Abstract Objective Phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by a specific mutation of the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene. The deficiency PAH results in high levels (Phe), low tyrosine (Tyr), and reduced catecholamine neurotransmitters. majority PKU patients, if untreated, develop severe mental retardation. contribution Phe Tyr retardation largely unknown. In this study, we used organic hippocampal...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) are activated by liver injury to become proliferative fibrogenic myofibroblasts. This process may be regulated by the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) but the mechanisms involved are unclear. METHODS We studied cultured HSC and intact mice with liver injury to test the hypothesis that HSC respond to and produce SNS neurotransmitters to promote ...

Neurotransmitters (NTs) are known as endogenous chemical messengers with important roles in the normal functioning of central and peripheral nervous systems. Abnormal levels certain NTs, such dopamine, serotonin epinephrine, have been linked several neurodegenerative diseases (such Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease Huntington’s disease). To date, various strategies employed for quantitat...

Aldehydes-induced toxicity has been implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases. Exposure to reactive aldehydes from (1) alcohol and food metabolism; (2) environmental pollutants, including car, factory exhausts, smog, pesticides, herbicides; (3) metabolism of neurotransmitters, amino acids and (4) lipid peroxidation of biological membrane from excessive ROS, all contribute to 'aldehydic load...

Gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) is one of the inhibitory neurotransmitters that may have the ability to relive the intensity of stress. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the role of -amino butyric acid (GABA) in modulating insulin disturbance associated with liver and kidney damage in -irradiated and streptozotocin-treated rats. Irradiation was performed by whole body exposure to 6 ...

We performed a blinded study on 5 cases of hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids and 10 cases of the pigmentary type of orthochromatic leukodystrophy, 6 of the latter having a family history of neurologic illness. Patients presented in the third to sixth decade with behavioral, cognitive, and motor symptoms. All cases displayed widespread myelin loss, predominantly frontotempora...

The purpose of this study is to determine if amino acid neurotransmitters such as gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), taurine, glutamate (Glu), and aspartate (Asp) can scavenge activated carbonyl toxicants. In vitro, direct reaction between malondialdehyde (MDA) and amino acids was researched using different analytical methods. The results indicated that scavenging activated carbonyl function of ta...

in vitro culture systems using bone marrow cells from balb/c mice were set up in medium supplemented with spleen-derived medium. bone marrow cells grown in spleen-derived medium gave rise to cultures containing >97% mast cells. the cells were used in polarisation chemotaxis assays with the intention of determining the effect of nerve tissue-derived neurotransmitters on mast cell migration. some...

OBJECTIVE Malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) adducts are a product of oxidative stress associated with tolerance loss in several disease states. This study was undertaken to investigate the presence of MAA adducts and circulating anti-MAA antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS Synovial tissue from patients with RA and patients with osteoarthritis (OA) were examined for...

There is no question about the fact that astrocytes and other glial cells release neurotransmitters that activate receptors on neurons, glia and vascular cells, and that calcium is an important second messenger regulating the release. This occurs in cell culture, tissue slice and in vivo. Negative results from informative experiments designed to test the mechanism of calcium-dependent neurotran...