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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Axonally transported toxins can be used to make selective lesions of the nervous system. Collectively, these techniques are termed 'molecular neurosurgery' because they exploit the surface molecular identity of neurons to selectively destroy specific types of neurons. Suicide transport, is anatomically selective but not type-selective. The most widely used suicide transport agents are the toxic lectins (ricin, volkensin) and the immunotoxin, OX7-saporin. The toxic lectins and saporin are ribosome inactivating proteins that irreversibly inhibit protein synthesis. The toxic lectins have binding subunits but saporin requires a targeting vector to gain entrance into cells. Immunolesioning uses monoclonal anti-neuronal antibodies to deliver saporin selectively into neurons that express a particular target surface antigen. Neuropeptide-saporin conjugates selectively destroy neurons expressing the appropriate peptide receptors. Notable experimental uses of these agents include analysis of the function of the cholinergic basal forebrain (192-saporin) and pain research (anti-DBH-saporin, substance P-saporin). It is likely that more immunolesioning and neuropeptide-toxin conjugates will be developed in the near future.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, Monoclonal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunoconjugates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunotoxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/N-Glycosyl Hydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuropeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurotoxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/OX7-saporin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plant Lectins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribosome Inactivating Proteins..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribosome Inactivating Proteins..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ricin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/volkensin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0165-0270
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Axonal Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Axotomy, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Immunoconjugates, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Immunotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-N-Glycosyl Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Neurotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Plant Lectins, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:11074097-Ricin
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuronal lesioning with axonally transported toxins.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, VAMC Nashville, TN 37212-2637, USA. ronald.g.wiley@vanderbilt.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review