Intracellular pH and catecholamine secretion from bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.

abstract：:PK 11195 [1-(2-chlorophenyl)-N-methyl-N-(1-methylpropyl)-3-isoquinolinecarboxamide] is a new ligand for the "peripheral-type" benzodiazepine binding sites, chemically unrelated to benzodiazepines. It displaces with a very high potency (IC50 congruent to 10(-9) M) [3H]-RO5-4864 (a benzodiazepine which specifically labe...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Benavides J,Quarteronet D,Imbault F,Malgouris C,Uzan A,Renault C,Dubroeucq MC,Gueremy C,Le Fur G

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation by endogenous dopamine of the inhibitory 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine (dopamine) receptors modulating the electrically evoked release of [3H]acetylcholine [( 3H]ACh) and [3H]dopamine in rat striatal slices is a function of the concentration of dopamine accumulated in the synaptic cleft during electrica...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Baud P,Arbilla S,Langer SZ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latanoprost was first developed for use in glaucoma therapy as an ocular hypotensive agent targeting the prostaglandin F2α (FP) receptor. Subsequently, latanoprost showed a neuroprotective effect, an additional pharmacological action. However, although it is well-known that latanoprost exerts an ocular hypotensive eff...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yamamoto K,Sato K,Yukita M,Yasuda M,Omodaka K,Ryu M,Fujita K,Nishiguchi KM,Machida S,Nakazawa T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease envisages that the initial elevation of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) levels, especially of Aβ(1-42) , is the primary trigger for the neuronal cell death specific to onset of Alzheimer's disease. There is now substantial evidence that brain amyloid levels are manipulabl...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nalivaeva NN,Beckett C,Belyaev ND,Turner AJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoguanidine inhibits the development of retinopathy in diabetic animals, but the mechanism remains unclear. Inasmuch as aminoguanidine is a relatively selective inhibitor of the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), we have investigated the effects of hyperglycemia on the retinal nitric oxide (NO) path...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Du Y,Smith MA,Miller CM,Kern TS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaminyl cyclases (QC) catalyze the formation of neurotoxic pGlu-modified amyloid-β peptides found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Reports of several-fold increases in soluble QC (sQC) expression in the brain and peripheral circulation of AD individuals has prompted the development of QC inhib...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gunn AP,Wong BX,McLean C,Fowler C,Barnard PJ,Duce JA,Roberts BR,AIBL Research Group.

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Two monoclonal antibodies that recognize Alzheimer's neurofibrillary tangles (ANTs), AD10 and AB18, have been characterized by immunoblotting against human and calf spinal cord neurofilament (NF) and calf brain microtubule preparations. Both antibodies bind to the 200-kilodalton (kd) (NF-H) and 160-kd (NF-M) but not t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ksiezak-Reding H,Yen SH

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to examine how sustained exposure to two 1,4-benzodiazepines (BZDs) with different action period, diazepam and brotizolam, and a 1,5-BZD, clobazam, affects L-type high voltage-gated calcium channel (HVCC) functions and its mechanisms using primary cultures of mouse cerebral cortical neurons. T...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Katsura M,Shibasaki M,Kurokawa K,Tsujimura A,Ohkuma S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The axonal outgrowth of cells of Neuro2a, a mouse neuroblastoma cell line, was suppressed on expression of the beta-galactoside alpha 1,2-fucosyltransferase (alpha 1,2-FT) gene. We recently cloned two types of rabbit alpha 1,2-FT, RFT-I and RFT-II. RFT-I exhibits comparable kinetic properties and structural homology w...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hitoshi S,Koijima N,Kusunoki S,Inokuchi J,Kanazawa I,Tsuji S

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the initial characterization of transgenic mice with mutations in a primary zinc-binding residue (H80), either alone or with a G93A mutation. H80G;G93A superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) transgenic mice developed paralysis with motor neuron loss, and ubiquitin inclusion-type rather than mitochondrial va...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Son M,Srikanth U,Puttaparthi K,Luther C,Elliott JL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional regeneration in a complete T8 transection model Cheng et al. (1996) and most recently, acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF; also known as FGF-1) involved in the repair process of the spinal cord injury (SCI) rat Tsai et al. (2008) have been reported. To further reveal the mechanism of the repair process o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shen LF,Cheng H,Tsai MC,Kuo HS,Chak KF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the properties, such as pH optima, detergent requirement, and effects of various lipids, of cholesterol ester hydrolase in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were examined, and the activity levels of the enzyme in CSF from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and non-MS individuals were compared. Our da...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Johnson RC,Shah SN

更新日期：1981-09-01 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：:In heterologous expression systems, dopamine transporter (DAT) cell-surface localization is reduced after relatively prolonged exposure to d-amphetamine (AMPH) or dopamine (DA), suggesting a role for substrate-mediated regulation of transporter function. Here, we investigated whether brief, repeated periods of substra...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gulley JM,Doolen S,Zahniser NR

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons of the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) express a diversity of voltage-gated sodium channels. From rat DRG we have cloned and functionally expressed a tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium channel alpha subunit, NaCh6/Scn8a/rPN4, and a splice variant, rPN4a. Primary structure analysis shows NaCh6/Scn8a/rPN4 to be highly homo...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dietrich PS,McGivern JG,Delgado SG,Koch BD,Eglen RM,Hunter JC,Sangameswaran L

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 17-kDa endogenous brain protein glia maturation factor (GMF) was transfected into C6 rat glioma cells using a replication-defective human adenovirus vector. The cells overexpressed GMF but did not secrete the protein into the medium. Transfection with GMF led to the activation of the transcription factor nuclear f...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lim R,Zaheer A,Yorek MA,Darby CJ,Oberley LW

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's disease, are considered incurable and significantly reduce the quality of life of the patients. A variety of drugs that modulate neurotransmitter levels have been used for the treatment of the neurodegenerative diseases but ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Huang M,Rathore SS,Lindau M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioltransferase (TTase) is a member of the family of thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases that are involved in the maintenance of sulfhydryl homeostasis in cells by catalyzing thiol-disulfide interchange reactions. One of the major consequences of oxidative stress in brain is the formation of protein-glutathione mixed dis...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Balijepalli S,Tirumalai PS,Swamy KV,Boyd MR,Mieyal JJ,Ravindranath V

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diphtheria toxin-neurotrophin-4/5 (NT-4/5) chimera (DAB389-NT4), in which the native receptor binding domain of diphtheria toxin was replaced with a synthetic gene encoding rat NT-4/5, was expressed, refolded, and purified. This fusion toxin has a deduced molecular mass of 60,163 and is formed by joining the first 3...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Negro A,Skaper SD

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effect of cocaine on the brain histamine neuron system, histamine levels and histamine N-methyltransferase activity in the rat brain were measured after the administration of cocaine. Moreover, we examined the effect of L-histidine on cocaine-induced wheel-running behavior. The administration of cocaine...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ito C,Onodera K,Sakurai E,Sato M,Watanabe T

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reporter epitope was inserted at 11 positions in a region encompassing proposed transmembrane segments S1 and S2 in the second repeat domain (D2) of the rat skeletal muscle type 1 sodium channel. All mutations produced full-length membrane-associated protein following transfection into cultured cells, although the l...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kraner SD,Filatov GN,Sun W,Bannerman P,Lindstrom J,Barchi RL

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons from the granular layer of the cerebellum express functional beta 2-adrenoreceptors (beta 2-ARs). We show that stimulation of beta 2-ARs with isoprenaline increases cyclic AMP (cAMP) production and stimulates transcription of genes containing the cAMP-responsive element (CRE; TGACGTCA). This effect is mediated...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Barthel F,Loeffler JP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excitant amino acid, N-methyl-D-aspartate, was actively taken up by slices of rat cerebral cortex. This uptake was Na+- and temperature-dependent, but was relatively inefficient (Km 3 mM, Vmax 0.07 mumol/g/min) compared with that of other acidic amino acids. The uptake of N-methyl-D-aspartate does not appear to ha...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Skerritt JH,Johnston GA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Aspartate N-acetyltransferase, a nervous system enzyme that mediates the synthesis of N-acetyl-L-aspartic acid, has been characterized. In the presence of acetyl-CoA, L-aspartate was acetylated 10-fold more efficiently than L-glutamate, and the acetylation of aspartylglutamate was not detectable. Within the nervous ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Truckenmiller ME,Namboodiri MA,Brownstein MJ,Neale JH

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen has been found to be neuroprotective in both transient and permanent experimental ischemic stroke. However, it remains unknown whether this agent shows a similar beneficial effect after spinal cord injury (SCI), and what are its underlying mechanisms. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of tamoxifen ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tian DS,Liu JL,Xie MJ,Zhan Y,Qu WS,Yu ZY,Tang ZP,Pan DJ,Wang W

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in significant inflammation which contributes to the evolving pathology. Previously, we have demonstrated that cyclic AMP (cAMP), a molecule involved in inflammation, is down-regulated after TBI. To determine the mechanism by which cAMP is down-regulated after TBI, we determined wh...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Oliva AA Jr,Kang Y,Furones C,Alonso OF,Bruno O,Dietrich WD,Atkins CM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystatin C, a well-established biomarker of renal function, has been associated with a protective effect against stroke. However, the potential neuroprotective mechanism of cystatin C in ischemic brain injury remains unclear. Our study hypothesized that cystatin C can ameliorate blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption by...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yang B,Xu J,Chang L,Miao Z,Heang D,Pu Y,Zhou X,Zhang L,Xie H

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptosomes, isolated from the whole brain of young (3 months) and old (24 months) rats were used to study the major bioenergetic systems of neuronal mitochondria in situ, within the synaptosome. Approximately 85% of the resting oxygen consumption of synaptosomes from both young and old rats was a result of proton le...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Joyce OJ,Farmer MK,Tipton KF,Porter RK

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium signaling in fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester-loaded enteric glia was investigated in response to neuroligands; responses to ATP were studied in detail. Carbachol (1 mM), glutamate (100 microM), norepinephrine (10 microM), and substance P (1 microM) did not increase the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kimball BC,Mulholland MW

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The export of glutamine from astrocytes, and the uptake of glutamine by neurons, are integral steps in the glutamate-glutamine cycle, a major pathway for the replenishment of neuronal glutamate. We review here the functional and molecular identification of the transporters that mediate this transfer. The emerging pict...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bröer S,Brookes N

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00