Genetic evidence for mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis G virus |
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Authors: | B Fischler C Lara M Chen A S?nnerborg A Nemeth M S?llberg |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA. |
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Abstract: | Administration of a single high dose of methamphetamine (METH) causes a rapid and reversible decrease in the activity of the tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of 5-hydroxytryptamine. This effect can be reversed completely by exposing the METH-impaired enzyme to a reducing environment, which suggests that the decrease in TPH activity is a reversible oxidative consequence of free radical formation. Consistent with this hypothesis, a single METH administration to male rats increased oxygen radical formation, as demonstrated by increased striatal dihydroxybenzoic acid formation after coadministration of salicylate with METH. Prevention of METH-induced hyperthermia attenuated both the increase in dihydroxybenzoic acid formation and the decrease in TPH activity observed 1 h after METH administration. These data suggest that both reactive oxygen species and hyperthermia contribute to the acute decrease in TPH activity which results from a single METH administration. |
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