Effects of psychoactive agents on GABA binding processes.

abstract：:Gliomas are the most common and malignant primary brain tumours and are associated with a poor prognosis despite the availability of multiple therapeutic options. Quercetin, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, is an important flavonoid and has anti-cancer activity. Here, we evaluated whether quercetin could inhibit ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Pan HC,Jiang Q,Yu Y,Mei JP,Cui YK,Zhao WJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenylalanine and its phenyl metabolites produced a clear inhibition of chick brain mevalonate 5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase, while mevalonate kinase and mevalonate 5-phosphate kinase were not significantly affected. Phenolic derivatives produced a similar or higher inhibition than that found in the presence of phenyl...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Castillo M,Iglesias J,Zafra MF,Garcia-Peregrin E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of gamma-glutamylglutamate, gamma-glutamylglutamine, gamma-glutamylcysteine, glutamate, aspartate, glutamine, cyst(e)ine and glutathione (including disulfides) were determined by HPLC analysis of both the tissue and the surrounding medium of incubated rat hippocampal slices. High potassium concentra...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Li X,Orwar O,Revesjö C,Sandberg M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is linked to several neurological disorders, and neuronal injury cascades initiated by excessive ER stress are mediated, in part, via mitochondrial dysfunction. In the present study, we identified FAM3A as an important regulator of ER stress-induced cell death in neuronal HT22 cells. ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Song Q,Gou WL,Zhang R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which pathogenic T cells play an important role, and an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is used as an animal model of MS. Galectins are β-galactoside-binding lectins and involved in various physiological and pathological events. Among fifteen members ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Itabashi T,Arima Y,Kamimura D,Higuchi K,Bando Y,Takahashi-Iwanaga H,Murakami M,Watanabe M,Iwanaga T,Nio-Kobayashi J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were specific changes in the contents of cytoskeletal components and their organization during glioblast differentiation induced by glia maturation factor (GMF). Vimentin and glial fibrillary acidic protein increased in their contents, whereas actin did not. Tubulin was only a minor component of the glial cytosk...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Suzuki T,Kato T,Fujii T,Tanaka R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (PAF), a biologically active lipid (1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoholine), is identified in different regions of brain, including hippocampus. Specific PAF-activated receptors (PAFRs) are expressed in corresponding brain areas. PAF has been proposed to be a retrograde messenger of l...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Kondratskaya EL,Pankratov YV,Lalo UV,Chatterjee SS,Krishtal OA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocarboxylate transporter (MCT1) levels in brains of adult Long-Evans rats on a high-fat (ketogenic) diet were investigated using light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical methods. Rats given the ketogenic diet (91% fat and 9% protein) for up to 6 weeks had increased levels of the monocarboxylate transporter...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Leino RL,Gerhart DZ,Duelli R,Enerson BE,Drewes LR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GLS1 gene encodes a mitochondrial glutaminase that is highly expressed in brain, kidney, small intestine and many transformed cells. Recent studies have identified multiple lysine residues in glutaminase that are sites of N-acetylation. Interestingly, these sites are located within either a loop segment that regul...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： McDonald CJ,Acheff E,Kennedy R,Taylor L,Curthoys NP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid β (Aβ) oligomers are presumed to be one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previously, we identified the E693Δ mutation in amyloid precursor protein (APP) in patients with AD who displayed almost no signals of amyloid plaques in amyloid imaging. We generated APP-transgenic mice expressing the E693Δ mut...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Takano M,Maekura K,Otani M,Sano K,Nakamura-Hirota T,Tokuyama S,Min KS,Tomiyama T,Mori H,Matsuyama S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is highly comorbid with anxiety disorders and associated with profound cognitive impairment. Moreover, cognitive deficits associated with hippocampal dysfunction are central in depression and anxiety disorders. Furthermore, depression is accompanied by glutamatergic dysfunction which can further impair the ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Chakraborty S,Tripathi SJ,Srikumar BN,Raju TR,Shankaranarayana Rao BS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, has long been associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in both sporadic and familial forms of the disease. Mitochondria are crucial for maintaining cellular homeostasis, and their dysfunction is detrimental to dopaminergic neurons. These neurons are ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Müller-Nedebock AC,Brennan RR,Venter M,Pienaar IS,van der Westhuizen FH,Elson JL,Ross OA,Bardien S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of (±)-bupropion [(±)-BP] with the human (h) α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) was compared to that for its photoreactive analog (±)-2-(N-tert-butylamino)-3'-iodo-4'-azidopropiophenone [(±)-SADU-3-72]. Ca2+ influx results indicated that (±)-SADU-3-72 and (±)-BP inhibit hα4β2 AChRs with pract...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Arias HR,Feuerbach D,Ortells MO

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much attention has been paid to the connection between periodontitis and Alzheimer's disease (AD). We previously showed that infection of P. gingivalis, one of major periodontal pathogen causing periodontitis, induced migration and inflammatory responses in murine microglia through gingipain-induced activation of prot...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Nonaka S,Nakanishi H

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human neuroblastoma GOTO cell lines were established that stably express recombinant human lysosomal protective protein/cathepsin A (PPCA) cDNA by transfection. Intracellular cathepsin A (acid serine carboxypeptidase) activity increased four-fold compared with in those of the parent and mock-transfected cell lines. Th...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Itoh K,Satoh Y,Kadota Y,Oheda Y,Kuwahara J,Shimmoto M,Sakuraba H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATPase activities in CNS membranes were studied after administration of desipramine (DMI), a noradrenaline (NA) uptake inhibitor. In a previous paper we reported that Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity significantly increased 3 h after DMI administration (10 mg/kg) in hypothalamus and mesencephalus but not in cerebral cortex an...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Viola MS,Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G,Enero MA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoethylcysteine ketimine is a sulfur-containing cyclic compound produced by the enzymatic alpha-deamination of the parent aminoethylcysteine that has been detected in bovine brain and cerebellum. Aminoethylcysteine ketimine is known to dimerize spontaneously and easily lose one carboxyl group. This decarboxylated c...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Matarese RM,Macone A,Crescentini G,Duprè S,Cavallini D

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal peptides and hormones are known to penetrate through the utero-placental barrier and regulate fetal development. In the present study, we tested permeation of maternal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to fetuses, using BDNF-gene deficient mice and exogenous BDNF administration. At embryonic da...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Kodomari I,Wada E,Nakamura S,Wada K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One- and two-dimensional electrophoresis patterns and distribution of major cytoskeletal proteins were studied in primary astrocytes with either flat-epitheloid or stellate appearance. No major differences in the electrophoretic patterns of actin, tubulin, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin were detec...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Ciesielski-Treska J,Ulrich G,Mensch C,Aunis D

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oligosaccharides of rod and cone membranes were investigated with the aid of fluorescence and (125)I-labeled lectins. Additionally, the ability of lectins to cause agglutination in ROS suspensions was used as an index for the presence of the corresponding lectin receptors. The specificities of lectin-ligand intera...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Bridges CD,Fong SL

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E1 mice are an animal model of human epilepsy (idiopathic complex partial seizures). We have previously demonstrated abrupt poly(A)(+) RNA expression in liver from 1-day-old E1 mouse [Mita et al., 1991. Devl. Brain Res. 64, 27-35]. In the present study, we constructed a cDNA library of the poly(A)(+) RNA. By analyzing...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Mita T,Kawazu I,Hirano H,Ohmori O,Janjua N,Shibata K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese (Mn) is a widely distributed trace element that is essential for normal brain function and development. However, chronic exposure to excessive Mn has been known to lead to neuronal loss and manganism, a disease with debilitating motor and cognitive deficits, whose clinical syndrome resembling idiopathic Park...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Liu X,Yang J,Lu C,Jiang S,Nie X,Han J,Yin L,Jiang J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the cerebral cortical dopamine D(1) receptor is considered to play a role in normal and abnormal brain function, little information is available on its characteristics in human brain. We compared dopamine-stimulated adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity in homogenates of cerebral cortex (frontal, temporal, parietal,...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Tong J,Ross BM,Sherwin AL,Kish SJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors (COX 2) such as parecoxib (par) and valdecoxib (val) are used in the treatment of neuropathic pain. Using the radioligand binding assay it was demonstrated that both the prodrug par as well as its active metabolite val have a specific affinity to the cannabinoid (CB) receptor measured in CB...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Schröder H,Höllt V,Becker A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiating granule cells develop survival requirements in vitro which can be met by treatment with high K+ or excitatory amino acids. Promotion of cell survival by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) or kainate has already been established and here we report that treatment of the cells with alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Hack N,Balázs R

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliotoxin (GT) is a hydrophobic fungal metabolite of the epipolythiodioxopiperazine group which reacts with membrane thiols. When added to a suspension of energized brain mitochondria, it induces matrix swelling of low amplitude, collapse of membrane potential (DeltaPsi), and efflux of endogenous cations such as Ca2+ ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Salvi M,Bozac A,Toninello A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) affecting more than 2.5 million individuals worldwide. In the present study, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) mice were treated with adenosine recept...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Chen Y,Zhang ZX,Zheng LP,Wang L,Liu YF,Yin WY,Chen YY,Wang XS,Hou ST,Chen JF,Zheng RY

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-synuclein (ASN), a 140-amino acid protein, is richly expressed in presynaptic terminals in the central nervous system, where it plays a role in synaptic vesicle function. However, if it is altered and accumulated it is involved in neurodegeneration as Parkinson's disease (PD). ASN contained 35-amino acid domain ...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Adamczyk A,Kaźmierczak A,Strosznajder JB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasogenic mechanism of brain edema in acute liver failure (ALF) remains poorly understood. Recent work demonstrates that matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) contributes to the development of brain edema in experimental ALF (J Hepatol 44:1105, 2006). Importantly, MMP-9 blockage with specific monoclonal antibodies and/or...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Nguyen JH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptors belong to the intracellular calcium channels that release calcium from the intracellular stores after binding IP(3). Three types of IP(3) receptors occurred in a tissue specific manner and different promoters direct their gene expression. Thus, understanding of the transc...

journal_title：Neurochemistry international

authors： Stefanik P,Macejova D,Mravec B,Brtko J,Krizanova O

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00