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  • Title: Effect of diphenylhydantoin on synaptosome sodium-potassium-ATPase.
    Author: Festoff BW, Appel SH.
    Journal: J Clin Invest; 1968 Dec; 47(12):2752-8. PubMed ID: 4235689.
    Abstract:
    Previous studies have demonstrated that electrically induced seizures in rat result in an increased brain intracellular sodium which can be decreased by treatment with sodium diphenylhydantoin (DPH). The correlation of cation transport with membrane-oriented sodium-potassium-adenosine triphosphatase (Na-K-ATPase) prompted an investigation of the effect of DPH upon ATPase enzyme activity.Rat cerebral cortical synaptosomes isolated in Ficoll gradients were employed as the source for Na-K-ATPase. With 50 mM Na, 10 mM K, 7.5 mM Mg, and 1.8 mM ATP, the specific activity of the preparation was 70 mumoles P(i) released/mg synaptosomal protein per 30 min. The ionic and substrate concentrations yielding one-half maximal velocity were 0.5 mM K, 5 mM Na, and 8.5 x 10(-5) M ATP, respectively. At 50 mM Na and 0.2 mM K, DPH produced an average of 92% stimulation of P(i) release above control. The ratio of Na:K rather than the absolute levels of the ions was critical in determining the effect of DPH. DPH produced significant stimulation of enzyme activity under conditions of a high Na:K ratio (25-50:1). At ratios of 5-10:1, DPH produced little or no effect, and at low Na:K ratios (less than 5:1), DPH was inhibitory. Under all ionic conditions examined, DPH produced no apparent change in enzyme affinity for ATP. Assuming the proposed association of Na-K-ATPase with cation transport in brain, the data suggest the possibility that DPH may control seizures by its stimulation of Na-K-ATPase activity.
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