AbstractThein vitroeffect of methylmercury (MM) on the enzymatic activities of brain cell specific marker enzymes, choline acetyltransferase (CAT), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), 2′, 3′‐cyclic nucleotide phosphohydrolase (CNP), glutamine synthetase (GS) and enolase was examined. The results demonstrate that at 100 μM MM, GS activity was not affected whereas a small decrease in the activity of both GAD (20) and enolase (10) was observed. CNP and CAT activity appeared to be more sensitive toward MM with 100 μM MM producing inhibition of 50 and 30, respectively. The addition of sulfhydryl protecting reagents such as DTT or sodium thioglycolate can restore the enzyme activities to normal control levels despite prior exposure of the enzyme
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