Phosphate ion transport in rabbit brain synaptosomes.

abstract：:Dietary n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) deprivation in rodents reduces brain arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) concentration and 20:4n-6-preferring cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2) -IVA) and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression, while increasing brain docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) concentration and DHA-selectiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Igarashi M,Kim HW,Chang L,Ma K,Rapoport SI

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pumiliotoxins (PTX) A, B, and 251D, members of a new class of indolizidine alkaloids isolated from the skin of poison frogs of the family Dendrobatidae, inhibit Ca2+-ATPase activity in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles from frog and rat hind-limb muscles. PTX-B and PTX-A appear to be relatively specific inhibitors of Ca...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tamburini R,Albuquerque EX,Daly JW,Kauffman FC

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic signaling plays an important role in regulating the growth and regeneration of axons in the nervous system. The α7 nicotinic receptor (α7) can drive synaptic development and plasticity in the hippocampus. Here, we show that activation of α7 significantly reduces axon growth in hippocampal neurons by coupli...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nordman JC,Phillips WS,Kodama N,Clark SG,Del Negro CA,Kabbani N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light stimulates dopamine release in the retina and has been shown to rapidly up-regulate rod opsin mRNA. In the present study, we tested the effect of dopamine on rod opsin mRNA expression and examined the hypothesis that dopamine can mediate a light-evoked increase in opsin gene expression. Northern blots showed tha...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Alfinito PD,Townes-Anderson E

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) has been reported to potentiate glutamate toxicity in neurons, but very little is known about interaction between Abeta and glutamate in astrocytes. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the effects of Abeta and glutamate on morphology of astrocytes. Cultured rat cor...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Abe K,Saito H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently found that alternative transcripts of tissue transglutaminase (tTG or TG2) were present in hippocampal brain regions of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but not in control, non-demented, age-matched brains. Since antecedent non-severe trauma has been implicated in AD and other neurodegenerative diseases, such as ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Festoff BW,SantaCruz K,Arnold PM,Sebastian CT,Davies PJ,Citron BA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of glutamate binding by the dipeptide L-phenylalanyl-L-glutamate (Phe-Glu) was inhibited by the peptidase inhibitor bestatin, suggesting that the stimulation was caused by glutamate liberated from the dipeptide and not by the dipeptide itself. It further suggests that this form of glutamate binding should ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kessler M,Petersen G,Vu HM,Baudry M,Lynch G

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of serine transhydroxymethylase (STHM; EC 2.1.2.1) in crude homogenates of rat, guinea pig and goat retina has been demonstrated. There was a variation in the levels of retinal STHM activity in the three species. Substantial STHM activity was found in all the three retinal preparations in the absence of p...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dasgupta P,Narayanaswami A

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikrein 6 is a serine protease expressed abundantly in normal adult human and rodent CNS, and therein is regulated by injury. In the case of CNS demyelinating disease, K6 expression in CNS occurs additionally in perivascular and parenchymal inflammatory cells suggesting a role in pathogenesis. Herein we describe tw...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Christophi GP,Isackson PJ,Blaber S,Blaber M,Rodriguez M,Scarisbrick IA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited information is available on the identity of antigens targeted by antibodies present in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). The aim of this study was to identify novel antigens for CIS and investigate their prognostic potential to predict conversion to multiple scleros...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rouwette M,Somers K,Govarts C,De Deyn PP,Hupperts R,Van Wijmeersch B,De Jong BA,Verbeek MM,Van Pesch V,Sindic C,Villar LM,Álvarez-Cermeño JC,Stinissen P,Somers V

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaminyl cyclases (QC) catalyze the formation of neurotoxic pGlu-modified amyloid-β peptides found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Reports of several-fold increases in soluble QC (sQC) expression in the brain and peripheral circulation of AD individuals has prompted the development of QC inhib...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gunn AP,Wong BX,McLean C,Fowler C,Barnard PJ,Duce JA,Roberts BR,AIBL Research Group.

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic pathway of inositol phospholipids represents a series of synthetic and hydrolytic reactions with inositol as a by-product. Hence, the rate of [3H]inositol release from prelabeled phospholipids can be used as a reflection of activity of this pathway. In the frog sympathetic ganglion prelabeled with [3H]in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rubio R,Bencherif M,Berne RM

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Autophosphorylation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) at Thr286 generates Ca2+-independent activity. As an initial step toward understanding CaMKII inactivation, protein phosphatase classes (PP1, PP2A, PP2B, or PP2C) responsible for dephosphorylation of Thr286 in rat forebrain subcellular fractio...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Strack S,Barban MA,Wadzinski BE,Colbran RJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mitochondrial fraction, purified from pig brain, was found to contain associated polypeptides with the same electrophoretic migration and isoelectric points as the alpha- and beta-tubulin subunits present in brain microtubules. When analyzed by Western blotting these polypeptides reacted specifically with purified t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hargreaves AJ,Avila J

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron deficiency (ID) anemia during infancy results in long-term neurological consequences, yet the mediating mechanisms remain unclear. Infant monkeys often become naturally anemic during the first 6 months of life, presenting an opportunity to determine the effect of developmental iron deficiency. After weaning, anim...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Geguchadze RN,Coe CL,Lubach GR,Clardy TW,Beard JL,Connor JR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified a nuclear envelope protein repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor (REST)/neuron-restrictive silencer factor (NRSF)-interacting Lin-11, Isl-1 and Mec-3 (LIM) domain protein (RILP) that we proposed functions in the nuclear translocation of the transcriptional repressor REST/NRSF. In ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shimojo M,Hersh LB

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of prostaglandin (PG) E2 receptors was investigated in a 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate-solubilized fraction from the synaptic membrane of porcine temporal cortex. The fraction was preincubated with exogenous protein kinases, and then the binding of PGE2 was measured. PGE2 binding...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Morii H,Tanemura M,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency (TD) causes mild and chronic impairment of oxidative metabolism and induces neuronal death in specific brain regions. The mechanisms underlying TD-induced cell death, however, remain unclear. The double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR), has been well known for its anti-viral...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang X,Fan Z,Wang B,Luo J,Ke ZJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation pattern and rate of [Ile5]-Angiotensin (Ang) I, II, and III were studied in neuron-enriched and glia-enriched cells in primary cultures from rat brain. Metabolites were separated by HPLC, and their identities were evaluated by comparison of their retention times with those of synthetic Ang peptide frag...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hermann K,Phillips MI,Raizada MK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of basal and of H2O2-stimulated cyclooxygenase activity in the primary fractions of rat brain homogenates and in the subfractions of crude mitochondrial fraction was studied. For comparison, the localization of H2O2-generating monoamine oxidase (MAO) as well as that of the mitochondrial marker succina...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Seregi A,Serfözö P,Mergl Z

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The C57BL/Ola (Ola) mouse is a mutant substrain in which transected axons undergo very slow Wallerian degeneration. Because axonal degradation during Wallerian degeneration is calcium dependent, we tested whether Ola axons are susceptible to calcium-mediated axonal degeneration by comparing neurofilament degradation b...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Glass JD,Schryer BL,Griffin JW

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most ingested ethanol is metabolized in the liver to acetaldehyde and then to acetate, which can be oxidized by the brain. This project assessed whether chronic exposure to alcohol can increase cerebral oxidation of acetate. Through metabolism, acetate may contribute to long-term adaptation to drinking. Two groups of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang J,Du H,Ma X,Pittman B,Castracane L,Li TK,Behar KL,Mason GF

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsomal fractions isolated from rat corpus striatum catalyze the oxidation of thiobenzamide to the sulfoxide. The rate of thiobenzamide sulfoxidation is 6.9 +/- 4.8 nmol(min)-1 (mg microsomal protein)-1. The reaction is inhibited by an excess of sulfur- and nitrogen-containing substrates for the microsomal flavin-c...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Duffel MW,Gillespie SG

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RGS (regulators of G-protein signaling) proteins comprise a large family that modulates heterotrimeric G-protein signaling. This protein family has a common RGS domain and functions as GTPase-activating proteins for the alpha-subunits of heterotrimeric G-proteins located at the plasma membrane. RGS8 was identified as ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Masuho I,Itoh M,Itoh H,Saitoh O

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia, anoxia, and hypoxia of the brain have been shown to inhibit protein synthesis in the central nervous system. To obtain data on the changes in DNA-dependent RNA and DNA polymerase as they pertain specifically to neurons and glia, nuclear enriched neuronal and glial fractions were prepared, by sucrose-gradient...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gottlieb M,Chavko M,Marsala J

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pH dependency of the binding of ligands to adenosine A2a receptors in rat striatal membranes was examined. For those agonists sensitive to adenosine deaminase a solubilised membrane preparation was used. A two- to fourfold increase in affinity was observed for CGS-21680, 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine, adenosine, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Askalan R,Richardson PJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether the concentration gradient of glutamine (Gln) drives concentrative Na(+)-independent uptake of neutral amino acids (NAA) in mouse cerebral astrocytes, uptake was compared in "Gln-depleted" and "Gln-replete" cultures. Uptake (30 min in Na(+)-free buffer) of histidine, kynurenine, leucine, tyrosine, a...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brookes N

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Aplysia, serotonin mediates behavioral sensitization by increasing the strength of the synapse between sensory and motor neurons, a process known as facilitation. The retention of long-term facilitation is blocked by rapamycin, an inhibitor of a specific translational pathway. One possible rapamycin-sensitive targe...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Carroll M,Warren O,Fan X,Sossin WS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00