abstract：:Multiple C2 domains transmembrane protein 1 (MCTP1) contains two transmembrane regions and three C2 domains of high Ca(2+)-binding affinity. Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of human MCTP1 gene is reportedly associated with bipolar disorder, but expression and function of MCTP1 in the CNS is still largely unknown....

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Qiu L,Yu H,Liang F

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Editorial highlights an ingenious study by Li and Freeman published in this issue of J. Neurochem. Accurately knowing the brain extracellular levels of the two main substrates, that is, glucose and lactate, while a well-controlled and graded-stimulus is applied, might be extremely useful to finely understand how ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Leloup C

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A great body of evidence points toward a functional interaction between metabotropic glutamate 5 receptors (mGluR5) and NMDA receptors (NMDAR) that enhances synaptic plasticity and cognition. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this interaction remains unclear. Here, we show that co-activation of mGluR5 and NM...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sarantis K,Tsiamaki E,Kouvaros S,Papatheodoropoulos C,Angelatou F

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stabilized microtubules are required for neuronal morphogenesis and migration. However, the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. In this study, we demonstrate that myosin X (Myo10), which is composed of full-length myosin X (fMyo10) and headless myosin X (hMyo10), is important for axon development. fMyo10 is ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yu H,Sun D,Wang N,Wang M,Lan Y,Fan W,Zhao Y,Guo W,Zhu X

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperexcitability of the hippocampus is a commonly observed phenomenon in the years preceding a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our previous work suggests a dysregulation in glutamate neurotransmission may mediate this hyperexcitability, and glutamate dysregulation correlates with cognitive deficits in the rTg(...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hunsberger HC,Weitzner DS,Rudy CC,Hickman JE,Libell EM,Speer RR,Gerhardt GA,Reed MN

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chandipura virus (CHPV; genus Vesiculovirus, family Rhabdoviridae) induces neuronal death through the Fas-mediated extrinsic apoptosis pathway. What propels this apoptosis remains unclear, although oxysterols have been reported to be key players in neurodegeneration. In our study of CHPV-infected brain samples, we obs...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ghosh S,Mukherjee S,Basu A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Editorial highlights a study by Baglietto-Vargas et al. 2015 published in this issue of J. Neurochem. Stress is one of the environmental factors that can contribute to Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. However, the role of modern-life stress has not been investigated yet. The authors reveal that modern-life stres...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Marcello E,Gardoni F,Di Luca M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an established rat model of penetrating ballistic-like brain injury (PBBI), arylsulfatase B (ARSB; N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfatase) activity was significantly reduced at the ipsilateral site of injury, but unaffected at the contralateral site or in sham controls. In addition, the ARSB substrate chondroitin 4-sulf...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Bhattacharyya S,Zhang X,Feferman L,Johnson D,Tortella FC,Guizzetti M,Tobacman JK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder is a severe and chronic illness with high lifetime prevalence and a high incidence of suicide as the cause of death for patients with this diagnosis. Major depressive disorder is often treated with anti-depressants. Although these drugs have been used for many years, their exact mode of actio...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gulbins E,Walter S,Becker KA,Halmer R,Liu Y,Reichel M,Edwards MJ,Müller CP,Fassbender K,Kornhuber J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of an intrinsic programme controlling neuritogenesis and activated during early neuronal differentiation and regeneration stages is well established. However, the identity and role of each molecular player and event, as well as how such a programme is modified by environmental signals, remain a focus of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： da Rocha JF,da Cruz e Silva OA,Vieira SI

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD) is only symptomatic; therefore, it is important to identify new targets tackling the molecular causes of the disease. We previously found that lymphoblasts from sporadic PD patients display increased activity of the cyclin D3/CDK6/pRb pathway and higher proliferation ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Alquézar C,Barrio E,Esteras N,de la Encarnación A,Bartolomé F,Molina JA,Martín-Requero Á

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The olfactory bulb is one of the most vulnerable brain regions in age-related proteinopathies. Proteinopathic stress is mitigated by the heat shock protein (Hsp) family of chaperones. Here, we describe age-related decreases in Hsc70 in the olfactory bulb of the female rat and higher levels of Hsp70 and Hsp25 in middle...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Crum TS,Gleixner AM,Posimo JM,Mason DM,Broeren MT,Heinemann SD,Wipf P,Brodsky JL,Leak RK

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we demonstrated that systemically injected extracellular domain of neuregulin-1β1 (Nrg1β1), a nerve growth and differentiation factor, passes the blood-brain barrier and rescues dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra in the 6-hydroxydopamine-mouse model of Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we studied the e...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Depboylu C,Rösler TW,de Andrade A,Oertel WH,Höglinger GU

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a worldwide health problem that urgently needs to be solved. Leptin is an anti-obesity hormone that activates satiety signals to the brain. Evidence to suggest that leptin resistance is involved in the development of obesity is increasing; however, the molecular mechanisms involved remain unclear. We herein...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hosoi T,Matsuzaki S,Miyahara T,Shimizu K,Hasegawa Y,Ozawa K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orphan nuclear receptor estrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRγ) is highly expressed in the nervous system during embryogenesis and in adult brains, but its physiological role in neuronal development remains unknown. In this study, we evaluated the relevance of ERRγ in regulating dopaminergic (DAergic) phenotype and...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Lim J,Choi HS,Choi HJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated metabolism and consequent extracellular accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides in the brain underlie the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Extracellular Aβ in the brain parenchyma is mainly secreted from the pre-synaptic terminals of neuronal cells in a synaptic activity-dependent manner. The p24 fami...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liu L,Fujino K,Nishimura M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies point to quaternary assembly of dopamine transporters (DATs) in oligomers. However, it is not clear whether the protomers function independently in the oligomer. Is each protomer an entirely separate unit that takes up dopamine and is inhibited by drugs known to block DAT function? In this work, human...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhen J,Antonio T,Cheng SY,Ali S,Jones KT,Reith ME

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a consequence of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), blood components enter brain parenchyma causing progressive damage to the surrounding brain. Unless hematoma is cleared, the reservoirs of blood continue to inflict injury to neurovascular structures and blunt the brain repair processes. Microglia/macrophages (MMΦ) r...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhao X,Sun G,Ting SM,Song S,Zhang J,Edwards NJ,Aronowski J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) occurs in 1-2 in every 1000 term infants and the devastating consequences range from cerebral palsy, epilepsy and neurological deficit to death. Cellular damage post insult occurs after a delay and is mediated by a secondary neural energy failure. AMP-activated protein ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Rousset CI,Leiper FC,Kichev A,Gressens P,Carling D,Hagberg H,Thornton C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann Pick type C (NPC1) is a rare fatal hereditary cholesterol storage disease associated with a massive Purkinje cells loss. The mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration are still poorly understood. Different laboratories pointed to hypersensitivity to cytotoxic effects of statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Marschalek N,Albert F,Afshordel S,Meske V,Eckert GP,Ohm TG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compelling evidence indicates that type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance (IR), and metabolic syndrome are often accompanied by cognitive impairment. However, the mechanistic link between these metabolic abnormalities and CNS dysfunction requires further investigations. Here, we evaluated whether adipose tissue ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Sallam HS,Tumurbaatar B,Zhang WR,Tuvdendorj D,Chandalia M,Tempia F,Laezza F,Taglialatela G,Abate N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the respective influences of cannabinoid type-1 (CB1) receptors expressed either in forebrain GABAergic neurons, in cortical glutamatergic neurons, or in astrocytes on the turnover rates of the endocannabinoids N-arachidonoylethanolamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), and the non-cannabin...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Belluomo I,Matias I,Pernègre C,Marsicano G,Chaouloff F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylone, 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), and mephedrone are psychoactive ingredients of 'bath salts' and their abuse represents a growing public health care concern. These drugs are cathinone derivatives and are classified chemically as β-ketoamphetamines. Because of their close structural similarity to the a...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Anneken JH,Angoa-Pérez M,Kuhn DM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia is known to induce microvascular complications, thereby altering blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. This study investigated the role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their endogenous inhibitors in increased BBB permeability and evaluated the protective effect of S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) in...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Aggarwal A,Khera A,Singh I,Sandhir R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that increased intracellular Na(+) concentration ([Na(+) ]i ) in astroglial cells is associated with the development of brain edema under ischemic conditions, but the underlying mechanisms are still elusive. Here, we report that in primary cultured rat cortical astrocytes, elevations of...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Minieri L,Pivonkova H,Harantova L,Anderova M,Ferroni S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the causes of psychiatric disorders are not fully understood, it is well established that mental illness originates from the interaction between genetic and environmental factors. In this regard, compelling evidence demonstrates that depression can be the consequence of altered, and often maladaptive, respons...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Calabrese F,van der Doelen RH,Guidotti G,Racagni G,Kozicz T,Homberg JR,Riva MA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex injury involving several physiological alterations, potentially leading to neurological impairment. Previous mouse studies using high-density oligonucleotide array analysis have confirmed the upregulation of transforming growth-interacting factor (TGIF) mRNA in TBI. TGIF is a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chio CC,Chang CP,Lin MT,Su FC,Yang CZ,Tseng HY,Liu ZM,Huang HS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since emotional stress elicits brain activation, mitochondria should be a key component of stressed brain response. However, few studies have focused on mitochondria functioning in these conditions. In this work, we aimed to determine the effects of an acute restraint stress on rat brain mitochondrial functions, with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Batandier C,Poulet L,Hininger I,Couturier K,Fontaine E,Roussel AM,Canini F

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone fracture at the acute stage of stroke exacerbates stroke injury by increasing neuroinflammation. We hypothesize that activation of α-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α-7 nAchR) attenuates neuroinflammation and oxidative stress, and reduces brain injury in mice with bone fracture and stroke. Permanent middle ce...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Han Z,Li L,Wang L,Degos V,Maze M,Su H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the excitatory action of GABA has been shown to activate the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), its molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Using cultured rat cortical cells, we here demonstrated that GABA induced Bdnf mRNA expression mainly via L-type voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (L-VD...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Fukuchi M,Kirikoshi Y,Mori A,Eda R,Ihara D,Takasaki I,Tabuchi A,Tsuda M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 is the key transcriptional activator mediating both adaptive and pathological responses to hypoxia. The purpose of this study was to find the role of HIF-1 in regulating neprilysin (NEP) at the early stage of hypoxia and explore the underlying mechanism. In this study, we demonstrated ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang H,Sun M,Yang H,Tian X,Tong Y,Zhou T,Zhang T,Fu Y,Guo X,Fan D,Yu A,Fan M,Wu X,Xiao W,Chui D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteoglycans (PGs) are major constituents of the extracellular matrix and have recently been proposed to contribute to synaptic plasticity. Hippocampal PGs have not yet been studied or linked to memory. The aim of the study, therefore, was to isolate and characterize rat hippocampal PGs and determine their possible r...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Saroja SR,Sase A,Kircher SG,Wan J,Berger J,Höger H,Pollak A,Lubec G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroactive steroid family includes molecules synthesized in peripheral glands (i.e., hormonal steroids) and directly in the nervous system (i.e., neurosteroids) which are key regulators of the nervous function. As already reported in clinical and experimental studies, neurodegenerative diseases affect the levels of n...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Caruso D,Melis M,Fenu G,Giatti S,Romano S,Grimoldi M,Crippa D,Marrosu MG,Cavaletti G,Melcangi RC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is a Ser/Thr kinase that plays an important role in the release of neurotransmitter from pre-synaptic terminals triggered by Ca(2+) influx into the pre-synaptic cytoplasm through voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (VDCCs). It is reported that Cdk5 regulates L-, P/Q-, or N-type VDCC, but...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Furusawa K,Asada A,Saito T,Hisanaga S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that represents the most common type of dementia among elderly people. Amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides in extracellular Aβ plaques, produced from the amyloid precursor protein (APP) via sequential processing by β- and γ-secretases, impair hippocampal synaptic plastic...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kuwabara Y,Ishizeki M,Watamura N,Toba J,Yoshii A,Inoue T,Ohshima T

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) pathology is marked by the massive infiltration of myelin-specific T cells into the CNS. Hallmarks of T helper (Th) cells during active disease are pro-inflammatory Th1/Th17 cells that predominate over immunoregulatory Th2/Treg cells. Neurodegeneration, a major factor in progressive MS, is ofte...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Trager N,Smith A,Wallace Iv G,Azuma M,Inoue J,Beeson C,Haque A,Banik NL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is one of at least nine inherited neurodegenerative diseases caused by an expansion of a polyglutamine tract within corresponding disease-specific proteins. In case of SCA3, mutation of Ataxin-3 results in aggregation of misfolded protein, formation of intranuclear as well as cytos...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Liman J,Deeg S,Voigt A,Voßfeldt H,Dohm CP,Karch A,Weishaupt J,Schulz JB,Bähr M,Kermer P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the developmental gene and protein expression of proton-coupled oligopeptide transporters (POTs: peptide transporter, PepT1 and PepT2; peptide-histidine transporter, PhT1 and PhT2) in different regions of rodent brain, and the age-dependent uptake of a POT substrate, glycylsarcosine (GlySar), in b...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hu Y,Xie Y,Keep RF,Smith DE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two semisynthetic acetyl derivatives of the alkaloid sauroine from Huperzia saururus, monoacetyl sauroine, and diacetyl sauroine (DAS) were obtained and their chemical structures were analyzed by NMR. While monoacetyl sauroine is the typical product of acetylation, DAS is an unexpected derivative related to the keto-e...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Vallejo M,Loyola S,Contreras D,Ugarte G,Cifuente D,Ortega G,Cabrera JL,Zeise M,Tonn C,Carreño M,Delgado R,Morales B,Agnese M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using two structurally unrelated hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) donors 5-(4-methoxyphenyl) -3H-1, 2-dithiole-3-thione (ADT) and sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS), this study investigated if H2 S protected blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity following middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). ICR mice underwent MCAO and received H...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang Y,Jia J,Ao G,Hu L,Liu H,Xiao Y,Du H,Alkayed NJ,Liu CF,Cheng J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00