Imidazoline receptor proteins in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease

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作者
García-Sevilla, JA [1 ]
Escribá, PV
Walzer, C
Bouras, C
Guimón, J
机构
[1] Univ Geneva, HUG, Fac Med, Dept Psychiat, CH-1225 Chene Bourg, Switzerland
[2] Univ Balearic Isl, CSIC, Dept Biol,Associate Unit, Inst Neurobiol Ramon & Cajal,Lab Neuropharmacol, E-07071 Palma de Mallorca, Balears, Spain
关键词
imidazoline receptor proteins; Western immunoblotting; postmortem human brain; Alzheimer's disease;
D O I
10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00265-1
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Imidazoline receptors (29/30- and 45-kDa proteins) were quantitated in postmortem brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by using immunoblotting techniques and a specific antiserum. Increased levels of the 29/30-kDa protein (30%), 45-kDa protein (36%) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (88%) were found in the frontal cortex of AD patients. These findings are in line with the reported higher density of imidazoline receptors labelled by [H-3]idazoxan in AD brains, suggesting that these imidazoline receptor proteins are related to the 12-imidazoline receptor located in mitochondria of glial (astrocyte) cells. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
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页码:95 / 98
页数:4
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