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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
The concentration of free amino acids was measured in 41 surgically removed samples of human epileptogenic brain and in 7 specimens of non-epileptic brain tissue, removed during surgery for meningiomas, etc. The material was subdivided according to the neuropathological diagnosis: mild cortical dysplasia (MCD), gliosis astrocytoma infiltration and a histologically heterogeneous group. The non-tumoral epileptogenic samples had five times higher than normal concentration of ethanolamine and 50% elevated concentration of glycine. The concentration of other neurotransmitter amino acids did not differ markedly between epileptogenic and non-epileptic samples. The concentration of neurotransmitter amino acids showed a strong correlation with the enzyme neuron specific enolase (NSE) and were low in most samples with astrocytoma infiltration. On the other hand, tyrosine and leucine had higher concentrations in samples with lower NSE concentration. Factor analysis of the amino acids revealed four groups of covarying compounds in the brain samples, first, a neurotransmitter group, including aspartate, glutamate, GABA and phosphoethanolamine. Another group contained ethanolamine, glutamine, glycine and taurine. Factor analysis on corresponding extracellular amino acids showed two groups, the first being a "neurotransmitter" group, containing serine, taurine phosphoethanolamine and ethanolamine in addition to aspartate and glutamate. The other group consisted of asparagine, glycine, alanine, tyrosine, valine, phenylalanine, isoleucine and leucine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0364-3190
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
519-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Astrocytoma, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Epilepsy, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Ethanolamine, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Ethanolamines, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Gliosis, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Glycine, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Neurotransmitter Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-Phosphopyruvate Hydratase, pubmed-meshheading:8097297-S100 Proteins
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Co-variation of free amino acids in human epileptogenic cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't