[Polyphosphoinositide metabolism in temporary cerebral ischemia--the reversibility after recirculation]

Brain cell membranes are known to abound in polyphosphoinositides (PPI) which contain large amounts of arachidonic acid and stearic acid. When a state of cerebral ischemia comes about, there occurs severe energy depletion and decomposition of PPI into diglyceride (DG) and inositol triphosphate (IP3) through activation of phospholipase C. Previous studies clarified rapid postischemic degradation of PPI, a time during which the metabolically active fraction of PPI is lost, but there have been no reports on PPI metabolism after the establishment of recirculation following ischemia. The authors examined relationship between the duration of the ischemia and the reversibility of PPI metabolism in rats with cerebral ischemia lasting 5 or 30 min that was followed by recirculation, and, further studied acyl group composition of PPI and DG in rats with 30 min of ischemia. Global cerebral ischemia was produced in male Wistar rats (220-250 g) by occlusion of basilar and bilateral common carotid arteries. The brains were frozen in situ at 1, 5, or 30 min of ischemia, or at 30 or 60 min of recirculation following either 5 or 30 min of ischemia. Phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylinositol, 4-phosphate (PIP), phosphatidylinositol, 4, 5-bisphosphate (PIP2), and DG were measured by TLC, and GLC. And also their acyl group compositions were determined. PI showed no significant changes. In contrast, both PIP and PIP2 sharply decreased immediately after onset of cerebral ischemia. then continued to fall gradually from 5 min onwards. And PIP and PIP 2 increased after onset of recirculation in both 5 and 30 min ischemia groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)