Publication Date:
1978-11-10
Description:
beta,beta'-Iminodipropionitrile (IDPN) administration prevented normal slow axonal transport of [35S]methionine- or [3H]leucine-labeled proteins in rat sciatic motor axons. Ultrastructural and electrophoretic studies showed that the neurofilament triplet proteins in particular were retained within the initial 5 millimeters of the axons, resulting in neurofilament-filled axonal swellings. Fast anterograde and retrograde axonal transport were not affected. The IDPN thus selectively impaired slow axonal transport. The neurofibrillary pathology in this model is the result of the defective slow transport of neurofilaments.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Griffin, J W -- Hoffman, P N -- Clark, A W -- Carroll, P T -- Price, D L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Nov 10;202(4368):633-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/81524" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Axonal Transport/*drug effects
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Kinetics
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Molecular Weight
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Nerve Tissue Proteins/*metabolism
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Neurofibrils/metabolism/ultrastructure
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Nitriles/*pharmacology/toxicity
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Sciatic Nerve/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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