Seizure susceptibility in the developing mouse and its relationship to glutamate decarboxylase and pyridoxal phosphate in brain
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurobiology
- Vol. 6 (2), 159-170
- https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.480060204
Abstract
The relationship between the susceptibility to convulsions, the content of pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate and the activity of pyridoxal kinase (EC 2.7.1.35) and glutamate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.15) in brain, was studied in the developing mouse. Seizures were induced by pyridoxal phosphate‐σ‐glutamyl hydrazone (PLPGH), a drug previously reported to reduce the levels of pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate and as a consequence to inhibit the activity of glutamate decarboxylase in brain of adult mice. It was found that the seizure pattern, as well as the time of appearance of convulsions, differed between 2‐ and 5‐day old mice and 10‐day old or older mice, indicating a progressive increase in seizure susceptibility during development. In brain, pyridoxal kinase activity and pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate levels were decreased by the administration of PLPGH at all ages studied, whereas glutamate decarboxylase activity was inhibited less than 25% in 2‐ and 5‐day old mice, and about 50% thereafter. Parallelly, the activation of glutamate decarboxylase by pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate added in vitro to control homogenates was less in 2‐ and 5‐day old mice than in older animals. It is concluded that the increase in the susceptibility to seizures induced by PLPGH during development is probably related to the increase observed in the sensitivity of glutamate decarboxylase in vivo to a decrease of pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate levels. The correlation between pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate, glutamate decarboxylase, and seizure susceptibility seems to be established at about 10 days of age.Keywords
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