Seizure susceptibility in mice: Differences in brain ATP productionin vitro
Seizure susceptibility in mice: Differences in brain ATP productionin vitro
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小鼠癫痫发作易感性:体外脑 ATP 产生的差异
作者:
J. MacInnes;W. Boggan;K. Schlesinger
Conversion of ADP to ATP in crude and purified brain and liver mitochondrial preparations from dilute and non-dilute strains of mice was studied. ATP production was found to be appreciably greater in brain mitochondria from 14-, 21-, and 35-day old dilute mice; maximum differences were observed at 21 days. No significant differences in conversion of ADP to ATP in liver mitochondrial preparations were found. The differences in brain mitochondria from these mice seemed not to be due to decreased ATPase activity in dilute mice. Dilute 21-day old DBA/2J mice were found to have approximately 25% more ATP in whole brain homogenates than 21-day old non-dilute C57BL/6J mice. These findings suggest a correlation between oxidative phosphorylation and seizure susceptibility in mice of dilute genotypes. Since similar differences in ATP production were found between the DBA/2J and C57BL/6J strains, and between dilute lethal (d1/d1) and littermate non-lethal controls (D/d1), thed locus would seem to be implicated.