Viability of some metabolic processes in the isolated toad brain adapted to two osmotic environments.

Journal of Neurobiology
R P ShankC F Baxter

Abstract

The viability of the isolated toad brain in an aerated Ringer-like medium has been evaluated by the following criteria: 1) amino acid content before and after incubation; 2) accumulation of amino acids in the incubation medium; 3) a comparison of glucose utilization and [U-14C]glucose metabolism with that occurring in vivo; 4) tissue swelling; and 5) tissue lactate contents. On the basis of these criteria, the isolated toad brain, from toads adapted to a fresh-water or a salt-water environment, retains considerable metabolic integrity for at least 2 hr of incubation at 25 degrees C. Specifically, there was no swelling of the tissue, no apparent accumulation of lactate in the tissue, glucose appeared to be utilized at a rate not too different from that calculated for the toad brain in vivo, and the distribution of label from [U-14C]glucose had an overall pattern which resembled that observed in vivo. The tissue levels of amino acids were generally stable in vitro; however, there was a marked decline in the content of aspartate. The accumulation of amino acids in the medium varied considerably from one amino acid to another. Thus, there was very little net efflux of aspartate, GABA, and glutamate from the tissue but considerable ...Continue Reading

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