Possible involvement of glutathione S-transferases in the cell growth of C6 astroglioma cells.

abstract：:We report on the expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits in primary neuronal cultures from rat cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum and of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor subtypes in these neuronal cultures as well as in cortical astroglial cultures. We found that the NMDA receptor (NR) subunits NR1,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Janssens N,Lesage AS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidosis is a universal response of tissue to ischemia. In the brain, severe acidosis has been linked to worsening of cerebral infarction. However, milder acidosis can have protective effects. As part of our investigations of the therapeutic window in our neuronal tissue culture model of ischemia, we investigated the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Vornov JJ,Thomas AG,Jo D

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the free fatty acid pool size and fatty acyl chain composition of mitochondrial membrane phospholipids and their relation to disruption of mitochondrial function were examined in rat brains after 30 min of cerebral ischemia (Pulsinelli-Brierley model) and 60 min of normoxic reoxygenation. During ischemia, s...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sun D,Gilboe DD

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of preaccumulated gamma-amino[3H]butyric acid ([3H]GABA) from putative GABAergic amacrine cells was studied in neuronal monolayer cultures made from embryonic chick retina. Release was specifically stimulated by excitatory amino acid agonists. N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA; EC50, 19.1 +/- 5.0 microM), kainic ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hofmann HD,Möckel V

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several mechanisms have been implicated in pathological neuronal death including zinc neurotoxicity, calcium excitotoxicity and oxidative injury. Glutathione (GSH) serves to provide reducing equivalents for the maintenance of oxidant homeostasis, and also plays roles in intracellular and intercellular signaling in the...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chen CJ,Liao SL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidation enzyme activity has been measured in 36 nuclei or areas in the rat CNS and pituitary using D-Tyr-Phe-Gly as the substrate. The distribution of this enzyme is highly uneven, with highest activity levels (greater than 30 pmol/mg of protein/h) in hypothalamic nuclei, substantia grisea cen...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Meng F,Tsou K

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Ouabain binding was studied in sections of rabbit somatosensory cortex by quantitative autoradiography and in rabbit brain microsomal membranes using a conventional filtration assay. KD values of 8-12 nM for specific high-affinity binding of [3H]ouabain were found by both methods. High-affinity binding was not uni...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Antonelli MC,Baskin DG,Garland M,Stahl WL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog (AKT) gene family comprises three human homologs that phosphorylate and inactivate glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta). Studies have reported the genetic association of AKT1 with schizophrenia. Additionally, decreased AKT1 protein expression and the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ide M,Ohnishi T,Murayama M,Matsumoto I,Yamada K,Iwayama Y,Dedova I,Toyota T,Asada T,Takashima A,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR was used to isolate identical partial cDNA clones encoding a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor subunit from rat nodose and superior cervical ganglia. The amino acid sequence predicted from these clones, extending from the putative transmembrane domain I to the stop codon, demonstrated a 93% homology with the 5-HT3 receptor...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Miquel MC,Emerit MB,Gingrich JA,Nosjean A,Hamon M,el Mestikawy S

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral ligation of the left common carotid artery in anesthetized Mongolian gerbils resulted in a steep rise in extracellular dopamine in the ipsilateral striatum in 9 out of 19 animals. Extracellular dopamine was measured by cerebral dialysis in vivo and reached a peak of 0.19 mM at 40 min. At the same time, the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Slivka A,Brannan TS,Weinberger J,Knott PJ,Cohen G

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the characteristics of secretion stimulated by EGTA-buffered Ba(2+)- and Ca(2+)-containing solutions in digitonin-permeabilized bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. Half-maximal secretion occurred at approximately 100 microM Ba2+ or 1 microM Ca2+. Ba(2+)-stimulated release was not due to release of sequestered...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： TerBush DR,Holz RW

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs), the adrenal steroids secreted during stress, can compromise the ability of hippocampal neurons to survive numerous necrotic insults. We have previously observed that GCs worsen the deleterious effects of gp120, the glycoprotein of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus, which can indirect...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yusim A,Franklin L,Brooke S,Ajilore O,Sapolsky R

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat kidney epithelial cell line expressing the rat neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1 R) was used to investigate the relationship between receptor phosphorylation and desensitization. Substance P (SP) maximally stimulated cellular inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) production 14-fold within 3 s, after which cellular IP3 le...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Vigna SR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory cell signaling leading to transcriptional activation is primarily mediated by signal transduction via mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and NFkappaB pathways. A common upstream kinase that signals the activation of these pathways is TGFbeta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1), which itself becomes activated i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bhat NR,Shen Q,Fan F

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the potential involvement of carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) on the phospholipid and triglyceride fatty acid turnover in neurons. This category of enzymes, which has been identified in several rat brain tissues, is well known for its role in modulating cellular fatty acid oxidation. Neuronal...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Arduini A,Denisova N,Virmani A,Avrova N,Federici G,Arrigoni-Martelli E

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purines are a class of small organic molecules that are essential for all cells. They play critical roles in neuronal differentiation and function. Their importance is highlighted by several inherited disorders of purine metabolism, such as Lesch-Nyhan disease, which is caused by a deficiency of the purine salvage enz...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Göttle M,Burhenne H,Sutcliffe D,Jinnah HA

更新日期：2013-12-01 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 pentameric subunit composition of a large population (36%) of the cerebellar granule cell GABAA receptors that show diazepam (or clonazepam)-insensitive [3H]Ro 15-4513 binding has been determined by immunoprecipitation with subunit-specific antibodies. These receptors have alpha 6, alpha 1, gamma 2S, gamma 2L, and...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Khan ZU,Gutierrez A,De Blas AL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-amyloid peptides play a major role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, preventing beta-amyloid formation by inhibition of the beta site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme (BACE) 1 is considered as a potential strategy to treat AD. Cholinergic mechanisms have been shown to control am...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zuchner T,Schliebs R,Perez-Polo JR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing central nervous system is a primary target of ethanol toxicity. The teratogenic effect of ethanol may result from its action on prostaglandins. Prostaglandins are generated through the release of arachidonic acid (AA) by the action of cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)) on membrane-bound phospholipid...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Luo J,Lindström CL,Donahue A,Miller MW

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the hypothesis that chronic ethanol consumption results in significant abnormalities in both the dopaminergic and the serotonergic system of aged rats. Levels of dopamine (DA), serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)], 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA)...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Woods JM,Druse MJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that phorbol esters and lithium each stimulate the secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by the anterior pituitary tumor cell line AtT20/D16-16. Pretreatment with either lithium or phorbol ester desensitizes the cells to subsequent stimulation by phorbol ester. An early consequenc...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zatz M,Mahan LC,Reisine T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-[76Br]Bromo-3-[[2(S)-azetidinyl]methoxy]pyridine ([76Br]BAP), a novel nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligand, was synthesized using [76Br]bromide in an oxidative bromodestannylation of the corresponding trimethylstannyl compound. The radiochemical yield was 25%, and the specific radioactivity was on the order of 1 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sihver W,Fasth KJ,Horti AG,Koren AO,Bergström M,Lu L,Hagberg G,Lundqvist H,Dannals RF,London ED,Nordberg A,Långström B

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods are described for the determination of sheep spinal cord tissue fluid content and norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine concentrations after experimental injury. The amount of tissue fluid varied in different regions of sheep spinal cord following injury. Norepinephrine and serotonin wet weight concentration...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hinwood BG,Yeo JD,Kidman AD

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An oligodendroglial specific property, glucocorticoid regulation of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) levels, was inhibited in C6 rat glioma cells when 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) was added to the cultures. PMA inhibited GPDH induction in both logarithmic- and stationary-phase cells. These eve...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bressler JP,Weingarten D,Kornblith PL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:35SO4-labeled fast-transported proteins of bullfrog dorsal root ganglion neurons were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and their mobilities were compared to similar species labeled with [3H]mannose or [3H]fucose. Fluorography revealed regions of poorly resolved, high molecular weight material, likely ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Stone GC,Hammerschlag R,Bobinski JA

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroid plexi from the lateral ventricles of rabbits, cats, and dogfish (Mustelus canis) were used to characterize the prostaglandin (PG) uptake process and to establish its kinetic parameters and substrate specificity. The apparent Kt for PGF2 alpha transport by the rabbit choroid plexus was 20 microM; the Jmax was 2...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： DiBenedetto FE,Bito LZ

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choline acetyltransferase (acetyl-CoA: choline O-acetyltransferase, I.U.B. 2.3.1.6) activity and total protein content in visual and extra-visual areas were compared in normal Long-Evans rats and in rats subjected to complete light-deprivation for 21 days from birth. The enzyme activity and the protein content in the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Maletta GJ,Timiras PS

更新日期：1968-08-01 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：:G-protein coupled receptors may mediate their effects on neuronal growth and differentiation through activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 (ERK1/2), often elicited by transactivation of growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases. This elaborate signaling process includes inducible formation and traffic...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Asimaki O,Leondaritis G,Lois G,Sakellaridis N,Mangoura D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00