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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-9
pubmed:abstractText
Aspartoacylase metabolizes N-acetylaspartic acid to produce L-aspartate and acetate. An aspartoacylase deficiency in humans is responsible for Canavan disease, a lethal autosomal recessive leukodystrophy. The role of aspartoacylase in the mammalian brain is unclear. Here we have generated and characterized a highly specific polyclonal antibody against aspartoacylase which recognizes a 37 kDa monomer and a dimer in normal but not in aspartoacylase-deficient rat tissue. Aspartoacylase protein expression sharply increases at P14, peaks at P28 and plateaus thereafter. Biochemical analysis reveals immunoreactivity in cytosolic but not in membrane fractions. Histologically, most abundant expression was observed in white matter tracts and thalamus. On the cellular level, aspartoacylase immunoreactivity is restricted to oligodendrocyte somata in both white and gray matter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1837-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Amidohydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Rats, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:14534431-Transfection
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification and distribution of aspartoacylase in the postnatal rat brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. m. klugmann@auckland.ac.nz
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't