A novel subtype of prostacyclin receptor in the central nervous system.

abstract：:Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) is a 30-kDa protein involved in the transport of cholesterol to the inner mitochondrial membrane and thus plays a key role in steroid biosynthesis. To clarify the implications of this protein in neurosteroid biosynthesis, we examined the possible expression of a StAR trans...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Furukawa A,Miyatake A,Ohnishi T,Ichikawa Y

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glial glutamate transporter EAAT2 (excitatory amino acid transporter 2) is the major mediator of glutamate clearance that terminates glutamate-mediated neurotransmission. Loss of EAAT2 and associated glutamate uptake function has been reported in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). We previously ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tian G,Kong Q,Lai L,Ray-Chaudhury A,Lin CL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a novel mouse gene named pancortin that is expressed dominantly in the mature cerebral cortex. This gene produces four different species of proteins, Pancortin-1-4, sharing a common region in the middle of their structure with two variations at the N-terminal (A1 or A2 part) and C-terminal (C1 or C2...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nagano T,Nakamura A,Konno D,Kurata M,Yagi H,Sato M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subcellular distribution of peptide histidine isoleucine amide (PHI)-27-like peptides (PLP) was investigated in rat cerebral cortex and whole rat brain in comparison with the distribution of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). The highest content of PLP was found in the crude mitochondrial fraction (P2) and was a...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Korchak DM,Gysling K,Beinfeld MC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential 31P and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra were measured for neonatal piglets (n = 7) to determine the relationship between brain intracellular pH (pHi), lactate, and phosphorylated energy metabolites during partial ischemia. Simultaneous determinations of arterial and cerebral venous blood gases, pH, O2...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Corbett RJ,Laptook AR,Nunnally RL,Hassan A,Jackson J

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Properties so far studied of the 125-kDa 14C-arginylated protein from rat brain show remarkable similarities with those of the STOP (stable tubule only polypeptide) protein. On sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the 125-kDa 14C-arginylated protein moves to the same position as the STOP protein. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bongiovanni G,Barra HS,Hallak ME

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of nociceptin (an endogenous ligand of the ORL1 receptor) on mesolimbic dopamine release and simultaneous horizontal locomotion was studied in freely moving mice undergoing microdialysis of the nucleus accumbens. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of nociceptin (7 nmol) induced a long-lasting s...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Koizumi M,Midorikawa N,Takeshima H,Murphy NP

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapses are often located at great distances from the cell body and so must be capable of transducing signals into both local and distant responses. Although progress has been made in understanding biochemical cascades involved in neuronal death during development of the nervous system and in various neurodegenerativ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Duan W,Rangnekar VM,Mattson MP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic trafficking and translation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) transcripts play a key role in mediating synaptic plasticity. Recently, we demonstrated that siRNA-mediated knockdown of translin, an RNA-binding protein, impairs KCl-induced dendritic trafficking of BDNF mRNA in cultured hippocampal neu...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wu YC,Williamson R,Li Z,Vicario A,Xu J,Kasai M,Chern Y,Tongiorgi E,Baraban JM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an autoimmune, animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS) in which demyelination and paralysis are evident. Quinolinic acid (QUIN) is a neurotoxin and endogenous N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor agonist formed from tryptophan. The role of neurotoxins in general and QUIN in pa...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Flanagan EM,Erickson JB,Viveros OH,Chang SY,Reinhard JF Jr

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroprotection is one of the prominent functions of the interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine family, for which the underlying mechanism(s) are not fully understood. We have previously shown that neuroprotection and neuromodulation mediated by IL-6 require neuronal adenosine A(1) receptor (A(1) R) function. We now have in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Moidunny S,Dias RB,Wesseling E,Sekino Y,Boddeke HW,Sebastião AM,Biber K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overactivation of glutamate receptors mediates neuronal death in several acute and chronic neurodegenerative diseases. The intracellular processes underlying this form of death, however, remain poorly understood. Depending on the severity of insult, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activation induces either apopto...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tenneti L,D'Emilia DM,Troy CM,Lipton SA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have indicated that various growth factors are involved in synaptic functions; however, the precise mechanisms remain unclear. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the growth factor-mediated regulation of presynaptic functions, the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulin-like g...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Itakura M,Yamamori S,Kuwahara R,Sekiguchi M,Takahashi M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic studies on the action of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in the regulation of Na+,K+-ATPase were performed using 3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (MHB), which is an analogue of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylacetylaldehyde (product of MAO-catalysed reaction with dopamine as substrate). It was observed that at 2.6 microM MHB...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mayanil CS,Baquer NZ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) has been reported to be important in amyloid beta protein (Aβ)-mediated neurotoxicity. However, the underlying mechanisms are not clearly understood. In this study, we explored the effect of caspase cleavage of APP on tau phosphorylation in relation to Aβ. We found t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Park SS,Jung HJ,Kim YJ,Park TK,Kim C,Choi H,Mook-Jung IH,Koo EH,Park SA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wallerian degeneration in peripheral nerves occurs after a traumatic insult when the distal nerve part degenerates while peripheral macrophages enter the nerve stump and remove the accruing debris by phagozytosis. We used an experimental model to investigate the effect of either the absence or over-expression of alpha...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Siebert H,Kahle PJ,Kramer ML,Isik T,Schlüter OM,Schulz-Schaeffer WJ,Brück W

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical study we have examined the distribution of myelin basic protein (MBP), 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNP), and myelin/oligodendroglial glycoprotein (MOG) within CNS myelin sheaths and oligodendrocytes of adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Ultrastructural i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brunner C,Lassmann H,Waehneldt TV,Matthieu JM,Linington C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat retina tissue contains relatively high amounts of GD3 in relation to ganglio-series gangliosides even in the adult stages. This was attributed in part to an activity ratio between the enzyme that converts GM3 to GD3 [sialytransferase II (ST-II)] and the enzyme that converts GM3 to GM2 [N-acetylgalactosaminyltransf...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Martina JA,Daniotti JL,Maccioni HJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) is known to contain long-chain, covalently bound fatty acids. Previous studies, including our own, have suggested the occurrence of an oxyester type of linkage between fatty acids and PLP. However, we found that protein-SH groups are required in the acylation reaction, suggesting the p...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bizzozero OA,Good LK

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The turnover rate of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the rat striatum was estimated by measuring its accumulation after inhibition of GABA-transaminase (GABA-T) with gabaculine. Intrastriatal injections of 100 micrograms gabaculine induced a rapid and complete inhibition of GABA-T. GABA accumulation was linear with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Giorgi O,Meek JL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) plays a crucial role in lipid transport in circulation and the brain. The apoE4 isoform is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). ApoE4 is more susceptible to proteolysis than other apoE isoforms and apoE4 fragments have been found in brains of AD patients. These apoE4 fragments have...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dafnis I,Stratikos E,Tzinia A,Tsilibary EC,Zannis VI,Chroni A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ala and Gly substitutions for Pro 101 (P101) located in transmembrane domain 2 of the dopamine transporter (DAT) abolished transport activity but did not disrupt plasma membrane expression. Due to the high conservation of P101 in all neurotransmitter transporters and the capability of Pro to add flexibility to helices...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lin Z,Uhl GR

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperphosphorylated tau, the major component of the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer's disease, was found to accumulate in the brains of mice in which the calcineurin A alpha gene was disrupted [calcineurin A alpha knockout (CNA alpha -/-)]. The hyperphosphorylation involved several sites on tau, especially the S...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kayyali US,Zhang W,Yee AG,Seidman JG,Potter H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that the mechanism of lead neurotoxicity may be at the level of transcription was investigated in PC12 cells. In electrophoretic mobility gel shift assays Pb2+ was found to increase activator protein-1 complex (AP-1) DNA binding activity in PC12 cells; the increase was time- and concentration-dependent...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chakraborti T,Kim KA,Goldstein GG,Bressler JP

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited information is available on the identity of antigens targeted by antibodies present in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). The aim of this study was to identify novel antigens for CIS and investigate their prognostic potential to predict conversion to multiple scleros...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rouwette M,Somers K,Govarts C,De Deyn PP,Hupperts R,Van Wijmeersch B,De Jong BA,Verbeek MM,Van Pesch V,Sindic C,Villar LM,Álvarez-Cermeño JC,Stinissen P,Somers V

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) consisting of the hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated protein tau are a defining pathological characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hyperphosphorylation of tau is hypothesized to impair the microtubule stabilizing function of tau, leading to the formation of paired helical f...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liu SJ,Zhang AH,Li HL,Wang Q,Deng HM,Netzer WJ,Xu H,Wang JZ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uptake of L-glutamine (2 mM) by rat brain cortex slices against a concentration gradient is markedly inhibited (40%) by branched-chain L-amino acids (1 mM), L-phenylalanine (1 mM), or L-methionine (1 mM); that of L-asparagine (2 mM) is much less affected by these amino acids. Other amino acids investigated have little...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Benjamin AM,Verjee ZH,Quastel JH

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocytotic uptake and intracellular decay of horseradish peroxidase isoenzymes C and A by cultured mouse neuroblastoma cells were analyzed quantitatively by a direct spectrophotometric assay. At concentrations below 1 mg/ml, the rate of uptake of the isoenzyme C was more than three times as much as the isoenzyme ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chan KY,Haschke RH

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I induced the alpha 1 isoform of Na+,K(+)-ATPase in cultured astrocytes. In this study the effects of insulin/IGF-I on Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity and cell proliferation were examined in astrocytes cultured under the various conditions, to test the...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Matsuda T,Murata Y,Tanaka K,Hosoi R,Hayashi M,Tamada K,Takuma K,Baba A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations occurring in cortical nitric oxide (NO) release were analysed with a voltametric method in rats (i) placed in control conditions, (ii) while being paradoxical sleep deprived (PSD), or (iii) recovering from a PSD. Activities of neuronal (nNOS) and inducible (iNOS) NO-synthases as well as nNOS expression were...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Clément P,Sarda N,Cespuglio R,Gharib A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00