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PubMed1985

Response of the cockroach brain gamma-aminobutyric acid system to isonicotinic acid hydrazide and mercaptopropionic acid.

The presence of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as well as glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and GABA-transaminase (GABA-T) enzymes was demonstrated in the cockroach (Periplaneta americana) brain. Isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) in vivo (2.19 mumol/g) inhibited brain GAD activity, the inhibition lasted for about 2 hours and the normal activity levels reappeared at 4 h after INH administration. Brain GABA levels increased initially but then declined and were restored to normal levels at 4 h after INH administration. GABA-T activity was strongly inhibited by INH and a total 100% inhibition was observed at 2-3 h following INH treatment. The GABA-T activity, however, began to recover after 3 h but only 37% of the total enzyme activity was released from inhibition. Mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) in vivo (32 micrograms/g) inhibited brain GAD activity and depleted GABA level also. Results indicate that INH response of the cockroach brain GABA system is similar to that reported for the chick brain but differs from that of the mammalian brain.

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