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The thalamocortical and other synapses of the apical dendrites of corticostriatal projection neurons in mouse primary somatosensory cortex (SmI) were examined by combining anterograde degeneration with the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Electrolytic lesions were made in the ventrobasal thalamus, followed 3 days later by injections of 40% HRP into the ipsilateral caudate-putamen nucleus. The next day, the mice were perfused and the SmI cortex ipsilateral to the lesion and injection sites was chopped at 125-micrometer and reacted for HRP using a CoCl2-DAB method. HRP-labeled corticostriatal cells in SmI cortex were medium-sized pyramidal cells, having somata located in the superficial portion of layer V and apical dendrites extending into layer I. Seven corticostriatal cells were serially thin sectioned and the layer IV portions of their apical dendrites were reconstructed. Each apical dendrite formed only one or two thalamocortical synapses (0.3 to 0.9% of their synapses in layer IV) indicating that corticostriatal neurons may be minimally responsive to direct synaptic input from the specific thalamic nuclei. Each apical dendrite formed about 12.6 asymmetrical synapses for every symmetrical synapse, suggesting that the relative numbers of excitatory and inhibitory synapses impinging on apical dendrites belonging to an individual class of neurons may be specified.
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PMID:A quantitative study of the thalamocortical and other synapses in layer IV of pyramidal cells projecting from mouse SmI cortex to the caudate-putamen nucleus. 717 91

The diadenosine 5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (asymmetrical) hydrolase (EC 3.6.1.17) from human placenta has been purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate fractionation, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel, gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, and affinity elution from red Sepharose. The enzyme is a single polypeptide of M(r) 19,200. It exhibits maximum (100%) activity at pH 7.3 in the presence of 3 mM MgCl2 and 60, 50, and 40% of the activity in 1 mM CoCl2, 0.1 mM ZnCl2, and 0.5 mM MnCl2, respectively. The Km value calculated for diadenosine tetraphosphate in the presence of Mg2+ is 10 microM and in the presence of Zn2+ 40 microM. Adenosine 5'-tetraphosphate, guanosine 5'-tetraphosphate, and fluoride proved to be inhibitors of the diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase; the I50 values were 6, 10, and 20 microM, respectively. Diguanosine tetraphosphate, bis-2,6-diaminopurine beta-D-ribofuranoside tetraphosphate, and diadenosine pentaphosphate were substrates for the hydrolase; relative velocities of hydrolysis estimated for 0.5 mM diadenosine tetraphosphate and these other substrates were 1:0.51:0.44:0.20, respectively. Diadenosine tetraphosphate analogues with P2-P3 bridges such as -CF2-, -CCl2-, and -CH2- were hydrolyzed to adenosine 5'-phosphate and the corresponding adenosine 5'-triphosphate analogue.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Human placental (Asymmetrical) diadenosine 5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate hydrolase: purification to homogeneity and some properties. 838 Oct 42