Characterization of the potent neuroprotective properties of the natural vitamin E alpha-tocotrienol.

abstract：:The effect of hydrocephalus on cerebral energy metabolites and on intermediates of membrane phospholipid metabolism has been studied in H-Tx rats with inherited infantile hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalic rats and rats with shunts placed at 4-5 days or at 10 days after birth were subjected to magnetic resonance imaging in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Harris NG,Plant HD,Briggs RW,Jones HC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat-1 fibroblasts were transduced to express Drosophila choline acetyltransferase. The presence of an active enzyme in these cells (Rat-1/dChAT) was confirmed using various methods. Rat-1/dChAT fibroblasts released acetylcholine (ACh) into the culture medium. Moreover, intra- and extracellular levels of ACh could be i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Schinstine M,Rosenberg MB,Routledge-Ward C,Friedmann T,Gage FH

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) (7-36) amide functions as a novel neuropeptide prompted us to study the gene expression of its receptor in rat brain. Northern blot analysis showed transcripts of similar size in RINm5F cells, hypothalamus, and brain-stem. First-strand cDNA was prepared by using RNA from h...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Alvarez E,Roncero I,Chowen JA,Thorens B,Blázquez E

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction represents a critical event during the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and expanding evidences demonstrate that an altered balance in mitochondrial fission/fusion is likely an important mechanism leading to mitochondrial and neuronal dysfunction/degeneration. In this study, we invest...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang X,Petrie TG,Liu Y,Liu J,Fujioka H,Zhu X

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT)-III, a member of the MT family of metal-binding proteins, is mainly expressed in the CNS and is abundant in glutamatergic neurons. Results in genetically altered mice indicate that MT-III may play neuroprotective roles in the brain, but the mechanisms through which this protein functions have not ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Montoliu C,Monfort P,Carrasco J,Palacios O,Capdevila M,Hidalgo J,Felipo V

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is one of at least nine inherited neurodegenerative diseases caused by an expansion of a polyglutamine tract within corresponding disease-specific proteins. In case of SCA3, mutation of Ataxin-3 results in aggregation of misfolded protein, formation of intranuclear as well as cytos...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liman J,Deeg S,Voigt A,Voßfeldt H,Dohm CP,Karch A,Weishaupt J,Schulz JB,Bähr M,Kermer P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) concentration in CSF is potentially a diagnostic and therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The purpose of this study was to clarify the elimination mechanism of human Aβ(1-40) [hAβ (1-40)] from CSF. After intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration, [(125) I]hAβ(1-40) was eliminated ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fujiyoshi M,Tachikawa M,Ohtsuki S,Ito S,Uchida Y,Akanuma S,Kamiie J,Hashimoto T,Hosoya K,Iwatsubo T,Terasaki T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) are characterized by an abnormal aggregation of misfolded beta-sheet rich proteins such as β-amyloid (Aβ). Various ubiquitously expressed molecular chaperones control the correct folding of cellular proteins and prevent the accumulation of harmful species. We...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hoshino A,Helwig M,Rezaei S,Berridge C,Eriksen JL,Lindberg I

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When indole-3-acetaldehyde was incubated with rat brain tissue, an aldehyde dehydrogenase-independent irreversible disappearance of the aldehyde was found. This was accompanied by an increase in absorbance at 240-400 nm, with a peak at 310 nm. The results suggested that this change in absorbance was caused by a membra...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nilsson GE,Tottmar O

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FE65 adaptor protein family was identified in two-hybrid screens as proteins that bind the cytoplasmic domain of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Studies have shown that FE65 binding to APP modulates APP processing. Increased levels of alpha-secretase derived secreted APP (APPsalpha) and beta-amyloid (Abeta) w...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Guénette SY,Chang Y,Hyman BT,Tanzi RE,Rebeck GW

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) signaling is thought to contribute to bipolar disorder symptoms. Lithium and carbamazepine, effective against bipolar mania, are reported in rats to reduce brain transcription of an arachidonic acid selective calcium-dependent cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)), as well as exp...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rao JS,Ertley RN,Rapoport SI,Bazinet RP,Lee HJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule-associated protein tau is abnormally hyperphosphorylated and aggregated in affected neurons of Alzheimer disease brain. This hyperphosphorylated tau can be dephosphorylated at some of the abnormal phosphorylated sites by purified protein phosphatase-1, 2A, and 2B in vitro. In the present study, we have dev...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gong CX,Shaikh S,Wang JZ,Zaidi T,Grundke-Iqbal I,Iqbal K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of chronic systemic administration of the mitochondrial toxin 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) in doses ranging from 12 to 16 mg/kg/day for 30 days on striatal cytoarchitecture in rats. Administration of 3-NP at a dose of 16 mg/kg/day resulted in large lesions with a central necrotic core that was ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wüllner U,Young AB,Penney JB,Beal MF

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frame-shifted amyloid precursor protein (APP(+1)), which has a truncated out-of-frame C-terminus, accumulates in the neuropathological hallmarks of patients with Alzheimer's disease pathology. To study a possible involvement of APP(+1) in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, we expressed APP695 and APP(+1) in the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： van Dijk R,Fischer DF,Sluijs JA,Sonnemans MA,Hobo B,Mercken L,Mann DM,Hol EM,van Leeuwen FW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) deposition in the brain. Abeta is produced by sequential cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by beta-secretase (BACE1: beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1) and gamma-secretase. Previously, we demonstrated that BACE1 also cleaves beta-galacto...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nakagawa K,Kitazume S,Oka R,Maruyama K,Saido TC,Sato Y,Endo T,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galactosyltransferase activities were examined in the cerebellum, cerebral cortex, and brain stem of reeler and wild-type mice. Galactosyltransferase assays were optimal for all required substrates, linear with incubation time, and proportional to protein concentration. In brain areas affected by the reeler mutation (...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shur BD

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperexcitability of the hippocampus is a commonly observed phenomenon in the years preceding a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our previous work suggests a dysregulation in glutamate neurotransmission may mediate this hyperexcitability, and glutamate dysregulation correlates with cognitive deficits in the rTg(...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hunsberger HC,Weitzner DS,Rudy CC,Hickman JE,Libell EM,Speer RR,Gerhardt GA,Reed MN

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) has been shown to induce matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) expression through mitogen-activated protein kinases and nuclear factor-kappaB pathways in rat brain astrocytes. Moreover, transactivation of growth factor receptors and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wu CY,Hsieh HL,Sun CC,Tseng CP,Yang CM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in lipidomics technology have facilitated the precise detection, identification and profiling of lipid species within tissues. Mass spectrometry allows for identification of lipids as a function of the total number of carbons and double bonds in their acyl chains. Such detailed descriptions of lipid compositi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rappley I,Myers DS,Milne SB,Ivanova PT,Lavoie MJ,Brown HA,Selkoe DJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine (dopamine, DA) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) have been reported to stimulate adenylate cyclase activity in the rabbit retina, possible interactions between VIP-sensitive and DA-sensitive adenylate cyclase systems have not been previously investigated. To elucidate the i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pachter JA,Lam DM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripherin is a type III intermediate filament (IF) abundantly expressed in developing neurons, but in the adult, it is primarily found in neurons extending to the peripheral nervous system. It has been suggested that peripherin may play a role in axonal elongation and/or cytoskeletal stabilization during development ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Larivière RC,Nguyen MD,Ribeiro-da-Silva A,Julien JP

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ uptake into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is mediated by Ca2+ ATPase isoforms, which are all selectively inhibited by nanomolar concentrations of thapsigargin. Using ATP/Mg2+-dependent 45Ca2+ transport in rat brain microsomes, tissue sections, and permeabilized cells, as well as Ca2+ imaging in living cells we d...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Watson WD,Facchina SL,Grimaldi M,Verma A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities were determined in oligodendrocytes, neurons, and astrocytes isolated from the brains of developing rats. The activity of each enzyme was significantly lower in both neurons and astrocytes tha...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cammer W,Snyder DS,Zimmerman TR Jr,Farooq M,Norton WT

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of integrin receptors in neurons can promote cell survival and synaptic plasticity, but the underlying signal transduction pathway(s) is unknown. We report that integrin signaling prevents apoptosis of embryonic hippocampal neurons by a mechanism involving integrin-linked kinase (ILK) that activates Akt kin...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gary DS,Milhavet O,Camandola S,Mattson MP

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of L-glutamate on the adrenergic-stimulated release of melatonin in the rat pineal gland was examined using an in vitro perfusion system. L-Glutamate by itself had no effect on melatonin secretion whereas L-glutamate administered prior to (-)-isoproterenol (beta-adrenergic agonist) and L-phenylephrine (alph...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kus L,Handa RJ,McNulty JA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carboxyl methylation of secretory proteins in vivo was investigated in bovine adrenal medullary cells in culture. Chromogranin A, the major intragranular secretory protein in adrenal medullary cells, and other secretory proteins were found to be carboxyl-methylated within secretory vesicles. The in vivo labeling p...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nguyen MH,Harbour D,Gagnon C

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoid receptors and the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol have been suggested to regulate food intake in several animal phyla. Orthologs of the mammalian cannabinoid CB(1) and CB(2) receptors have been identified in fish. We investigated the presence of this endocannabinoid system in the bra...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Valenti M,Cottone E,Martinez R,De Pedro N,Rubio M,Viveros MP,Franzoni MF,Delgado MJ,Di Marzo V

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The delivery of proteins to the presynaptic terminals of guinea pig retinal ganglion cells by two of the major components of axonal transport, and the subsequent persistence and turnover of those proteins were examined in this study. Ganglion cell proteins were radiolabeled by intravitreal injection of radiolabeled am...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Garner JA,Mahler HR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract The dualistic activities of the amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide as a pro-oxidant and ubiquitous constituent of amyloid deposits in Alzheimer's disease plaques and as an antioxidant of purported physiological function has been suggested but the mechanisms are far from being understood. In this report we measure s...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kuperstein F,Brand A,Yavin E

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat and mouse CNS neurofilament proteins (NFPs) were characterized and compared, in terms of electrophoretic properties on polyacrylamide gels and by peptide mapping, with one another and with other co-purifying lower-molecular-weight CNS proteins, including alpha and beta tubulin. NFPs were partially purified by modi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brown BA,Nixon RA,Strocchi P,Marotta CA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00