Ca2+ Mg2+ -ATPase activity of synaptosome fraction and synaptosomal membranes from different areas of rat brain

Int J Biochem. 1983;15(2):163-5. doi: 10.1016/0020-711x(83)90061-7.

Abstract

1. Crude synaptosomal fractions obtained from four areas of rat brain were studied; cerebral cortex, hippocampus, midbrain, thalamus with hypothalamus, using the Cotman & Matthews method (1971) Biochim, biophys. Acta 249, 350-394. 2. The purity of synaptosomal fractions was controlled by electron microscopy, and by determination of some marker enzymes such as: LDH, MAO, AChE and cytochrome-c oxidase. 3. Synaptosomes were disrupted by hypoosmotical shock. 4. Crude synaptosomal membrane preparations indicated on increased Ca2+ Mg2+ -ATPase activity in comparison to the activity of this enzyme in synaptosomal fractions. 5. The incubation of crude synaptosomal membranes with cAMP and theophylline caused the subsequent increase of Ca2+ Mg2+ -ATPase activity, but mainly, in hippocampal region.

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Brain / enzymology*
  • Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases / metabolism*
  • Cyclic AMP / pharmacology
  • Intracellular Membranes / enzymology
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / metabolism
  • Male
  • Monoamine Oxidase / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Synaptosomes / enzymology*
  • Theophylline / pharmacology

Substances

  • Theophylline
  • Cyclic AMP
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
  • Monoamine Oxidase
  • Acetylcholinesterase
  • Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases