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  • Title: Probenecid sensitive pathway of elimination of dopamine and serotonin metabolites in CSF of the rat.
    Author: Elghozi JL, Mignot E, Le Quan-Bui KH.
    Journal: J Neural Transm; 1983; 57(1-2):85-94. PubMed ID: 6194256.
    Abstract:
    CSF was removed at a constant flow rate of 1 microliter/min from the third ventricle of anesthetized rats. Five microliter CSF samples were directly injected every 15 min into a liquid chromatographic system coupled with an amperometric detector. Mean CSF values for free dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA) were 1.4, 0.9, and 2.6 X 10(-6)M respectively. High doses of probenecid resulted in a linear increase of acidic metabolite concentrations which gave an index of the fractional turnover rates related to the resorption by the weak organic acid carrier. Accumulation rates were 0.24, 0.87, and 1.58 mumol/l/h for DOPAC, HVA and 5-HIAA respectively. This route of elimination was predominant for 5-HIAA while it represented only a small part of total turnover for DOPAC. A high elimination rate constant for HVA validates the use of control levels of this metabolite as an indication of fractional HVA turnover dependent upon probenecid-sensitive carrier.
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