ISSN:
1471-4159
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract— Glial cells isolated from rabbit cerebral cortex contained approximately one-third more phospholipids per unit protein than the neuronal cell bodies. The pattern of individual phospholipids was rather similar in both cell types. The incorporation of intracisternally administered 32P into neuronal and glial phospholipid classes of rabbit brain was studied at intervals ranging from 5 to 60min. In general, for all investigated phospholipids the incorporation of the label was somewhat faster in neurons than in glial cells. Phosphatidylinositol showed the fastest and ethanolamine plasmalogen the slowest incorporation of 32P in both neurons and glial cells. A lag phase of about 10 min could be observed before labelling of the glial phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, ethanolamine plasmalogen, phosphatidylserine and sphingomyelin had occurred. Among the neuronal phospholipids a lag phase was found only for the labelling of the ethanolamine plasmalogen. Norepinephrine increased the incoropration of 32P into phosphatidylinositol of both glia and neurons but had no effect on the specific radioactivity of ethanolamine plasmalogen and sphingomyelin. Labelling of phosphatidylcholine was slightly inhibited in both cell types by the administration of norepinephrine.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1974.tb10758.x
