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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ; Neuropathology ; Posterior column involvement ; Genetics ; Superoxide dismutase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Several missense mutations within exons 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the gene for Cu/Zn-binding superoxide dismutase (SOD1) have been discovered to be involved in the development of chromosome 21q-linked familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS). We describe here an autopsied patient with FALS, in whom we have recently identified a novel missense mutation in exon 1 of the SOD1 gene. The neuropathological findings were compatible with those described previously in patients with FALS with posterior column involvement. This suggests that mutations of the SOD1 gene may be responsible for this form of FALS.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ; Neuropathology ; Posterior column involvement ; Genetics ; Superoxide dismutase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Several missense mutations within exons 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the gene for Cu/Zn-binding superoxide dismutase (SOD1) have been discovered to be involved in the development of chromosome 21q-linked familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS). We describe here an autopsied patient with FALS, in whom we have recently identified a novel missense mutation in exon 1 of the SOD1 gene. The neuropathological findings were compatible with those described previously in patients with FALS with posterior column involvement. This suggests that mutations of the SOD1 gene may be responsible for this form of FALS.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Two polypeptide isoforms of myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) with molecular masses of 72 and 67 kDa are produced by alternative splicing of the exon 12 portion. Our previous work has demonstrated that in the quaking mouse brain this alternative splicing is lacking and that the mRNA coding the large MAG isoform (L-MAG) is scarcely expressed, whereas that of small MAG isoform (S-MAG) is overexpressed. In the present study, we prepared antisera specific to the S-MAG and L-MAG amino acid residues, respectively. Immunoblots showed that the L-MAG band was scarcely detectable in the quaking mouse brain, whereas the S-MAG band had an apparently higher molecular mass than in the normal control. Our immunohistochemical study also showed that L-MAG was scarcely stained in the quaking mouse brain. These results seemed to reflect a reduction in content of L-MAG mRNA and abnormal glycosylation in the quaking mouse brain.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) was measured by radioimmunoassay in the human CNS and peripheral nervous system (PNS). The level of MAG, expressed as ng/μg of total protein, was ∼20-fold higher in whole homogenates of cerebral white matter (4.7 ± 0.60) than of peripheral nerve (0.12–0.28). MAG concentrations were only slightly higher in the isolated myelin fractions from these tissues: CNS myelin, 5.6 ng/μg; PNS myelin, 0.37 ng/μg. The levels of MAG were measured in nine plaques, periplaque regions, and areas of macroscopically normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) from six separate multiple sclerosis brains and compared with the levels of other myelin proteins in the same samples. MAG and other myelin proteins were reduced to very low levels in plaques. The levels of MAG and basic protein (BP) and the activity of 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase (CNP) in periplaque areas were significantly lower than those in control white matter, and MAG and BP levels were also significantly reduced in NAWM. In a periplaque region and NAWM from the most rapidly progressing case of multiple sclerosis examined, the MAG content was between 30 and 35% of the control level, whereas BP and PLP levels and CNP activity were between 50 and 85% of control values. The reduction of MAG content in periplaque regions from all nine multiple sclerosis plaques examined was significantly greater than the reductions of BP level and CNP activity. In NAWM samples, the mean reduction of MAG content was also greater than the reductions of BP level and CNP activity, but the difference was only statistically significant in comparison to CNP. These quantitative biochemical studies support earlier immunocytochemical observations suggesting that the MAG level is reduced more than levels of other myelin proteins at the periphery of some multiple sclerosis plaques.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Monoclonal antibodies against myelin-associated glycoprotein were generated by fusing mouse myeloma cells with spleen lymphocytes from BALB/c mice immunized with human myelin-associated glycoprotein purified from CNS myelin. Three groups of antibodies were identified: IgG antibodies recognizing the polypeptide moiety and IgG and IgM antibodies recognizing the carbohydrate moiety of the intact molecule. Properties of these antibodies were examined with sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the immunostaining technique using human CNS and peripheral nerve myelin, and ganglioside fractions isolated from human brain and peripheral nerve, and with immunohistochemical staining of human peripheral nerves. Part of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells was stained with the antibodies against the carbohydrate moiety, but not with IgG antibodies recognizing the polypeptide moiety. Natural killer activity was partially reduced after treatment of human peripheral blood lymphocytes with an IgM antibody and complement in vitro. The possibility that anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein antibodies might play a role in the pathogenesis of demyelinating diseases through modification of natural killer activity is discussed.
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  • 6
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 44 (1985), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: The myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and other myelin proteins were quantitated in homogenates of whole sciatic nerve from adult and 20-day-old Trember mice. In the nerves of adult mice, the concentration of MAG was increased from 1.1 ng/μg of total protein in the controls to 1.4 ng/μg protein in the Tremblers. By contrast, the concentrations of P0 glycoprotein and myelin basic proteins were reduced to 27% and 20% of control levels, respectively. Immunoblots demonstrated that P2 was also greatly reduced in the Trembler nerves. The specific activity of 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase (CNP) was 65% of the control level. Immunoblot analysis showed that MAG had a higher than normal apparent Mr in the sciatic nerves of the Trembler mice, but its apparent Mr was normal in the brains of these mutants. In 20-day-old Tremblers, the P0 and myelin basic protein were reduced slightly less to about 40% of the level in the nerves of age-matched controls. CNP and MAG levels were not significantly different from those in controls, and MAG exhibited a shift toward higher apparent Mr similar to that in the adults. The maintenance of high MAG levels despite the severe deficit of myelin, as reflected by the decrease of the major myelin proteins, is consistent with the immunocytochemical localization of MAG in periaxonal Schwann cell membranes, Schmidt-Lantermann incisures, lateral loops, and the outer mesaxon and its absence from compact myelin. The abnormal form of MAG in the peripheral nervous sytem (PNS) of the Trembler mice may contribute to the pathology in this mutant.
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  • 7
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 43 (1984), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Human and rat myelin preparations were incubated with varying concentrations of trypsin and plasmin to determine the effects of these proteolytic enzymes on myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), basic protein, and other myelin proteins and to compare the effects with those of the neutral protease that was reported to be endogenous in myelin. Basic protein was most susceptible to degradation by both trypsin and plasmin, whereas MAG was relatively resistant to their actions. Under the assay conditions used, the highest concentrations of trypsin and plasmin degraded 〉 80% of the basic protein but 〈 30% of the MAG, and lower concentrations caused significant loss of basic protein without appreciably affecting MAG. Neither trypsin nor plasmin caused a specific cleavage of MAG to a derivative of MAG (dMAG) in a manner analogous to the endogenous neutral protease. Thus the endogenous protease appears unique in converting human MAG to dMAG much more rapidly than it degrades basic protein. MAG is slowly degraded along with other proteins when myelin is treated with trypsin or plasmin, but it is less susceptible to their action than is basic protein.
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  • 8
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 49 (1987), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) was quantitated in the CNS and PNS of quaking mice and the levels compared to the levels of myelin basic protein (MBP) and 2′:3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase (CNPase) activity. In the brainstems of 36-day-old quaking mice, MBP, MAG, and CNPase were reduced to 12, 16, and 29% of control levels, respectively. In the sciatic nerves of the 36-day-old quaking mice, MBP and CNPase were 38 and 75% of control levels, respectively, whereas the concentration of MAG was unchanged or slightly increased. Similar quantitative results were obtained for the sciatic nerves and spinal roots of 7-month-old quaking mice. Immunoblots showed that the principal MAG band from the brainstems, sciatic nerves, and spinal roots of the quaking mice had a higher than normal apparent Mr. In addition, there was a minor component reacting with anti-MAG antiserum in the brain-stems of the quaking mice that had a slightly lower Mr than control MAG and was not detected in the normal mice. The results for the quaking mice are compared with those from similar studies on other mutants with dysmyelination of the CNS and PNS.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1546-1718
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: [Auszug] To elucidate the molecular mechanisms whereby expanded polyglutamine stretches elicit a gain of toxic function, we expressed full-length and truncated DRPLA (dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy) cDNAs with or without expanded CAG repeats in COS-7 cells. We found that truncated DRPLA proteins ...
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1573-6903
    Keywords: Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis ; camostat mesilate ; protease inhibitor ; myelin protein ; demyelination
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Camostat mesilate (FOY305), a synthetic serine protease inhibitor and has been developed as a crug for pancreatitis, is effective in suppressing acute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in Lewis rats. Loss of weight, clinical score and yield of myelin protein from brain stem were improved by daily injection of FOY305 compared with saline from day 6 after inoculation with homogenate of guinea pig spinal cord. A significant decrease of yield of myelin has been shown here for the first time in acute EAE in Lewis rat. This is in accord with myelin breakdown demonstrated morphologically. Our study also demonstrates a significant improvement of yield of myelin protein by FOY305. Our results suggest the possibility of a clinical application of this protease inhibitor for human demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
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