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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 109, Issue -, Pages 109-116Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05803.x
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C-13 NMR spectroscopy; functional metabolomics; inhibitory activity; principal components analysis; gamma-aminobutyric acid
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Here, we describe use of a reductionist brain model, the brain tissue slice, to generate snapshots of functional metabolism in response to a pharmacological (GABAergic) perturbation. Tissue slices prepared from Guinea pig cerebral cortex were incubated for 1 h in the presence of [3-C-13]-pyruvate and ligands with affinity for GABA receptors. The resultant patterns of C-13 flux and metabolite levels were measured by C-13/H-1 NMR spectroscopy, generating 'metabolic fingerprints' for each ligand. Effects of agonists and effectors at GABA receptors (A, B, and C types) were examined, compared to those of exogenous GABA and evaluated using multivariate statistical models. Data clusterings did not directly correlate with GABA receptor types but produced at least five distinct groups ranked according to their affinity for GABA. As our experimental model retains, to a large extent, the structure and function of normal brain tissue, the generated database can be used to assess GABAergic ligands and make unique inferences relevant to their modes of action in brain.
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