Creatine and antioxidant treatment prevent the inhibition of creatine kinase activity and the morphological alterations of C6 glioma cells induced by the branched-chain alpha-keto acids accumulating in maple syrup urine disease.

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Cláudia FunchalMoacir Wajner

Abstract

Accumulation of the branched-chain alpha-keto acids (BCKA), alpha-ketoisocaproic acid (KIC), alpha-keto-beta-methylvaleric acid (KMV), and alpha-ketoisovaleric acid (KIV) and their respective branched-chain alpha-amino acids (BCAA) in tissues and biological fluids is the biochemical hallmark of patients affected by the neurometabolic disorder known as maple syrup urine disease (MSUD). Considering that brain energy metabolism is possibly altered in MSUD, the objective of this study was to determine creatine kinase (CK) activity, a key enzyme of energy homeostasis, in C6 glioma cells exposed to BCKA. The cells were incubated with 1, 5, or 10 mM BCKA for 3 h and the CK activity measured afterwards. The results indicated that the BCKA significantly inhibited CK activity at all tested concentrations. Furthermore, the inhibition caused by the BCKA on CK activity was totally prevented by preincubation with the energetic substrate creatine and by coincubation with the N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, indicating that deficit of energy and nitric oxide (NO) are involved in these effects. In contrast, other antioxidants such as glutathione (GSH) and trolox (soluble Vitamin E) were not able to pr...Continue Reading

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