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  • Title: Effects of neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia on the in vitro phosphorylation of synapsin 1 in rat synaptosomes.
    Author: Moretto MB, de Mattos-Dutra A, Arteni N, Meirelles R, de Freitas MS, Netto CA, Pessoa-Pureur R.
    Journal: Neurochem Res; 1999 Oct; 24(10):1263-9. PubMed ID: 10492521.
    Abstract:
    Synapsins are phosphoproteins related to the anchorage of synaptic vesicles to the actin skeleton. Hypoxia-ischemia causes an increased calcium influx into neurons through ionic channels gated by activation of glutamate receptors. In this work seven-day-old Wistar rats were submitted to hypoxia-ischemia and sacrificed after 21 hours, 7, 30, or 90 days. Synaptosomal fractions were obtained by Percoll gradients and incubated with 32P (10 microCi/g). Proteins were analysed by SDS-PAGE and radioactivity incorporated into synapsin 1 was counted by liquid scintillation. Twenty-one hours after hypoxia-ischemia we observed a reduction on the in vitro phosphorylation of synapsin 1, mainly due to hypoxia, rather than to ischemia; this effect was reversed at day 7 after the insult. There was another decrease in phosphorylation 30 days after the event interpreted as a late effect of hypoxia-ischemia. No changes were observed at day 90. Our results suggest that decreased phosphorylation of synapsin 1 could be related to neuronal death that follows hypoxia-ischemia.
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