abstract：:2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant that could induce significant toxic effects in the human nervous system. However, the underlying molecular mechanism has not been entirely elucidated. Reactive astrogliosis has implicated in various neurological diseases via the product...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Zhang Y,Nie X,Tao T,Qian W,Jiang S,Jiang J,Li A,Guo A,Xu G,Wu Q

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregate-prone mutant proteins, such as α-synuclein and huntingtin, play a prominent role in the pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative disorders; thus, it has been hypothesized that reducing the aggregate-prone proteins may be a beneficial therapeutic strategy for these neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we ident...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shen W,Henry AG,Paumier KL,Li L,Mou K,Dunlop J,Berger Z,Hirst WD

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2Y11 nucleotide receptor detects high extracellular ATP concentrations. Mutations of the human P2RY11 gene can play a role in brain autoimmune responses, and the P2Y11 receptor alanine-87-threonine (A87T) polymorphism has been suggested to affect immune-system functions. We investigated receptor functionality of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Haas M,Shaaban A,Reiser G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic signaling plays an important role in regulating the growth and regeneration of axons in the nervous system. The α7 nicotinic receptor (α7) can drive synaptic development and plasticity in the hippocampus. Here, we show that activation of α7 significantly reduces axon growth in hippocampal neurons by coupli...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nordman JC,Phillips WS,Kodama N,Clark SG,Del Negro CA,Kabbani N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is released from activated microglia and involved in the neurodegeneration of acute and chronic brain disorders, such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease, in which extracellular acidification has been shown to occur. Here, we examined the extracellular acidic pH regulation of IL-1β production, esp...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jin Y,Sato K,Tobo A,Mogi C,Tobo M,Murata N,Ishii S,Im DS,Okajima F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, dynamic changes in the axonal growth cone and dendrite are necessary for exploratory movements underlying initial axo-dendritic contact and ultimately the formation of a functional synapse. In the adult central nervous system, an impressive degree of plasticity is retained through morphological and...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gordon-Weeks PR,Fournier AE

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors are important regulators of cellular signaling processes. Within the large family of rhodopsin-like receptors, those binding to biogenic amines form a discrete subgroup. Activation of biogenic amine receptors leads to transient changes of intracellular Ca²⁺-([Ca²⁺](i)) or 3',5'-cyclic adeno...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Balfanz S,Jordan N,Langenstück T,Breuer J,Bergmeier V,Baumann A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein aggregation is a common feature of several neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. How protein aggregates are formed and contribute to neurodegeneration, however, is not clear. Mutation of Ubiquilin 2 (UBQLN2) has recently been linked to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Xia Y,Yan LH,Huang B,Liu M,Liu X,Huang C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal ganglion cells transmit the visual signal from the retina to the brain. We have previously shown that the activator protein 2 (AP-2)δ (TFAP2D) transcription factor is expressed in one third of ganglion cells in developing retina suggesting a specialized role for these AP-2δ-expressing cells. Here, we address t...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Li X,Monckton EA,Godbout R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus, is the leading cause of encephalitis in Asia. Microglial activation is one of the key events in JEV-induced neuroinflammation. Although the various microRNAs (miRNAs) has been shown to regulate microglia activation during pathological conditions i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Thounaojam MC,Kaushik DK,Kundu K,Basu A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most physiological processes in mammals are synchronized to the daily light:dark cycle by a circadian clock located in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus. Signal transduction of light-induced phase advances of the clock is mediated through a neuronal nitric oxide synthase-guanilyl cyclase pathway. We have employ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Baidanoff FM,Plano SA,Doctorovich F,Suárez SA,Golombek DA,Chiesa JJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are brain macrophages, which can undergo multinucleation to give rise to multinucleated giant cells that accumulate with ageing and some brain pathologies. However, the origin, regulation and function of multinucleate microglia remain unclear. We found that inflammatory stimuli, including lipopolysaccharide,...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hornik TC,Neniskyte U,Brown GC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thalamic synapses relay peripheral sensory information to the cortex, and constitute an important part of the thalamocortical network that generates oscillatory activities responsible for different vigilance (sleep and wakefulness) states. However, the modulation of thalamic synaptic transmission by potential slee...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Yang YC,Hu CC,Huang CS,Chou PY

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase C γ (PKCγ) undergoes multistep activation and participates in various cellular processes in Purkinje cells. Perturbations in its phosphorylation state, conformation or localization can disrupt kinase signalling, such as in spinocerebellar ataxia type 14 (SCA14) that is caused by missense mutations i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Jezierska J,Goedhart J,Kampinga HH,Reits EA,Verbeek DS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative movement disorder. The histopathology of Parkinson's disease comprises proteinaceous inclusions known as Lewy bodies, which contains aggregated α-synuclein. Cathepsin D (CD) is a lysosomal protease previously demonstrated to cleave α-synuclein and decrease its toxicity in bot...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Crabtree D,Dodson M,Ouyang X,Boyer-Guittaut M,Liang Q,Ballestas ME,Fineberg N,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor progression locus 2 (Tpl2)/cancer Osaka thyroid kinase is a newer member of MAP3K family that is now known for its essential role in tumor necrosis factor-aplha (TNFα) expression in macrophages, but its pro-inflammatory signaling, if any, in glia is unknown. When cultures of murine microglia and astrocytes were ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hirschhorn J,Mohanty S,Bhat NR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) binds to methylated DNA and acts as a transcriptional repressor. Mutations of human MECP2 gene lead to Rett syndrome, a severe neural developmental disorder. Here, we report that the MeCP2 protein can be modified by covalent linkage to small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) and SUMOy...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cheng J,Huang M,Zhu Y,Xin YJ,Zhao YK,Huang J,Yu JX,Zhou WH,Qiu Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sodium-coupled, hemicholinium-3-sensitive, high-affinity choline transporter (CHT) is responsible for transport of choline into cholinergic nerve terminals from the synaptic cleft following acetylcholine release and hydrolysis. In this study, we address regulation of CHT function by plasma membrane cholesterol. We...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cuddy LK,Winick-Ng W,Rylett RJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippocampal neurons are affected by chronic stress and have a high density of cytoplasmic mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors (MR and GR). Detailed studies on the genomic effects of the stress hormone corticosterone at physiologically relevant concentrations on different steps in synaptic transmission are l...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Chatterjee S,Sikdar SK

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin regulated spectrin-associated protein 1 (CAMSAP1) is a vertebrate microtubule-binding protein, and a representative of a family of cytoskeletal proteins that arose with animals. We reported previously that the central region of the protein, which contains no recognized functional domain, inhibited neurite o...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： King MD,Phillips GW,Bignone PA,Hayes NV,Pinder JC,Baines AJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) are characterized by an abnormal aggregation of misfolded beta-sheet rich proteins such as β-amyloid (Aβ). Various ubiquitously expressed molecular chaperones control the correct folding of cellular proteins and prevent the accumulation of harmful species. We...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Hoshino A,Helwig M,Rezaei S,Berridge C,Eriksen JL,Lindberg I

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau pathologically aggregates in Alzheimer's disease, and evidence suggests that reducing tau expression may be safe and beneficial for the prevention or treatment of this disease. We sought to examine the role of the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of human tau mRNA in regulating tau expression. Tau expresses two 3'-...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Dickson JR,Kruse C,Montagna DR,Finsen B,Wolfe MS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purines are a class of small organic molecules that are essential for all cells. They play critical roles in neuronal differentiation and function. Their importance is highlighted by several inherited disorders of purine metabolism, such as Lesch-Nyhan disease, which is caused by a deficiency of the purine salvage enz...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Göttle M,Burhenne H,Sutcliffe D,Jinnah HA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the hypothesis that alterations in cellular membrane lipids are present at the stage of pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) (i.e., cognitively normal at death, but with AD neuropathology), we performed targeted shotgun lipidomics of lipid extracts from post-mortem brains of subjects with pre-clinical AD. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Cheng H,Wang M,Li JL,Cairns NJ,Han X

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by the loss of functional fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). Loss of FMRP results in an elevated basal protein expression profile of FMRP targeted mRNAs, a loss of local metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR)-regulated protein synthesis, exaggerated long-term depression an...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Schmit TL,Dowell JA,Maes ME,Wilhelm M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most ingested ethanol is metabolized in the liver to acetaldehyde and then to acetate, which can be oxidized by the brain. This project assessed whether chronic exposure to alcohol can increase cerebral oxidation of acetate. Through metabolism, acetate may contribute to long-term adaptation to drinking. Two groups of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Wang J,Du H,Ma X,Pittman B,Castracane L,Li TK,Behar KL,Mason GF

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional dysregulation is a hallmark of Huntington's disease (HD) and one cause of this dysregulation is enhanced activity of the REST-mSIN3a-mSIN3b-CoREST-HDAC repressor complex, which silences transcription through REST binding to the RE1/NRSE silencer. Normally, huntingtin (HTT) prevents this binding, allowi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Conforti P,Zuccato C,Gaudenzi G,Ieraci A,Camnasio S,Buckley NJ,Mutti C,Cotelli F,Contini A,Cattaneo E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the second leading cause of dementia in individuals under age 65. In many patients, the predominant pathology includes neuronal cytoplasmic or intranuclear inclusions of ubiquitinated TAR DNA binding protein 43 (FTLD-TDP). Recently, a genome-wide association study identified...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Nicholson AM,Finch NA,Wojtas A,Baker MC,Perkerson RB 3rd,Castanedes-Casey M,Rousseau L,Benussi L,Binetti G,Ghidoni R,Hsiung GY,Mackenzie IR,Finger E,Boeve BF,Ertekin-Taner N,Graff-Radford NR,Dickson DW,Rademakers R

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cannabinoid type 2 (CB2) receptor plays an important role in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Alzheimer’s disease and is therefore a very promising target for therapeutic approaches as well as for imaging. Based on the literature, we id...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Mu L,Bieri D,Slavik R,Drandarov K,Müller A,Cermak S,Weber M,Schibli R,Krämer SD,Ametamey SM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we explore the mechanism of action of isoxylitone (ISOX), a molecule discovered in the plant Delphinium denudatum, which has been shown to have anticonvulsant properties. Patch-clamp electrophysiology assayed the activity of ISOX on voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) in both cultured neurons and brain slices ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Ashraf MN,Gavrilovici C,Shah SU,Shaheen F,Choudhary MI,Rahman AU,Fahnestock M,Simjee SU,Poulter MO

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced levels of the protein frataxin cause the neurodegenerative disease Friedreich's ataxia. Pathology is associated with disruption of iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis, mitochondrial iron overload, and oxidative stress. Frataxin is a highly conserved iron-binding protein present in most organisms. Despite the inte...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Pastore A,Puccio H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic defect in Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is the expansion of a GAA·TCC triplet in the first intron of the FXN gene, which encodes the mitochondrial protein frataxin. Previous studies have established that the repeats reduce transcription of this essential gene, with a concomitant decrease in frataxin protein i...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gottesfeld JM,Rusche JR,Pandolfo M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2X7 receptor/channel responds to extracellular ATP and is associated with neuronal death and neuroinflammation in spinal cord injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Whether activation of P2X7 directly causes motor neuron death is unknown. We found that cultured motor neurons isolated from embryonic rat spinal ...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gandelman M,Levy M,Cassina P,Barbeito L,Beckman JS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomolar β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) can induce neuronal loss in culture by activating microglia to phagocytose neurons. We report here that this neuronal loss is mediated by the bridging protein lactadherin/milk-fat globule epidermal growth factor-like factor 8 (MFG-E8), which is released by Aβ-activated microglia, binds...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Neniskyte U,Brown GC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol provides neuroprotection following ischemia/reperfusion. This study assessed ethanol's effect on hyperglycolysis and NADPH oxidase (NOX) activation. Adult, male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) for 2 h. Three sets of experiments were conducted to determine ethanol's...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Kochanski R,Peng C,Higashida T,Geng X,Hüttemann M,Guthikonda M,Ding Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-gated P2X3 receptors of sensory ganglion neurons are important transducers of painful stimuli and are modulated by extracellular algogenic substances, via changes in the receptor phosphorylation state. The present study investigated the role of calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK) in interacti...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Gnanasekaran A,Sundukova M,Hullugundi S,Birsa N,Bianchini G,Hsueh YP,Nistri A,Fabbretti E

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise cellular targeting of macromolecular cargos has important biotechnological and medical implications. Using a recently established 'protein stapling' method, we linked the proteolytic domain of botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) to a selection of ligands to target neuroendocrine tumor cells. The botulinum pro...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Arsenault J,Ferrari E,Niranjan D,Cuijpers SA,Gu C,Vallis Y,O'Brien J,Davletov B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing reports support that air pollution causes neuroinflammation and is linked to central nervous system (CNS) disease/damage. Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) are a major component of urban air pollution, which has been linked to microglial activation and Parkinson's disease-like pathology. To begin to address ho...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Levesque S,Taetzsch T,Lull ME,Johnson JA,McGraw C,Block ML

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzodiazepines are commonly used as sedatives, sleeping aids, and anti-anxiety drugs. However, chronic treatment with benzodiazepines is known to induce dependence, which is considered related to neuroplastic changes in the mesolimbic system. This study investigated the involvement of K(+) -Cl(-) co-transporter 2 (KC...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Shibasaki M,Masukawa D,Ishii K,Yamagishi Y,Mori T,Suzuki T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A metabolite retinoic acid (RA) plays a major role in the aging adult brain plasticity. Conversely, chronic excess of glucocorticoids (GC) elicits some deleterious effects in the hippocampus. We questioned here the involvement of RA and GC in the expression of target proteins in hippocampal neurons. We investi...

journal_title：Journal of neurochemistry

authors： Brossaud J,Roumes H,Moisan MP,Pallet V,Redonnet A,Corcuff JB

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00