Article
Expression of functional dopaminergic phenotype in purified cultured Müller cells from vertebrate retina.
Neurochemistry international - 1 Sept 2008
Kubrusly Regina C C, Panizzutti Rogerio, Gardino Patricia F, Stutz Bernardo, Reis Ricardo A M, Ventura Ana Lucia M, de Mello Maria Christina F, de Mello Fernando G
Abstract excerpt
Purified retina glial Müller cells can express the machinery for dopamine synthesis and release when maintained in culture. Dopamine is detected in cell extracts of cultures exposed to its precursor, L-DOPA. A large portion of synthesized dopamine is recovered in the superfusing medium showing the tendency of the accumulated dopamine to be released. Müller cells purified from developing chick and mouse retinas...
Topics
- Animals
- Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase Inhibitors
- Biomarkers
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Chick Embryo
- Cyclic AMP
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Dopa Decarboxylase
- Dopamine
