PMID- 9070309
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970417
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0006-291X (Print)
IS  - 0006-291X (Linking)
VI  - 231
IP  - 2
DP  - 1997 Feb 13
TI  - Immunohistochemical localization of D-aspartate in the rat pineal gland.
PG  - 505-8
AB  - Specific polyclonal antibody was raised against D-aspartate (D-Asp) which had 
      been conjugated to glutaraldehyde and was purified by affinity chromatography. 
      Immunohistochemical staining of rat pineal gland with the antibody demonstrated 
      the presence of D-Asp in the cytoplasm of pinealocytes, the predominant cell type 
      in this gland. D-Asp immunoreactivity was more evident in the distal region than 
      in the proximal region of the gland. Pinealocytes in the distal region are 
      presumably involved in the synthesis and secretion of the pineal hormone, 
      melatonin, and the results of staining may indicate some yet unknown role of 
      D-Asp in the regulation of melatonin secretion.
FAU - Lee, J A
AU  - Lee JA
AD  - Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
FAU - Homma, H
AU  - Homma H
FAU - Sakai, K
AU  - Sakai K
FAU - Fukushima, T
AU  - Fukushima T
FAU - Santa, T
AU  - Santa T
FAU - Tashiro, K
AU  - Tashiro K
FAU - Iwatsubo, T
AU  - Iwatsubo T
FAU - Yoshikawa, M
AU  - Yoshikawa M
FAU - Imai, K
AU  - Imai K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Biochem Biophys Res Commun
JT  - Biochemical and biophysical research communications
JID - 0372516
RN  - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antibody Specificity
MH  - Aspartic Acid/immunology/*metabolism
MH  - Immunohistochemistry
MH  - Pineal Gland/*metabolism
MH  - Rats
EDAT- 1997/02/13 00:00
MHDA- 1997/02/13 00:01
CRDT- 1997/02/13 00:00
PHST- 1997/02/13 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/02/13 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/02/13 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0006-291X(96)95902-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1006/bbrc.1996.5902 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997 Feb 13;231(2):505-8. doi: 
      10.1006/bbrc.1996.5902.