Stimulus-specific hierarchy of enhancer elements within the rat prodynorphin promoter.

abstract：:The oxidation of differentially labelled glucose, pyruvate and glutamate in brain slices from rats aged 20 days to 26 months has been studied and the partition of the glucose used into the glycolytic-tricarboxylic acid cycle pathway, the pentose phosphate pathway and the glutamate-GABA shunt has been calculated. Over ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zubairu S,Hothersall JS,El-Hassan A,McLean P,Greenbaum AL

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of chronic ethanol exposure on the levels of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 1 (NMDAR1) protein, an essential component of N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptors, in rat brain. By immunoblotting procedures using a specific antibody for the NMDAR1 subunit, we found that ethanol dramatica...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Trevisan L,Fitzgerald LW,Brose N,Gasic GP,Heinemann SF,Duman RS,Nestler EJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of choline, homocholine, and 4-hydroxybutyltrimethylammonium by rat brain synaptosomes was measured; the choline uptake mechanism transported homocholine but not hydroxybutyltrimethylammonium, which, in addition, did not block choline accumulation. In cats' superior cervical ganglia, preganglionic ner...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Collier B

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural vitamin E tocotrienols possess properties not shared by tocopherols. Nanomolar alpha-tocotrienol, not alpha-tocopherol, is potently neuroprotective. On a concentration basis, this finding represents the most potent of all biological functions exhibited by any natural vitamin E molecule. We sought to dissec...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Khanna S,Roy S,Parinandi NL,Maurer M,Sen CK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of funnel-freezing of rat brain to inactivate metabolic processes and preserve in vivo tissue glucose concentration was validated by comparing the results obtained by funnel-freezing with those obtained with freeze-blowing of brain. The arterial plasma glucose level was clamped at 9 mM in halothane-anesth...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mies G,Cruz N,Sokoloff L

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and rapid method for preparation of enriched neurofilament protein from mammalian peripheral nerve or spinal cord is described. Tissue extracts from guinea pig nerve or spinal cord are fractionated by ammonium sulfate fractionation, chromatography on Sepharofe 4B, and precipitation with ethanol. Molecular exc...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shecket G,Lasek RJ

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of bovine chromaffin cells in primary culture to 0.01-1 microM reserpine caused a dose- and time-dependent increase in intracellular levels of the amidated enkephalin peptide metorphamide. Maximal levels (approximately 800% of control) were obtained at 0.1 microM reserpine and increased levels were apparent b...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Eiden LE,Zamir N

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, neurons extend axons toward their appropriate synaptic targets to establish functional neuronal connections. The growth cone, a highly motile structure at the tip of the axon, is capable of recognizing extracellular guidance cues and translating them into directed axon outgrowth through modulation ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Duquette PM,Lamarche-Vane N

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Analysis of the initial rates of 45Ca2+ uptake by rat brain mitochondria in Ca2+-1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid buffers indicated that nontelencephalic mitochondria exhibited both a much less pronounced stimulatory effect of spermine and significantly more hyperbolic kinetics of Ca2+ uptake t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jensen JR,Lynch G,Baudry M

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPCD) was first described in 1914 and affects approximately 1 in 150 000 live births. It is characterized clinically by diverse symptoms affecting liver, spleen, motor control, and brain; premature death invariably results. Its molecular origins were traced, as late as 1997, to a protein o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wheeler S,Sillence DJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The delta-opioid receptor is known to regulate multiple effectors in various tissues. When expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells, the cloned delta-opioid receptor inhibited cyclic AMP (cAMP) accumulation in response to the delta-selective agonist [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]-enkephalin. The inhibitory response of [D-Pen2,D...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tsu RC,Chan JS,Wong YH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermorphin and its Hyp6 analogue are opiate-like heptapeptides originally discovered in frog skin and characterized by the presence of a D-Ala2 residue in their sequence. They were assayed for their capacity to compete with [3H]Leu-enkephalin for binding to opioid receptors in membranes of neuroblastoma x glioma hybri...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Glaser T,Hübner K,de Castiglione R,Hamprecht B

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial respiratory function, assessed from the rate of oxygen uptake by homogenates of rat brain subregions, was examined after 30 min of forebrain ischemia and at recirculation periods of up to 48 h. Ischemia-sensitive regions which develop extensive neuronal loss during the recirculation period (dorsal-latera...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sims NR,Pulsinelli WA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 40 years, especially with the application of new neurochemical and molecular biological techniques, there has been explosive progress in understanding how certain ligands and drugs are transported across the blood-brain barrier and choroid plexus out of brain and CSF. In the CNS, there are several separate...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Spector R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have introduced a series of point mutations into the human opioid receptor-like (ORL1) receptor and characterized them for their ability to constitutively activate G protein-coupled receptor signalling pathways. Among the 12 mutants generated, mutation at Asn133 (N133W) gave increased basal signalling through three...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kam KW,New DC,Wong YH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-ischemic inflammation is an essential step in the progression of ischemic stroke. This review focuses on the function of infiltrating immune cells, macrophages, and T cells, in ischemic brain injury. The brain is a sterile organ; however, the activation of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR4 is pivotal in the beg...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shichita T,Ago T,Kamouchi M,Kitazono T,Yoshimura A,Ooboshi H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous system is frequently the site of symptomatic toxicity of antineoplastic agents. However, there is limited information about the differential vulnerability of neurons, astrocytes and glioma cells. We have analyzed the effects of four chemotherapeutic drugs (lomustine, cisplatin, topotecan and vincristine) o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wick A,Wick W,Hirrlinger J,Gerhardt E,Dringen R,Dichgans J,Weller M,Schulz JB

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic cocaine use in humans and animal models is known to lead to pronounced alterations in glutamatergic function in brain regions associated with reinforcement. Previous studies have examined ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) subunit protein level changes following acute and chronic experimenter-administered c...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Tang W,Wesley M,Freeman WM,Liang B,Hemby SE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion of the polyglutamine tract near the C-terminus of the MJD-1 gene product, ataxin-3. Ataxin-3 is degraded by the proteasome. However, the precise mechanism of ataxin-3 degradation remains to be elucidated. In this st...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang H,Jia N,Fei E,Wang Z,Liu C,Zhang T,Fan J,Wu M,Chen L,Nukina N,Zhou J,Wang G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used biologically active derivatives of beta-nerve growth factor (NGF), modified by biotinylation via carboxyl groups, to target the specific binding of liposomes to cultured rat and human tumor cells bearing NGF receptors. Liposomes, to be used for targeting, were prepared by conjugating streptavidin to phosp...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rosenberg MB,Breakefield XO,Hawrot E

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin (SS) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) are coproduced in a subpopulation of neurons that are selectively resistant to NMDA neurotoxicity. We have previously reported that quinolinic acid (QUIN), an NMDA receptor agonist, augments SS mRNA in cultured fetal rat cortical neurons. This study examines coregulation of S...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Patel YC,Liu JL,Warszynska A,Kent G,Papachristou DN,Patel SC

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant comorbidity exists between alcohol and methamphetamine (Meth) abuse but the neurochemical consequences of this co-abuse are unknown. Alcohol and Meth independently and differentially affect glutamatergic transmission but the unique effects of their serial exposure on glutamate signaling in mediating dama...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Blaker AL,Moore ER,Yamamoto BK

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple molecular defects trigger cell death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Among these, altered transcriptional activity may perturb many cellular functions, leading to a cascade of secondary pathological effects. We showed that pharmacological treatment, using the histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium pheny...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ryu H,Smith K,Camelo SI,Carreras I,Lee J,Iglesias AH,Dangond F,Cormier KA,Cudkowicz ME,Brown RH Jr,Ferrante RJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated hippocampal hyperglutamatergic signaling occurs prior to plaque accumulation in AβPP/PS1 mice. Here, we evaluate 2-Amino-6-(trifluoromethoxy) benzothiazole (riluzole) as an early intervention strategy for Alzheimer's disease (AD), aimed at restoring glutamate neurotransmission prior to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hascup KN,Findley CA,Britz J,Esperant-Hilaire N,Broderick SO,Delfino K,Tischkau S,Bartke A,Hascup ER

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of the three major catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes were determined in brain tissue pellets dissected from 500-micrometers thick horizontal sections of rat lower brainstem. The rostrocaudal distributions of the three enzymatic activities were generally not parallel, suggesting differences in the respe...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chamba G,Denoroy L,Renaud B

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein biosynthesis in the retina and fast axonal transport along the optic pathway were studied in rabbits in which diabetes had been experimentally induced. Retinal protein biosynthesis and axonal transport were significantly reduced in the diabetic rabbits, and the reduction was correlated to the severity of the d...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chihara E

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptosomes, isolated from the whole brain of young (3 months) and old (24 months) rats were used to study the major bioenergetic systems of neuronal mitochondria in situ, within the synaptosome. Approximately 85% of the resting oxygen consumption of synaptosomes from both young and old rats was a result of proton le...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Joyce OJ,Farmer MK,Tipton KF,Porter RK

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain-specific protein p42IP4, also called centaurin-alpha1, specifically binds phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4,5)P3] and inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate [Ins(1,3,4,5)P4]. Here, we investigate the interaction of p42IP4/centaurin-alpha1 with nardilysin (NRDc), a member of the M16 family of z...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Stricker R,Chow KM,Walther D,Hanck T,Hersh LB,Reiser G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tan-67 is a selective non-peptidic δ-opioid receptor (DOR) agonist that confers neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-caused neuronal injury in pre-treated animals. In this study, we examined whether post-ischemic administration of Tan-67 in stroke mice is also neuroprotective and whether the tre...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Min JW,Liu Y,Wang D,Qiao F,Wang H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00