Assay for Reelin-Cleaving Activity of ADAMTS and Detection of Reelin and Its Fragments in the Brain.
Methods Mol Biol
; 2043: 105-111, 2020.
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ABSTRACT
Proteolytic cleavage of the secreted signaling protein Reelin has been suggested to play causative roles in many neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. Therefore, characterization of the proteolytic activity against Reelin is important not only for understanding how the brain works but also for the development of novel therapy for these disorders. Notably, ADAMTS family proteases are the primary suspects of Reelin-cleaving proteases under many, though not all, circumstances. Here we describe how to measure the Reelin-cleaving activity of ADAMTS (or of any other protease that may cleave Reelin), how to purify the Reelin-cleaving protease ADAMTS-3 from the culture supernatant of cortical neurons, and how to detect endogenous Reelin protein and its fragments in the brain.
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Assunto principal:
Pró-Colágeno N-Endopeptidase
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Encéfalo
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Serina Endopeptidases
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Moléculas de Adesão Celular Neuronais
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Córtex Cerebral
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Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular
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Proteínas ADAMTS
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Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Animals
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article