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Query: EC:3.6.1.3 (
ATPase
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Partially purified (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
(E.C. 3.6.1.3.) was investigated in the epileptic cortex of audiogenic DBA/2 mice and in the primary and secondary foci of cats with acute or chronic freeze lesions. No differences in specific activities measured at 3 mM K+ were observed between epileptic and control cortex, except an increase of enzymic activities in the primary focus of acutely lesioned cats. The (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
catalytic subunits were resolved by SDS-gel electrophoresis and their phosphorylation levels were measured in presence of K+ ions and phenytoin. K+ was more effective in inducing maximal dephosphorylation of (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
in C57/BL, with identical affinity in the two strains. Phenytoin decreased the net phosphorylation level of (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
by about 50% in C57/BL mice, but only by 20% in DBA/2 mice. Both K+ and phenytoin dephosphorylating influences were decreased in primary and secondary foci of acutely lesioned cats. Those changes were limited to the alpha(-) subunit. In chronic cats, the dephosphorylating step of the (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
catalytic subunit recovered a normal affinity to K+, but its sensitivity to phenytoin remained decreased. Those differences in K+ and phenytoin influences on brain (Na+,K+)-ATPases between control and epileptic cortex might be responsible for the ictal transformation and
seizure
spread. In cats, the alteration of the alpha(-) isoform could mainly affect the glial cells.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of brain (Na+,K+)-ATPase alpha catalytic subunits in normal and epileptic cerebral cortex: I. The audiogenic mice and the cat with a freeze lesion. 165 58
We examined the activity and phosphorylation level of (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
(E.C. 3.6.1.3) partially purified from normal and epileptic human cortices. Control patients (n = 11) were operated on for a non-epileptogenic deep brain lesion, while epileptic patients (n = 10) were operated on for temporal or frontal originating partial
seizures
, resistant to medications or secondary to evolutive brain tumors. No differences in the specific activity of microsomal (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
were observed between the two groups of patients. After partial purification of the enzyme followed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
catalytic subunit had a decreased affinity for K+ in human epileptic cortex and lost its sensitivity to phenytoin dephosphorylation. Indirect evidence suggests that those abnormalities of (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
in human epileptic cortex hold preferentially true for the alpha(-) enzymatic subunit. Those results indicate that, in human epileptic cortex, (Na+,K+)-
ATPase
and most probably its glial subtype is altered in its K+ regulation and phenytoin sensitivity and could be responsible for ictal transformation and
seizure
spread.
...
PMID:Phosphorylation of brain (Na+,K+)-ATPase alpha catalytic subunits in normal and epileptic cerebral cortex: II. Partial seizures in human epilepsy. 165 59
Direct and indirect evidence suggests that Na+/K(+)-
ATPase
activity is reduced or insufficient to maintain ionic balances during and immediately after episodes of ischemia, hypoglycemia, epilepsy, and after administration of excitotoxins (glutamate agonists). Recent results show that inhibition of this enzyme results in neuronal death, and thus a hypothesis is proposed that a reduction and/or inhibition of this enzyme contributes to producing the central neuropathy found in the above disorders, and identifies potential mechanisms involved. While the extent of inhibition of Na+/K(+)-
ATPase
during ischemia, hypoglycemia and epilepsy may be insufficient to cause neuronal death by itself, unless the inhibition is severe and prolonged, there are a number of interactions which can lead to a potentiation of the neurotoxic actions of glutamate, a prime candidate for causing part of the damage following trauma. Presynaptically, inhibition of the Na+/K(+)-
ATPase
destroys the sodium gradient which drives the uptake of acidic amino acids and a number of other neurotransmitters. This results in both a block of reuptake and a stimulation of the release not only of glutamate but also of other neurotransmitters which modulate the neurotoxicity of glutamate. An exocytotic release of glutamate can also occur as inhibition of the enzyme causes depolarization of the membrane, but exocytosis is only possible when ATP levels are sufficiently high. Postsynaptically, the depolarization could alleviate the magnesium block of NMDA receptors, a major mechanism for glutamate-induced neurotoxicity, while massive depolarization results in
seizure
activity. With less severe inhibition, the retention of sodium results in osmotic swelling and possible cellular lysis. A build-up of intracellular calcium also occurs via voltage-gated calcium channels following depolarization and as a consequence of a failure of the sodium-calcium exchange system, maintained by the sodium gradient.
...
PMID:Inhibition of sodium-potassium-ATPase: a potentially ubiquitous mechanism contributing to central nervous system neuropathology. 166 97
Intrahippocampal injection of 1 nmol ouabain, a sodium/potassium (Na+,K(+)-)
ATPase
inhibitor, produced a necrotic lesion within 4 days, characterised by a massive invasion by foaming macrophages. A lower dose of ouabain (0.1 nmol) produced a more discrete lesion of all groups of neuronal perikarya in the hippocampus, with only a minimal degree of glial infiltration. The neuronal perikaryal death produced in the subicular, CA1 and CA2 regions was only partially decreased by intraperitoneal injections of the anticonvulsants diazepam and MK-801; these drugs were without effect in the CA3 or hilar interneuronal regions. At neither dose of ouabain was there any indication of neuronal loss in brain regions outside the hippocampus, typically produced by prolonged
seizure
activity. It is suggested that ouabain has a two-fold action, a release of toxic acidic amino acids and a prolonged depolarization of neurons leading to osmolysis or calcium necrosis.
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PMID:The neurotoxicity of ouabain, a sodium-potassium ATPase inhibitor, in the rat hippocampus. 170 75
Milacemide (MLM, CP 1552 S, 2-N-pentylaminoacetamide), a glycinamide derivative, is currently being evaluated clinically for antiepileptic activity. Anticonvulsant properties have been shown in various animal models, but the mechanism of action of MLM is unclear. We studied its activity in audiogenic
seizures
of DBA/2J mice. MLM was effective in inhibiting the convulsions induced by sound with a biphasic dose-effect relation. The ED50 was 109 mg/kg orally against tonic extension. Higher doses were necessary to abolish clonic convulsion and running response. Because impaired cerebral (Na+, K+)-
ATPase
activity is supposed to play a role in epileptogenesis, we tested MLM on in vitro cortical enzymatic activity of DBA/2J mice. Basal (Na+, K+)-
ATPase
activity was unchanged by several concentrations of MLM in normal C57BL/6J and audiogenic DBA/2J mice. K+ activation (from 3 to 18 mM) of (Na+, K+)-
ATPase
is abolished in DBA/2J mice as compared with C57BL/6J mice, suggesting impaired glial (Na+, K+)-
ATPase
. In the presence of MLM (from 30 to 1000 mg/L), cortical (Na+, K+)-
ATPase
of DBA/2J mice is activated by high concentrations of K+, as in C57BL/6J mice. Results suggest that the antiepileptic activity of MLM in audiogenic mice may be secondary to an activation of a deficient glial (Na+, K+)-
ATPase
.
...
PMID:Effect of milacemide on audiogenic seizures and cortical (Na+, K+)-ATPase of DBA/2J mice. 184 59
A variable combination of developmental delay, retinitis pigmentosa, dementia,
seizures
, ataxia, proximal neurogenic muscle weakness, and sensory neuropathy occurred in four members of a family and was maternally transmitted. There was no histochemical evidence of mitochondrial myopathy. Blood and muscle from the patients contained two populations of mitochondrial DNA, one of which had a previously unreported restriction site for AvaI. Sequence analysis showed that this was due to a point mutation at nucleotide 8993, resulting in an amino acid change from a highly conserved leucine to arginine in subunit 6 of mitochondrial H(+)-
ATPase
. There was some correlation between clinical severity and the amount of mutant mitochondrial DNA in the patients; this was present in only small quantities in the blood of healthy elderly relatives in the same maternal line.
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PMID:A new mitochondrial disease associated with mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy. 213 62
The difference in susceptibility to audiogenic
seizures
(AGS) between C57BL/6J and DBA/2J inbred strains of mice is due to multiple genetic factors. AGS susceptibility was tested in 21-day-old mice from classical crosses, BXD recombinant inbred (RI) strains, a congenic DBA/2N.B6N-Ahb inbred strain and crosses between the BXD RI strains and DBA/2J. Analysis of these data reveals that the variation in AGS susceptibility between these two strains results from allelic differences at three or more loci. Most of the variation is due to allelic differences at two loci. The first, Asp-1 (formerly Ias), is a major gene located on chromosome 12, between Ah and D12 Nyul. The second, Asp-2 (formerly asp), is a minor gene located on chromosome 4, tightly linked to b. The negative correlation of brain stem Ca2(+)-
ATPase
activity and AGS susceptibility in the BXD RI strains suggests that the strain difference in Ca2(+)-
ATPase
activity is inherited as a polygenic trait and that Asp-1 and Asp-2 are linked to, or identical to, factors that influence Ca2(+)-
ATPase
activity.
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PMID:Mapping of two genes that influence susceptibility to audiogenic seizures in crosses of C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice. 214 Dec 54
We investigated the influence of milacemide, a glycinamide derivative with putative antiepileptic activity, on the K(+)-activation of Na+,K(+)-
ATPase
in bulk isolated glial cells and synaptosomes of control and epileptogenic cortex of cats with a chronic freeze lesion. In the primary and secondary epileptic foci of non-treated animals, glial Na+,K(+)-
ATPase
lost its physiological K(+)-activation, while the synaptosomal enzyme was unchanged. These data reproduced previous work done on the kinetic measurement of the enzymic activities. In treated animals (500 mg/kg milacemide given orally for 2 weeks after the freeze lesion), the glial enzyme showed a normal K(+)-activation in the epileptic foci. These results confirm the existence of an abnormal glial Na+,K(+)-
ATPase
in cold-induced focal epilepsy and suggest that the antiepileptic activity of milacemide might be secondary to an activation of glial Na+,K(+)-
ATPase
, contributing to antagonize ictal transformation and
seizure
spread.
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PMID:Milacemide stimulates deficient glial Na+, K(+)-ATPase in freezing-induced epileptogenic cortex of cats. 216 31
Intact nerve endings (synaptosomes) have been isolated from spiking and non-spiking temporal cortex and hippocampus samples from 14 patients immediately after temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy. Synaptosomes were also prepared from frozen brain samples of humans with no known neurological diseases. Four
adenosine triphosphatase
(
ATP
)-metabolizing enzymes (ecto-ATPase, ecto-adenylate kinase, Na+,K(+)-
ATPase
and Ca2+,Mg2(+)-
ATPase
) were assayed in the synaptosomal fractions from the most spiking temporal cortex area (including focus) as well as from various regions of the hippocampus, and compared with enzyme activities of the least spiking or non-spiking temporal cortex of the same patient. Enzyme activities of the epileptic brain samples were also compared with values measured in the corresponding regions of normal brains. Ecto-ATPase activities of epileptic temporal cortex were decreased (approximately 30%) in both comparisons. In contrast to these findings, a substantially increased (in some cases 300%) ecto-ATPase activity was observed in the posterior part of epileptic hippocampus. We suggest that the higher than normal ecto-ATPase activity in this particular hippocampal region is related to the presence of granule cells and their efferent (or afferent) synaptic connections. The synaptosomal ecto-adenylate kinase showed alterations opposite to the changes found for the ecto-ATPase. The intrasynaptosomal
ATPase
(Na+,K(+)- and Ca2+,Mg2(+)-) were decreased in the epileptic hippocampus-, but not in the temporal cortex samples, in relation to the corresponding normal enzyme activity values. These complex alterations in synaptosomal
ATP
-metabolizing enzyme activities may be important elements of
seizure
development and maintenance in human temporal lobe epilepsy.
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PMID:Synaptosomal ATPase activities in temporal cortex and hippocampal formation of humans with focal epilepsy. 217 27
The present report evaluates Na,K-
ATPase
activity as well as Na channel levels in the frog telencephalon after kindling, i.e. the acquisition of an epileptic focus through localized low-voltage electrical stimulation of one hemisphere. K-dependent phosphatase activity and binding of tritiated ouabain were measured, revealing no change in Na,K-
ATPase
activity 14 h after the last
seizure
. Na channels were measured by binding assays using a tritiated ethylenediamine tetrodotoxin derivative. Na channels were reduced in kindled brain as compared to controls.
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PMID:Sodium pathway markers in normal and kindled frog brains. 242 26
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