Abstract
A total of six groups of C57BL/6NNIA male mice at 6, 18 and 28 months of age were administered a liquid diet containing either ethanol (8 g/kg body wt/day) or an isocaloric amount of glucose for three weeks. Sixteen hours after the last ethanol feeding, homogenates of cerebral cortices were prepared for isolation of the synaptosome-mitochondrial fraction. Phospholipids were separated by two-dimensional tlc and the level of individual phospholipids was determined by assaying the lipid phosphorus content. Based on protein content, there was a decrease (18%) in the level of phosphatidylserines between samples from 6 and 28 month-old mice; no age difference was observed in other phospholipids. Ethanol consumption resulted in a three-fold increase in poly-phosphoinositide level in the 6 month-old group, but the difference diminished considerably with age. The increase in poly-phosphoinositide level suggests a link between chronic ethanol administration and the receptor-mediated signal transduction mechanism involving phosphoinositide turnover. Results further indicate that animals in the younger age group are more readily influenced by the chronic effect of ethanol than those in the older age group.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 367-373 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Alcohol and Alcoholism |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 1987 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements — This work was supported in part by DHSS research grants AA02054 and AA06661 from NIAAA. The assistance of Mrs R. Kite in the preparation of the manuscript is greatly appreciated.
