Role of drugs in recovery of metabolic function of rat brain following severe hypoglycemia |
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Authors: | Prof Gianni Benzi Roberto F. Villa Maurizia Dossena Lorena Vercesi Antonella Gorini Ornella Pastoris |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Pharmacology Department of Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy;(2) Istituto di Farmacologia Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita' di Pavia, Piazza Botta, 11, 27100 Pavia, Italy |
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Abstract: | Severe hypoglycemia with isoelectric EEG induced extensive deterioration of the energy state and gross alteration of amino acid contents on the rat cerebral and cerebellar cortex. During recovery, tissue glucose concentration returned to normal, while both lactate and pyruvate concentrations increased to above normal. In the recovery period, the ATP concentration increased but the adenine nucleotide pool remained reduced, even if the ADP and AMP contents were close to normal. Phosphocreatine was restored to normal concentration with reciprocal changes in creatine content. During recovery there was a rise in glutamate and glutamine concentrations, gamma-aminobutyrate content returning to normal value. Ammonia and aspartate decreased below normal, while alanine increased above normal. The effect of some pharmacological agents on the posthypoglycemic recovery was tested: (a) Ergot alkaloids (dihydroergocristine, dihydroergocriptine, dihydroergocornine); (b) Vinca minor alkaloids (vincamine TPS, (–) eburnamonine); (c) Rauwolfia serpentina alkaloids (reserpine, raubasine); (d) synthetic agent (piracetam). During the posthypoglycemic recovery, these different agents exhibited different, or even contrasting, interferences on glycolytic metabolites, amino acids and energy-rich phosphates. The metabolic alterations in the cerebellar cortex were qualitatively of the same character of those in neocortex. However, the metabolic alterations were less extensive and more sensitive to drug action. |
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