Journal article
An experimental arthritis in rats: Dorsal horn aspartate and glutamate increases
Neuroscience letters, Vol.145(2), pp.141-144
1992
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90006-S
PMID: 1361220
Abstract
Amino acid release in the dorsal horn of awake rats was examined by microdialysis during the development of arthritis induced by injection of 3% kaolin and 3% carrageenan into the knee joint. The following amino acids were measured by HPLC at baseline and for the first 8 h of arthritis: Asp, Glu, Asn, Gln, Ser, Gly and Tau. An initial increase in all amino acids examined was observed on injection of the knee joint with kaolin and carrageenan. Subsequently, there was a peak increase in Asp (184%), Glu (188%) and Gln (146%) during a prolonged release phase which began at 3.5 h and persisted at least 8 h. While Asn showed no changes from baseline, extracellular fluid concentrations of Ser, Gly and Tau were variable. This data indicates that the induction of arthritis is accompanied by an increased release of excitatory amino acids Asp and Glu which may be important in the generation of acute arthritis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An experimental arthritis in rats: Dorsal horn aspartate and glutamate increases
- Creators
- K.A Sluka - Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0843 USAK.N Westlund - Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0843 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neuroscience letters, Vol.145(2), pp.141-144
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90006-S
- PMID
- 1361220
- ISSN
- 0304-3940
- eISSN
- 1872-7972
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1992
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Nursing; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science; Neuroscience and Pharmacology
- Record Identifier
- 9984040311402771
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