Presynaptic membrane protein phosphorylation modulates the release of GABA from preloaded synaptosomes.

abstract：:Within the cell membrane there exist various microdomains (lipid rafts) in which specific lipids and proteins are assembled and these microdomains are recovered in the detergent-resistant low-density membrane fraction (DRM). Septin is a novel GTP-binding, cytoskeletal protein having various isoforms that assemble into...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Maimaitiyiming M,Kumanogoh H,Nakamura S,Nagata K,Suzaki T,Maekawa S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) formed by brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVEC) regulates the passage of molecules and leukocytes in and out of the brain. Oxidative stress is a major underlying cause of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disorders and BBB injury associated with them. Using human BMVEC grown...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Haorah J,Ramirez SH,Schall K,Smith D,Pandya R,Persidsky Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photic regulation of heme oxygenase (HO) activity was examined in the golden hamster retina. This enzymatic activity was significantly higher at midday than at midnight. When the hamsters were placed under constant darkness for 48 h and killed at subjective day or at subjective night, the differences in HO activit...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sacca GB,Sáenz DA,Jaliffa CO,Minces L,Keller Sarmiento MI,Rosenstein RE

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal developmental profile of preprotachykinin (PPT) gene expression was determined in rat striatum from embryonic day 20 to adulthood (greater than 45 days of age). At embryonic day 20, the amount of striatal PPT mRNA was approximately 8% of adult levels, and this specific mRNA approached adult levels by postna...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Haverstick DM,Jeziorski M,Bannon MJ

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH; EC 1.14.17.1) exists as membrane-bound and soluble forms in neurosecretory vesicles. The features of DBH required for glycosylation and incorporation into membranes were studied in a cell-free system. Translation of full-length DBH with microsomal membranes generated two glycosylated pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Feng Z,Sabban EL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The content, synthesis and transport of D-aspartate (D-Asp) in the CNS of Aplysia californica is investigated using capillary electrophoresis (CE) with both laser-induced fluorescence and radionuclide detection. Millimolar concentrations of D-Asp are found in various regions of the CNS. In the cerebral ganglion, three...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Miao H,Rubakhin SS,Scanlan CR,Wang L,Sweedler JV

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neurochemical evaluation of beagle dogs with naturally occurring spontaneous generalized convulsive seizures was performed. Amino acid profiles of serum, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and biopsied cerebral cortex from epileptic dogs were compared with those from seizure-free siblings. No differences in absolute levels ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： van Gelder NM,Edmonds HL Jr,Hegreberg GA,Chatburn CC,Clemmons RM,Sylvester DM

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripherin is a type III intermediate filament (IF) abundantly expressed in developing neurons, but in the adult, it is primarily found in neurons extending to the peripheral nervous system. It has been suggested that peripherin may play a role in axonal elongation and/or cytoskeletal stabilization during development ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Larivière RC,Nguyen MD,Ribeiro-da-Silva A,Julien JP

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epinephrine (Epi) mediates various physiological effects via alpha2A-adrenergic receptors (alpha2A-ARs). Studies in mice with a point mutation in the gene for alpha2A-AR have shown that these receptors are responsible for the centrally mediated depressor effects of alpha2-AR agonists. These studies underscore the impo...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Reutter MA,Richards EM,Sumners C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraction of rat brain membrane-associated protein kinase C with high specific activity was obtained by applying benzyl alcohol (a membrane fluidizer), EDTA, and high hydrostatic pressures. Approximately 50% of total brain-associated activity was extracted from membranes. The pressure-extracted activity had an eightf...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lester DS

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic postconditioning is increasingly being investigated as a therapeutic approach for cerebral ischemia. However, the majority of studies are focused on the acute protection of neurons per se. Whether and how postconditioning affects multiple cells in the recovering neurovascular unit remains to be fully elucidat...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Esposito E,Hayakawa K,Ahn BJ,Chan SJ,Xing C,Liang AC,Kim KW,Arai K,Lo EH

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative condition with no therapeutic intervention known to alter disease progression, but several trials are ongoing and biomarkers of disease progression are needed. Tau is an axonal protein, often altered in neurodegeneration, and recent studies pointed out its ro...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rodrigues FB,Byrne L,McColgan P,Robertson N,Tabrizi SJ,Leavitt BR,Zetterberg H,Wild EJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgens affect cognitive processes in both humans and animals. The effects of androgens may be limited to certain cognitive domains, specifically spatial memory, but this hypothesis remains elusive. Here, we tested castrated and sham-operated mice in various behavioral tasks to ask whether androgens affect multiple ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Benice TS,Raber J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central role of iron in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), due to its increase in substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons and reactive microglia and its capacity to enhance production of toxic reactive oxygen radicals, has been discussed for many years. Recent transcranial ultrasound findings ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Berg D,Gerlach M,Youdim MB,Double KL,Zecca L,Riederer P,Becker G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) concentration in CSF is potentially a diagnostic and therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The purpose of this study was to clarify the elimination mechanism of human Aβ(1-40) [hAβ (1-40)] from CSF. After intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration, [(125) I]hAβ(1-40) was eliminated ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fujiyoshi M,Tachikawa M,Ohtsuki S,Ito S,Uchida Y,Akanuma S,Kamiie J,Hashimoto T,Hosoya K,Iwatsubo T,Terasaki T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper brain function in the nervous system relies on the accurate establishment of synaptic contacts during development. Countless synapses populate the adult brain in an orderly fashion. In each synapse, a presynaptic terminal loaded with neurotransmitters-containing synaptic vesicles is perfectly aligned to an arra...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pinto MJ,Almeida RD

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of kainate or pentylenetetrazole increased c-fos, c-jun, junB, and junD mRNA levels in rat brain in a dose-dependent manner. Kainate increased these mRNA levels predominantly in the hippocampus, and pentylenetetrazole was more effective in the cortex. Adrenalectomy (3 days) was used to eliminate endogen...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li X,Song L,Kolasa K,Jope RS

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin and 5-methoxytryptamine inhibited forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP formation in cultured neural cells prepared from embryonic chick retina. Both methoxyindoles exhibited similar potency and efficacy, with EC50 values of 0.8 nM for melatonin and 7.2 nM for 5-methoxytryptamine. Inhibition of cyclic AMP formatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Iuvone PM,Gan J,Alonso-Gómez AL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress and free radical damage have been implicated in the neurodegenerative changes characteristic of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. There is experimental evidence that the neurotoxicity of beta-amyloid is mediated via free radicals, and as the deposition of beta-amyloid ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Davis DR,Anderton BH,Brion JP,Reynolds CH,Hanger DP

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal transport of glycoconjugates was studied in the motoneurons of rat sciatic nerve following injection of [3H]glucosamine into the lumbosacral spinal cord. After varying time intervals, the sciatic nerve was exposed, and two ligatures were tied for collection of materials undergoing anterograde and retrograde tra...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Aquino DA,Bisby MA,Ledeen RW

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that tyrosine phosphorylation may play important roles in retinal photoreceptor rod outer segments (ROS). We investigated the tyrosine phosphorylation of endogenous proteins in isolated bovine ROS. Several proteins with apparent molecular masses of 31, 39, 60, 83, 90, 97, 120, 140, and 180 kD...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bell MW,Desai N,Guo XX,Ghalayini AJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on central 5-hydroxytryptamine1A (5-HT1A) receptors have consistently shown the existence of a GTP-insensitive component of agonist binding, i.e., binding of [3H]8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin ([3H]8-OH-DPAT) that persists in the presence of 0.1 mM GTP or guanylylimidodiphosphate (GppNHp). The...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Emerit MB,Miquel MC,Gozlan H,Hamon M

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel competitive method to select from a phage display library a single chain Fv which is able to mimic the alpha-bungarotoxin binding site of the muscle nicotinic receptor. The single chain Fv was selected from a large synthetic library using alpha-bungarotoxin-coated magnetic beads. Toxin-bound ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bracci L,Pini A,Lozzi L,Lelli B,Battestin P,Spreafico A,Bernini A,Niccolai N,Neri P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults, but current treatment for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is insufficient. Even though glucose is the primary energetic substrate of glioma cells, they are capable of using fatty acids to generate energy. Fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in mitochondria requ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Juraszek B,Czarnecka-Herok J,Nałęcz KA

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity was measured in microvessels prepared from cerebral cortices of 4-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The Vmax value of the ACE activity in the cerebral microvessels of SHR was lower than that of Wistar Kyoto controls of the same age by 25% without difference in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kobayashi H,Wada A,Izumi F,Take K,Magnoni MS

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever is thought to be mediated by leukocytic pyrogen (LP), a polypeptide synthesized by phagocytic leukocytes and which is responsible for the upwards resetting of the hypothalamic thermostat. In an attempt to study the effects of LP directly on brain tissue, purified human LP was incubated with rabbit brain slices i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dinarello CA,Bernheim HA

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have supported the hypothesis that macromolecular synthesis occurs in the brain during sleep as a response to prior waking activities and that prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) is an endogenous sleep substance whose effects are dependent on adenosine A2a receptor-mediated signaling. We compared gene expression ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Terao A,Huang ZL,Wisor JP,Mochizuki T,Gerashchenko D,Urade Y,Kilduff TS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain inflammation includes microglial activation and enhanced production of diffusible chemical mediators, including prostaglandin E2. Prostaglandin E2 is generally considered a proinflammatory molecule, but it also promotes neuronal survival and down-regulates some aspects of microglial activation. It remains unknow...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Caggiano AO,Kraig RP

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most recent studies aimed at defining the cellular and molecular mechanisms of Pavlovian fear conditioning have focused on protein kinase signaling pathways and the transcription factor cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB) that promote fear memory consolidation in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala (LA). Desp...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ploski JE,Park KW,Ping J,Monsey MS,Schafe GE

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00