Dissecting polysialic acid and NCAM functions in brain development.

abstract：:Ketimine reductase (E.C. 1.5.1.25) was purified to apparent homogeneity from lamb forebrain by means of a rapid multi-step chromatography protocol. The purified enzyme was identified by MS/MS (mass spectrometry) as μ-crystallin. The identity was confirmed by heterologously expressing human μ-crystallin in Escherichia ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hallen A,Cooper AJ,Jamie JF,Haynes PA,Willows RD

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO) activity in tissue adjacent to an intracerebral hematoma may modulate cellular vulnerability to heme-mediated oxidative injury. Although HO-1 is induced after experimental intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), the time course of this induction, its effect on tissue HO activity, and its association with o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chen M,Regan RF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanidino compounds in CSF of 57 human subjects were determined fluorometrically after reaction with phenanthrenequinone in alkali solution, using HPLC. Creatinine (65.2 +/- 13.4 nmol/ml), arginine (24.7 +/- 6.4 nmol/ml), and homoarginine (0.7 +/- 0.3 nmol/ml) were found in all subjects. Trace amounts of guanidinosucc...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mori A,Watanabe Y,Fujimoto N

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reversed-phase HPLC system was used to concentrate and separate components of substance P-like immunoreactivity (SP-LI) from human CSF. When CSF was injected and fractions collected, no SP-LI could be detected by radioimmunoassay (RIA) at the retention time of SP or SP-sulfoxide. Instead, SP-LI was detected in later...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Toresson G,Brodin E,Wahlström A,Bertilsson L

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several neurodegenerative disorders are associated with evidence of inflammation, one feature of which is increased activation of microglia, the most likely cellular source of inflammatory cytokines like interleukin-1beta. It is now recognized that interaction of microglia with other cells contributes to maintenance o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lyons A,Lynch AM,Downer EJ,Hanley R,O'Sullivan JB,Smith A,Lynch MA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy/Enhancer of split (Hes) 6 is a basic helix-loop-helix protein that interacts with the transcriptional co-repressor, Groucho, and antagonizes the neural functions of the Notch pathway. More specifically, mouse Hes6 regulates cerebral corticogenesis by promoting neurogenesis and suppressing astrocyte differentiati...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Belanger-Jasmin S,Llamosas E,Tang Y,Joachim K,Osiceanu AM,Jhas S,Stifani S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administration beyond 4.5 h of stroke symptoms is beneficial for patients but has an increased risk of cerebral hemorrhage. Thus, increasing the therapeutic window of tPA is important for stroke recovery. We previously showed that prothymosin alpha (ProTα) or its mimetic hexapeptide ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Halder SK,Matsunaga H,Ueda H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential screening of a cDNA library prepared from mRNA of the hippocampus of estrogen-stimulated ovariectomized female rats led to the identification of a single estrogen-induced clone. Analysis of the sequence identified this cDNA as the gene coding for subunit III of the enzyme cytochrome c oxidase. Cytochrome ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bettini E,Maggi A

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic processing and phosphorylation of amyloid precursor protein (APP), and hyperphosphorylation of tau protein, have been shown to be increased in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains, leading to increased production of beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptides and neurofibrillary tangles, respectively. These observations sugg...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Butterfield DA,Abdul HM,Opii W,Newman SF,Joshi G,Ansari MA,Sultana R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) was taken up by a MgATP-dependent mechanism into synaptic vesicles isolated by hypoosmotic shock and density gradient centrifugation. The properties of the vesicular uptake differed clearly from those of synaptosomal and glial uptake, both with respect to Na+, Mg2+, and ATP dependence an...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fykse EM,Fonnum F

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time of terminal differentiation, mammalian cortical neurons undergo a dramatic change in the structural organization of their chromatin: the nucleosomal repeat length shortens from approximately 200 base pairs in fetuses to a value of 165 base pairs after birth. These events occur several days after the end of...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cestelli A,Di Liegro I,Castiglia D,Gristina R,Ferraro D,Salemi G,Savettieri G

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated rat neurointermediate lobes were incubated in vitro. The release of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine (dopamine, DA), dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA), and methoxyphenylethanol (MOPET) was determined by HPLC with electrochemical detection. Under resting conditions, the outflow of metabo...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Racké K,Muscholl E

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has suggested that the initial effects of cellular free radical neurotoxic insult involve large increases in intracellular Ca2+. However, the exact role of oxidative stress on the various parameters involved in these increases has not been specified. The present experiments were performed to examine ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Joseph JA,Strain JG,Jimenez ND,Fisher D

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal developmental profile of preprotachykinin (PPT) gene expression was determined in rat striatum from embryonic day 20 to adulthood (greater than 45 days of age). At embryonic day 20, the amount of striatal PPT mRNA was approximately 8% of adult levels, and this specific mRNA approached adult levels by postna...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Haverstick DM,Jeziorski M,Bannon MJ

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the relationship between nitric oxide-mediated regulation of mitochondrial function and excitotoxicity, the role of mitochondrial ATP synthesis and intracellular redox status on the mode of neuronal cell death was studied. Brief (5 min) glutamate (100 microM) receptor stimulation in primary cor...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Almeida A,Bolaños JP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substrate-induced endocytic trafficking of dopamine transporter (DAT) has been observed, but little is known about the regulation of DAT oligomerization by substrate. The present study investigates the effect on substrates on DAT oligomerization and explores a potential link with the presence of DAT at the cell surfac...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chen N,Reith ME

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies performed over the past several years have provided evidence that phosphorylation of proteins is important in the regulation of neurotransmitter release. In this study, it is shown that rabphilin-3A is present in cerebellar granule cells as a phosphoprotein, by using 32P-labeling of cerebellar granule cells, i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fykse EM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that caffeine (1.5-30 mg/kg i.p.) as well as specific A1 (DPCPX, 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine) receptor antagonists fail to increase extracellular dopamine (DA) in the shell of the nucleus accumbens (NAc). However, it has also been reported that caffeine (10 and 30 mg/kg i.p.) and the A1 ant...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： De Luca MA,Bassareo V,Bauer A,Di Chiara G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-type voltage-gated calcium channel (CaV2.2) is a clinically endorsed target in chronic pain treatments. As directly targeting the channel can lead to multiple adverse side effects, targeting modulators of CaV2.2 may prove better. We previously identified ST1-104, a short peptide from the collapsin response media...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ju W,Li Q,Allette YM,Ripsch MS,White FA,Khanna R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmitter release at high probability phasic synapses of crayfish neuromuscular junctions depresses by over 50% in 60 min when stimulated at 0.2 Hz. Inhibition of the protein phosphatase calcineurin by intracellular pre-synaptic injection of autoinhibitory peptide inhibited low-frequency depression (LFD) and resulte...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Silverman-Gavrila LB,Charlton MP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified rat brain Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM-kinase II) is stimulated by brain gangliosides to a level of about 30% the activity obtained in the presence of Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM). Of the various gangliosides tested, GT1b was the most potent, giving half-maximal activation at 25 microM. Gangliosi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fukunaga K,Miyamoto E,Soderling TR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have observed recently that in vitro lipoperoxidation is enhanced in Down's syndrome brain homogenates of prenatal age. As this may relate to the composition of polyunsaturated acyl groups (PUFA) in phospholipids, we have examined the PUFA of ethanolamine and serine phosphoglycerides (EPG and SPG), which are partic...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brooksbank BW,Martinez M,Balazs R

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myocyte enhancer factor 2A-D (MEF2) proteins are members of the MCM1-agamous-deficiens-serum response factor family of transcription factors. Various MEF2 isoform proteins are enriched in neurons and exhibit distinct patterns of expression in different regions of the brain. In neurons, MEF2 functions as a convergi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： She H,Yang Q,Mao Z

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our gut harbours trillions of microorganisms essential for the maintenance of homeostasis and host physiology in health and disease. In the last decade, there has been a growing interest in understanding the bidirectional pathway of communication between our microbiota and the central nervous system. With regard to re...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： García-Cabrerizo R,Carbia C,O Riordan KJ,Schellekens H,Cryan JF

更新日期：2020-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisilencer or antirepressor elements have been described, thus far, for only a few eukaryotic genes and were identified by their ability not to augment gene expression per se but to override repression mediated via negative transcription regulatory elements. Here we report the first case of antisilencing for a neura...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dobretsova A,Wight PA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Aplysia, serotonin mediates behavioral sensitization by increasing the strength of the synapse between sensory and motor neurons, a process known as facilitation. The retention of long-term facilitation is blocked by rapamycin, an inhibitor of a specific translational pathway. One possible rapamycin-sensitive targe...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Carroll M,Warren O,Fan X,Sossin WS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) share common components in their multimeric receptors. Both cytokine receptors contain gp130/interleukin-6-receptor transducer as well as gp190/low affinity LIF receptor. For CNTF, addition of a third subunit, or alpha subunit, defines the high-af...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Robledo O,Auguste P,Coupey L,Praloran V,Chevalier S,Pouplard A,Gascan H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microtubule-based motor protein kinesin is thought to drive anterograde organelle transport in axons, but nothing is known about how its force-generating activity or organelle-binding properties are regulated. Studies in other motility systems suggest that protein phosphorylation is a reasonable candidate for this...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hollenbeck PJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a trophic and survival factor for cholinergic neurons, and it induces the expression of several genes that are essential for synthesis and storage of acetylcholine (ACh), specifically choline acetyltransferase, vesicular ACh transporter (VAChT), and choline transporter. We have found previ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Madziar B,Shah S,Brock M,Burke R,Lopez-Coviella I,Nickel AC,Cakal EB,Blusztajn JK,Berse B

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a whole-cell binding procedure with long incubations at low temperature and subsequent acid stripping, we have characterized an atypical endothelin (ET) receptor in primary rat cortical astrocyte cultures. We found the following: (a) no competition for 125I-ET-1 binding by the ET(A) antagonists BQ-123 and LU 135...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jensen N,Hasselblatt M,Sirén AL,Schilling L,Schmidt M,Ehrenreich H

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00