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  • 1
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    Alterations in Catecholamine System Enzymes (1995)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 771 (1995), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1749-6632
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb44677.x
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  • 2
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    Quantification of mRNA of tyrosine hydroxylase and aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase in the substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia (1994)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 8 (1994), S. 149-158 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Tyrosine hydroxylase ; aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase ; Parkinson's disease ; schizophrenia ; RT-PCR ; mRNA
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we developed a sensitive and quantitative method to detect all four types of human tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) mRNAs in the human brain (substantia nigra). All four types of TH mRNAs were found in the substantia nigra in the control brains examined, and the ratio of type-1, type-2, type-3, and type-4 mRNAs to the total amount of TH was 45, 52, 1.4, and 2.1%, respectively. The average amount of total TH mRNA in the normal brain (substantia nigra) was 5.5 amol of TH mRNA per μg of total RNA. The ratios of four TH isoforms were not altered significantly in Parkinson's disease or schizophrenia. Further we measured the relative amount of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) and β-actin mRNAs in the brain samples. TH and AADC mRNAs were highly correlated in the control cases. We found that parkinsonian brains had very low levels of all four TH isoforms and AADC mRNAs in the substantia nigra compared with control brains, while no significant differences were found between schizophrenic brains and normal ones. Since the decrease in AADC mRNA was comparable to that in TH mRNA, the alteration of TH in Parkinson's disease would not be a primary event, but it would reflect the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. This is the first reported measurement of mRNA contents of TH isoforms and AADC in Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02250926
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  • 3
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    Transplacentally-transported 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) affects the catecholamine and indoleamine levels in the fetal mouse brain (1990)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 2 (1990), S. 277-283 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Fetal brain ; 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine ; 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion ; catecholamine ; indoleamine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effects of a dopaminergic neurotoxin, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) on the amounts of dopamine (DA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were examined in the whole brains of fetal mice and maternal mice after its administration to pregnant mice. DA and DOPAC concentrations were decreased significantly in both the fetal and maternal brains. At 3 hr after injection, reduction of the DOPAC concentration was more marked than that of DA in both the fetal and maternal brains. Increase of 5-HT concentration was observed until 12 hr after injection in the fetal brains and 6 hr in the maternal brains. These results indicate that 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridinium ion (MPP+) and MPTP affect the levels of catechol- and indoleamines in the brain of premature stage as well as in the mature brain.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02252922
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    Interleukin-2 but not basic fibroblast growth factor is elevated in parkinsonian brain (1996)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 103 (1996), S. 1077-1081 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Interleukin-2 ; basic fibroblast growth factor ; Parkinson's disease ; brain
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The contents of interleukin (IL)-2 and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) were measured in the brain (caudate nucleus, putamen, and cerebral cortex) from control and parkinsonian patients by highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The concentrations of IL-2 in the brain were in the order of pg/mg protein, and the values were significantly higher in the caudate and putamen from parkinsonian patients than those from control patients. However, the levels of IL-2 in the cerebral cortex showed no significant difference between parkinsonian and control patients. In contrast to IL-2, the bFGF levels in the brain were high and in the order of ng/mg protein, and there was no significant difference in the caudate and putamen between parkinsonian and control patients. Although both IL-2 and bFGF may play important roles in dopaminergic neurons as neurotrophic factors, IL-2 but not bFGF may relate to the compensatory response in the nigrostriatal dopaminergic regions in parkinsonian brain during progress of neurodegeneration.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01291792
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  • 5
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    Immunocytochemical study of catecholaminergic neurons in the senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM-P8) brain (1997)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 104 (1997), S. 1267-1275 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Catecholamine ; senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM-P8) ; immunocytochemistry ; aging
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The catecholaminergic neurons of senescence-accelerated mice (SAM-P8) were analyzed by immunohistochemical microphotometry in terms of immunoreactivities to aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC), dopamine (DA), or noradrenaline (NA). Accelerated senescence-resistant mice (SAM-R1) were used as control mice. The immunoreactivities to AADC, DA, and NA of the catecholaminergic neurons of the SAM-P8 mice were weaker than those of the SAM-R1 mice in all the brain regions. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons and their terminal fibers in the substantia nigra as well as in noradrenergic neurons and their proximal dendrites in the locus coeruleus of the SAM-P8 mice. In contrast, there was no difference between the SAM-P8 and SAM-R1 mice in the distribution of AADC-only positive neurons (designated as D neurons in the rat brain by Jaeger et al.) nor in their immunoreactivities. These results may indicate that DA neurons in the substantia nigra and NA neurons in the locus coeruleus degenarate more rapidly during aging in SAM-P8 mice than in control SAM-R1 mice and that D neurons may function as a part of a compensatory system for the decreases in catecholaminergic neurons during aging.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01294727
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    The effect of methamphetamine on serotonin and its metabolite in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: A microdialysis study (1991)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 86 (1991), S. 175-179 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Suprachiasmatic nucleus ; microdialysis ; methamphetamine ; serotonin ; 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid ; circadian pacemaker
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) has been identified as a major circadian pacemaker. Methamphetamine has been shown to modify the behavior of circadian rhythms. We detected extracellular serotonin (5-HT) and its metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in the SCN in freely moving rats, using a microdialysis method, to investigate biochemical effects of methamphetamine in the SCN. Methamphetamine infusion into the SCN dose-dependently increased extracellular 5-HT and decreased extracellular 5-HIAA.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01250703
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  • 7
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    Specific localization of the guanosine triphosphate (GTP) cyclohydrolase I-immunoreactivity in the human brain (1999)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 106 (1999), S. 607-617 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Keywords: Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase ; brain ; colocalization ; GTP cyclohydrolase I ; human ; immunohistochemistry ; tetrahydrobiopterin ; tyrosine hydroxylase.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary. Guanosine triphosphate (GTP) cyclohydrolase I (GCH) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme for biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin, the cofactor of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). Our previous study reported the presence of GCH in several neuronal groups in animal brains using a newly raised anti-GCH antibody. The present study aims at elucidating whether GCH and TH coexist in the same neurons of the human brain with the aid of immunohistochemical dual labeling. GCH-immunoreactivity was observed in the cell bodies and fibers of monoaminergic neurons of the human brain. Neurons which contain both enzymes are seen in the human substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, locus coeruleus, dorsal raphe, and zona incerta. In these regions, almost all the cells also show immunoreactivity for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC), the second step enzyme for catecholamine synthesis, indicating that these neurons are catecholaminergic. However, some neurons in the dorsal and dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei are stained only for GCH or TH. They appear to constitute an independent cell group in the human brain. The present observation suggests that L-dopa is not produced in the cells immunoreactive for TH but not for GCH, and that TH in these cells which lack GCH may have an unidentified role other than dopa synthesis.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007020050183
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    Expression of human tyrosine hydroxylase type I in Escherichia coli as a protease-cleavable fusion protein (1999)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 106 (1999), S. 819-824 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: Keywords: Human tyrosine hydroxylase type 1 ; N-terminal amino acid-deleted mutant ; maltose-binding protein fusion.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary. Wild-type and N-terminal 35-, 38-, and 44-amino acid-deleted mutants of human tyrosine hydroxylase type 1 (hTH1) fused to maltose-binding protein via the target sequence for a restriction protease were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. The fused protein was treated with the restriction protease factor Xa or enterokinase to isolate hTH1 from the fused form. The treatment of fused wild-type and 35-amino acid-deleted mutant with factor Xa and enterokinase caused non-specific cleavages in the vicinity of the phosphorylation sites, Ser19 and Ser40, due to the flexible conformation of the N-terminus of hTH1.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s007020050202
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  • 9
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    Isolation of a full-length cDNA clone for human GTP cyclohydrolase I type 1 from pheochromocytoma (1995)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 101 (1995), S. 237-242 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: GTP cyclohydrolase I ; tetrahydrobiopterin ; cDNA ; mRNA ; pheochromocytoma ; (Human)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Although the existence of three different cDNA forms of human GTP cyclohydrolase I (GCH I) have been reported (Togari et al., 1992), the full-length sequence of any human GCH I cDNA involving poly (A) tail has not yet been documented. In the present study, we first isolated a full-length cDNA clone encoding human GCH I type 1 from human pheochromocytoma cDNA library. The length of the cDNA insert was 2,921 base pairs including poly (A) tail. RNA blot analysis showed a single niRNA species of 4.0kb in human pheochromocytoma tissue.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01271561
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    Immunocytochemical localization of GTP cyclohydrolase I in the brain, adrenal gland, and liver of mice (1995)
    Springer
    Journal of neural transmission 102 (1995), S. 175-188 
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    ISSN: 1435-1463
    Keywords: GTP cyclohydrolase I ; tyrosine hydroxylase ; tryptophan hydroxylase ; phenylalanine hydroxylase ; tetrahydrobiopterin ; liver ; adrenal medulla ; brain ; mouse ; immunocytochemistry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary GTP cyclohydrolase I (GCH) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme for the biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), the cofactor of phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan hydroxylases, the enzymes that synthesize tyrosine, catecholamines (dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline), and serotonin, respectively. We produced for the first time polyclonal antibody with highly sensitive immunoreactivity against an oligopeptide of rat enzyme, GFPERELPRPGA, by immunization of rabbits with the peptide conjugated to hemocyanin by glutaraldehyde. The specificity of the antibody was confirmed by Western blot analysis. Using this antibody specific for GCH, we observed strong GCH immunostaining in the liver cells, in the dopamine-, noradrenaline-, adrenaline-, or serotonin-containing cells of the brain, and in the adrenal gland of mice. Immunocytochemical studies revealed GCH to be localized in monoamine-containing perikarya in the periglomerular cells of the olfactory bulb, zona incerta, arcuate nucleus, ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra pars compacta, locus ceruleus, nucleus tractus solitarius, area postrema, and ventrolateral area of the medulla oblongata. GCH immunostaining was particularly strong in serotoninergic nuclei, such as dorsal and median raphe nuclei, nucleus raphe pallidus, and nucleus raphe magnus. By immunoelectron micoscopy, GCH-labeled cytoplasm and microtubules in the processes were observed ultrastructurally, but no staining was found in the mitochondria, and Golgi apparatus. Immunostaining was observed neither in the group D neurons that contain only aromatic amino acid decarboxylase without tyrosine hydroxylase, nor in glial cells and endothelial cells. These results indicate the abundant presence of GCH in catecholaminergic and serotoninergic neurons as well as in the adrenal medulla and liver, where BH4 is synthesized as the cofactor of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine hydroxylases.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01281153
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