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  • Title: [Seasonal changes in the gamma-aminobutyric acid system of the mouse brain].
    Author: Rozanov VA.
    Journal: Ukr Biokhim Zh (1978); 1982; 54(1):36-40. PubMed ID: 6120593.
    Abstract:
    Dynamics of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content, the level of glutamate and total content of dicarboxylic amino acids and their amides as well as glutamate decarboxylase and GABA-alpha-ketoglutarate aminotransferase activities in the brain of F1CBAXC57BL/6 hybrid mice were determined during a year. The content of GABA and adicarboxylic acids in the brain in autumn-winter is higher than in summer. An analogous regularity is observed in the activity of basic enzymes of the GABA metabolism. Against a background of the common regularity (higher values of these indices in winter and autumn and comparatively low in summer) a particularly pronounced significant increase (as compared with the minimum level) is found in March for the activity of GABA-shunt enzymes, the content of GABA and dicarboxylic amino acids. The data obtained testify to the fact that in autumn-winter the brain tissue is characterized by a comparatively high content of dicarboxylic amino acids, their amides and GABA as well as by a more intensive functioning of the GABA-shunt, which is confirmed by the activation of the enzymes of GABA production and utilization in the corresponding seasons.
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