Interaction of alpha-conotoxin ImII and its analogs with nicotinic receptors and acetylcholine-binding proteins: additional binding sites on Torpedo receptor.

abstract：:Morphine is a key drug for the treatment of pain but its side effects limit its clinical application. MEL-0614, an endomorphin-1 analog, has fewer side effects than morphine in addition to its powerful analgesic effect. In this study, we measured the effect of morphine and MEL-0614 on hyperalgesia (7 days) and neuropa...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ma M,Wang Z,Wang J,Wei S,Cui J,Wang Y,Luo K,Zhao L,Liu X,Wang R

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocannabinoids (eCB) are key regulators of excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmission at cannabinoid-1-receptor (CB1 R)-expressing axon terminals. The most abundant eCB in the brain, that is 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), is hydrolyzed by the enzyme monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL), whose chronic inhibition in the brain ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Imperatore R,Morello G,Luongo L,Taschler U,Romano R,De Gregorio D,Belardo C,Maione S,Di Marzo V,Cristino L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid anandamide (N-arachidonoylethanolamine) and other bioactive long-chain N-acylethanolamines are thought to be formed from their corresponding N-acylphosphatidylethanolamines by a specific phospholipase D (NAPE-PLD) in the brain as well as other tissues. However, regional distribution of NAPE-PLD in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Morishita J,Okamoto Y,Tsuboi K,Ueno M,Sakamoto H,Maekawa N,Ueda N

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:The ubiquitous polyamines spermidine and spermine are known as modulators of glutamate receptors and inwardly rectifying potassium channels. They are synthesized by a set of specific enzymes in which spermidine synthase is the rate-limiting step catalysing the formation of the spermine precursor spermidine from putres...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Krauss M,Langnaese K,Richter K,Brunk I,Wieske M,Ahnert-Hilger G,Veh RW,Laube G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural injury due to ischemia and related insults is thought to involve the action of excitatory amino acids at N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, which results in the influx of extracellular Ca2+ and the generation of nitric oxide. Because ethanol inhibits physiologic responses to excitatory amino acids, we examined its...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lustig HS,von Brauchitsch KL,Chan J,Greenberg DA

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-2, initially discovered for its mitogenic activity on T cells, also acts on monocytes, resulting in the activation of cytokine production, superoxide production, and tumoricidal activity. Because severe brain damage was observed in IL-2-transgenic mice, this cytokine may have some influence(s) on the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sawada M,Suzumura A,Marunouchi T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to investigate whether dexamethasone produces a coordinated, time-dependent effect on all enzymes in the catecholamine biosynthetic pathway in PC12 cells. The levels of mRNAs of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC), and dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) were examined at 0, 6, 1...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kim KT,Park DH,Joh TH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-invasive (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) technique is described for the determination of the N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA) synthesis rate, V(NAA), in the human brain in vivo. In controls, the mean V(NAA) was 9.2 +/- 3.9 nmol/min/g. In Canavan disease, where [NAA] is increased (p < 0.001) and [aspartate]...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Moreno A,Ross BD,Blüml S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Amyloid peptides (Abeta40 and Abeta42) are the major constituents of amyloid plaques, which are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The Abeta is derived from sequential cleavages of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by beta- and gamma-secretases. gamma-Secretase consists of at least four proteins wher...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lai MT,Crouthamel MC,DiMuzio J,Pietrak BL,Donoviel DB,Bernstein A,Gardell SJ,Li YM,Hazuda D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perilymph, which bathes the sensory cells of the cochlea, was collected from guinea pigs exposed to noise and analyzed via two cation-exchange HPLC procedures with fluorescence detection, resolving 51 and 81 primary-amine compounds, respectively, at a sensitivity limit of 0.1 pmol relative to leucine. During a first p...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Drescher MJ,Drescher DG,Medina JE

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have screened a human cDNA library using an expressed sequence tag related to the BM-40/secreted protein, acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC)/osteonectin family of proteins and isolated a novel cDNA. It encodes a protein precursor of 424 amino acids that consists of a signal peptide, a follistatin-like domain, a Ca...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Vannahme C,Schübel S,Herud M,Gösling S,Hülsmann H,Paulsson M,Hartmann U,Maurer P

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis of phosphoinositides (PI) elicited in cerebellar granule cell cultures by agonists of metabolotropic glutamate receptors, glutmate and quisqualate, was enhanced when the cells were pretreated with concanavalin A (Con-A). A similar effect was produced by wheat germ agglutinin, but not by several other le...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Raulli R,Danysz W,Wroblewski JT

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of angiotensin II-like peptide was measured in primary cultured brain cells from the fetal rat. Cells from the whole brains of 20-day gestational age Sprague-Dawley rats were dissociated by mild trypsinization and grown for 5 days in supplemented (serum-free) medium prior to experimental analysis. The...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Weyhenmeyer JA,Meyer JM,Watkins JE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood-based tests for the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are under intensive investigation and have shown promising results with regard to Abeta40 and Abeta42 peptide species in incipient AD. Moreover, plasma Abeta40 was suggested as an independent cerebrovascular risk factor candidate. These consi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bibl M,Esselmann H,Mollenhauer B,Weniger G,Welge V,Liess M,Lewczuk P,Otto M,Schulz JB,Trenkwalder C,Kornhuber J,Wiltfang J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of protease-sensitive prion protein (PrP-sen) to a high beta-sheet, protease-resistant and often fibrillar form (PrP-res) is a central event in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) or prion diseases. This conversion can be induced by PrP-res itself in cell-free conversion reactions. The deter...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Xiong LW,Raymond LD,Hayes SF,Raymond GJ,Caughey B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Cocaine dissociates from its binding sites in the mouse cerebral cortex with a half-time of 25 s. The dissociation kinetics in the striatum is consonant with the presence of two populations of sites with dissociation half times of 2 s and 27 s, comprising 88% and 12%, respectively, of the total binding sites. On t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Reith ME,Sershen H,Lajtha A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a developmental disorder caused by the loss of Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 (FMR1) gene function because of a CGG repeat expansion (> 200 repeats) in the gene. The molecular mechanism(s) linking loss of FMR1 function to the molecular pathology and cognitive/behavioral disability remain un...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang X,Snape M,Klann E,Stone JG,Singh A,Petersen RB,Castellani RJ,Casadesus G,Smith MA,Zhu X

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate receptor (GluR) δ1 is widely expressed in the developing forebrain, whereas GluRδ2 is selectively expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells. Recently, we found that trans-synaptic interaction of postsynaptic GluRδ2 and pre-synaptic neurexins (NRXNs) through cerebellin precursor protein (Cbln) 1 mediates excitat...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yasumura M,Yoshida T,Lee SJ,Uemura T,Joo JY,Mishina M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glia maturation factor-beta, a protein found in the brains of all vertebrates thus far examined, appears to play a role in the differentiation, maintenance, and regeneration of the nervous system. Using oligonucleotide probes based on the sequences of three tryptic peptides derived from bovine glia maturation factor-b...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kaplan R,Zaheer A,Jaye M,Lim R

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper brain function in the nervous system relies on the accurate establishment of synaptic contacts during development. Countless synapses populate the adult brain in an orderly fashion. In each synapse, a presynaptic terminal loaded with neurotransmitters-containing synaptic vesicles is perfectly aligned to an arra...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pinto MJ,Almeida RD

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GD3 synthase (Sial-T2) is a key enzyme of ganglioside synthesis that, in concert with GM2 synthase (GalNAc-T), regulates the ratio of a- and b-pathway gangliosides. In this work, we study the sub-Golgi location of an epitope-tagged version of chicken Sial-T2 transfected to CHO-K1 cells. The expressed protein was enzym...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Daniotti JL,Martina JA,Giraudo CG,Zurita AR,Maccioni HJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress may play a crucial role in age-related neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we examined the ability of two antioxidants, alpha-lipoic acid (LA) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC), to reverse the cognitive deficits found in the SAMP8 mouse. By 12 months of age, this strain develops elevated levels of Abeta and s...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Farr SA,Poon HF,Dogrukol-Ak D,Drake J,Banks WA,Eyerman E,Butterfield DA,Morley JE

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:We have previously reported that the intrinsic ability of motor axons to sprout can vary considerably from nerve to nerve with an inverse correlation to axonal length. In this study we asked whether this variation might be associated with differences in one axonal component, neurofilaments, near the site of outgrowth....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pestronk A,Watson DF,Yuan CM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned Caenorhabditis elegans lev-8 and demonstrated that it encodes a novel nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit (previously designated ACR-13), which has functional roles in body wall and uterine muscles as part of a levamisole-sensitive receptor. LEV-8 is an alpha subunit and is the first to be ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Towers PR,Edwards B,Richmond JE,Sattelle DB

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on glial cultures have demonstrated that fetal bovine serum contains a factor that induces bipotential glial precursors known as oligodendrocyte-type 2 astrocyte (O-2A) progenitors to become type 2 astroglia rather than oligodendroglia. The goal of this research project was to characterize and purify this fact...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Levison SW,McCarthy KD

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteasome is a multiprotein complex that is involved in the intracellular protein degradation in eukaryotes. Here, we show that human malignant glioma cells are susceptible to apoptotic cell death induced by the proteasome inhibitors, MG132 and lactacystin. The execution of the apoptotic death program involves th...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wagenknecht B,Hermisson M,Groscurth P,Liston P,Krammer PH,Weller M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sprague-Dawley rats were fed one of three purified diets--10% corn oil, 10% hydrogenated coconut oil, or 10% linseed oil--through two generations. At 60-80 days of age the animals were sacrificed. The fatty acyl composition of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, plasmalogen phosphatidylethanolamine, and com...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brown ML,Marshall LA,Johnston PV

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The signal transduction pathways involved in NMDA receptor modulation by other receptors remain unclear. cAMP could be involved in this modulation. The aim of this work was to analyse the contribution of cAMP to NMDA receptor modulation in cerebellar neurones in culture. Forskolin increases cAMP and results in increas...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Llansola M,Sánchez-Pérez AM,Montoliu C,Felipo V

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00