Threohydroxyaspartate (THA)-induced glutamate excitotoxicity in organotypic culture of rat spinal cord is a well-known model of motor neuron degeneration. THA causes accumulation of synaptic glutamate and over stimulation of the postsynaptic receptor by inhibiting glutamate uptake. This model has also
Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology, 14(1), P81-P82 (2008-04-01)
Activity of high-affinity glutamate transporters was altered in brain nerve terminals under artificial gravity conditions. Blood platelets contain glutamate transporters and are able to uptake glutamate. The goal of the research was to analyze comparatively L-[14C]glutamate transport in neuronal and
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 446, 85-94 (2008-04-01)
Vitamin K-dependent coagulation plasma proteins possess from 9-12 residues of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) distributed over a ca. 45 amino acid peptide sequence, i.e., the Gla domain, which encompasses the NH2-terminal region. In addition, epidermal growth factor (EGF) homology units present
Non-heme hydroxylase engineering for simple enzymatic synthesis of L-threo-hydroxyaspartic acid.
Matthias Strieker et al.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 9(3), 374-376 (2008-01-24)
To clarify the mechanism of yokukansan (TJ-54), a traditional Japanese medicine, against glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity, the effects of TJ-54 on glutamate uptake function were first examined using cultured rat cortical astrocytes. Under thiamine-deficient conditions, the uptake of glutamate into astrocytes, and
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