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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
We have identified a synthetic peptide derived from the B2-chain of mouse laminin, Arg-Asn-Ile-Ala-Glu-Ile-Ile-Lys-Asp-Ile (p20), which stimulates the neurite outgrowth-promoting activity of the native molecule. In organotypic cultures, neurons from newborn mouse brain or embryonic peripheral nervous system responded by extensive neurite outgrowth for native laminin or the peptide p20 in the culture medium. If rat cerebellar neurons were grown on laminin, 1-5 microM (1-5 micrograms/ml) of peptide p20 in the culture medium competed with laminin and inhibited neuronal attachment and neurite outgrowth, whereas higher concentrations (greater than 50 microM; greater than 50 micrograms/ml) had a specific neurotoxic effect. When peptide p20 was used as the culture substratum, neurite outgrowth in cerebellar cultures was up to 60% of that seen on native laminin. Our results indicate that a neurite outgrowth-promoting domain of laminin is located in the alpha-helical region of the B2-chain, and is active for both central and peripheral neurons.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
244
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of a neurite outgrowth-promoting domain of laminin using synthetic peptides.
pubmed:affiliation
Recombinant DNA Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't