objective: autism results from developmental factors that affect many or all functional brain systems. brain is one of tissues which are crucially in need of adenosine triphosphate (atp). autism is noticeably affected by mitochondrial dysfunction which impairs energy metabolism. considering mutations within atpase 6, atpase 8 and trnalys genes, associated with different neural diseases, and the...

the present study was conducted to find the effect of three heavy metals, ag, hg and pb on the expression level of a gene encoding plasma membrane h+-atpase in aeluropus littoralis. the experiment was laid out in a completely random design with three replications. the expression of the main gene was normalized to the expression of the housekeeping gene actin. two 259 and 187 bp fragments were a...

introduction: the regulation of the body fluid content (osmoregulation) of an aquatic animal, is performed by several organs. in fish, osmoregulatory mechanisms are based on the function of specialized cells (ionocytes) located in various tissues and organs including gills. na+, k+-atpase is one of the main osmoregulatory enzymes enabling the use of atp as a source of energy for ion transport t...

influence of folic acid on the cns is still unclear. folate has a neuroprotective effect, while on the other hand excess folate can exacerbate seizures in epileptics. the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of subchronic administration of folic acid on behavioural and electroencephalographic (eeg) characteristics of dl homocysteine thiolactone induced seizures in adult rats. t...

The vacuolar-type ATPase (V-ATPase) is a multisubunit protein composed of the cytosolic adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis catalyzing V 1 complex, and integral membrane o , responsible for proton translocation. largest subunit a, enables translocation upon ATP hydrolysis, mediated by complex. Four known isoforms (a1–a4) are expressed in different cellular locations. Subunit a1 (also as a1)...