The turnover of myelin proteins in adult rat brain. 1979

H Singh, and F B Jungalwala

The turnover of proteins of myelin of brain was followed after an intracerebral injections of [1-14C] leucine into adult rats and compared with the turnover of proteins of total brain homogenate, microsomal and supernatant fractions. The myelin proteins were separated into three major fractions, viz., the Wolfgram, proteolipid and basic proteins as fluorescamine derivatives by a new preparative sodium-dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis method. The bands were visualized, without staining, by their fluoresence under UV light. The maximal incorporation into myelin proteins was about 11% of that in the microsomal proteins. The maximum amoount ofnto myelin proteins was about 11% of that in the microsomal proteins. The incorporation of the label in myelin proteins reached a moximum about six hr after the injection, while the microsomal and supernatant and myelin proteins declined at multiphasic rates with half-lives varying from three hours to several days. Individual myelin proteins also appeared to turn over at multiphasic rates, with half-lives of 5, 20 and 90-100 days for the Wolfgram proteins, 7 and 100-120 days for the proteolipid proteins and 5 and 80-110 days for the basic proteins.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007930 Leucine An essential branched-chain amino acid important for hemoglobin formation. L-Leucine,Leucine, L-Isomer,L-Isomer Leucine,Leucine, L Isomer
D009185 Myelin Proteins MYELIN-specific proteins that play a structural or regulatory role in the genesis and maintenance of the lamellar MYELIN SHEATH structure. Myelin Protein,Protein, Myelin,Proteins, Myelin
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D005260 Female Females
D006207 Half-Life The time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiologic activity. Halflife,Half Life,Half-Lifes,Halflifes
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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