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  • 标题:Immunohistochemical study on the expression of calcium binding proteins (calbindin-D28k, calretinin, and parvalbumin) in the cerebral cortex and in the hippocampal region of nNOS knock-out(-/-) mice
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  • 作者:Cho, Yu Jin ; Lee, Jae Chul ; Kang, Bong Gu
  • 期刊名称:Anatomy & Cell Biology
  • 印刷版ISSN:2093-3665
  • 出版年度:2011
  • 卷号:44
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:106-115
  • DOI:10.5115/acb.2011.44.2.106
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Anatomy and Cell Biology
  • 摘要:

    Nitric oxide (NO) modulates the activities of various channels and receptors to participate in the regulation of neuronal intracellular Ca2+ levels. Ca2+ binding protein (CaBP) expression may also be altered by NO. Accordingly, we examined expression changes in calbindin-D28k, calretinin, and parvalbumin in the cerebral cortex and hippocampal region of neuronal NO synthase knockout(-/-) (nNOS-/-) mice using immunohistochemistry. For the first time, we demonstrate that the expression of CaBPs is specifically altered in the cerebral cortex and hippocampal region of nNOS-/- mice and that their expression changed according to neuronal type. As changes in CaBP expression can influence temporal and spatial intracellular Ca2+ levels, it appears that NO may be involved in various functions, such as modulating neuronal Ca2+ homeostasis, regulating synaptic transmission, and neuroprotection, by influencing the expression of CaBPs. Therefore, these results suggest another mechanism by which NO participates in the regulation of neuronal Ca2+ homeostasis. However, the exact mechanisms of this regulation and its functional significance require further investigation.

  • 关键词:Calcium binding proteins; Cerebral cortex and hippocampal region; Immunohistochemistry; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS); nNOS knock-out(-/-) mice
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