title: Infrequent co-localization of nitric oxide synthase and calcium binding proteins immunoreactivity in rat neocortical neurons.
abstract: Immunoreactivity to nitric oxide synthase (NOS-IR) was detected in a small population of rat neocortical neurons scattered throughout the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital cortices. Two-color double-labeling studies revealed that the number of NOS-IR neocortical neurons expressing immunoreactivity to the calcium binding proteins parvalbumin (PV-IR), calbindin-D28K (CB-IR) or calretinin (CR-IR), was low. The absence or low level of calcium binding proteins may imply a reduced Ca2+ buffering capacity in NOS-containing neurons, thereby contributing to their vulnerability to Ca2+ influx through the activated AMPA/kainate receptors reported by others.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43614.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Dun
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Dun
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Förstermann
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D064092:Calbindin 1; D064032:Calbindin 2; D064026:Calbindins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C576498:CALB1 protein, human; C576764:CALB2 protein, human; C576500:Calb1 protein, rat; C576512:Calb2 protein, rat; D064092:Calbindin 1; D064032:Calbindin 2; D064026:Calbindins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D010320:Parvalbumins; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases