Abstract
The effect of acute and chronic d-amphetamine treatment on the synthesis, metabolism and turnover of 14C-choline labeled phosphatidylcholine was measured in discrete regions of the rat brain. Chronic d-amphetamine treatment was found to inhibit the turnover of 14C-phosphatidylcholine in the cortex, cerebellum, hypothalamus, diencephalon, brain stem and caudate nucleus. Acute d-amphetamine treatment was found to inhibit the incorporation of 14C-choline into phosphatidylcholine only in the cortex and cerebellum. Studies in vitro suggest that d-amphetamine inhibits cortical phosphatidylcholine synthesis at the cytidine diphosphorylcholine diglyceride transferase step. d-Amphetamine was not found to alter the base-exchange reaction or phospholipase C activity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2731-2741 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Biochemical Pharmacology |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 1973 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:*This study was supported in part by United States Public Health Service Grant MH-24036 and Army Contract DADA 17-73-C-3127. Dr. H. H. Loh is a recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award No. K2-DA-70554. t R. Hitzemann and H. Loh, data in preparation. 2731