Phorbol ester-enhanced noradrenaline secretion correlates with the presence and activity of protein kinase C-alpha in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.

abstract：:In situ phosphorylation of the presynaptic protein kinase C substrate B-50 was investigated in rat hippocampal slices incubated with the convulsant drug 4-aminopyridine (4-AP). Phosphorylation of B-50 was significantly enhanced 1 min after the addition of 4-AP (100 microM). This increase by 4-AP was concentration depe...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Heemskerk FM,Schrama LH,Gianotti C,Spierenburg H,Versteeg DH,De Graan PN,Gispen WH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-dependent effects of two putative gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic agonists, muscimol and 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo(4,5-e)-pyridin-3-ol (THIP), upon local cerebral glucose utilisation in 60 discrete regions of the CNS have been examined in conscious rats using the [14C]2-deoxyglucose quantitative autora...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kelly PA,McCulloch J

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kainate receptors (KARs) modulate synaptic transmission at both pre-synaptic and post-synaptic sites. The overlap in the distribution of KA-2 and GluR6/7 subunits in several brain regions suggests the co-assembly of these subunits in native KARs. The molecular mechanisms that control the assembly and surface expressio...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gallyas F Jr,Ball SM,Molnar E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium-dependent, high-affinity glutamate transport is generally assumed to limit the toxicity of glutamate in vivo and in vitro, but there is very little direct evidence to support this hypothesis. In the present study, the effects of the specific uptake inhibitor L-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate on the toxicity...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Robinson MB,Djali S,Buchhalter JR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) are highly specialized structures that limit molecule entry from the blood and maintain homeostasis within the central nervous system (CNS). BBB and BSCB breakdown are associated with multiple neurodegenerative diseases. Given the key role of neuroprot...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kumar V,Lee JD,Coulson EJ,Woodruff TM

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavioral and functional significance of the extrasynaptic inhibitory GABA(A) receptors in the brain is still poorly known. We used a transgenic mouse line expressing the GABA(A) receptor alpha6 subunit gene in the forebrain under the Thy-1.2 promoter (Thy1alpha6) mice ectopically expressing alpha6 subunits espec...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Saarelainen KS,Ranna M,Rabe H,Sinkkonen ST,Möykkynen T,Uusi-Oukari M,Linden AM,Lüddens H,Korpi ER

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wallerian degeneration in peripheral nerves occurs after a traumatic insult when the distal nerve part degenerates while peripheral macrophages enter the nerve stump and remove the accruing debris by phagozytosis. We used an experimental model to investigate the effect of either the absence or over-expression of alpha...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Siebert H,Kahle PJ,Kramer ML,Isik T,Schlüter OM,Schulz-Schaeffer WJ,Brück W

更新日期：2010-08-01 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

authors： Peroutka SJ,Ison PJ,Liu DU,Barrett RW

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of [3H]muscimol binding by picrotoxin, pentobarbitone, and etomidate was investigated in rat cerebellar and cerebral cortical membranes. In cerebellum, at 37 degrees C in the presence of chloride ions (150 mM), picrotoxin and picrotoxinin decreased specific [3H]muscimol binding to 43 +/- 3% of control, with...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Quast U,Brenner O

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of serotonin (5-HT)1B receptors in the mechanism of action of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI) was studied by using intracerebral in vivo microdialysis in conscious, freely moving wild-type and 5-HT1B receptor knockout (KO 5-HT1B) mice in order to compare the effects of chronic administration o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gardier AM,David DJ,Jego G,Przybylski C,Jacquot C,Durier S,Gruwez B,Douvier E,Beauverie P,Poisson N,Hen R,Bourin M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A contribution of α-Synuclein (α-Syn) to etiology of Parkinson´s disease (PD) and Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is currently undisputed, while the impact of the closely related β-Synuclein (β-Syn) on these disorders remains enigmatic. β-Syn has long been considered to be an attenuator of the neurotoxic effects of α-...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Raina A,Leite K,Guerin S,Mahajani SU,Chakrabarti KS,Voll D,Becker S,Griesinger C,Bähr M,Kügler S

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurite formation involves coordinated changes between the actin cytoskeleton and the microtubule network. Rho GTPases are clearly implicated in several aspects of neuronal development and function. Indeed, RhoA is a negative regulator of neurite outgrowth and its effector Rho-kinase mediates the Rho-driven neurite re...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Talens-Visconti R,Peris B,Guerri C,Guasch RM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin is a serine/threonine protein phosphatase that regulates neurotransmission, neuronal structure and plasticity, and neuronal excitability in mood disorders, including depression. Increasing evidence has suggested that calcineurin is involved in the regulation of depressive-like behavior. However, little is ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhu WL,Shi HS,Wang SJ,Wu P,Ding ZB,Lu L

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied a differential display PCR technique to isolate molecules that are area-specific in expression in the primate neocortex, and found that growth/differentiation factor 7 (GDF7), a member of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)/transforming growth factor (TGF) beta super-family, is preferentially expressed in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Watakabe A,Fujita H,Hayashi M,Yamamori T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of conformation-abnormal peptides probably plays a key role in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative diseases. DSCR1 Down syndrome (DS) critical region 1, was identified from a chromosomal region (21q22.1-q22.2) for the clinical manifestations of DS when an extra-copy is present. We report that expres...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ma H,Xiong H,Liu T,Zhang L,Godzik A,Zhang Z

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equilibrium binding of [3H]dihydromorphine was assayed in brain regions of young and aged male F344 rats. Young rats had significantly higher receptor densities than old rats in the frontal poles, anterior cortex, and striatum. In the frontal poles, the decline in receptor concentration with age was accompanied by a s...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Messing RB,Vasquez BJ,Samaniego B,Jensen RA,Martinez JL Jr,McGaugh JL

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant baculoviral vectors efficiently transduce several types of cells in the brain. To characterize host responses to virus challenge, thus verifying the suitability of using baculovirus for the development of gene therapy strategies in the central nervous system, we used cDNA microarray technology to examine i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Boulaire J,Zhao Y,Wang S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition exhibiting complex pathology and deserving of more serious attention. More than 30% of people with epilepsy are not responsive to more than 20 anti-epileptic drugs currently available, reflecting an unmet clinical need for novel therapeutic strategies. Not much is known abo...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Paudel YN,Semple BD,Jones NC,Othman I,Shaikh MF

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effects of cold and isolation stress on arginine vasopressin (AVP) mRNA in the paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic (SON) nuclei of the hypothalamus. Vasopressin mRNA levels were determined by in situ hybridization histochemistry at the cellular level. In posterior magnocellular neurons of the PVN isol...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Angulo JA,Ledoux M,McEwen BS

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport kinetics of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), taurine, and beta-alanine in addition to the mutual inhibition patterns of these compounds were investigated in cultures of neurons and astrocytes derived from mouse cerebral cortex. A high-affinity uptake system for each amino acid was demonstrated both in neu...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Larsson OM,Griffiths R,Allen IC,Schousboe A

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that the expression of the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) gene is affected by at least three cis-acting elements. A positive regulatory element that is located between nucleotides -1,631 and -1,479 can confer cell type-specific expression on a heterologous gene. A second regulatory elemen...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sarkar S,Cowan NJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our laboratory demonstrated previously that PGE2-induced modulation of hippocampal synaptic transmission is via a pre-synaptic PGE2 EP2 receptor. However, little is known about whether the EP2 receptor is involved in hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity and cognitive function. Here we show that long-term potentia...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yang H,Zhang J,Breyer RM,Chen C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a sensitive perfusion system we have studied the nicotine-induced release of [3H]dopamine ([( 3H]DA) from striatal synaptosomes. Nicotine-evoked release was concentration dependent with an EC50 of 3.8 microM. The response to 1 microM nicotine was comparable to that to 16 mM K+; 10 microM veratridine evoked a lar...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rapier C,Lunt GG,Wonnacott S

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) play important roles in neuronal migration and survival. However, a direct link between the neurotrophic effects of PACAP and tPA has never been investigated. In this study, we show that, in PC12 cells, PACAP induced a 9....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Raoult E,Roussel BD,Bénard M,Lefebvre T,Ravni A,Ali C,Vivien D,Komuro H,Fournier A,Vaudry H,Vaudry D,Galas L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Arrestin 1-GFP or beta-arrestin 2-GFP were coexpressed transiently with G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 within cells stably expressing the orexin-1, apelin or melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), receptors. In response to agonist ligands both the orexin-1 and apelin receptors were able to rapidly translocate ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Evans NA,Groarke DA,Warrack J,Greenwood CJ,Dodgson K,Milligan G,Wilson S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau, a microtubule-associated protein, is encoded by a single gene, whose expression is primarily neuronal. In this work, we defined an 80-bp region of the tau promoter that confers tau protein with neuronal expression. This fragment works in conjunction with an endogenous initiation region to activate neuronal precur...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Heicklen-Klein A,Ginzburg I

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAA receptors are activated via low-affinity binding sites for the agonists GABA or muscimol. Evidence has been provided that the amino acid residue alpha 1F64 located at the beta2(+)/alpha1(-) subunit interface forms part of this binding site. In radioactive ligand binding studies the agonist [3H]muscimol has been ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Baur R,Sigel E

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is involved in many aspects of neuronal biology and hippocampal physiology. Status epilepticus (SE) is a condition in which prolonged seizures lead to neuronal degeneration. SE-induced in rodents serves as a model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis, the most f...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Unsain N,Montroull LE,Mascó DH

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine A(1) receptors (A(1)Rs) have been characterized in primary cultures of neurons from cerebral cortex. The specific adenosine A(1) antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-[(3)H]dipropylxanthine bound to both membranes and intact cells. When saturation experiments were performed in membranes, a K(D) value of 0.76 nM and a...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ruiz MA,Escriche M,Lluis C,Franco R,Martín M,Andrés A,Ros M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At 0 degrees C, when Na+ was the only cation present in the incubation medium, increasing the Na+ concentration from 3 to 10 mM enhanced the affinity of [3H]1-[2-(++di-phenylmethoxy)ethyl]-4-(3-phenyl-2-propenyl)piperaz ine [( 3H]GBR 12783) for the specific binding site present in rat striatal membranes without affect...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bonnet JJ,Benmansour S,Vaugeois JM,Costentin J

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00