Abstract
The role of regucalcin, a regulatory protein of Ca2+ signaling, in the regulation of brain function was investigated by using regucalcin transgenic (TG) rats. Western blot analysis showed a remarkable expression of regucalcin protein in the cytosol and nucleus of the brain tissue of TG female rats (5-week-old) as compared with that of wild-type (wt) female rats. In TG male rats, the enhancement of regucalcin expression in the brain cytosol and nucleus was only slight. Nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity was significantly decreased in the brain cytosol of TG female rats. Protein tyrosine phosphatase activity was not significantly altered in the brain nucleus of TG female rats. The presence of calcium chloride (10 microM) or anti-regucalcin monoclonal antibody (50 ng/ml) in the enzyme reaction mixture caused a significant increase in cytosolic NO synthase and nuclear protein tyrosine phosphatase activities in the brain tissue of wt rats. The increase was significantly prevented in the brain cytosol and nucleus of TG rats. The present study supports the view that endogenous regucalcin plays a suppressive role in the regulation of brain function in rats.
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