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Zoran Radić 《Journal of neurochemistry》2024,168(4):386-396
Catalytic activity and function of acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC 3.1.1.7) have been recognized and studied for over a century and its quaternary and primary structures for about half a century, and its tertiary structure has been known for about 33 years. Clear understanding of relationships between the structure and the function is still pending for this enzyme. Hundreds of crystallographic, static snapshots of AChEs from different sources reveal largely one general backbone conformation with narrow entry into the active center gorge, tightly fit to accept one acetylcholine (ACh) molecule, in contrast to its high catalytic turnover. This short review of available X-ray structures of AChEs from electric ray Torpedo californica, mouse and human, finds some limited, yet consistent deviations in conformations of selected secondary structure elements of AChE relevant for its function. The observed conformational diversity of the acyl pocket loop of AChE, unlike the large Ω-loop, appears consistent with structurally dynamic INS data and solution-based SAXS experiments to explain its dominant role in controlling the size of the active center gorge opening, as well as connectivity between the immediate surroundings of the buried active Ser, and catalytically relevant sites on the AChE surface.
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The role of glutamate signaling in incentive salience: second‐by‐second glutamate recordings in awake Sprague‐Dawley rats 下载免费PDF全文
Seth R. Batten Francois Pomerleau Jorge Quintero Greg A. Gerhardt Joshua S. Beckmann 《Journal of neurochemistry》2018,145(4):276-286
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M. Stazi A. Megighian G. D'Este S. Negro A. Ivanušec D. Lonati M. Pirazzini I. Križaj C. Montecucco 《Journal of neurochemistry》2024,168(4):428-440
People bitten by Alpine vipers are usually treated with antivenom antisera to prevent the noxious consequences caused by the injected venom. However, this treatment suffers from a number of drawbacks and additional therapies are necessary. The venoms of Vipera ammodytes and of Vipera aspis are neurotoxic and cause muscle paralysis by inducing neurodegeneration of motor axon terminals because they contain a presynaptic acting sPLA2 neurotoxin. We have recently found that any type of damage to motor axons is followed by the expression and activation of the intercellular signaling axis consisting of the CXCR4 receptor present on the membrane of the axon stump and of its ligand, the chemokine CXCL12 released by activated terminal Schwann cells. We show here that also V. ammodytes and V. aspis venoms cause the expression of the CXCL12-CXCR4 axis. We also show that a small molecule agonist of CXCR4, dubbed NUCC-390, induces a rapid regeneration of the motor axon terminal with functional recovery of the neuromuscular junction. These findings qualify NUCC-390 as a promising novel therapeutics capable of improving the recovery from the paralysis caused by the snakebite of the two neurotoxic Alpine vipers.
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Alterations in mGlu5 receptor expression and function in the striatum in a rat depression model 下载免费PDF全文
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Sudesna Chakraborty Sun Kyun Lee Sarah M. Arnold Roy A. M. Haast Ali R. Khan Taylor W. Schmitz 《Journal of neurochemistry》2024,168(4):397-413
The basal forebrain cholinergic neurons provide acetylcholine to the cortex via large projections. Recent molecular imaging work in humans indicates that the cortical cholinergic innervation is not uniformly distributed, but rather may disproportionately innervate cortical areas relevant to supervisory attention. In this study, we therefore reexamined the spatial relationship between acetylcholinergic modulation and attention in the human cortex using meta-analytic strategies targeting both pharmacological and non-pharmacological neuroimaging studies. We found that pharmaco-modulation of acetylcholine evoked both increased activity in the anterior cingulate and decreased activity in the opercular and insular cortex. In large independent meta-analyses of non-pharmacological neuroimaging research, we demonstrate that during attentional engagement these cortical areas exhibit (1) task-related co-activation with the basal forebrain, (2) task-related co-activation with one another, and (3) spatial overlap with dense cholinergic innervations originating from the basal forebrain, as estimated by multimodal positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Finally, we provide meta-analytic evidence that pharmaco-modulation of acetylcholine also induces a speeding of responses to targets with no apparent tradeoff in accuracy. In sum, we demonstrate in humans that acetylcholinergic modulation of midcingulo-insular hubs of the ventral attention/salience network via basal forebrain afferents may coordinate selection of task relevant information, thereby facilitating cognition and behavior.
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《Journal of neurochemistry》2019,149(5):559-561
We are very sad that the ISN lost its President Kazuhiro Ikenaka, Professor and Chairman at National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), Director of Okazaki Institute of Integrative Biology. JNeurochem published an Obituary to value his outstanding achievements: Akio Wanaka et al. (2019) OBITUARY Kazuhiro Ikenaka (1952‐2018). https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.14679
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Clenbuterol reduces GABAergic transmission in prefrontal cortex layer 5/6 pyramidal neurons of juvenile rat via reducing action potentials firing frequency of GABAergic interneurons 下载免费PDF全文
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Lateral hypothalamic Orexin‐A‐ergic projections to the arcuate nucleus modulate gastric function in vivo 下载免费PDF全文
Xiao Luan Xiangrong Sun Feifei Guo Di Zhang Cheng Wang Li Ma Luo Xu 《Journal of neurochemistry》2017,143(6):697-707
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Expression of the purine biosynthetic enzyme phosphoribosyl formylglycinamidine synthase in neurons 下载免费PDF全文
Colleen A. Mangold Pamela J. Yao Mei Du Willard M. Freeman Stephen J. Benkovic Moriah L. Szpara 《Journal of neurochemistry》2018,144(6):723-735
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Astrocytes with previous chronic exposure to amyloid β‐peptide fragment 1–40 suppress excitatory synaptic transmission 下载免费PDF全文
Hiroyuki Kawano Kohei Oyabu Hideaki Yamamoto Kei Eto Yuna Adaniya Kaori Kubota Takuya Watanabe Ayumi Hirano‐Iwata Junichi Nabekura Shutaro Katsurabayashi Katsunori Iwasaki 《Journal of neurochemistry》2017,143(6):624-634
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Fisetin provides antidepressant effects by activating the tropomyosin receptor kinase B signal pathway in mice 下载免费PDF全文
Yamin Wang Bin Wang Jiaqi Lu Haixia Shi Siyi Gong Yufan Wang Ronald C. Hamdy Balvin H. L. Chua Lingli Yang Xingshun Xu 《Journal of neurochemistry》2017,143(5):561-568
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The low affinity neurotensin receptor antagonist levocabastine impairs brain nitric oxide synthesis and mitochondrial function by independent mechanisms 下载免费PDF全文
Silvia Lores‐Arnaiz Analía G. Karadayian Alicia Gutnisky Georgina Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz 《Journal of neurochemistry》2017,143(6):684-696
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Xiaojuan He Masato Ishizeki Naoki Mita Seitaro Wada Yoshifumi Araki Hiroo Ogura Manabu Abe Maya Yamazaki Kenji Sakimura Katsuhiko Mikoshiba Takafumi Inoue Toshio Ohshima 《Journal of neurochemistry》2014,131(1):53-64
Previous studies have implicated the role of Purkinje cells in motor learning and the underlying mechanisms have also been identified in great detail during the last decades. Here we report that cyclin‐dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5)/p35 in Purkinje cell also contributes to synaptic plasticity. We previously showed that p35?/? (p35 KO) mice exhibited a subtle abnormality in brain structure and impaired spatial learning and memory. Further behavioral analysis showed that p35 KO mice had a motor coordination defect, suggesting that p35, one of the activators of Cdk5, together with Cdk5 may play an important role in cerebellar motor learning. Therefore, we created Purkinje cell‐specific conditional Cdk5/p35 knockout (L7‐p35 cKO) mice, analyzed the cerebellar histology and Purkinje cell morphology of these mice, evaluated their performance with balance beam and rota‐rod test, and performed electrophysiological recordings to assess long‐term synaptic plasticity. Our analyses showed that Purkinje cell‐specific deletion of Cdk5/p35 resulted in no changes in Purkinje cell morphology but severely impaired motor coordination. Furthermore, disrupted cerebellar long‐term synaptic plasticity was observed at the parallel fiber‐Purkinje cell synapse in L7‐p35 cKO mice. These results indicate that Cdk5/p35 is required for motor learning and involved in long‐term synaptic plasticity.
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Female hypocretin knockout (Hcrt KO) mice have increased body weight despite decreased food intake compared to wild type (WT) mice. In order to understand the nature of the increased body weight, we carried out a detailed study of Hcrt KO and WT, male, and female mice. Female KO mice showed consistently higher body weight than WT mice, from 4 to 20 months (20–60%). Fat, muscle, and free fluid levels were all significantly higher in adult (7–9 months) as well as old (18–20 months) female KO mice compared to age‐matched WT mice. Old male KO mice showed significantly higher fat content (150%) compared to age‐matched WT mice, but no significant change in body weight. Respiratory quotient (?19%) and metabolic rates (?14%) were significantly lower in KO mice compared to WT mice, regardless of gender or age. Female KO mice had significantly higher serum leptin levels (191%) than WT mice at 18–20 months, but no difference between male mice were observed. Conversely, insulin resistance was significantly higher in both male (73%) and female (93%) KO mice compared to age‐ and sex‐matched WT mice. We conclude that absence of the Hcrt peptide has gender‐specific effects. In contrast, Hcrt‐ataxin mice and human narcoleptics, with loss of the whole Hcrt cell, show weight gain in both sexes.
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Marta Vicente‐Rodríguez Carmen Pérez‐García Marcel Ferrer‐Alcón María Uribarri María G. Sánchez‐Alonso María P. Ramos Gonzalo Herradón 《Journal of neurochemistry》2014,131(5):688-695
Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a cytokine with important roles in dopaminergic neurons. We found that an acute ethanol (2.0 g/kg, i.p.) administration causes a significant up‐regulation of PTN mRNA and protein levels in the mouse prefrontal cortex, suggesting that endogenous PTN could modulate behavioural responses to ethanol. To test this hypothesis, we studied the behavioural effects of ethanol in PTN knockout (PTN?/?) mice and in mice with cortex‐ and hippocampus‐specific transgenic PTN over‐expression (PTN‐Tg). Ethanol (1.0 and 2.0 g/kg) induced an enhanced conditioned place preference in PTN?/? compared to wild type mice, suggesting that PTN prevents ethanol rewarding effects. Accordingly, the conditioning effects of ethanol were completely abolished in PTN‐Tg mice. The ataxic effects induced by ethanol (2.0 g/kg) were not affected by the genotype. However, the sedative effects of ethanol (3.6 g/kg) tested in a loss of righting reflex paradigm were significantly reduced in PTN‐Tg mice, suggesting that up‐regulation of PTN levels prevents the sedative effects of ethanol. These results indicate that PTN may be a novel genetic factor of importance in alcohol use disorders, and that potentiation of the PTN signalling pathway may be a promising therapeutic strategy in the treatment of these disorders.
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S‐allyl cysteine activates the Nrf2‐dependent antioxidant response and protects neurons against ischemic injury in vitro and in vivo 下载免费PDF全文
Huanying Shi Xu Jing Xinbing Wei Ruth G. Perez Manru Ren Xiumei Zhang Haiyan Lou 《Journal of neurochemistry》2015,133(2):298-308
Stroke is a devastating clinical condition for which an effective neuroprotective treatment is currently unavailable. S‐allyl cysteine (SAC), the most abundant organosulfur compound in aged garlic extract, has been reported to possess neuroprotective effects against stroke. However, the mechanisms underlying its beneficial effects remain poorly defined. The present study tests the hypothesis that SAC attenuates ischemic neuronal injury by activating the nuclear factor erythroid‐2‐related factor 2 (Nrf2)‐dependent antioxidant response in both in vitro and in vivo models. Our findings demonstrate that SAC treatment resulted in an increase in Nrf2 protein levels and subsequent activation of antioxidant response element pathway genes in primary cultured neurons and mice. Exposure of primary neurons to SAC provided protection against oxygen and glucose deprivation‐induced oxidative insults. In wild‐type (Nrf2+/+) mice, systemic administration of SAC attenuated middle cerebral artery occlusion‐induced ischemic damage, a protective effect not observed in Nrf2 knockout (Nrf2?/?) mice. Taken together, these findings provide the first evidence that activation of the Nrf2 antioxidant response by SAC is strongly associated with its neuroprotective effects against experimental stroke and suggest that targeting the Nrf2 pathway may provide therapeutic benefit for the treatment of stroke.
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Natalia Dominguez Jan R. T. van Weering Ricardo Borges Ruud F. G. Toonen Matthijs Verhage 《Journal of neurochemistry》2018,144(3):241-254
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Fumito Naganuma Takeo Yoshikawa Tadaho Nakamura Tomomitsu Iida Ryuichi Harada Attayeb S. Mohsen Yamato Miura Kazuhiko Yanai 《Journal of neurochemistry》2014,129(4):591-601
Monoamine neurotransmitters should be immediately removed from the synaptic cleft to avoid excessive neuronal activity. Recent studies have shown that astrocytes and neurons are involved in monoamine removal. However, the mechanism of monoamine transport by astrocytes is not entirely clear. We aimed to elucidate the transporters responsible for monoamine transport in 1321N1, a human astrocytoma‐derived cell line. First, we confirmed that 1321N1 cells transported dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, and histamine in a time‐ and dose‐dependent manner. Kinetics analysis suggested the involvement of low‐affinity monoamine transporters, such as organic cation transporter (OCT) 2 and 3 and plasma membrane monoamine transporter (PMAT). Monoamine transport in 1321N1 cells was not Na+/Cl? dependent but was inhibited by decynium‐22, an inhibitor of low‐affinity monoamine transporters, which supported the importance of low‐affinity transporters. RT‐PCR assays revealed that 1321N1 cells expressed OCT3 and PMAT but no other neurotransmitter transporters. Another human astrocytoma‐derived cell line, U251MG, and primary human astrocytes also exhibited the same gene expression pattern. Gene‐knockdown assays revealed that 1321N1 and primary human astrocytes could transport monoamines predominantly through PMAT and partly through OCT3. These results might indicate that PMAT and OCT3 in human astrocytes are involved in monoamine clearance.
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Differential toxicity of TAR DNA‐binding protein 43 isoforms depends on their submitochondrial localization in neuronal cells 下载免费PDF全文
Illari Salvatori Alberto Ferri Silvia Scaricamazza Ilaria Giovannelli Alessia Serrano Simona Rossi Nadia D'Ambrosi Mauro Cozzolino Andrea Di Giulio Sandra Moreno Cristiana Valle Maria Teresa Carrì 《Journal of neurochemistry》2018,146(5):585-597