Mixed competitive and allosteric antagonism by gallamine of muscarinic receptor-mediated second messenger responses in N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells.

abstract：:The hippocampus is a distinct brain structure that is crucial in memory storage and retrieval. To identify comprehensively proteins of hippocampal plasma membrane (PM) and detect the neuronal-specific PM proteins, we performed a proteomic analysis of rat hippocampus PM using the following three technical strategies. F...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chen P,Li X,Sun Y,Liu Z,Cao R,He Q,Wang M,Xiong J,Xie J,Wang X,Liang S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portocaval anastomosis (PCA) in the rat leads, within 4 weeks, to severe liver atrophy, sustained hyperammonemia, and increased brain ammonia. Because brain is not equipped with an effective urea cycle, removal of ammonia involves glutamine synthesis and PCA results in significantly increased brain glutamine. Glutamin...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Butterworth RF,Girard G,Giguère JF

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study we showed that in vivo treatment with pertussis toxin could inhibit some, but not all, effects of adenosine in the rat hippocampus. In this study we investigated the effect of pertussis toxin on the binding of adenosine analogues to A1 receptors in rat brain. Intraventricular injection of pertussis...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： van der Ploeg I,Parkinson FE,Fredholm BB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the presence of lithium, carbamylcholine chloride (carbachol) and epinephrine increase the accumulation of inositol monophosphate severalfold in hippocampal slices from the rat. The stimulation by carbachol (EC50, 31 microM) is mediated by muscarinic receptors, whereas the effects of epinephrine (EC50, 2 microM) ar...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lenox RH,Hendley D,Ellis J

更新日期：1988-02-01 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：:The effect of glucocorticoids on polyamine metabolism has been elucidated further by measuring putrescine, spermidine, and spermine levels as well as ornithine decarboxylase, S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, and N1-acetylspermidine transferase activities in the hippocampus, cerebellar cortex, vermis, and deep nucle...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ientile R,De Luca G,Di Giorgio RM,Macaione S

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural vitamin E tocotrienols possess properties not shared by tocopherols. Nanomolar alpha-tocotrienol, not alpha-tocopherol, is potently neuroprotective. On a concentration basis, this finding represents the most potent of all biological functions exhibited by any natural vitamin E molecule. We sought to dissec...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Khanna S,Roy S,Parinandi NL,Maurer M,Sen CK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-HT(3) (serotonin type 3) receptors are targets of antiemetics, antipsychotics, and antidepressants and are believed to play a role in cognition. Nevertheless, contrasting results have been obtained with respect to their functions in the CNS and in the control of transmitter release. We used rat hippocampal neurons i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dorostkar MM,Boehm S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptors for the nerve growth factor protein (NGF) have been isolated from three cell types [embryonic chicken sensory neurons (dorsal root sensory ganglia; DRG), rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) and human neuroblastoma (LAN-1) cells] and have been shown to be similar with respect to equilibrium dissociation constants. Th...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Stach RW,Lyons CR,Perez-Polo JR

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) are implicated in the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the specific functions of individual ERK isoforms in neurodegeneration are largely unknown. We investigated the hypothesis that ERK2 activation may contribute to patholog...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yu CG,Yezierski RP,Joshi A,Raza K,Li Y,Geddes JW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocatin, a neuroregulatory factor isolated from mammalian brain, is a powerful affector of protein phosphorylation in rat striatal synaptosomes. Two major synaptosomal phosphoproteins of approximately 80 and approximately 60 kDa, possibly synapsin I and tyrosine hydroxylase, were especially sensitive to neurocatin....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yee DK,Pastuszko A,Wilson DF

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the retinoblastoma protein pRB in neuronal differentiation, we have measured the accumulation of hypophosphorylated pRB in PC12 cells stimulated by nerve growth factor (NGF). NGF induced the accumulation of hypophosphorylated pRB within 30 min and the level peaked after 12 h. Viral Kiras, cy...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li H,Kawasaki H,Nishida E,Hattori S,Nakamura S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presynaptic terminals of skate (Raja montagui) electric organ were tested for their sensitivity to calcium channel antagonists. Acetylcholine (ACh) release and the elevation of intraterminal Ca2+ concentrations triggered by K+ depolarisation were studied. ACh release was measured as 3H efflux from slices of organ ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Richardson CM,Dowdall MJ,Green AC,Bowman D

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycine receptor is a member of the Cys-loop, ligand-gated ion channel family and is responsible for inhibition in the CNS. We examined the orientation of amino acids I229 in transmembrane 1 (TM1) and A288 in TM3, which are both critical for alcohol and volatile anesthetic action. We mutated these two amino acids ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lobo IA,Harris RA,Trudell JR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ras-related GTPases of the Rho family, such as RhoA and RhoB, are well-characterised mediators of morphological change in peripheral tissues via their effects on the actin cytoskeleton. We tested the hypothesis that Rho family GTPases are involved in synaptic transmission in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. We show ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： O'Kane EM,Stone TW,Morris BJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:We examined the axonal transport of actin and its monomer binding proteins, actin depolymerizing factor, cofilin, and profilin, in the chicken sciatic nerve following injection of [35S]methionine into the lumbar spinal cord. At intervals up to 20 days after injection, nerves were cut into 1-cm segments and separated i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mills RG,Minamide LS,Yuan A,Bamburg JR,Bray JJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:To investigate the regulatory effects of somatodendritic D2 receptors on the terminal's extracellular dopamine (DA) concentration, a D2 antagonist (eticlopride) was infused directly into the ventral tegmental area via a microdialysis probe in chloral hydrate-anesthetized rats. Extracellular DA changes in both the nucl...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chen NN,Pan WH

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated opposing roles for adenosine A1 and A2A receptors in the modulation of extracellular levels of glutamate and dopamine in the striatum. In the present study, acute systemic administration of motor-activating doses of the A2A receptor antagonist MSX-3 significantly decreased extracellu...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Quarta D,Ferré S,Solinas M,You ZB,Hockemeyer J,Popoli P,Goldberg SR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical study we have examined the distribution of myelin basic protein (MBP), 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNP), and myelin/oligodendroglial glycoprotein (MOG) within CNS myelin sheaths and oligodendrocytes of adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Ultrastructural i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brunner C,Lassmann H,Waehneldt TV,Matthieu JM,Linington C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Release-regulating heterocarriers exist on brain nerve endings. We have investigated in this study the mechanisms involved in the neurotransmitter release evoked by GABA heterocarrier activation. GABA increased the basal release of [3H]acetylcholine and [3H]noradrenaline from rat hippocampal synaptosomes and of [3H]do...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fassio A,Bonanno G,Fontana G,Usai C,Marchi M,Raiteri M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While it has been reported that familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD)-linked mutants of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin (PS)2 induce neuronal cytotoxicity in a manner sensitive to antioxidant and pertussis toxin (PTX), little of the mechanism for PS1-mediated neuronal cell death has been characterized. We ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hashimoto Y,Ito Y,Arakawa E,Kita Y,Terashita K,Niikura T,Nishimoto I

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal ganglion cells transmit the visual signal from the retina to the brain. We have previously shown that the activator protein 2 (AP-2)δ (TFAP2D) transcription factor is expressed in one third of ganglion cells in developing retina suggesting a specialized role for these AP-2δ-expressing cells. Here, we address t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li X,Monckton EA,Godbout R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) is a peptide neurotransmitter that has been implicated in drug reward and reinforcement. CART mRNA and peptide expression are highly concentrated in several compartments of the mesolimbic reward pathway. Several lines of evidence suggest that CART peptides may contr...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Salinas A,Wilde JD,Maldve RE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using antiphosphotyrosine antibodies, we have investigated protein phosphorylation in mouse brain during development in intact animals and in reaggregated cerebral cultures. Under basal conditions, in vivo and in vitro, the levels of two main phosphoproteins, of Mr 120,000 and 180,000 (pp180), increased with developme...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Girault JA,Chamak B,Bertuzzi G,Tixier H,Wang JK,Pang DT,Greengard P

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of rat cortical synaptosomes in the presence of 1 mM ATP markedly reduced Ca2+-dependent K+-induced release of preloaded 3H-GABA. This effect is probably dependent on phosphorylation of presynaptic membrane proteins. By contrast, the uptake of 3H-GABA by the nerve endings was not significantly affected by p...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brennan MJ,Cantrill RC

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological disorder that is characterized by the formation of intracellular protein inclusion bodies composed primarily of a misfolded and aggregated form of the protein α-synuclein. There is growing evidence that supports the prion-like hypothesis of α-synuclein progression. Thi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tyson T,Steiner JA,Brundin P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) facilitates L-type calcium channel (LTCC) activity physiologically, but may exacerbate LTCC-dependent pathophysiology. We previously showed that CaMKII forms stable complexes with voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) beta(1b) or beta(2a) subunits, but not with the beta(3...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Abiria SA,Colbran RJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of the intracellular calcium pool involved in regulating the Ca2+ profile and the neuronal survival rate during development were studied by using thapsigargin (TG), a specific inhibitor of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+-ATPase in cultured cerebellar granule neurons. Measuring the neuronal [Ca2+]i directly i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yao CJ,Lin CW,Lin-Shiau SY

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00