The structure
of synaptophysin suggests that the protein may function as a channel in the synaptic vesicle membrane, with the carboxyl terminus serving as a binding site for cellular factors.
Not exact matches
Complementary DNA and genomic clones were isolated and sequenced corresponding to rat and human
synaptophysin (p38), a major integral membrane protein
of synaptic vesicles.
The analysis also showed reduced production
of two proteins important for neuron - to - neuron communication at synapses:
synaptophysin and a glutamate receptor protein.
mThy1 - AS mice administered only control IgG1 suffered dendritic atrophy (as suggested by reduced staining with MAP2) and synaptic loss (evaluated with postsynaptic density - 95 (PSD - 95) and
synaptophysin) across several regions
of the brain, but this neurodegenerative damage was substantially prevented in mice administered 1H7, 5C1, or 9E4.
Aged mutant amyloid precursor protein mice with established disease showed a near complete restoration in levels
of synaptic and neuronal proteins after exposure to young blood in parabiosis (
synaptophysin P =.02; calbindin P =.02) or following intravenous plasma administration (
synaptophysin P <.001; calbindin P =.14).
[15] Significant recalcitrant (proteinase K - resistant) AS aggregate accumulated in the neuronal synapses
of untreated PDGF - AS mice, as indicated by colocalization with
synaptophysin staining; AFF 1 treatment significantly cleared this depot as well (Figure 3 (d)-RRB-.
Ginger significantly increased nerve growth factor (NGF), which stimulates the growth
of new neurons, and
synaptophysin and PSD - 95, two indicators
of higher synapse formation.