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1.
Genes Dev ; 15(24): 3249-62, 2001 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11751631

RESUMO

To investigate the role of an activated K-Ras gene in the initiation and maintenance of lung adenocarcinomas, we developed transgenic mice that express murine K-Ras4b(G12D) under the control of doxycycline in type II pneumocytes. Focal proliferative lesions of alveolar type II pneumocytes were observed as early as seven days after induction with doxycycline; after two months of induction, the lungs contained adenomas and adenocarcinomas, with focal invasion of the pleura at later stages. Removal of doxycycline caused a rapid fall in levels of mutant K-Ras RNA and concomitant apoptotic regression of both the early proliferative lesions and the tumors. Tumor burden was dramatically decreased by three days after withdrawal, and tumors were undetectable after one month. When similar experiments were performed with animals deficient in either the p53 gene or the Ink4A/Arf locus, tumors arose more quickly (within one month of exposure to doxycycline) and displayed more obvious histological features of malignancy; nevertheless, these tumors also regressed rapidly when the inducer was removed, implying that continued production of mutant K-Ras is necessary to maintain the viability of tumor cells in the absence as well as the presence of tumor suppressor genes. We also show that the appearance and regression of these pulmonary tumors can be readily monitored in anesthetized transgenic animals by magnetic resonance imaging.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/genética , Apoptose , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/genética , Genes Supressores de Tumor/fisiologia , Genes ras/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Transgenes/genética , Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Adenoma/genética , Adenoma/metabolismo , Adenoma/patologia , Animais , Bromodesoxiuridina , Inibidor p16 de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina/metabolismo , Primers do DNA/química , Genótipo , Marcação In Situ das Extremidades Cortadas , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Camundongos Transgênicos , Modelos Genéticos , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Tetraciclina/farmacologia , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo
2.
Amino Acids ; 20(2): 163-73, 2001.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11332451

RESUMO

In the present study we describe a simple and fast method to measure the concentration of total free amino acids in very small amounts of biological tissues. The procedure described here is based on the reaction of free amino acids with o-phthaldialdehyde (OPA) in the presence of a reducing agent, beta-mercaptoethanol (MET), to give a complex which can be measured by fluorescence. It is a very rapid process and has the same reliability as the conventional ninhydrin method of Moore and Stein but is about 500 times more sensitive. The sensitivity of the new protocol is such to permit the determination with high reliability of very small amounts of free amino acids at picomole levels, either in a standard amino acid mixture or in biological tissues, without chromatographic separation of the amino acids. It is particularly useful when the amount of the sample is very low, e.g. on a single pituitary or pineal gland of small animals or on single cells, such as oocytes or eggs, as well as single ganglions or axons of marine invertebrates.


Assuntos
Aminoácidos/análise , Bioquímica/métodos , Aminoácidos/química , Animais , Gânglios dos Invertebrados/química , Gânglios dos Invertebrados/metabolismo , Mercaptoetanol/química , Óvulo/química , Óvulo/metabolismo , Glândula Pineal/química , Glândula Pineal/metabolismo , Hipófise/química , Hipófise/metabolismo , Ratos , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Espectrometria de Fluorescência , Ácido gama-Aminobutírico/análise , Ácido gama-Aminobutírico/química , o-Ftalaldeído/química
3.
Endocrinology ; 141(10): 3862-70, 2000 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11014243

RESUMO

In this study, using an enzymatic HPLC method in combination with D-aspartate oxidase, we show that N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) is present at nanomolar levels in rat nervous system and endocrine glands as a natural compound, and it is biosynthesized in vivo and in vitro. D-aspartate (D-Asp) is its natural precursor and also occurs as an endogenous compound. Among the endocrine glands, the highest quantities of D-Asp (78 +/- 12 nmol/g) and NMDA (8.4 +/- 1.2 nmol/g) occur in the adenohypophysis, whereas the hypothalamus represents the area of the nervous system where these amino acids are most abundant (55 +/- 9 and 5.6 +/- 1.1 nmol/g for D-Asp and NMDA, respectively). When D-Asp is administered to rats by ip injection, there is a significant uptake of D-Asp into the adenohypophysis and a significant increase in the concentration of NMDA in the adenohypophysis, hypothalamus and hippocampus, suggesting that D-Asp is an endogenous precursor for NMDA biosynthesis. Experiments conducted on tissue homogenates confirm that D-Asp is the precursor of the NMDA and that the enzyme catalyzing this reaction is a methyltransferase. S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) is the methyl group donor. In vivo experiments consisting of ip injections of sodium D-aspartate show that this amino acid induced a significant serum PRL elevation and this effect is dose and time dependent. In vitro experiments conducted on isolated adenohypophysis or adenohypophysis coincubated with the hypothalamus, showed that the release of PRL is caused by a direct action of D-Asp on the pituitary gland and also mediated by the indirect action of NMDA on the hypothalamus. Then, the latter induces the release of a putative factor that in turn stimulates the adenohypophysis reinforcing the PRL release. In conclusion, our data suggest that D-Asp and NMDA are present endogenously in the rat and are involved in the modulation of PRL release.


Assuntos
Ácido Aspártico/fisiologia , Agonistas de Aminoácidos Excitatórios/metabolismo , N-Metilaspartato/fisiologia , Prolactina/metabolismo , Animais , Ácido Aspártico/metabolismo , Ácido Aspártico/farmacologia , Agonistas de Aminoácidos Excitatórios/farmacologia , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Hipotálamo/metabolismo , Masculino , N-Metilaspartato/biossíntese , N-Metilaspartato/metabolismo , N-Metilaspartato/farmacologia , Hipófise/metabolismo , Adeno-Hipófise/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
4.
FASEB J ; 14(5): 699-714, 2000 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10744627

RESUMO

Using two specific and sensitive fluorometric/HPLC methods and a GC-MS method, alone and in combination with D-aspartate oxidase, we have demonstrated for the first time that N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), in addition to D-aspartate (D-Asp), is endogenously present as a natural molecule in rat nervous system and endocrine glands. Both of these amino acids are mostly concentrated at nmol/g levels in the adenohypophysis, hypothalamus, brain, and testis. The adenohypophysis maximally showed the ability to accumulate D-Asp when the latter is exogenously administered. In vivo experiments, consisting of the i.p. injection of D-Asp, showed that D-Asp induced both growth hormone and luteinizing hormone (LH) release. However, in vitro experiments showed that D-Asp was able to induce LH release from adenohypophysis only when this gland was co-incubated with the hypothalamus. This is because D-Asp also induces the release of GnRH from the hypothalamus, which in turn is directly responsible for the D-Asp-induced LH secretion from the pituitary gland. Compared to D-Asp, NMDA elicits its hormone release action at concentrations approximately 100-fold lower than D-Asp. D-AP5, a specific NMDA receptor antagonist, inhibited D-Asp and NMDA hormonal activity, demonstrating that these actions are mediated by NMDA receptors. NMDA is biosynthesized from D-Asp by an S-adenosylmethionine-dependent enzyme, which we tentatively denominated as NMDA synthase.


Assuntos
Ácido Aspártico/metabolismo , Hormônio do Crescimento/metabolismo , Hormônio Luteinizante/metabolismo , N-Metilaspartato/metabolismo , Sistemas Neurossecretores/fisiologia , Animais , Ácido Aspártico/farmacologia , Ritmo Circadiano , Hormônio Liberador de Gonadotropina/metabolismo , Hipotálamo/efeitos dos fármacos , Hipotálamo/fisiologia , Técnicas In Vitro , Masculino , N-Metilaspartato/farmacologia , Sistemas Neurossecretores/efeitos dos fármacos , Adeno-Hipófise/efeitos dos fármacos , Adeno-Hipófise/fisiologia , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Distribuição Tecidual
5.
Oncogene ; 18(38): 5253-60, 1999 Sep 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10498877

RESUMO

To develop models of human cancer we have expressed the avian retroviral receptor, TVA, under a variety of mammalian promoters in transgenic mice, thus rendering mice susceptible to infection with avian leukosis virus-derived gene vectors. TVA-based retroviral gene transfer offers advantages over current murine models of human cancer. A single transgenic mouse line can be used to evaluate multiple genetic lesions, individually and in combination. Furthermore, mutant genes are introduced somatically into animals, as occurs in the majority of naturally occurring tumors. Because the avian viral vectors replicate only in avian cells, the viral receptor in infected transgenic mouse cells remains available for multiple rounds of infection with different ASLV vectors. We discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of using recombinant avian retroviruses with TVA transgenic mice to generate cancer models.


Assuntos
Modelos Animais de Doenças , Técnicas de Transferência de Genes , Neoplasias/genética , Alpharetrovirus/genética , Animais , Proteínas Aviárias , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Receptores Virais/genética
6.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 96(8): 4552-7, 1999 Apr 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10200300

RESUMO

Heterozygous mutations in the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) receptor occur in most individuals with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and dominantly interfere with apoptosis by an unknown mechanism. We show that local or global alterations in the structure of the cytoplasmic death domain from nine independent ALPS CD95 death-domain mutations result in a failure to bind the FADD/MORT1 signaling protein. Despite heterozygosity for the abnormal allele, lymphocytes from ALPS patients showed markedly decreased FADD association and a loss of caspase recruitment and activation after CD95 crosslinking. These data suggest that intracytoplasmic CD95 mutations in ALPS impair apoptosis chiefly by disrupting death-domain interactions with the signaling protein FADD/MORT1.


Assuntos
Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal , Doenças Autoimunes/genética , Doenças Autoimunes/imunologia , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/genética , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/imunologia , Receptor fas/genética , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Apoptose , Sítios de Ligação , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Códon de Terminação , Proteína de Domínio de Morte Associada a Fas , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Mutação Puntual , Estrutura Secundária de Proteína , Deleção de Sequência , Transdução de Sinais , Síndrome , Receptor fas/química , Receptor fas/fisiologia
7.
EXS ; 85: 109-18, 1998.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9949871

RESUMO

In 1939 Kögl and Erxleben [1-4] reported that tumor proteins contain appreciable amounts of D-amino acids, specifically glutamic acid, valine, leucine and lysine, implying that both the initiation and autonomous character of tumors depends on the formation and maintenance of these D-amino acids in the cell proteins. This postulate remained highly controversial for over 10 years, during which time several papers both supporting and refuting this hypothesis were published. The dispute existed almost entirely between Kögl, a vigorous and able protagonist at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, and an impressive array of equally vigorous and able dissenters in the United Kingdom and Germany. An excellent review of both sides of this controversy was written by Miller in 1950 [5]. After many years and much effort the controversy then seemed to be put to rest. However, more than 40 years later the development of much more refined analytical techniques for the resolution and detection of amino acid enantiomers provided more definitive evidence that D-amino acids are not common to all tumor tissues and probably are not integral to the cancer process. This is not surprising when one considers that a tumor consists of fast-growing cells. Thus, there would not be sufficient time for any L-amino acid to racemize to the D isomer. Some D-amino acids may originate in foods consumed, but it is uncertain whether enzyme systems are able to incorporate D-amino acids into tumor proteins during growth. Nevertheless, if significant levels of D-amino acids were to be found in tumor proteins, the implications could be far-reaching. Confirmation of the presence of D-amino acids at any concentration in tumors would provide new insights into the mechanism for autogenesis and maintenance of tumors.


Assuntos
Envelhecimento/metabolismo , Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Neoplasias/química , D-Aminoácido Oxidase/análise , Neoplasias/enzimologia , Estereoisomerismo
8.
Cell Immunol ; 169(1): 99-106, 1996 Apr 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8612301

RESUMO

Administration of anti-TCR/CD3epsilon antibody in vivo or in thymic organ culture results in the apoptotic death of CD4+/CD8+ thymocytes. In contrast, purified thymocytes in suspension culture are resistant to TCR/CD3epsilon-induced apoptotic death. We show that induction of thymocyte death, in suspension culture, can be induced by the combination of TCR/CD3epsilon and Fas (CD95/Apo-1) signaling. No significant thymocyte death was observed after in vitro Fas cross-linking unless TCR/CD3epsilon was simultaneously co-cross-linked or metabolic inhibitors such as actinomycin D were added. Furthermore, TCR/CD3epsilon and Fas synergy did not operate through upregulation of Fas but by facilitation of the Fas-mediated death signal. Both TCRmid/lo/HSAhi/CD4+/CD8+ (double positive) and TCRhi/HSAlo/CD4+/CD8- or CD4-/CD8+ (single positive) thymocytes were susceptible to death induced by co-cross-linking of TCR/CD3epsilon and Fas. Our results reveal a signaling synergy between the Fas and TCR/CD3epsilon complex that has important implications for our understanding of in vivo vs in vitro models of thymocyte deletion.


Assuntos
Apoptose , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Sistemas do Segundo Mensageiro , Transdução de Sinais , Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Receptor fas/metabolismo , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Camundongos , Linfócitos T/patologia
9.
Cancer Biochem Biophys ; 15(2): 79-82, 1995 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8590438

RESUMO

Over 50 years ago Kögl and Erxleben reported that tumor proteins contain appreciable amounts of D-amino acids. This postulate remained highly controversial for several years, during which time several researchers either supported or refuted the hypothesis. We have analyzed several sets of tumors and normal control tissues for the presence of D-aspartate (D-Asp) and D-glutamate (D-Glu). Most tumors contain less D-Asp than the control tissues, whereas nearly half of the tumors contain 1.6 to 5.4 times more D-Glu than the controls. The tumors averaged 0.72% D-Asp and 0.61% D-Glu compared to 0.94% D-Asp and 0.35% D-Glu in the control tissues. However, within the limits of experimental error, there is no significant difference in the level of these D-amino acids between the tumors and normal tissues.


Assuntos
Ácido Aspártico/análise , Ácido Glutâmico/análise , Proteínas de Neoplasias/química , Humanos , Neoplasias/química , Estereoisomerismo
10.
Cell ; 81(6): 935-46, 1995 Jun 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7540117

RESUMO

Five unrelated children are described with a rare autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) characterized by massive nonmalignant lymphadenopathy, autoimmune phenomena, and expanded populations of TCR-CD3+CD4-CD8- lymphocytes. These findings, suggesting a genetic defect in the ability of T lymphocytes to respond to normal immunoregulatory mechanisms, prompted an evaluation of lymphocyte apoptosis. Each child had defective Fas-mediated T lymphocyte apoptosis associated with a unique, deleterious Fas gene mutation. One mutation appeared to cause a simple loss of function; however, four others had a dominant negative phenotype when coexpressed with normal Fas. Family studies demonstrated the inheritance of the mutant Fas alleles. The occurrence of Fas mutations together with abnormal T cell apoptosis in ALPS patients suggests an involvement of Fas in this recently recognized disorder of lymphocyte homeostasis and peripheral self-tolerance.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Superfície/genética , Apoptose/genética , Apoptose/imunologia , Doenças Autoimunes/genética , Doenças Autoimunes/imunologia , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/genética , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/imunologia , Mutação , Doenças Autoimunes/patologia , Sequência de Bases , Pré-Escolar , Primers do DNA/genética , DNA Complementar/genética , Feminino , Genes Dominantes , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Lactente , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/patologia , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Linhagem , Fenótipo , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Receptor fas
11.
Brain Res Bull ; 38(2): 181-3, 1995.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7583345

RESUMO

We have analyzed both free L- and D-serine in frontal cortex of normal and Alzheimer human brain by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). There was no significant difference between the two brains. In normal brain, L- and D-serine concentrations were 666 +/- 222 and 66 +/- 41 nmol/g of wet tissue, respectively, and the ratio of D-isomer to L-isomer (D/L) was 0.099 +/- 0.031. In Alzheimer brain, the concentrations were 750 +/- 150 and 66 +/- 40 nmol/g, respectively, and the D/L ratio was 0.086 +/- 0.040. Thus, it was shown that the free D-serine concentration in the Alzheimer brain was comparable to that in the normal brain.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Serina/metabolismo , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Lobo Frontal/metabolismo , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valores de Referência , Estereoisomerismo
12.
Mol Chem Neuropathol ; 23(2-3): 115-24, 1994.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7702702

RESUMO

This is the first report of the presence of free D-amino acids in lumbar and ventricular human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) compared with CSF of normal control subjects and with individuals affected by multiple sclerosis, as an unrelated neurologic disorder. Free D-amino acids are present at significantly higher levels in AD CSF than normal CSF, whereas in the CSF of patients affected by multiple sclerosis, D-amino acids occurs at the same level as in the normal controls. The total D-amino acid content in ventricular CSF was 1.48 times higher in the AD than controls (26.4 vs 17.9 nmol/mL, p = 0.025). The total D-amino acid content was 1.43 times higher in AD lumbar CSF than controls (1.89 vs 1.32 nmol/mL, p = 0.001). D-Aspartate in particular was 2.74 times higher in AD ventricular CSF compared to normal ventricular CSF (3.34 vs 1.22 nmol/mL, p = 0.029). In lumbar CSF, D-aspartate was 1.5 times higher in AD than controls (0.054 vs 0.036 nmol/mL, p = 0.041). Previously we reported that D-amino acids are elevated in AD brain proteins associated with neurofibrillary tangles compared to normal brain proteins (D'Aniello et al., 1992c; Fisher et al., 1992a,b). Thus, the D-amino acids present in CSF may originate from degradation of brain proteins.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Aminoácidos/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Esclerose Múltipla/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Humanos , Valores de Referência , Estereoisomerismo
13.
J Am Coll Nutr ; 13(2): 209-10, 1994 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7911811

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: It has been reported that microwave heating of infant formulae can isomerize and racemize amino acids in the milk proteins, causing toxicity or affecting the nutritional value of the milk formulae. Therefore, we investigated whether microwave heating vs conventional heating would produce any D- enantiomers of aspartic acid (Asp) and glutamic acid (Glu) in milk. METHODS: Whole and skim milk samples were heated for 10 minutes in either a microwave oven at medium power or on a hot water bath at 80 degrees C. D-Asp and D-Glu were determined by high performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS: Unheated (control) samples were found to contain 0.40-0.45% D-Asp and D-Glu, inherent from the original pasteurizing process. Both conventional heating and microwave heating induce < 0.25% more racemization when compared to the control samples. CONCLUSION: Within experimental error, there is no significant difference in the levels of these D-amino acids between the conventionally heated and microwave heated milks, thus having no significant effect on the nutritional value of the milk proteins.


Assuntos
Ácido Aspártico/análise , Glutamatos/análise , Temperatura Alta , Micro-Ondas , Leite/química , Animais , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Ácido Glutâmico , Leite/efeitos da radiação
14.
J Biol Chem ; 268(36): 26941-9, 1993 Dec 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7903300

RESUMO

D-Amino acids administered to animals are absorbed by the intestine and transported through the blood-stream to solid tissues where they are oxidized in vivo by D-amino acid oxidase and D-aspartate oxidase to produce the same compounds they do in vitro; i.e. NH3, H2O2, and the keto acid corresponding to the amino acid ingested. In the liver and kidneys of the animals, an inverse relationship exists between the occurrence of D-amino acids and these oxidative enzymes. For example, younger animals have lower amounts of these oxidases and consequently higher concentrations of free D-amino acids compared to adult animals. If the ingested D-amino acids are not metabolized by these enzymes, they will accumulate in the tissues and may provoke serious damage, e.g. suppression of the synthesis of other essential enzymes and inhibition of the growth rate of the animals. A specific enzyme induction for these D-amino acid oxidases exists in young rats following ingestion of free D-amino acids by the mother. Specifically, when a mother rat ingests D-Ala or D-Asp during pregnancy and suckling, an increase in D-amino acid oxidase or D-aspartate oxidase is observed in the liver and kidneys of the baby rats. These results suggest that the in vivo biological role of these oxidases in animals is to act as detoxifying agents to metabolize D-amino acids which may have accumulated during aging.


Assuntos
Aminoácido Oxirredutases/metabolismo , D-Aminoácido Oxidase/metabolismo , Aminoácido Oxirredutases/biossíntese , Aminoácido Oxirredutases/sangue , Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Animais , Transporte Biológico Ativo , Galinhas , D-Aminoácido Oxidase/biossíntese , D-Aminoácido Oxidase/sangue , D-Aspartato Oxidase , Indução Enzimática , Feminino , Humanos , Absorção Intestinal , Rim/enzimologia , Fígado/enzimologia , Camundongos , Octopodiformes , Oxirredução , Gravidez , Coelhos , Ratos , Especificidade da Espécie
15.
Brain Res ; 592(1-2): 44-8, 1992 Oct 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1450921

RESUMO

This report constitutes the first demonstration of the presence of D-alanine in the proteins of the human nervous system. Proteins of the frontal lobe white and gray matter of human brains, both normal and Alzheimer subjects, contain D-alanine at concentrations between 0.50 and 1.28 mumol/g of wet tissue, 50-70-times lower than the concentration of L-alanine. Both white and gray matter of Alzheimer brains contain D-alanine 1.4-times higher than the respective regions of normal brains. The gray matter proteins of Alzheimer brains show a highly significant 8% decrease in total alanine content, when compared with normal brain gray matter proteins. Since Alzheimer's disease is exhibited by deterioration of the gray matter, the occurrence of elevated D-alanine levels in the gray matter of Alzheimer brains is a significant discovery and raises the question whether this enantiomer causes the degeneration of the gray matter proteins in Alzheimer's disease, or whether it is an effect of the disease.


Assuntos
Alanina/metabolismo , Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Alanina/química , Humanos , Métodos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Concentração Osmolar , Valores de Referência , Estereoisomerismo , Distribuição Tecidual
16.
Neurosci Lett ; 143(1-2): 215-8, 1992 Aug 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1436669

RESUMO

Using a new procedure to hydrolyze proteins without provoking racemization of the amino acids and using enzymatic methods to determine D- and L-aspartate (Asp), we have quantified the content of protein-bound D-aspartate (both D-aspartic acid and D-asparagine) of human brain white and gray matter proteins from normal and Alzheimer subjects. The D-enantiomer is present in brain proteins at mean concentrations between 0.48 and 0.90 mumol/g of wet tissue, corresponding to concentrations 34-82 times lower than that of L-aspartate. The highest levels of D-aspartate were found in Alzheimer gray matter (0.60-0.90, mean 0.69 mumol/g of wet tissue). When expressed as the percentage of total (i.e. D- plus L-) aspartate, %D = [D/(D + L)] x 100, the Alzheimer brains show a significantly higher content of D-aspartate in both gray matter (2.08%) and white matter (1.80%) than in the corresponding tissues of normal brains (1.65% in gray, 1.58% in white).


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Ácido Aspártico/análise , Química Encefálica , Aminoácido Oxirredutases/metabolismo , Aspartato Aminotransferases/metabolismo , Ácido Aspártico/química , Ácido Aspártico/isolamento & purificação , D-Aspartato Oxidase , Humanos , Hidrólise , Malato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Estereoisomerismo , Especificidade por Substrato
17.
Neurochem Res ; 17(2): 187-91, 1992 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1531702

RESUMO

Normal protein-bound L-aspartyl/L-asparaginyl residues may undergo post-translational modification by racemization to D-aspartate, or by isomerization to the L-isoaspartyl form in which the peptide chain links through the beta carboxyl group of the residue. Based on preliminary results reported here, proteins associated with Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangle preparations contain a significantly greater number of these modified aspartyl residues than the unaffected proteins from the surrounding gray matter or in comparable preparations from normal brains.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Ácido Aspártico/metabolismo , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Emaranhados Neurofibrilares/metabolismo , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Ácido Aspártico/química , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Metilação , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Proteína D-Aspartato-L-Isoaspartato Metiltransferase , Proteínas Metiltransferases/metabolismo
18.
Brain Res Bull ; 28(1): 127-31, 1992 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1540839

RESUMO

Normal protein-bound L-aspartyl/L-asparaginyl residues may undergo posttranslational modification by racemization to D-aspartate. Based on preliminary results reported here, proteins associated with Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangle preparations contain a greater number of these racemized D-aspartyl residues than the unaffected proteins from the surrounding gray matter or in comparable preparations from normal brains.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Ácido Aspártico/metabolismo , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/química , Emaranhados Neurofibrilares/metabolismo , Benzotiazóis , Cromatografia Gasosa , Corantes Fluorescentes , Humanos , Estereoisomerismo , Tiazóis
19.
Brain Res Bull ; 26(6): 983-5, 1991 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1933416

RESUMO

In this report we present evidence for the presence of free D-aspartic acid (D-Asp) and D-alanine (D-Ala) in the white and gray matter of normal human brains and brains of individuals with Alzheimer's disease. D-Asp occurs at about the same concentration in the gray matter of both normal (18.6 nmol/g) and Alzheimer (14.8 nmol/g) brains, whereas in white matter its concentration is more than two times higher in normal than Alzheimer brains (22.4 and 10.5 nmol/g, respectively). D-Ala occurs in white matter at approximately the same concentration in both normal and Alzheimer brains (12.3 and 13.8 nmol/g, respectively), whereas in Alzheimer gray matter the D-Ala concentration is more than twice that found in normal gray matter (20.8 and 9.5 nmol/g, respectively). However, when the results are expressed as a percentage of D-amino acid/D+L, only small differences occur in all tissues examined.


Assuntos
Alanina/análise , Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Ácido Aspártico/análise , Química Encefálica , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Humanos , Isomerismo , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valores de Referência
20.
J Neurosci Res ; 25(1): 29-38, 1990 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1690818

RESUMO

The present studies were undertaken to examine how the substitution of racemized forms of selected amino acids in synthetic peptides of guinea pig myelin basic protein (GPMBP) would alter the host's immunological ability to recognize such molecules. Using peptides from the 69-84 sequence of GPMBP containing a D-serine at position 70 or 75 (69-84[D-ser70 or D-ser75]) or D-aspartate at position 82 (69-84[D-asp82]), the findings demonstrated that the position of the diastereomer substitution on these neuropeptides was critical with respect to the ability of the immune system to recognize the molecule. Thus substitution of D-asp at position 82 or D-ser at position 75 abrogated the ability of these peptides to induce experimental autoimmune encephalitis and proliferation of host T cells. In contrast, a peptide containing a D-ser70 residue was capable of inducing clinical disease in rats, as well as stimulating T lymphocytes from 69-84-(D-ser70)-injected animals. Moreover, although this D-peptide was shown to share at least some determinant(s) with the 69-84 peptide, the use of 69-84(D-ser70)-stimulated cell lines demonstrated that some epitope(s) unique to this molecule could stimulate CD4+ syngeneic T cells.


Assuntos
Epitopos/imunologia , Proteína Básica da Mielina/imunologia , Neuropeptídeos/imunologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Animais , Encefalomielite Autoimune Experimental/imunologia , Feminino , Ativação Linfocitária/efeitos dos fármacos , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos Lew
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