title: N-acetylaspartylglutamate identified in the rat retinal ganglion cells and their projections in the brain.
abstract: N-Acetylaspartylglutamate like immunoreactivity (NAAG-L) was identified in retinal ganglion cell bodies and their axons. The presence of the dipeptide in ganglion cell projection areas, the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and superior colliculus (SC), was confirmed following NAAG purification from these tissues by a high-performance liquid chromatographic method. NAAG-L was identified in the optic tract as well as within fibers and puncta in the LGN and SC. The hypothesis that NAAG is present within ganglion cell axons in the brain was tested by unilateral enucleation which resulted in loss of NAAG and NAAG-L within the contralateral LGN and SC.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Borja
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Cotman
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Moffett
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Namboodiri
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Neale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D001369:Axons / Q000032:analysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000032:analysis*; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012160:Retina / Q000032:analysis*; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000032:analysis*; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000032:analysis*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; C027172:isospaglumic acid; D001224:Aspartic Acid; C000179:N-acetylaspartate