The effect of cysteamine, a somatostatin depletor, on synaptic plasticity induced by tetanic and paired-pulse stimulation was investigated in rat hippocampal CA1. For this purpose, hippocampal slices from saline (1 ml/kg, s.c.) and cysteamine (200 fig/kg, s.c.)-treated and intact rats were used. Population spikes were recorded following Schaffer collateral stimulation. To induce LTP, primed bur...

Cysteamine administration to rats results in a marked depletion of hypothalamic somatostatin-14 (SS14) and a decrease of the potassium-evoked in vitro release of SS14 without a significant change in the content or release of somatostatin-28(1-12)-like immunoreactivity (SS28(1-12)-L1). Furthermore, cysteamine enhances the spontaneous release and markedly potentiates the potassium-evoked release ...

Electrostatically linked ferrocene junctions were assembled and their conductance was investigated on the level of individual molecules by means of an electrochemical mechanical break junction. Conductance histograms of repeatedly formed molecular junctions showed peaks at multiples of 3.4 × 10(-5) G(0), which is one order of magnitude smaller than the conductance reported for covalently linked...

the effect of cysteamine, a somatostatin depletor, on synaptic plasticity induced by tetanic and paired-pulse stimulation was investigated in rat hippocampal ca1. for this purpose, hippocampal slices from saline (1 ml/kg, s.c.) and cysteamine (200 fig/kg, s.c.)-treated and intact rats were used. population spikes were recorded following schaffer collateral stimulation. to induce ltp, primed bur...

Cellular thiol pools have been shown to be important in the regulation of the redox status of cells, providing a large antioxidant pool consisting of free thiols, thiols bound in the disulfide form and thiols bound to proteins. However, experimental studies with the thiol cysteamine and its disulfide cystamine have demonstrated dramatic cytoprotection in experimental models where antioxidants p...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that administration of ghrelin exhibits protective and therapeutic effects in the gut. The aim of the present investigation was to examine the influence of ghrelin administration on the course of cysteamine-induced duodenal ulcers, as well as effects on mucosal production of oxygen free radicals and duodenal antioxidant defense. MATERIAL/METHODS Duodenal...

Effects of indomethacin and cysteamine on the duodenal mucosa of rats were studied microscopically (using scanning electron microscopy) and also functionally. Indomethacin (5 mg/kg, s.c.) induced no microscopic damage to the duodenal epithelium for up to 6 hr after administration. Indomethacin had no effects on gastric H+ output and the amount of H+ in the duodenum, but did reduce the duodenal ...

1. Cysteamine is oxidized to hypotaurine by an enzyme extracted from horse kidney, with sulphur or sulphide acting as a cofactor. It has been now found that, when the enzyme is omitted, sulphur and sulphide are able to catalyse the oxidation of cysteamine to cystamine by molecular oxygen. 2. Methylene blue may be used in catalytic amounts as a cofactor in the enzymic oxidation of cysteamine to ...

To determine whether exocrine pancreatic secretion is regulated by endogenous somatostatin, somatostatin deficiency was induced by cysteamine. Rats were subcutaneously administered a single dose of cysteamine (30 mg/100 g body weight) 12 hr before experiment. Anesthetized rats were prepared with cannulation into bile duct, pancreatic duct, duodenum, and jugular vein and pancreatic juice was col...

transporters involved in the cystine‐depleting effect of cysteamine” Progress Report‐ January 2013 Principal investigators: Bruno Gasnier, Ph.D. (Paris) Ellen Closs, Ph.D. (Mainz) The long‐term objective of this grant is to identify the membrane transporters underlying the cystine‐ depleting effect of cysteamine as this would provide a rationale to improve its efficiency or discover more eff...