PMID- 24442550 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141106 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-6903 (Electronic) IS - 0364-3190 (Print) IS - 0364-3190 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 3 DP - 2014 TI - Metabolism changes during aging in the hippocampus and striatum of glud1 (glutamate dehydrogenase 1) transgenic mice. PG - 446-55 LID - 10.1007/s11064-014-1239-9 [doi] AB - The decline in neuronal function during aging may result from increases in extracellular glutamate (Glu), Glu-induced neurotoxicity, and altered mitochondrial metabolism. To study metabolic responses to persistently high levels of Glu at synapses during aging, we used transgenic (Tg) mice that over-express the enzyme Glu dehydrogenase (GDH) in brain neurons and release excess Glu in synapses. Mitochondrial GDH is important in amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism and in anaplerotic reactions. We monitored changes in nineteen neurochemicals in the hippocampus and striatum of adult, middle aged, and aged Tg and wild type (wt) mice, in vivo, using proton ((1)H) magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Significant differences between adult Tg and wt were higher Glu, N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), and NAA + NAA-Glu (NAAG) levels, and lower lactate in the Tg hippocampus and striatum than those of wt. During aging, consistent changes in Tg and wt hippocampus and striatum included increases in myo-inositol and NAAG. The levels of glutamine (Gln), a key neurochemical in the Gln-Glu cycle between neurons and astroglia, increased during aging in both the striatum and hippocampus of Tg mice, but only in the striatum of the wt mice. Age-related increases of Glu were observed only in the striatum of the Tg mice. FAU - Choi, In-Young AU - Choi IY AD - Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA. FAU - Lee, Phil AU - Lee P FAU - Wang, Wen-Tung AU - Wang WT FAU - Hui, Dongwei AU - Hui D FAU - Wang, Xinkun AU - Wang X FAU - Brooks, William M AU - Brooks WM FAU - Michaelis, Elias K AU - Michaelis EK LA - eng GR - P30 AG035982/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - DK072171/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK53012/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 AG012993/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - DK19525/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 HD002528/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20140121 PL - United States TA - Neurochem Res JT - Neurochemical research JID - 7613461 RN - 0 (Receptors, Glutamate) RN - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - 997-55-7 (N-acetylaspartate) RN - EC 1.4.1.2 (GluD1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 1.4.1.2 (Glutamate Dehydrogenase) SB - IM MH - *Aging MH - Animals MH - Aspartic Acid/analogs & derivatives/metabolism MH - Corpus Striatum/*metabolism MH - Glutamate Dehydrogenase MH - Glutamic Acid/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Receptors, Glutamate/genetics/*metabolism MH - Synapses/metabolism PMC - PMC4095984 MID - NIHMS591806 EDAT- 2014/01/21 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/07 06:00 PMCR- 2015/03/01 CRDT- 2014/01/21 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/01/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/01/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/01/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s11064-014-1239-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurochem Res. 2014;39(3):446-55. doi: 10.1007/s11064-014-1239-9. Epub 2014 Jan 21.