Amphetamine psychosis: urinary excretion of catecholamines and concentrations of homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in the cerebrospinal fluid.
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The effect of valproic acid (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg i.p.) on extracellular 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) has been studied using intracerebral microdialysis of the ventral hippocampus. Valproate caused a dose-dependent increase in dialysate 5-HT, but in contrast no effect on 5-HIAA level was observed. These findings are considered with regard to a possible role of 5-HT in mediating the anticonvulsant action of valproate.
The simultaneous measurement of homovanillic acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, serotonin and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in human plasma by an ultrafiltration and microbore high-performance liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection technique is established. Conventional preparation of blood is very tedious and time-consuming, but isocratic separation of the analytes in plasma ultrafiltrates using a microbore column could be achieved within 10 min. Hence, theoretically, over 140 analyses can be performed in a working day. The detection limit (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) of this method is about 0.1-0.5 pg per injection for all analytes. The required volume of plasma samples can be less than 100 microliters. Hence, blood loss is minimal, especially in repeated blood sampling. This rapid, simple and sensitive method can, therefore, be used as a routine clinical tool in the simultaneous measurement of plasma homovanillic acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, serotonin and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid.
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid applied intracisternally in cats does not appear in spinal fluid. Changes of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentration in the spinal cord are clearly reflected in the perfusate of the spinal subarachnoid space. Thus, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in the spinal fluid originates from the spinal cord and reflects metabolic changes of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the spinal tissue, but not those in the brain.
A method for simultaneous quantification of plasma homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid has been developed, permitting more efficient neurochemical examinations of these often interrelated biogenic amine systems. Zinc sulphate and sodium hydroxide solutions were used for precipitating the protein in plasma prior to injection on the column. This technique allows for cleaner chromatography, greater sensitivity and high precision. The method uses high performance liquid chromatographic separations of these compounds on C18 reversed phase columns with electrochemical detection. The detailed results from controls and untreated parasuicide patients are given.
Separation conditions in CE, with a neutral coated capillary and reversed polarity, have been optimised to make direct measurement of vanillylmandelic acid, homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid possible in urine samples without pre-treatment. The method developed has been validated, presenting adequate parameters for linearity, accuracy and precision. Detection limits range from 0.03 to 2.5 microM. Finally the method has been applied to urine samples taken from patients, both adults and children, in hospital. Some of them were also measured by immunoassay and HPLC-electrochemical detection and results have been compared.
The excretion of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, after work load, was studied. The physical effort evoked an increase in the excretion of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid. Under the control conditions no changes in the excretion of the investigated metabolite were found.
To reveal the role of serotonergic neurons in the regulation of feeding, the levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), a metabolite of serotonin, in the striatum and the hypothalamus were continuously monitored by an in vivo microdialysis technique. Intake of 20% casein diet did not induce significant changes in the 5-HIAA level in these regions. When rats were fed on 5% casein diet (83.5% carbohydrate diet) for 2 h, the level of 5-HIAA in the striatum gradually increased and reached a maximum (226 +/- 44% of basal level, M +/- SEM, n = 7) at 4 h after stopping the diet. In the medial hypothalamus, its level also increased to 183 +/- 19% (n = 10) at 2 h after starting the diet. On the other hand, a 60% casein diet increased the level of 5-HIAA in the lateral hypothalamus to 138 +/- 19% (n = 10) at 2 h after starting the diet. The intravenous infusion of each of these nutrients, glucose, amino acid mixture or lipid, produced more rapid elevation of the 5-HIAA level than oral intake of the diets. When rats were infused with glucose, its level in the striatum continued to be elevated. In the medial hypothalamus, glucose infusion increased 5-HIAA to the maximum (189 +/- 38%, n = 7) at 4 h after starting infusion. In contrast, serotonergic neurons in the lateral hypothalamus seemed to respond only to infusion of the amino acid mixture, and the level of 5-HIAA reached 163 +/- 14% (n = 5) of the basal level at 1 h after starting the infusion. These results suggest that rapid elevation of glucose or amino acids may independently stimulate serotonin metabolism in these brain areas, participating in the feedback regulation of nutrient intake.
1 Choroid plexus obtained from the lateral ventricles of the rat actively accumulated homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA). 2 Morphine 5 X 10(-6) M to 5 X 10(-4)M potentiated 5-HIAA accumulation but did not affect HVA accumulation. Levorphanol and dextorphan had little effect. 3 Naloxone at high concentrations inhibited both HVA and 5-HIAA accumulation. 4 Glutamic acid, glycine, and arginine also decreased 5-HIAA accumulation, but lysine, tryptophan, and aspartic acid had no effect. 5 Probenecid, naloxone, arginine, glycine, and tryptophan blocked the increase of 5-HIAA accumulation induced by morphine. 6 Acute or chronic morphine treatment did not increase the accumulation of 5-HIAA. 7 These results suggest that the increase of 5-HIAA or HVA in brain by morphine is not due to the inhibition of the elimination of these metabolites from the choroid plexus.
A TLC method for the simultaneous analysis of vanillylmandelic, homovanillic and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acids in urine is described. The sample is cleaned up through a cyano minicolumn and extracted with diethyl ether. The acids are resolved by high-performance TLC, visualized by Folin Ciocalteau reagent and quantificated by densitometry at 600 nm with beta-(4-hydroxy-3-phenyl) acetic acid as the internal standard.
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1. KA-672.HCl (7-methoxy-6-[3-[4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl]propoxy]-3,4-di methyl-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one hydrochloride), designed as a cognitive enhancer, has been investigated through behavioural and binding studies. However, little is known about its biochemical effects on the dopaminergic and serotoninergic system in vivo. 2. In the present study the authors investigated the effects of KA-672.HCl (0.1 mg/kg and 1 mg/kg), 8-hydroxy-2-(di-N-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) (1 mg/kg), haloperidol (0.1 mg/kg) and a mixture of haloperidol and 8-OH-DPAT on dopamine (DA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), serotonin (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels, in striatum and cerebral cortex of rats. 3. Male Wistar rats received an intraperitoneal injection of the drugs or vehicle 1 hour before striatal and cortical brain tissues were dissected out for neurochemical analysis. 4. KA-672.HCl, 8-OH-DPAT and haloperidol significantly reduced striatal DA levels, whereas only KA-672.HCl significantly reduced cortical DA levels. 8-OH-DPAT and haloperidol induced a significant increase in cortical DOPAC levels but only haloperidol significantly elevated the striatal DOPAC content. In contrast, only the higher dose of KA-672.HCl elevated striatal DOPAC levels. Furthermore, KA-672.HCl significantly reduced striatal 5-HT levels and slightly elevated striatal 5-HIAA concentrations. 8-OH-DPAT significantly decreased striatal 5-HIAA levels. All substances were able to enhance the cortical and striatal DA turnover. 5. The cortical and striatal 5-HT turnover was significantly decreased following 8-OH-DPAT treatment and significantly increased in the striatum after haloperidol and KA-672.HCl treatment. 6. The data suggest that KA-672.HCl possesses D2 antagonistic as well as 5-HT1A agonistic properties. However, additional mechanisms of actions by interaction with other neurotransmitter systems such as acetylcholine, excitatory or inhibitory amino acids need to be determined.
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These studies have been conducted on 40 dogs, twenty each of a genetically nervous strain and of a normal strain of short-haired pointers. The nervous strain after about age 3 months displays extreme hypervigilance, timidity, human avoidance, and often shows catatonic-like muscle rigidity when in the presence of humans or novel stimuli. Measurements of probenecid-induced accumulation of acid metabolites in cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been carried out. Among the compounds measured at from 1.5 hr to 6.0 hr after probenecid treatment, homovanillic acid (HVA) was similar for the two strains, 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) was lower, but cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) were higher for the nervous strain when compared with age- and sex-matched behaviorally normal dogs. Probenecid levels in CSF were similar at all points in time from 1.5 to 6.0 hr after its intravenous administration in a dose of 50 mg/kg body weight. These findings coupled with previously observed differences in the two strains suggest that hyperresponsiveness of the central nervous system (CNS) noradrenergic and cholinergic systems and a hyporesponsiveness of the serotoninergic system are related to the genetically expressed aberrant behavior.
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