J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 1989 Oct;9(5):607-16. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.1989.87.

Dynamics of extracellular metabolites in the striatum after middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat monitored by intracerebral microdialysis.

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

L Hillered, A Hallström, S Segersvärd, L Persson, U Ungerstedt

PMID: 2777932 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1989.87

Abstract

The aim of this study was to measure changes in the extracellular fluid (ECF) concentration of lactate, pyruvate, purines, amino acids, dopamine, and dopamine metabolites in the striatum of rats subjected to focal cerebral ischemia, using intracerebral microdialysis as the sampling technique. Microdialysis probes were inserted into the lateral part of the caudate-putamen bilaterally 2 h before the experiment. Ischemia was induced by permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) on the left side. Microdialysis samples were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. Following MCAO, the concentration of lactate, adenosine, inosine, and hypoxanthine rose markedly in the ECF on the occluded side, while there was no significant change in pyruvate. These changes were accompanied by dramatically elevated levels of aspartate, glutamate, taurine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and dopamine. There was also a marked increase in alanine/tyrosine, while minor or no changes occurred with other amino acids. Concomitantly, the ECF level of the dopamine metabolites 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate and homovanillic acid decreased. There was no significant increase in any of the metabolites measured on the right, nonoccluded side. In relation to the concept of excitotoxicity in brain ischemia, it is concluded that during the acute stage of focal cerebral ischemia, the ECF is flooded with both potentially harmful (e.g., aspartate, glutamate, and DA) and protective (e.g., taurine, GABA, and adenosine) agents. The relative importance of these events for the development of cell death in the ischemic penumbra needs to be elucidated. In addition, lactate, inosine, and hypoxanthine, measured in the ECF by intracerebral microdialysis, may prove to have diagnostic and/or prognostic value in neurometabolic monitoring of the ischemic brain.

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• Amino Acids
• Dopamine

MeSH terms

• Amino Acids / metabolism
• Animals
• Brain / metabolism
• Brain Ischemia / metabolism
• Corpus Striatum / metabolism
• Dialysis / methods
• Dopamine / metabolism
• Energy Metabolism
• Extracellular Space / metabolism
• Male
• Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
• Rats

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• Journal Article
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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