Stimulation of neutral, magnesium-stimulated sphingomyelinase activity in the neurohypophysis of the rat by hypertonic saline ingestion

N. C. Guy, J. T.R. Clarke, M. W. Spence, H. W. Cook

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Neutral, magnesium-stimulated Sphingomyelinase and acid Sphingomyelinase activities in the neurohypophysis, adenohypophysis and cerebrum of rats given 2.25% NaCI drinking water for 7 or 14 days were compared with the same enzyme activities in the tissues of control animals allowed free access to distilled drinking water. Neutral Sphingomyelinase activity in the neurohypophysis was significantly increased in both experimental groups (7-day, 85.2±8.4 units/mg protein; 14-day, 110.1±14.8units/mg; control, 61.4±5.5 units/mg). Acid Sphingomyelinase activity was significantly but only transiently increased in the tissue (7-day, 73.2±3.4 units/mg; 14-day, 66.3±7.5units/mg; control, 54.3±2.8 units). Enzyme activities in adenohypophysis and cerebrum of the experimental animals were not significantly different from those of controls. The results suggest a specific role for neutral, Mg2+-stimulated sphinomyelinase in neurosecretion.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)603-606
Número de páginas4
PublicaciónBrain Research Bulletin
Volumen10
N.º5
DOI
EstadoPublished - may. 1983

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Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a grant from the Medical Research Council of Canada (PG-16). N.C.G. was supported by a Studentshifpr om the Natural Sciencesa nd EngineeringR esearch Council of Canada; M.W.S. is a Career Investigator of the Medical Research Council of Canada.

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  • General Neuroscience

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