scholarly journals Screening inducers of neuronal BDNF gene transcription using primary cortical cell cultures from BDNF-luciferase transgenic mice

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoru Fukuchi ◽  
Yui Okuno ◽  
Hironori Nakayama ◽  
Aoi Nakano ◽  
Hisashi Mori ◽  
...  
2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 544-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun Joo Ha ◽  
Yong Soo Kwon ◽  
Shin Mi Park ◽  
Taekyun Shin ◽  
Jun Hong Park ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinsong Yang ◽  
Xiaohong Wu ◽  
Haogang Yu ◽  
Xinbiao Liao ◽  
Lisong Teng

The objective of the current research work was to evaluate the neuroprotective effect of the ethanol extract ofScutellaria baicalensis(S.B.) on the excitotoxic neuronal cell death in primary rat cortical cell cultures. The inhibitory effects of the extract were qualitatively and quantitatively estimated by phase-contrast microscopy and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays. The extract exhibited a potent and dose-dependent inhibition of the glutamate-induced excitotoxicity in the culture media. Further, using radioligand binding assays, it was observed that the inhibitory effect of the extract was more potent and selective for the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated toxicity. The S.B. ethanol extract competed with [3H] MDL 105,519 for the specific binding to the NMDA receptor glycine site with 50% inhibition occurring at 35.1 μg/mL. Further, NMDA receptor inactivation by the S.B. ethanol extract was concluded from the decreasing binding capability of [3H]MK-801 in the presence of the extract. Thus, S.B. extract exhibited neuroprotection against excitotoxic cell death, and this neuroprotection was mediated through the inhibition of NMDA receptor function by interacting with the glycine binding site of the NMDA receptor. Phytochemical analysis of the bioactive extract revealed the presence of six phytochemical constituents including baicalein, baicalin, wogonin, wogonoside, scutellarin, and Oroxylin A.


2002 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 1390-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyuk Wan Ko ◽  
Kye-Yoon Park ◽  
Hansin Kim ◽  
Pyung-Lim Han ◽  
Youn Uck Kim ◽  
...  

Neuron ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 967-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Monyer ◽  
R.G. Giffard ◽  
D.M. Hartley ◽  
L.L. Dugan ◽  
M.P. Goldberg ◽  
...  

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