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Eralp Inan O, Kocaturk M, Cansev M, Ozarda Y, Yilmaz Z, Ulus IH. Thromboelastographic evaluation of the effectiveness of choline or CDP-choline treatment on endotoxin-induced hemostatic alterations in dogs. Res Vet Sci 2024; 171:105205. [PMID: 38479101 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Sepsis/endotoxemia associates with coagulation abnormalities. We showed previously that exogenous choline treatment reversed the changes in platelet count and function as well as prevented disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in endotoxemic dogs. The aim of this follow-up study was to evaluate the effect of treatment with choline or cytidine-5'-diphosphocholine (CDP-choline), a choline donor, on endotoxin-induced hemostatic alterations using thromboelastography (TEG). Dogs were randomized to six groups and received intravenously (iv) saline, choline (20 mg/kg) or CDP-choline (70 mg/kg) in the control groups, whereas endotoxin (0.1 mg/kg, iv) was used alone or in combination with choline or CDP-choline at the same doses in the treatment groups. TEG variables including R- and K-time (clot formation), maximum amplitude (MA) and α-angle (clot stability), G value (clot elasticity), and EPL, A, and LY30 (fibrinolysis), as well as overall assessment of coagulation (coagulation index - CI), were measured before and at 0.5-48 h after the treatments. TEG parameters did not change significantly in the control groups, except for CI parameter after choline administration. Endotoxemia resulted in increased R-time and A value (P < 0.05), decreased K-time (P < 0.05), α-angle (P < 0.001) and CI values (P < 0.01) at different time points. Treatment with either choline or CDP-choline attenuated or prevented completely the alterations in TEG parameters in endotoxemic dogs with CDP-choline being more effective. These results confirm and extend the effectiveness of choline or CDP-choline in endotoxemia by further demonstrating their efficacy in attenuating or preventing the altered viscoelastic properties of blood clot measured by TEG.
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- Oya Eralp Inan
- Department of Animal Science, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Agriculture, Eskisehir, Turkey.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Kocaturk M, Yilmaz Z, Cansev M, Ozarda Y, Ceron JJ, Buturak A, Ulus IH. Choline or CDP-choline restores hypotension and improves myocardial and respiratory functions in dogs with experimentally - Induced endotoxic shock. Res Vet Sci 2021; 141:116-128. [PMID: 34715589 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Endotoxin shock is associated with severe impairments in cardiovascular and respiratory functions. We showed previously that choline or cytidine-5'-diphosphocholine (CDP-choline) provides beneficial effects in experimental endotoxin shock in dogs. The objective of the present study was to determine the effects of choline or CDP-choline on endotoxin-induced cardiovascular and respiratory dysfunctions. Dogs were treated intravenously (i.v.) with saline or endotoxin (LPS, 0.1 mg/kg) 5 min before i.v. infusion of saline, choline (20 mg/kg) or CDP-choline (70 mg/kg). Blood pressure, cardiac rate, myocardial and left ventricular functions, respiratory rate, blood gases, serum electrolytes and cardiac injury markers were determined before and at 0.5-48 h after endotoxin. Plasma tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1), catecholamine and nitric oxide (NO) levels were measured 2 h and 24 h after the treatments. Endotoxin caused immediate and sustained reductions in blood pressure, cardiac output, pO2 and pH; changes in left ventricular functions, structure and volume parameters; and elevations in heart rate, respiratory rate, pCO2 and serum electrolytes (Na, K, Cl, Ca and P). Endotoxin also resulted in elevations in blood levels of cardiac injury markers, TNF-α, HMGB1, catecholamine and NO. In choline- or CDP-choline-treated dogs, all endotoxin effects were much smaller in magnitude and shorter in duration than observed values in controls. These data show that treatment with choline or CDP-choline improves functions of cardiovascular and respiratory systems in experimental endotoxemia and suggest that they may be useful in treatment of endotoxin shock in clinical setting.
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- Meric Kocaturk
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, 16059 Bursa, Turkey.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, 16059 Bursa, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Bursa Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Istanbul Health and Technology University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Clinical Analysis, Interlab-UMU, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", University of Murcia, Espinardo, Murcia 30100, Spain.
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- Liv Hospital Vadi Istanbul, Cardiology Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Medical School, Department of Pharmacology, Istanbul, Turkey.
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K channel blockage with 3,4-diaminopyridine potentiates the effect of L-DOPA on dopamine release in striatal slices prepared from 6-OHDA pre-treated rats. Exp Brain Res 2020; 238:2539-2548. [PMID: 32870323 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-020-05912-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Although L-DOPA revolutionized in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, most patients developed motor complications after several years of treatment. Adjunctive therapy to L-DOPA with drugs related to dopaminergic signaling may reduce its dose without decreasing the therapeutic efficiency and thus ameliorates its adverse effects. It has been shown that 3,4-diaminopyridine (3,4-DAP), a K channel blocker, increased dopamine release from striatal slices by increasing neuronal firing in striatal dopaminergic terminals. The current study investigates whether 3,4-DAP may enhance L-DOPA-induced dopamine (DA) release from striatal slices by increasing neuronal firing in striatal dopaminergic terminals. The effects of L-DOPA and 3,4-DAP on spontaneous DA and DOPAC release were tested in vitro, on acute rat striatal slices prepared from non-treated and 6-hydroxydopamine-pre-treated rats. DA and DOPAC levels were determined by HPLC methods. When 3,4-diaminopyridine was combined with L-DOPA, the observed effect was considerably greater than the increases induced by L-DOPA or 3,4-DAP alone in normoxic and neurodegenerative conditions produced by FeSO4 and 6-hydroxydopamine. Furthermore, L-DOPA plus 3,4-DAP also ameliorated DOPAC levels in neurodegenerative conditions. These data indicate that 3,4 DAP plus L-DOPA activates striatal dopaminergic terminals by increasing the DA release and, thus, could be considered as a promising finding in treatment of acute and chronic injury in dopaminergic neurons.
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Moreno Gudiño H, Carías Picón D, de Brugada Sauras I. Dietary choline during periadolescence attenuates cognitive damage caused by neonatal maternal separation in male rats. Nutr Neurosci 2015; 20:327-335. [DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.2015.1126444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Hayarelis Moreno Gudiño
- Department of Experimental Psychology and Physiology of behavior, University of Granada, Spain
- Department of Biological and Biochemical Processes, Simón Bolívar University, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Department of Biological and Biochemical Processes, Simón Bolívar University, Caracas, Venezuela
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Ozarda Y, Cansev M, Ulus IH. Breast milk choline contents are associated with inflammatory status of breastfeeding women. J Hum Lact 2014; 30:161-6. [PMID: 24194609 DOI: 10.1177/0890334413508004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Choline is an important component of human breast milk and its content varies considerably among breastfeeding women and lactation periods. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between breast milk choline contents and inflammatory status in breastfeeding women. METHODS Breast milk choline compounds and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations were determined in breastfeeding women at 1 to 3 (n = 53) or 22 to 180 (n = 54) days postpartum, expressing colostrum or mature milk, respectively. RESULTS Median concentrations of free choline, phosphocholine, glycerophosphocholine, phospholipid-bound choline, and total choline were 71, 38, 96, 194, and 407 µmol/L or 93, 351, 958, 186, and 1532 µmol/L in colostrum or mature milk, respectively. Median serum CRP concentrations were 4.13 mg/L and 0.33 mg/L at 1 to 3 days and 22 to 180 days postpartum, respectively. At 1 to 3 days postpartum, milk free choline, phosphocholine, glycerophosphocholine, and total choline as well as serum CRP concentrations were significantly higher in breastfeeding women who delivered by cesarean section than those who delivered via the vaginal route. Serum CRP concentration was positively correlated with colostrum free choline (r = 0.703; P < .001), phosphocholine (r = 0.759; P < .001), glycerophosphocholine (r = 0.706; P < .001), and total choline (r = 0.693; P < .001), whereas it was negatively correlated (r = -0.442; P < .001) with colostrum phospholipid-bound choline. Serum CRP was also negatively correlated with mature milk free choline (r = -0.278; P < .05), but no correlation was found between serum CRP and other choline compounds in mature milk. CONCLUSION These data show that the concentrations of milk choline compounds are associated with inflammatory status of breastfeeding women, particularly during the first few days after delivery.
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- Yesim Ozarda
- 1Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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Sapronov NS, Nezhinskaya GI, Vladykin AL. Effects of cholinergic agonists and antagonists under conditions of spleen denervation in rats with endotoxic shock. Bull Exp Biol Med 2010; 149:598-600. [PMID: 21165396 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-010-1002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Model experiments on rats with endotoxic shock induced by intraperitoneal injection of LPS Salmonella Typhi strain ty-4441 (20 mg/kg) showed that crossing of the vagus nerve innervating the spleen increased HR, stimulated production of antibodies, and moderated serotonergic activity of splenocytes. Pharmacological correction of the shock with muscarinic receptor antagonist atropine and its combinations with anticholinesterase agent galantamine or muscarinic and nicotinic cholinoreceptor agonist choline alfoscerate 30 min before shock modeling moderated HR and normalized B cell functions and serotonin level in the spleen.
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- N S Sapronov
- S. V. Anichkov Department of Neuropharmacology, Research Institute of Experimental Medicine, NorthWestern Division of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Allouche-Arnon H, Gamliel A, Barzilay CM, Nalbandian R, Gomori JM, Karlsson M, Lerche MH, Katz-Brull R. A hyperpolarized choline molecular probe for monitoring acetylcholine synthesis. CONTRAST MEDIA & MOLECULAR IMAGING 2010; 6:139-47. [PMID: 21698772 DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2010] [Revised: 08/14/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Choline as a reporter molecule has been investigated by in vivo magnetic resonance for almost three decades. Accumulation of choline metabolites (mainly the phosphorylated forms) had been observed in malignancy in preclinical models, ex-vivo, in vivo and in patients. The combined choline metabolite signal appears in (1) H-MRS of the brain and its relative intensity had been used as a diagnostic factor in various conditions. The advent of spin hyperpolarization methods for in vivo use has raised interest in the ability to follow the physiological metabolism of choline into acetylcholine in the brain. Here we present a stable-isotope labeled choline analog, [1,1,2,2-D(4) ,2-(13) C]choline chloride, that is suitable for this purpose. In this analog, the (13) C position showed 24% polarization in the liquid state, following DNP hyperpolarization. This nucleus also showed a long T(1) (35 s) at 11.8 T and 25 °C, which is a prerequisite for hyperpolarized studies. The chemical shift of this (13) C position differentiates choline and acetylcholine from each other and from the other water-soluble choline metabolites, namely phosphocholine and betaine. Enzymatic studies using an acetyltransferase enzyme showed the synthesis of the deuterated-acetylcholine form at thermal equilibrium conditions and in a hyperpolarized state. Analysis using a comprehensive model showed that the T(1) of the formed hyperpolarized [1,1,2,2-D(4) ,2-(13) C]acetylcholine was 34 s at 14.1 T and 37 °C. We conclude that [1,1,2,2-D(4) ,2-(13) C]choline chloride is a promising new molecular probe for hyperpolarized metabolic studies and discuss the factors related to its possible use in vivo.
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- Hyla Allouche-Arnon
- Department of Radiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Choline or CDP-choline attenuates coagulation abnormalities and prevents the development of acute disseminated intravascular coagulation in dogs during endotoxemia. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2010; 21:339-48. [PMID: 20410813 DOI: 10.1097/mbc.0b013e328338ce31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sepsis/endotoxemia causes platelet dysfunctions, abnormalities in coagulation and hemostatic mechanisms leading to organ dysfunctions and mortality. Choline prevents organ injury and improves survival during endotoxemia. The main objective of the present study was to determine the effects of choline or cytidine-5'-diphosphocholine (CDP-choline) on endotoxin-induced activation of coagulation and development of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Dogs were treated intravenously (i.v.) with saline, choline (20 mg/kg), or CDP-choline (70 mg/kg) three times with 4-h intervals starting 5 min before i.v. injection of endotoxin (1 mg/kg). Platelet counts and functions, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), fibrinogen, coagulation factors, D-dimer and antithrombin (AT) were measured before and at 0.5-96 h after endotoxin. Circulating platelet, fibrinogen, coagulation factors and AT were decreased, whereas PT and aPTT were prolonged and serum D-dimer levels were elevated after endotoxin. Endotoxin-induced reductions in platelet counts and functions, fibrinogen, coagulation factors and AT were attenuated or blocked by choline or CDP-choline. Choline or CDP-choline blocked endotoxin-induced prolongation in PT and aPTT and enhancement in D-dimer. Elevated DIC scores were attenuated by choline and blocked by CDP-choline. Choline administration increased serum choline concentrations and caused bradycardia. Choline also increased choline and acetylcholine contents of circulating mononuclear cells and inhibited radioligand binding to their cholinergic receptors. These data show that choline administration, as choline chloride or CDP-choline, restores the abnormalities in the primary, secondary, and tertiary hemostasis and prevents the development of DIC during experimental endotoxemia in dogs probably by increasing both neuronal and non-neuronal cholinergic activity.
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Wang L, Albrecht MA, Wurtman RJ. Dietary supplementation with uridine-5'-monophosphate (UMP), a membrane phosphatide precursor, increases acetylcholine level and release in striatum of aged rat. Brain Res 2006; 1133:42-8. [PMID: 17184749 PMCID: PMC1852434 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Revised: 11/06/2006] [Accepted: 11/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The biosynthesis of brain membrane phosphatides, e.g., phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho), may utilize three circulating compounds: choline, uridine (a precursor for UTP, CTP, and CDP-choline), and a PUFA (e.g., docosahexaenoic acid); moreover, oral administration of the uridine source uridine-5'-monophosphate (UMP) can significantly increase levels of the phosphatides throughout the rodent brain. Since PtdCho can provide choline for acetylcholine (ACh) synthesis, we determined whether UMP administration also affects ACh levels in striatum and striatal extracellular fluid, in aged and young rats. Among aged animals consuming a UMP-containing diet (2.5%, w/w) for 1 or 6 weeks, baseline ACh levels in striatal dialysates rose from 73 fmol/min to 148 or 197 fmol/min (P<0.05). Consuming a lower dose (0.5%) for 1 week produced a smaller but still significant increase (from 75 to 92 fmol/min, P<0.05), and elevated striatal ACh content (by 16%; P<0.05). Dietary UMP (0.5%, 1 week) also amplified the increase in ACh caused by giving atropine (10 microM in the aCSF); atropine alone increased ACh concentrations from 81 to 386 fmol/min in control rats and from 137 to 680 fmol/min in those consuming UMP (P<0.05). Young rats eating the UMP-containing diet exhibited similar increases in basal ECF ACh (from 105 to 118 fmol/min) and in the increase produced by atropine (from 489 to 560 fmol/min; P<0.05). These data suggest that giving a uridine source may enhance some cholinergic functions, perhaps by increasing brain phosphatide levels.
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- Lei Wang
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Rispoli V, Marra R, Costa N, Scipione L, Rotiroti D, De Vita D, Liberatore F, Carelli V. Choline pivaloyl ester strengthened the benefit effects of Tacrine and Galantamine on electroencephalographic and cognitive performances in nucleus basalis magnocellularis-lesioned and aged rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2006; 84:453-67. [PMID: 16859739 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Revised: 06/08/2006] [Accepted: 06/12/2006] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The aim of the present work was the assessment of the effects produced on the electroencephalographic (EEG) activity and the cognitive and memory performances of nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM)-lesioned or aged rats by the combined treatment with [2-(2,2-dimethylpropionyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium 2,2-dimethylpropionate (choline pivaloyl ester) (CPE) and the Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) Tacrine (THA) and Galantamine (GAL). Intraperitoneal administration of CPE combined with THA or GAL to both NBM-lesioned or aged rats, produced EEG desynchronisation, and a significant decrease in the energy of the total EEG spectrum and the lower frequency bands (delta 0.25-3 and theta 4-7 Hz) lasting many minutes. Furthermore, drug associations reversed in aged rats the scopolamine (0.2 mg/kg, i.p.)-induced increase in EEG power, slow waves and high-voltage spindle (HVS). Furthermore, the combined administration of CPE and Cholinesterase inhibitors in both NBM-lesioned or aged animals, improved performances in all behavioural tasks, enhancing object discrimination, increasing locomotory activity and alternation choice in T-maze, ameliorating retention in passive avoidance and decreasing escape latency in Morris water maze. In all test, AChEIs and CPE combinations proved to be more effective than CPE, THA or GAL given alone. In conclusion, the present work shows the ability of choline pivaloyl ester in strengthening the positive cerebral activity of THA and GAL.
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- V Rispoli
- Department of Pharmacobiological Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Complesso Ninì Barbieri, I-88021 Roccelletta di Borgia (CZ), Italy.
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Ilcol YO, Basagan-Mogol E, Cengiz M, Ulus IH. Elevation of serum cerebral injury markers correlates with serum choline decline after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Clin Chem Lab Med 2006; 44:471-8. [PMID: 16599843 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2006.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractThe aims of this study were to determine circulating choline status and its relationship to circulating levels of S-100β protein and neuron-specific enolase, biochemical markers of cerebral injury and cognitive decline, after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Preoperatively, patients scheduled for off-pump or on-pump CABG surgery had serum concentrations of 12.0±0.2 and 11.7±0.4μmol/L free choline and 2640±65 and 2675±115μmol/L phospholipid-bound choline, respectively. Serum free and bound choline levels decreased by 22–37% or 34–47% and 16–36% or 31–38% at 48h after off-pump or on-pump surgery, respectively. Serum S-100β and neuron-specific enolase increased from preoperative values of 0.083±0.009 and 6.3±0.2μg/L to 0.405±0.022 and 11.4±0.8μg/L, respectively, at 0h postoperatively and remained elevated for 48h after off-pump surgery. Serum free and bound choline concentrations were inversely correlated with the concentrations of S-100β (r=−0.798; p<0.001 and r=−0.734; p<0.001) and neuron-specific enolase (r=−0.840; p<0.001 and r=−0.728; p<0.001). In conclusion, CABG surgery induces a decline in serum free and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations. The decreased serum choline concentrations were inversely correlated with the elevated levels of circulating cerebral injury markers. Thus, a decline in circulating choline may be involved in postoperative cognitive decline.
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- Yesim Ozarda Ilcol
- Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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Ilcol YO, Uncu G, Goren S, Sayan E, Ulus IH. Declines in serum free and bound choline concentrations in humans after three different types of major surgery. Clin Chem Lab Med 2004; 42:1390-5. [PMID: 15576301 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2004.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractWe examined the changes in circulating choline status in humans in response to major surgery by measuring serum free and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations before, during and 1–72h after total abdominal hysterectomy, off-pump coronary artery graft surgery or brain tumor surgery. Preoperatively, the mean serum free and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations in patients scheduled for abdominal hysterectomy (n=26), off-pump coronary artery grafting surgery (n=34) or brain tumor surgery (n=24) were 12.3±0.5, 12.1±0.4 and 11.4±0.4μmol/l, and 2495±75, 2590±115 and 2625±80μmol/l, respectively. Serum free choline and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations decreased from these baseline values to 8.8±0.7 (p<0.001), 8.8±0.5 (p<0.001) and 8.2±0.4μmol/l (p<0.001), and 2050±108 (p<0.001), 2166±59 (p<0.001) and 1884±104μmol/l (p<0.001) at 1h after hysterectomy, off-pump bypass graft surgery or brain tumor surgery, respectively. They remained at these low levels for 24h and then gradually increased towards the preoperative values at 48–72h postoperatively. Serum cortisol increased postoperatively in all surgical patients for 24h and its levels were inversely correlated with serum free and bound choline concentrations. These results show that circulating free and bound choline concentrations decrease for 72h after total abdominal hysterectomy, off-pump coronary artery graft surgery or brain tumor surgery in humans.
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- Yesim Ozarda Ilcol
- Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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Savci V, Goktalay G, Cansev M, Cavun S, Yilmaz MS, Ulus IH. Intravenously injected CDP-choline increases blood pressure and reverses hypotension in haemorrhagic shock: effect is mediated by central cholinergic activation. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 468:129-39. [PMID: 12742520 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(03)01602-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Intravenous (i.v.) administration of cytidine-5'-diphosphate choline (CDP-choline) (100, 250 and 500 mg/kg) increased blood pressure in normal rats and reversed hypotension in haemorrhagic shock. Choline (54 mg/kg; i.v.), at the dose equimolar to 250 mg/kg CDP-choline decreased blood pressure of rats in both conditions and caused the death of all hypotensive animals within 2-5 min. Equimolar dose of cytidine (124 mg/kg; i.v.) did not change cardiovascular parameters. Choline levels in plasma, lateral cerebral ventricle and hypothalamus increased after CDP-choline administration. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) hemicholinium-3 pretreatment (20 microg), greatly attenuated the pressor effect of CDP-choline in both conditions. Atropine pretreatment (10 microg; i.c.v.) did not change the pressor effect of CDP-choline while mecamylamine (50 microg; i.c.v.) abolished the pressor response to drug. Besides, acetylcholine (1 micromol; i.c.v.) produced similar increases in blood pressure in normal and hypotensive conditions to that observed in CDP-choline given rats. CDP-choline (250 mg/kg; i.v.) increased plasma catecholamines and vasopressin levels but not plasma renin activity. Pretreatment of rats with either prazosin (0.5 mg/kg; i.v.) or vasopressin V(1) receptor antagonist, [beta-mercapto,beta,beta-cyclopentamethylenepropionyl(1),O-Me-Tyr(2)-Arg(8)]vasopressin (10 microg/kg; i.v.), attenuated the pressor response to CDP-choline while simultaneous administration of these antagonists before CDP-choline injection completely blocked the pressor effect. Results show that i.v. CDP-choline increases blood pressure and reverses hypotension in haemorrhagic shock. Activation of central nicotinic cholinergic mechanisms by the increases in plasma and brain choline concentrations appears to be involved in the pressor effect of this drug. Moreover, the increases in plasma catecholamines and vasopressin levels mediate these effects.
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- Vahide Savci
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Görükle, Bursa, Turkey.
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Ilcol YO, Gurun MS, Taga Y, Ulus IH. Choline increases serum insulin in rat when injected intraperitoneally and augments basal and stimulated aceylcholine release from the rat minced pancreas in vitro. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:991-9. [PMID: 12603332 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03472.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Intraperitoneal injection of choline (30-90 mg.kg-1) produced a dose-dependent increase in serum insulin, glucose and choline levels in rats. The increase in serum insulin induced by choline (90 mg.kg-1) was blocked by pretreatment with the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists, atropine (2 mg.kg-1), pirenzepine (2 mg.kg-1) and 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine (2 mg.kg-1) or the ganglionic nicotinic receptor antagonist, hexamethonium (15 mg.kg-1). The effect of choline on serum insulin and glucose was enhanced by oral glucose administration (3 g.kg-1). Choline administration was associated with a significant (P < 0.001) increase in the acetylcholine content of pancreatic tissue. Choline (10-130 microm) increased basal and stimulated acetylcholine release but failed to evoke insulin release from the minced pancreas at considerably higher concentrations (0.1-10 mm). Hemicholium-3, a choline uptake inhibitor, attenuated the increase in acetylcholine release induced by choline augmentation. Choline (1-32 mm) inhibited [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate binding to the muscarinic receptors in the pancreatic homogenates. These data show that choline, a precursor of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, increases serum insulin by indirectly stimulating peripheral acetylcholine receptors through the enhancement of acetylcholine synthesis and release.
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- Yesim Ozarda Ilcol
- Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, 16059 Gorukle Kampusu, Bursa, Turkey.
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Hongu N, Sachan DS. Carnitine and choline supplementation with exercise alter carnitine profiles, biochemical markers of fat metabolism and serum leptin concentration in healthy women. J Nutr 2003; 133:84-9. [PMID: 12514272 DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.1.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We sought to determine the effects of supplementary choline, carnitine and a combination of the two with or without exercise on serum and urinary carnitine and biochemical markers of fatty acid oxidation in healthy humans. Nineteen women were placed in three groups: 1) placebo, choline or carnitine preloading period of 1 wk followed by 2) supplementation with choline plus carnitine during wk 2-wk 3 and 3) all groups exercised in wk 3. Although there were no changes in the placebo group, serum and urinary carnitine decreased in the choline-supplemented group during wk 1. Introduction of carnitine to the choline group restored serum and urinary carnitine. Serum and urinary carnitine increased during wk 1 in the carnitine-supplemented group and, although the introduction of choline to this group depressed serum and urinary carnitine, they remained significantly greater than control. Serum beta-hydroxybutyrate and serum as well as urinary acetylcarnitine were elevated by the supplements. A mild exercise regimen increased the concentration of serum beta-hydroxybutyrate, and serum and urinary acylcarnitines; it also decreased serum leptin concentrations in all groups. The effects of supplements were sustained until wk 2 after cessation of choline plus carnitine supplementation and exercise. We conclude that the choline-induced decrease in serum and urinary carnitine is buffered by carnitine preloading, and these supplements shift tissue partitioning of carnitine that favors fat mobilization, incomplete oxidation of fatty acids and disposal of their carbons in urine as acylcarnitines in humans.
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- Nobuko Hongu
- Department of Nutrition and Agricultural Experiment Station, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1900, USA
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Ozarda Ilcol Y, Uncu G, Ulus IH. Free and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations in serum during pregnancy, after delivery and in newborns. Arch Physiol Biochem 2002; 110:393-9. [PMID: 12530624 DOI: 10.1076/apab.110.5.393.11832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The aims of this study were to determine whether serum free choline and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations change during the pregnancy or after childbirth and to determine if the serum choline concentrations of the mother and newborn are correlated. Serum free and bound choline concentrations were 10.7 +/- 0.5 microM and 2780 +/- 95 microM in control, non-pregnant women, and rose significantly (p < 0.001) to 14.5 +/- 0.6 microM and 3370 +/- 50 microM or to 16.5 +/- 0.7 microM and 3520 +/- 150 microM after 16-20 weeks or 36-40 weeks of pregnancy, respectively. Serum free and phospholipid-bound choline fell by 14-22% (p < 0.05-01) after either vaginal delivery or caesarian section, and remained low (by 15-42%; p < 0.05-0.001) for 12 h and then rose toward the baseline within 24 h. In amniotic fluid, free choline and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations were 22.8 +/- 1.0 and 19.6 +/- 0.8 microM or 24.0 +/- 1.5 and 516 +/- 43 microM at 16-20 weeks of gestational age or at term, respectively. In newborns, serum free choline concentrations were higher (p < 0.001) and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations were lower (p < 0.001) than in their mothers. These results show that serum free choline and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations are elevated during the pregnancy, which may be required for an adequate maternal supply of choline to the fetus. These observations are clinically important to determine the ideal dietary intake of choline during the pregnancy.
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- Y Ozarda Ilcol
- Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey.
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Savci V, Goktalay G, Ulus IH. Intracerebroventricular choline increases plasma vasopressin and augments plasma vasopressin response to osmotic stimulation and hemorrhage. Brain Res 2002; 942:58-70. [PMID: 12031853 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)02692-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of choline (50-150 microg), a precursor of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, produced a time-and dose-dependent increase in plasma vasopressin levels in conscious, freely moving rats. The increase in plasma vasopressin in response to i.c.v. choline (150 microg) was inhibited by pretreatment with the nicotinic receptor antagonist, mecamylamine (50 microg; i.c.v.), but not by the muscarinic receptor antagonist, atropine (10 microg; i.c.v). The choline-induced rise in plasma vasopressin levels was greatly attenuated by hemicholinium-3 (HC-3; 20 microg; i.c.v.), a neuronal choline uptake inhibitor. Choline (50 or 150 microg; i.c.v.) produced a much greater increase in plasma vasopressin levels in osmotically stimulated or hemorrhaged rats than in normal rats. Choline (150 microg; i.c.v.) also enhanced plasma vasopressin response to graded hemorrhage; the enhancing effect of choline was also attenuated by HC-3 (20 microg; i.c.v.). Choline and acetylcholine concentrations in hypothalamic dialysates increased significantly following i.c.v. injection of choline (150 microg). It is concluded that choline increases plasma vasopressin levels by stimulating central nicotinic receptors indirectly, through the enhancement of acetylcholine synthesis and release, and augments the ability of osmotic stimulations or hemorrhage to stimulate vasopressin release.
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- Vahide Savci
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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Ilcol YO, Dönmez O, Yavuz M, Dilek K, Yurtkuran M, Ulus IH. Free choline and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations in serum and dialysate during peritoneal dialysis in children and adults. Clin Biochem 2002; 35:307-13. [PMID: 12135694 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00319-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study tested whether continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) changes free or phospholipid-bound choline concentrations in serum or peritoneal dialysis fluid of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). DESIGN AND METHODS Serum and dialysate choline and phospholipid-bound choline were measured before, during and after 6 h CAPD. RESULTS Serum choline concentrations were higher in patients with ESRD compared with age-matched controls. CAPD lowered serum choline concentrations significantly although it did not influence phospholipid-bound choline. Choline accumulated in the dialysate, reaching 28.4 +/- 2.7 microM in children and 18.2 +/- 1.4 microM in adults, during six hours CAPD; phospholipid-bound choline increased to 22.9 +/- 2.5 microM and 10.8 +/- 1.4 microM in children and adults, respectively. The total daily loss of choline into the dialysate was 181 +/- 20 micromoles in children and 260 +/- 18 micromoles in adults. CONCLUSION CAPD causes a substantial loss of choline into peritoneal dialysates and reduces serum choline concentrations significantly.
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- Yesim Ozarda Ilcol
- Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey.
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Ozarda Ilçöl Y, Ozyurt G, Kilicturgay S, Uncu G, Ulus IH. The decline in serum choline concentration in humans during and after surgery is associated with the elevation of cortisol, adrenocorticotropic hormone, prolactin and beta-endorphin concentrations. Neurosci Lett 2002; 324:41-4. [PMID: 11983290 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)00171-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Serum choline concentrations decrease during and after surgery. We undertook this study to determine whether the decrease of choline is associated with an increase in stress hormones. In 16 patients undergoing abdominal surgery with general anesthesia, circulating choline cortisol, prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and -endorphin levels were measured before, during and after surgery. Choline levels decreased by 41% (P<0.01) during surgery, remained 15-38% decreased for 48 h, and returned to preoperative values 72 h after surgery. The decrease in serum choline was associated and inversely correlated with the increase in serum cortisol (P<0.001; r = -0.642), prolactin (P<0.001; r = -0.756), -endorphin (P<0.001; r = -0.726) and ACTH (P<0.01; r = -0.458). In conclusion, we found that abdominal surgery induces a decline in serum choline associated with an increase in circulating cortisol, prolactin, ACTH and -endorphin.
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- Yeşim Ozarda Ilçöl
- Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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Ilcol YO, Dilek K, Yurtkuran M, Ulus IH. Changes of plasma free choline and choline-containing compounds' concentrations and choline loss during hemodialysis in ESRD patients. Clin Biochem 2002; 35:233-9. [PMID: 12074832 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00298-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study was undertaken to determine the changes in plasma free choline and choline-containing compounds in end stage renal disease (ESRD) and to determine if they were lost into the dialysate during hemodialysis. DESIGN AND METHODS Plasma and dialysate free choline, phosphocholine and phospholipid-, phosphatidylcholine-, sphingomyelin-bound choline were measured before, during and after hemodialysis. RESULTS Plasma free and bound choline concentrations (mean +/- standard error of the mean) were 12.9 +/- 0.6 and 2697 +/- 57 microM or 37.3 +/- 0.9 and 2792 +/- 98 microM in controls or in ESRD patients, respectively. Free choline concentrations were correlated (r = 0.598; p < 0.001) with the time the patients were subjected to hemodialysis. Plasma free choline and phosphocholine concentrations are decreased by a total of -8.1 +/- 0.6 micromol/L and -88 +/- 8 micromol/L, respectively; phospholipid-, phosphatidylcholine- and sphingomyelin-bound choline are increased, during hemodialysis. Patients lost about 350 micromoles of choline into the dialysate during hemodialysis. CONCLUSION Plasma free choline concentrations are elevated in ESRD, and a considerable amount of choline is lost into the hemodialysate.
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- Yesim Ozarda Ilcol
- Department of Biochemistry, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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Gürün MS, Ilçöl YO, Taga Y, Ulus IH. Hyperglycemia induced by intracerebroventricular choline: involvement of the sympatho-adrenal system. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 438:197-205. [PMID: 11909612 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01312-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of choline (75-300 microg) produced a dose-dependent increase in blood glucose levels. Pre-treatment with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, mecamylamine (50 microg, i.c.v.) blocked the hyperglycemia induced by choline (150 microg, i.c.v.), but the response was not affected by pre-treatment with the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, atropine (10 microg, i.c.v.). Pre-treatment with the neuronal choline uptake inhibitor, hemicholinium-3 (20 microg, i.c.v.), attenuated the hyperglycemia induced by choline. The hyperglycemic response to choline was associated increased plasma levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. The hyperglycemia elicited by choline was greatly attenuated by bilateral adrenalectomy, and entirely blocked by either surgical transection of the splanchnic nerves or by pre-treatment with the alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, phentolamine. These data show that choline, a precursor of acetylcholine, increases blood glucose and this effect is mediated by central nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activation. An increase in sympatho-adrenal activity appears to be involved in the hyperglycemic effect of choline.
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- M Sibel Gürün
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Uludag University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey
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Büyükuysal RL, Moğol E. Synthesis and release of dopamine in rat striatal slices: requirement for exogenous tyrosine in the medium. Neurochem Res 2000; 25:533-40. [PMID: 10823587 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007572328295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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When incubated in a tyrosine-free medium, the tissue dopamine (DA) level of rat striatal slices increased by about 921 +/- 15 pmol/mg protein during 90 min of preincubation. In contrast, the tissue-free tyrosine level declined only 130 pmol/mg protein in the same assay period. Depolarization of the slices with high K+ increased both DA and DOPAC outputs and depleted tissue DA level by about 75%. Although 60 min of resting after high K+ depolarization significantly restored the tissue DA levels, neither this restoration nor depolarization-induced DA release was altered by exogenous tyrosine. Similarly, failure of exogenous tyrosine was also observed during three successive depolarization periods of striatal slices. These results indicate that nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons are able to synthesize and release the DA in the absence of exogenous tyrosine in the medium. Since the free tyrosine level in the slices does not seem to be a sufficient source, it is likely that tyrosine mobilized from its bound source(s) supports the DA synthesis under in vitro experimental conditions.
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- R L Büyükuysal
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Uludağ University, School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
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Hongu N, Sachan DS. Caffeine, carnitine and choline supplementation of rats decreases body fat and serum leptin concentration as does exercise. J Nutr 2000; 130:152-7. [PMID: 10720162 DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.2.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The effect of a combination of caffeine, carnitine and choline with or without exercise on changes in body weight, fat pad mass, serum leptin concentration and metabolic indices was determined in 20 male, 7-wk-old Sprague-Dawley rats. They were given free access to a nonpurified diet without or with caffeine, carnitine and choline at concentrations of 0.1, 5 and 11.5 g/kg diet, respectively. In a 2x2 factorial design, one-half of each dietary group was exercised, and the other half was sedentary. Body weight and food intake of all rats were measured every day for 28 d. Rats were killed and blood and tissue samples were collected and analyzed for biochemical markers. Food intake of the groups was not different, but the body weight was significantly reduced by exercise in both dietary groups. Fat pad weights and total lipids of epididymal, inguinal and perirenal regions were significantly reduced by the supplements as well as by exercise. Regardless of exercise, supplements significantly lowered triglycerides in serum but increased levels in skeletal muscle. Serum leptin concentrations were equally lowered by supplements and exercise. Serum leptin was correlated with body weight (r = 0.55, P< or =0.01), fat pad weight (r = 0.82, P< or =0.001) and serum glucose (r = 0.51, P< or =0.05). We conclude that the indices of body fat loss due to dietary supplements were similar to those due to mild exercise, and there were no interactive effects of the two variables.
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- N Hongu
- Department of Nutrition and Agricultural Experiment Station, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-1900, USA
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Choline (75-300 microg) produced dose-dependent hypothermia when injected intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.). Pre-treatment with the muscarinic receptor antagonist, atropine (10 microg, i.c.v.), blocked the hypothermic effect of choline (150 microg), but the response was only partially attenuated by pre-treatment with the nicotinic receptor antagonist, mecamylamine (20 microg, i.c.v.). Pirenzepine (25 microg), a muscarinic M1 receptor antagonist, or hexahydro-siladifenidol (HHSD) (100 microg), a muscarinic M3 receptor antagonist, also blocked choline-induced hypothermia when injected centrally. Unlike the other muscarinic receptor antagonists, M2-selective 11-[[2-[(diethylamino)methyl]-1-piperidinyl]acetyl]-5,11-dihydro-6H-pyri do[2,3-b][1,4]benzodiazepin-6-one (AF-DX116) (10 microg), did not affect choline-induced hypothermia. We also found that choline-induced hypothermia was very sensitive to the ambient temperature. Similar to its effect at room temperature, choline produced dose-dependent hypothermia at 4 degrees C, but this effect was abolished at 32 degrees C. These data suggest that choline produces hypothermia and this effect is mediated by muscarinic receptors.
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- C B Unal
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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Savci V, Ulus IH. Choline administration reverses hypotension in spinal cord transected rats: the involvement of vasopressin. Neurochem Res 1998; 23:733-41. [PMID: 9566613 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022407409727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) choline (50-150 microg) increased blood pressure and decreased heart rate in spinal cord transected, hypotensive rats. Choline administered intraperitoneally (60 mg/kg), also, increased blood pressure, but to a lesser extent. The pressor response to i.c.v. choline was associated with an increase in plasma vasopressin. Mecamylamine pretreatment (50 microg; i.c.v.) blocked the pressor, bradycardic and vasopressin responses to choline (150 microg). Atropine pretreatment (10 microg; i.c.v.) abolished the bradycardia but failed to alter pressor and vasopressin responses. Hemicholinium-3 [HC-3 (20 microg; i.c.v.)] pretreatment attenuated both bradycardia and pressor responses to choline. The vasopressin V1 receptor antagonist, (beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopenta-methylenepropionyl1, O-Me-Tyr2, Arg8)-vasopressin (10 microg/kg) administered intravenously 5 min after choline abolished the pressor response and attenuated the bradycardia-induced by choline. These data show that choline restores hypotension effectively by activating central nicotinic receptors via presynaptic mechanisms, in spinal shock. Choline-induced bradycardia is mediated by central nicotinic and muscarinic receptors. Increase in plasma vasopressin is involved in cardiovascular effects of choline.
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- V Savci
- Department of Pharmacology, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey.
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Ulus IH, Ozyurt G, Korfali E. Decreased serum choline concentrations in humans after surgery, childbirth, and traumatic head injury. Neurochem Res 1998; 23:727-32. [PMID: 9566612 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022455325657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The serum levels of choline decreased by approximately 50% in patients having a surgery under general as well as epidural anesthesia. The decrease is lasts for two days after surgery. Intravenous administration of succinylcholine, either by a single bolus injection or by a slow continuous infusion, increased the serum choline levels several folds during surgery. In these patients, a significant decrease in the serum choline levels was observed one and two days after surgery. In 16 pregnant women at the term, serum choline levels were higher than the value observed in 19 nonpregnant women. The serum choline levels decreased by about 40% or 60% after having a childbirth either by vaginal delivery or caesarean section, respectively. Serum choline levels in blood obtained from 9 patients with traumatic head injury were significantly lower than the observed levels in blood samples obtained from healthy volunteers. These observations show that serum choline levels increase during pregnancy and decrease during stressful situations in humans.
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- I H Ulus
- Uludag University Medical Faculty, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Bursa, Turkey
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The cardiovascular effects of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of choline were studied in endotoxin-treated rats. Intravenous (i.v.) endotoxin (20 mg/kg) caused a moderate hypotension and tachycardia within 10 min of treatment. Choline (50, 100, and 150 microg; i.c.v.) increased blood pressure and decreased heart rate in this condition in a dose-dependent manner. Mecamylamine (50 microg; i.c.v.) pretreatment prevented the pressor and bradycardic responses to choline, whereas atropine (10 microg; i.c.v.) failed to alter both responses. Atropine pretreatment, alone, inhibited endotoxin-induced hypotension. The pressor responses to choline in endotoxin-treated rats were attenuated by pretreatment with hemicholinium-3 (20 microg; i.c.v.), a high-affinity neuronal choline-uptake inhibitor. Plasma vasopressin levels of endotoxin-treated rats were severalfold higher than those of control animals, and choline (50-150 microg; i.c.v.) produced further increases in plasma vasopressin in this condition. Mecamylamine abolished vasopressin response to endotoxin as well as to choline. The vasopressin receptor antagonist, (beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopentamethylene-propionyl(1)-O-Me-Tyr2,Arg8 )-vasopressin (10 microg/kg; i.v.) administered 5 min after choline decreased blood pressure from the increased level to the precholine levels but did not alter bradycardia. These results indicate that, in rats treated with endotoxin, choline increases blood pressure and decreases heart rate by a presynaptic mechanism leading to the activation of central nicotinic cholinergic pathways. An increase in plasma vasopressin levels seems to be involved in the pressor, but not in the bradycardic response, to choline.
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- V Savci
- Department of Pharmacology, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey
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Gürün MS, Savci V, Ulus IH, Kiran BK. Centrally administered choline increases plasma prolactin levels in conscious rats. Neurosci Lett 1997; 232:79-82. [PMID: 9302091 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(97)00580-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of choline, a precursor of acetylcholine (ACh) increased plasma prolactin levels in a time and dose-dependent manner in conscious rats. Pretreatment of rats with the cholinergic muscarinic antagonist, atropine (10 microg, i.c.v.), blocked the increase in plasma prolactin level. The increase was not influenced by pretreatment with the cholinergic nicotinic antagonist, mecamylamine (50 microg, i.c.v.). Pretreatment with hemicholinium-3 (HC-3; 20 microg, i.c.v.), a high affinity choline uptake inhibitor, attenuated the choline-induced increase of plasma prolactin levels. These results show that choline increases plasma prolactin levels by activating muscarinic receptors via presynaptic mechanisms.
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- M S Gürün
- Department of Pharmacology, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey
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Savci V, Ulus IH. Central choline reverses hypotension caused by alpha-adrenoceptor or ganglion blockade in rats: the role of vasopressin. Eur J Pharmacol 1996; 311:153-61. [PMID: 8891595 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00424-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The effect of intracerebrovenricularly (i.c.v.) injected choline on blood pressure was investigated in rats made hypotensive by blocking peripheral alpha-adrenoceptors or autonomic ganglionic transmission. Choline (50-150 micrograms; i.c.v.) increased blood pressure in a dose-dependent manner and 150 micrograms of choline restored blood pressure to the resting level. The pressor response to choline was associated with an increase in plasma vasopressin levels. Pretreatment with mecamylamine (50 micrograms; i.c.v.), but not atropine (10 micrograms; i.c.v.), blocked both the pressor and vasopressin responses to i.c.v. choline. The vasopressin receptor antagonist, [beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopenta-methylene-propionyl1,O-Me-T ry2,Arg8] vasopressin (10 micrograms/kg; i.v.), given 5 min after i.c.v. choline (150 micrograms), abolished the pressor effect of choline and blood pressure returned to the pre-choline levels. It is concluded that the precursor of acetylcholine, choline, can increase blood pressure and reverse hypotension in alpha-adrenoceptor or ganglionic transmission blocked rats, by increasing plasma vasopressin.
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- V Savci
- Department of Pharmacology, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey
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