decreased 25% in spinal cord synaptosomes of chronically stressed male rats, while no changes were observed in ATPase activity. In the present study, we investigated the effect of chronic stress on the hydrolysis of adenine nucleotides in two cerebral structures (frontal cortex and hypothalamus) and in the blood serum of male rats. Adult male Wistar rats were submitted to 1-h restraint stress/day for 45 days (chronic) and were sacrificed 24 h after the last session of stress. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) or ADP hydrolysis was assayed in the synaptosomal fraction obtained from the frontal cortex and hypothalamus of control and chronically stressed animals. No effects on ADP or ATP hydrolysis were observed in any of the cerebral structures analyzed after chronic stress. On the other hand, reduced ADP hydrolysis was observed in the blood serum of chronic stressed rats. It is possible that the effects observed in the blood serum may represent an adaptation to chronic stress and may reflect different functions of nucleotides and/or enzymes in these tissues. It is possible that altered levels of ADPase activity in the serum may be a biochemical marker for chronic stress situations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioqui;mica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, UFRGS, Ramiro Barcelos, 2600 Anexo, Lab. 32, 90035-003, RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
authors.forename: Iraci Luena S
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Andreia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buffon
authors.forename: Giovana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.forename: Cristina Ribas
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Fürstenau
authors.forename: Ana Elisa
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Böhmer
authors.forename: Ana Mario O
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Battastini
authors.forename: João J F
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sarkis
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dalmaz
authors.forename: Maria Beatriz C
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000378:metabolism*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D011506:Proteins; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate