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: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 unlabeled alanine was added and sometimes exceeded the rate of appearance in lactate. When combined with uptake data, the increase in appearance of labeled alanine in the medium could be accounted for quantitatively by interference with its reuptake, without assuming a change in the unidirectional output of labeled alanine, provided allowance was made for the measured properties of exchange between the extracellular space and the surrounding medium. According to this model, the constant unidirectional outflux of labeled alanine was about 50 mumol/g dry weight/h. When [U-14C]alanine was added to medium containing unlabeled glucose, the alanine was consumed at a rate that increased as the concentration of alanine in the medium was elevated. The uptake rate was found to fit a modified Michaelis-Menten equation with a Umax of about 120 mumol/g dry weight/h, a Km of 0.5-1.0 mM, and a Kd of 0.75 ml/g dry weight/h. By chemical measurement of changes in alanine concentration in the medium during incubation, the uptake rate was shown to equal the output rate when about 0.2 mM alanine was present. Much of the alanine consumed in the presence of glucose was metabolized to CO2, raising the total CO2 output above the rate obtained with glucose alone. When alanine was present at a concentration of 10-20 mM, it contributed almost as much carbon to CO2 as did the glucose. A higher percentage of the carbon from alanine was incorporated into tissue constituents than was carbon from either glucose or lactate. It is concluded that alanine can be significant both as a product and as a substrate, but that its role as substrate would not be great at typical concentrations of alanine in blood.
journal_name
J Neurochemjournal_title
Journal of neurochemistryauthors
Larrabee MGdoi
10.1111/j.1471-4159.1984.tb12804.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-09-01 00:00:00pages
816-29issue
3eissn
0022-3042issn
1471-4159journal_volume
43pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
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doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1986.tb00624.x
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
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doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1987.tb05656.x
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1984.tb02679.x
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更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1984.tb12791.x
更新日期:1984-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03346.x
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb04917.x
更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.721466.x
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1992.tb10980.x
更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1981.tb00462.x
更新日期:1981-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study demonstrates that in mammalian and nonmammalian species it is possible to deplete selectively and reversibly retinal glycinergic neurons of their content of glycine by exposure to sarcosine, a competitive inhibitor of glycine transporter 1 (glyt-1). This observation was used as a tool to test the hypothesis...
journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70062628.x
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1985.tb04083.x
更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The glutamate receptor 2 (GluR2) subunit determines many of the functional properties of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate subtype of glutamate receptor. The roles of untranslated regions (UTRs) in mRNA stability, transport, or translation are increasingly recognized. The 3' end of the GluR2 tra...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05992.x
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67041735.x
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb04892.x
更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-08-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1988.tb01135.x
更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb03761.x
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-08-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb02182.x
更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lipid precursors ([2-3H]glycerol for phospholipids and [3H]acetate for cholesterol) were injected into the L-5 dorsal root ganglion of adult rats. At various times, animals were killed, the ganglion and consecutive 5-mm segments of sciatic nerve were dissected, and lipids were extracted and analyzed by TLC. Individual...
journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1983.tb11318.x
更新日期:1983-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Urotensin-II (U-II), a peptide with multiple vascular effects, is detected in cholinergic neurons of the rat brainstem and spinal cord. Here, the effects of U-II on [Ca2+]i was examined in dissociated rat spinal cord neurons by fura 2 microfluorimetry. The neurons investigated were choline acetyltransferase-positive a...
journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01196.x
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Metipranolol is a β-adrenergic receptor antagonist that is given orally for the treatment of hypertension and also applied topically to the cornea for treating glaucoma. It also inhibits nitrosative stress which has previously been shown to be the cause of cone photoreceptor death in retinitis pigmentosa. In this stud...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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abstract::Deposit of beta-amyloid protein (A beta) in Alzheimer's disease brain may contribute to the associated neurodegeneration. We have studied the neurotoxicity of A beta in primary cultures of murine cortical neurons, with the aim of identifying pharmacologic ways of attenuating the injury. Exposure of cultures to A beta ...
journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62010372.x
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The binding of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) to cerebellar membranes was examined after preincubation of [3H]5-HT in the presence or absence of ascorbate. The tissue preparation was identical in all experiments and consisted of rat cerebellar homogenates in Tris-HCl buffer with 0.1% ascorbate. Cerebellar m...
journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1986.tb02828.x
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::At the time of terminal differentiation, mammalian cortical neurons undergo a dramatic change in the structural organization of their chromatin: the nucleosomal repeat length shortens from approximately 200 base pairs in fetuses to a value of 165 base pairs after birth. These events occur several days after the end of...
journal_title:Journal of neurochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1987.tb05626.x
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease and is estimated to affect approximately 1-4% of individuals aged over 60 years old. Although considerable efforts have been invested into developing disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson's disease, such efforts have...
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更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00