Reduced myelinogenesis and recovery in hyperphenylalaninemic rats. Correlation between brain phenylalanine levels, characteristic brain enzymes for myelination, and brain development

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology
R BurriN Herschkowitz

Abstract

In a previous paper (Burri et al., 1990), we have shown that experimental hyperphenylalaninemia (hyper-Phe) in 3-17 d-old rats leads to reduced myelinogenesis. Such treated rats recover during a 6 w low phenylalanine (Phe) period between days 17 and 59. In order to get more detailed information about the disturbed myelinogenesis and recovery, we measured in hyper-Phe rats the developmental pattern of two brain enzymes typical for myelination, cerebroside sulfotransferase (CST), and 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphohydrolase (CNP), and other developmental parameters. Further, we correlated brain Phe levels with the brain damage in hyper-Phe rats, and we measured brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) as a neuronal marker. Experimental hyper-Phe rats, injected between postnatal days 3 and 17 with alpha-methylphenylalanine and phenylalanine, showed a delayed age-dependent increase of CST activity, compared to that of controls. In hyper-Phe rats, CST peak activity was reached 2-4 d later, and was lower than in controls. The age-dependent decrease of the CST activity, however, started in test and control rats at the same time, at day 21. Between days 24 and 59, hyper-Phe rats had normal CST activity. CNP activity in hyper-Phe rats was l...Continue Reading

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