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    Maintenance of acetylcholine receptor number by neuregulins at the neuromuscular junction in vivo (1997)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1997-04-25
    Description: ARIA (for acetylcholine receptor-inducing activity), a protein purified on the basis of its ability to stimulate acetylcholine receptor (AChR) synthesis in cultured myotubes, is a member of the neuregulin family and is present at motor endplates. This suggests an important role for neuregulins in mediating the nerve-dependent accumulation of AChRs in the postsynaptic membrane. Nerve-muscle synapses have now been analyzed in neuregulin-deficient animals. Mice that are heterozygous for the deletion of neuregulin isoforms containing an immunoglobulin-like domain are myasthenic. Postsynaptic AChR density is significantly reduced, as judged by the decrease in the mean amplitude of spontaneous miniature endplate potentials and bungarotoxin binding. On the other hand, the mean amplitude of evoked endplate potentials was not decreased, due to an increase in the number of quanta released per impulse, a compensation that has been observed in other myasthenic states. Thus, the density of AChRs in the postsynaptic membrane depends on immunoglobulin-containing neuregulin isoforms throughout the life of the animal.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sandrock, A W Jr -- Dryer, S E -- Rosen, K M -- Gozani, S N -- Kramer, R -- Theill, L E -- Fischbach, G D -- K08-NS01580/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01-NS18458/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Apr 25;276(5312):599-603.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9110980" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylcholine/metabolism ; Animals ; Bungarotoxins/metabolism ; Glycoproteins/genetics/*physiology ; Heterozygote ; Immunoglobulins/analysis ; In Vitro Techniques ; Membrane Potentials ; Mice ; Motor Endplate/metabolism/physiology ; Muscle Weakness/etiology ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/*physiology ; Neuregulin-1 ; Neuregulins ; Neuromuscular Junction/*metabolism ; Receptors, Cholinergic/genetics/*metabolism ; Synaptic Transmission
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Function of the homeodomain protein GHF1 in pituitary cell proliferation (1991)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1991-07-12
    Description: Mutations that cause pituitary dwarfism in the mouse reside in the gene encoding the transcription factor growth hormone factor 1 (GHF1 or pit1). These dwarf mice (dw and dwJ) are deficient in growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) synthesis and exhibit pituitary hypoplasia, suggesting a stem cell defect. With antisense oligonucleotide technology, a cell culture model of this genetic defect was developed. Specific inhibition of GHF1 synthesis by complementary oligonucleotides led to a marked decrease in GH and PRL expression and to a marked decrease in proliferation of somatotrophic cell lines. These results provide direct evidence that the homeodomain protein GHF1 is required not only for the establishment and maintenance of the differentiated phenotype but for cell proliferation as well.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Castrillo, J L -- Theill, L E -- Karin, M -- DK38527/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jul 12;253(5016):197-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1677216" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antisense Elements (Genetics) ; Base Sequence ; *Cell Division ; Cells, Cultured ; DNA/biosynthesis ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*physiology ; Dwarfism/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation ; *Genes, Homeobox ; Growth Hormone/genetics ; In Vitro Techniques ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Pituitary Gland/*cytology/physiology ; Prolactin/genetics ; Transcription Factor Pit-1 ; Transcription Factors/*physiology
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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