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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
Rat brain vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein (D-CaBP) was assessed for vitamin D dependency, calcium binding and ultrastructural localization within neurons. No evidence of vitamin D dependency could be derived from the experiments on vitamin D-deficient rats. A 95% pure extract of the 27-kDa brain D-CaBP was shown to bind 45Ca on nitrocellulose membrane after sodium dodecyl sulphate-electrophoresis, specifically on the 27-kDa CaBP band. Immunogold staining with electron microscopy allowed detection of D-CaBP into Purkinje cells and climbing fibers of the cerebellum. The immunoreactivity was found to be hyaloplasmic and never membrane-bound. It was present in neuronal soma, neurites and postsynaptic as well as presynaptic terminals. These findings rule out D-CaBP as a possible neurotransmitter and bring further support to the hypothesis that the protein functions as a cytosolic calcium buffer. Immunohistochemical detection of D-CaBP is proposed as a means for morphologic detection of neurons with high calcium metabolism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
384
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
294-303
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Ultrastructural localization of brain 'vitamin D-dependent' calcium binding proteins.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't