OCCURRENCE AND POSTMORTEM GENERATION OF ANANDAMIDE AND OTHER LONG-CHAIN N-ACYLETHANOLAMINES IN MAMMALIAN BRAIN

被引:192
作者
SCHMID, PC [1 ]
KREBSBACH, RJ [1 ]
PERRY, SR [1 ]
DETTMER, TM [1 ]
MAASSON, JL [1 ]
SCHMID, HHO [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA, HORMEL INST, AUSTIN, MN 55912 USA
关键词
N-ACYLETHANOLAMINE; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; PIG BRAIN; SHEEP BRAIN; COW BRAIN;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(95)01194-J
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Long-chain N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) were assayed in pig, sheep and cow brain by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of their ter tert.-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives in the presence of deuterium-labeled internal standards, Immediately after death, total NAEs ranged from about 2.7 mu g/g wet weight (sheep, cow) to 6.5 mu g/g wet weight (pig) and consisted almost exclusively (99%) of saturated and monounsaturated species, Anandamide (20:4n-6 NAE) comprised about 1% of total NAE in pig and cow brain, but was absent in freshly extracted sheep brain, When pig brain was analysed after 0.5, 1, 3, 4 and 23 h at ambient temperature, NAE levels were found to increase substantially over the entire time period with 20:4n-6 NAE formation exhibiting a time lag compared to that of saturated and monounsaturated NAEs.
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