Seizures were induced in rats by intraperitoneal injection of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ, 70 mg/kg), followed, 30 min later, by injection of [1-13 C]glucose and [1,2-13 C]acetate. Analyses of extracts from cortex, subcortex and cerebellum were performed using 13 C magnetic resonance spectroscopy and HPLC. It could be shown that PTZ affected different brain regions differently. The total amounts of glutamate, glutamine, GABA, aspartate and taurine were decreased in the cerebellum and unchanged in the other brain regions. GABAergic neurones in the cortex and subcortex were not affected, whereas those in the cerebellum showed a pronounced decrease of GABA synthesis. However, glutamatergic neurones in all brain regions showed a decrease in glutamate labelling and in addition a decreased turnover in cerebellum. It could be shown that this decrease was in the metabolic pool of glutamate whereas release of glutamate was unaffected since glutamine labelling from glutamate was unchanged. Aspartate turnover was also decreased in all brain regions. Changes in astrocyte metabolism were not detected, indicating that PTZ had no effect on astrocyte metabolism in the early postictal stage.
In the light of the finding of high variability and possible polymorphism in both the 7- and 3-hydroxylation of coumarin in a human population. we recommend a reappraisal of the risk evaluation of human exposure to coumarin, particularly in pharmaceutical doses.
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