P2X7 receptor-induced death of motor neurons by a peroxynitrite/FAS-dependent pathway.

abstract：:An aminopeptidase with specificity directed toward peptides with acidic N-terminal amino acid residues has been isolated from mouse brain cytosol. Purification by ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration resulted in an enzyme that hydrolyzed aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester at a rate of 13.2 mumols/min/mg pro...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kelly JA,Neidle EL,Neidle A

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by a poly-glutamine expansion in huntingtin, the protein encoded by the HD gene. PolyQ-expanded huntingtin is toxic to neurons, especially the medium spiny neurons of the striatum. At the same time, wild-type huntingtin has important ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhang Y,Engelman J,Friedlander RM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to explore the metabolic fate of acetyl-L-carnitine in rat brain. To measure the flux of carbon atoms into anabolic processes occurring at regional levels, we have injected [1-(14)C]acetyl-L-carnitine into the lateral brain ventricle of conscious rats. After injection of [1-(14)C]acetyl-L-car...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ricciolini R,Scalibastri M,Kelleher JK,Carminati P,Calvani M,Arduini A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uptake and release of alanine were measured in lumbar sympathetic chains excised from embryos of white leghorn chickens, 14-15 days old, and incubated in a modified Eagle's minimum essential medium. In the presence of [U-14C]glucose, glucose carbon accumulated in alanine in the medium at a rate that increased when unl...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Larrabee MG

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：:The activities of monoamine oxidase A (MAO A) and monoamine oxidase B (MAO B) represent two independent types of substrate binding site, as indicated by experiments with selective inhibitors and also by substrate competition. We have tried to determine whether A and B active sites of human brain and liver MAO are loca...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： White HL,Stine DK

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotensin modulates dopaminergic transmission in the nigrostriatal system. DARPP-32, a dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein of Mr 32 kDa, is phosphorylated on Thr34 by cAMP-dependent protein kinase, resulting in its conversion into a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 (PP 1). Here, we examined the effe...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Matsuyama S,Higashi H,Maeda H,Greengard P,Nishi A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroactive steroid family includes molecules synthesized in peripheral glands (i.e., hormonal steroids) and directly in the nervous system (i.e., neurosteroids) which are key regulators of the nervous function. As already reported in clinical and experimental studies, neurodegenerative diseases affect the levels of n...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Caruso D,Melis M,Fenu G,Giatti S,Romano S,Grimoldi M,Crippa D,Marrosu MG,Cavaletti G,Melcangi RC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) activates a variety of signaling molecules to exert various functions in the nervous system, including neuronal differentiation, survival, and regulation of synaptic plasticity. Previously, we have suggested that BIT/SHPS-1 (brain immunoglobulin-like molecule with tyrosine-base...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Araki T,Yamada M,Ohnishi H,Sano SI,Hatanaka H

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that acrolein, a lipid peroxidation byproduct, is significantly increased following spinal cord injury in vivo, and that exposure to neuronal cells results in oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, increased membrane permeability, impaired axonal conductivity, and eventually cell death. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hamann K,Nehrt G,Ouyang H,Duerstock B,Shi R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors and nerve injury-induced changes of gene expression in sensory neurons are potential contributors to tactile allodynia, a neuropathic pain state manifested as hypersensitivity to innocuous mechanical stimulation. To uncover genes relevant to neuropathic allodynia, we analyzed gene expression profiles i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Valder CR,Liu JJ,Song YH,Luo ZD

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple C2 domains transmembrane protein 1 (MCTP1) contains two transmembrane regions and three C2 domains of high Ca(2+)-binding affinity. Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of human MCTP1 gene is reportedly associated with bipolar disorder, but expression and function of MCTP1 in the CNS is still largely unknown....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Qiu L,Yu H,Liang F

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 6-aminonicotinamide (6AN) treatment on the activities of alternative pathways of glucose metabolism in 20-day-old rat brain was evaluated by measurements of yields of 14CO2 from glucose labeled with 14C on carbons 1, 2, 3 + 4, or 6 and uniformly labeled glucose, and from the incorporation of 14C from spe...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hothersall JS,Zubairu S,McLean P,Greenbaum AL

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are activated in humans following infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and brain inflammation is thought to be involved in neuronal injury and dysfunction during HIV infection. Numerous studies indicate a role for the HIV regulatory protein Tat in HIV-related inflammatory and neurodegenerative ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bruce-Keller AJ,Barger SW,Moss NI,Pham JT,Keller JN,Nath A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations within the amyloid-beta (Abeta) domain of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) typically generate hemorrhagic strokes and vascular amyloid angiopathy. In contrast, the Arctic mutation (APP E693G) results in Alzheimer's disease. Little is known about the pathologic mechanisms that result from the Arctic mutati...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sahlin C,Lord A,Magnusson K,Englund H,Almeida CG,Greengard P,Nyberg F,Gouras GK,Lannfelt L,Nilsson LN

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) is responsible for the vesicular storage of l-glutamate, and plays an essential role in glutamate-mediated intercellular signal transmission in the CNS and in some neuroendocrine cells. Intestinal L cells are the glucose-responsive neuroendocrine cells responsible for the secret...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Uehara S,Jung SK,Morimoto R,Arioka S,Miyaji T,Juge N,Hiasa M,Shimizu K,Ishimura A,Otsuka M,Yamamoto A,Maechler P,Moriyama Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia, macrophage-like cells in the CNS, are multifunctional cells; they play an important role in removal of dead cells or their remnants by phagocytosis in the CNS degeneration and are one of important cells in the CNS cytokine network to produce and respond to a variety of cytokines. The functions of microglia ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sawada M,Suzumura A,Hosoya H,Marunouchi T,Nagatsu T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the mechanism through which the neurotransmitter glutamate causally participates in several neurological diseases, in vitro cultured cerebellar granule cells were exposed to glutamate and oxygen radical production was investigated. To this aim, a novel procedure was developed to detect oxygen radi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Atlante A,Gagliardi S,Minervini GM,Ciotti MT,Marra E,Calissano P

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific interaction of S-100 protein with synaptosomal particulate fractions (SYN) was further investigated with special reference to the number of binding components and their localization in synaptosomal subfractions. Binding studies were conducted on SYN from various CNS regions, on synaptosomal subfractions f...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Donato R

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was studied in slices of the head of the rabbit caudate nucleus. The slices were preincubated with [3H]GABA and then superfused. Aminooxyacetic acid was present throughout. Both the tritium in the slices and that in the superfusate consisted practically entirely of [3H]GAB...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Limberger N,Späth L,Starke K

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The separation of 38 hypophyseal or hypothalamic peptides and proteins by reversed-phase HPLC is described. The efficacy of several supports is discussed: large-pore reversed-phase silica supports turned out to be most effective in the separation of neuropeptides and proteins. The use of high sodium phosphate and phos...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Richter WO,Schwandt P

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptotagmin-7 (Syt-7) is one of two major calcium sensors for exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells, the other being synaptotagmin-1 (Syt-1). Despite a broad appreciation for the importance of Syt-7, questions remain as to its localization, function in mediating discharge of dense core granule cargos, and role in t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bendahmane M,Morales A,Kreutzberger AJB,Schenk NA,Mohan R,Bakshi S,Philippe JM,Zhang S,Kiessling V,Tamm LK,Giovannucci DR,Jenkins PM,Anantharam A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are bioactive eicosanoids produced from arachidonic acid by cytochrome P450 epoxygenases. We previously described the expression of cytochrome P450-2J epoxygenase in rat trigeminal ganglion neurons and that EETs signaling is involved in cerebrovascular dilation resulting from perivascu...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Iliff JJ,Fairbanks SL,Balkowiec A,Alkayed NJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific and sensitive gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric assay for measurement of normetanephrine (NMN) in different rat brain regions is presented. The results show that hypothalamus contains the highest concentrations of the norepinephrine metabolite. An increase of NMN concentrations has been detected in ani...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mocchetti I,De Angelis L,Racagni G

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody BM88 recognizes a neurospecific surface antigen in the CNS and the PNS. In the present study, the antigen recognized by BM88 was immunopurified from pig brain and shown to be a 22-kDa polypeptide by reducing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Under nonreducing conditions a p...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Patsavoudi E,Hurel C,Matsas R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of multidrug efflux transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) on endothelial cells lining brain blood vessels are important for limiting access of many compounds to the brain. In vivo studies have indicated that ischaemia-reperfusion that generates reactive oxygen species also increases P-gp levels in brain endothelial...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Robertson SJ,Kania KD,Hladky SB,Barrand MA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated metabolism and consequent extracellular accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides in the brain underlie the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Extracellular Aβ in the brain parenchyma is mainly secreted from the pre-synaptic terminals of neuronal cells in a synaptic activity-dependent manner. The p24 fami...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liu L,Fujino K,Nishimura M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saturable and specific binding sites for 5-[3H]hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) characterized by a KD of 3.5-4.5 nM were detected in the chick embryo brain and were shown to develop linearly as a function of age, weight, and protein content. Saturation and displacement studies using unlabeled 5-HT as the displacing...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Soblosky JS,Jeng I

更新日期：1985-02-01 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

abstract：:To better understand amyloid-beta (Abeta) metabolism in vivo, we assessed the concentration of Abeta in the CSF and plasma of APP(V717F) (PDAPP) transgenic mice, a model that develops age-dependent Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like pathology. In 3-month-old mice, prior to the development of Abeta deposition in the brain, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： DeMattos RB,Bales KR,Parsadanian M,O'Dell MA,Foss EM,Paul SM,Holtzman DM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00