The activities of aldehyde dehydrogenase, GABA-aminotransferase and succinic semialdehyde reductase in the brain of rats with different preferences and tolerances for ethanol

Kanunnikova, N.P.; Satanovskaia, V.I.

Eksperimental'naia i Klinicheskaia Farmakologiia 55(6): 54-56

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0869-2092
PMID: 1305880
Document Number: 403286
The formation and catabolism of aldehydes were compared in the hemispheres and brain stem of rats preferring ethanol (EP) or water (WP) and of those which were high tolerant (HT) and low tolerant to the hypnotic effect of ethanol. It was shown that aldehyde dehydrogenase was more active in the brain stem of HT-EP rats than that of HT-WR or LT-EP animals, whereas GABA aminotransferase is most active in the hemispheres and brain stem of LT-EP rats. The total activity of succinic semialdehyde reductase was equal in all the groups studied; however kinetic analysis suggest that the enzyme has a higher affinity for the substrate and coenzyme in the brain stem of HT-EP rats. Ethanol administered to HT-EP animals suppressed aldehyde dehydrogenase in the brain stem, unchanged GABA aminotransferase and activates succinic semialdehyde reductase in the two brain structures.

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