Search results for " cyclic adenosine monophosphate"
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The role of extracellular calcium in bone metastasis
2016
AbstractThis review summarizes the role of extracellular calcium, as found present in the bone tissue, in the process of bone metastasis.
Modulation of NMDA receptor function by cyclic AMP in cerebellar neurones in culture
2004
The signal transduction pathways involved in NMDA receptor modulation by other receptors remain unclear. cAMP could be involved in this modulation. The aim of this work was to analyse the contribution of cAMP to NMDA receptor modulation in cerebellar neurones in culture. Forskolin increases cAMP and results in increased intracellular calcium and cGMP that are prevented by blocking NMDA receptors. Similar effects were induced by two cAMP analogues, indicating that cAMP leads to NMDA receptor activation. It has been reported that phosphorylation of Ser897 of the NR1 subunit of NMDA receptors by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) activates the receptors. Forskolin increases Ser897 phosphoryla…
Demonstration of action-potential-producing cells in the rat pineal gland in vitro and their regulation by norepinephrine and nitric oxide
1998
There is evidence that sympathetically innervated mammalian pineal glands contain cells that exhibit action potentials. It is unknown whether ex vivo pineal glands deprived of their nervous input are still capable of firing. In the present study, multiple-unit recordings from rat pineals revealed spontaneously active cell clusters with a mean firing frequency of 1.5 +/- 0.3 Hz which could be abolished by tedrodotoxin. Regularly firing clusters showed no inherent periodicity in the minute range, whereas rhythmical clusters with periodically repeated bursts had period lengths of 12.6 min (day) and 9.5 min (night). Superfusion of norepinephrine reduced the firing frequency of both cluster type…
REGULATORY ELEMENTS OF THE LEUKAEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR (LIF) PROMOTER IN MURINE BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS
1999
Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) plays an important role as a haematopoietically active cytokine. As described earlier in a murine model, interleukin 1 (IL-1) induced LIF mRNA and protein expression. We utilized the murine cell line +/+-1.LDA11 to further define regulatory mechanisms of LIF expression in bone marrow stromal cells. The production of LIF mRNA is stimulated by IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, and the cAMP analogue 8-bromoadenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (8BrcAMP). LIF mRNA expression is controlled at the transcriptional level. Different fragments from -542 to -45 bp 5' upstream of the transcriptional start site of the murine LIF gene were fused to the luciferase gene. All LIF-promoter lucif…