title: Increased brain uptake and CSF clearance of 14C-glutamate in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: Blood-to-brain and blood-to-CSF transport kinetics of 14C-glutamate in the spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were studied using the in situ brain perfusion technique. Also, clearance of 14C-glutamate from CSF of SHR was studied using the ventriculo-cisternal (VC) perfusion technique. Blood-to-brain and blood-to-CSF transport kinetics showed greater rate of maximal transport into both brain and CSF of SHR compared to normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats (p>0.05). Uptake into CSF of WKY and uptakes into brains of WKY and SHR did not show any significant diffusion (K(d)) of 14C-glutamate (p<0.05). However, some diffusion of 14C-glutamate only into CSF of SHR was observed, 0.031+0.006 microl min(-1) g(-1). Clearance of 14C-glutamate from CSF was greater in the SHR (28.33+/-6.9 microl min(-1)) compared to that in WKY rats (19.42+/-4.7 microl min(-1)). However, 14C-glutamate uptake by brain from CSF side was not significantly different between SHR and WKY rats (p>0.05). These results suggest that the greater blood-to-brain and blood-to-CSF entry of 14C-glutamate during hypertension may be balanced by greater removal of 14C-glutamate from CSF back to blood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, Safat-13110, Kuwait. hameed@hsc.kuniv.edu.kw
authors.forename: Hameed
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Sarraf
authors.forename: Laila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Philip
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002247:Carbon Isotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D018698:Glutamic Acid