[Autoradiographic study of proline incorporation into cerebral proteins. The influence of learning and of asparaginase administration. (author's transl)]

Acta Neurol Belg. 1975 May-Aug;75(3-4):143-50.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The distribution of labelled proteins in the brain after the injection of tritiated proline into the third ventricle was studied after autoradiography. In discrete areas, the incorporation proceeds at a faster rate after an avoidance training. The difference between trained and resting animals is much more evident after the injection of 100 units of L-Asparaginase. It is suggested that L-Asparaginase impairs long-term memory through the inhibition of protein synthesis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Asparaginase / pharmacology*
  • Autoradiography
  • Avoidance Learning
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Memory / drug effects*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Proline / metabolism*

Substances

  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Proline
  • Asparaginase