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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 28, Issue 7, Pages 621-624Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.07.227
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Dihydropteridine reductase; Intrauterine growth restriction; Serotonin; L-Tryptophan; Tryptophan-5-hydroxylase
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- Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) [IMSS - 2006/1A/I/048]
- Conacyt Mexico
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The aim of this study was to determine whether intrauterine growth restriction produces an increase of dihydropteridine reductase activity as a compensatory mechanism that maintains the necessary concentration of cofactor, tetrahydrobiopterin, during accelerated brain serotonin biosynthesis. Intrauterine growth-restricted offspring and controls were used. On days 1, 10, 15 and 21 of life, the brainstem was dissected and L-tryptophan, serotonin, tryptophan-5-hydroxylase and dihydropteridine reductase activities were determined. Intrauterine growth-restricted pups showed a significant increase of L-tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptamine, tryptophan-5-hydroxylase and also dihydropteridine activity in the brainstem in comparison to normal pups. These results confirm that intrauterine growth restriction produces an increase of serotonin biosynthesis in the brainstem. This is accompanied by an increase in dihydropteridine activity that appears to be a compensatory mechanism to maintain sufficient tetrahydrobiopterin for the donation of electrons during the accelerated synthesis of brain serotonin in intrauterine growth-restricted rats. (C) 2010 ISDN. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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