Publicatios and Patents 2000
 
 
PUBLISHED PAPERS
 
 
Acuña-Castillo C., Scorza, C Reyes-Parada, M., Cassels, B. and Huidobro-Toro, J.P., (2000). Aleph-2, a suspected anxiolytic and putative hallucinogenic phenylisopropylamine derivative is a 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptor agonist. Life Sciences 67: 3241-3247

Acuña-Castillo, C., Morales, B. & Huidobro-Toro, J.P., (2000). Zinc and copper differentially modulate the P2X4 receptor. J. Neurochem. 74: 1529-1537.

Baumester, M.A., Medina-Selby, M.A., Coit, D., Nguyen, S., George-Nascimento, C., Gyenes, A., Valenzuela, P., Kuo, G. and Chica, D., (2000). Hepatitis B "e" antigen specific epitopes and limitations in commercial Hbe immunoassays. J. Med. Virol. 60, 256-263.

Bravo-Zehnder M., Orio P., Norambuena A., Wallner M., Meera P., Toro L., Latorre R., and González, A., (2000). Apical sorting of a voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ channel a-subunit in MDCK cells is independent of N-glycosylation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 13114-13119.

Burzio, L.A., Sáenz, C., Pardo, J., Waite, J.H. and Burzio, L.O., (2000). The adhesive protein of Choromytilus chorus and Aucomya ater: a proline-rich polyphenolic protein. Biochem. Biophys Acta 1479, 315-320.

Burzio, L.A., Burzio, V., Pardo, J. and Burzio, L.O., (2000). In vitro polymerization of mussel polyphenolic proteins catalyzed by mushroom tyrosinase. Comprar. Biochem. Physiol. 126, 383-389.

Cáceres, S., Cuellar, C., Casar, J.C., Garrido, J., Schaeffer, L., Kresse, H., and E. Brandan., (2000). Synthesis of Proteoglycans is augmented in Dystrophic Mdx Mouse Skeletal Muscle. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 79: 173-181.

Carvajal, J, Germain, A., Huidobro-Toro, JP, and Weiner, C.P., (2000). Molecular mechanisms of cGMP-mediated smooth muscle relaxation. J. Cell. Physiol. 184: 409-420.

De Ferrari G.V. and Inestrosa N.C., (2000). Wnt Signaling Function in Alzheimer´s Disease. Brain Res. Reviews 33: 1-12.

Deprez P. and Inestrosa N.C., (2000). Molecular modeling of the collagen-like tail of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase. Prot. Eng. 13: 27-34

Deprez P., Doss-Pepe E., Brodsky B. and Inestrosa N.C,. (2000). The interaction of the collagen-like tail of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase with heparin depends on triple-helical conformation, sequence, and stability. Biochem. J. 350: 283-290. .

Donoso, M.V., Miranda, R., Irarrázaval, M.J., Morán, Zalaquett, R. and Huidobro-Toro, J.P., (2000). Neuropeptide Y contribution to the physiology of human sympathetic co-transmission. Studies in saphenous vein biopsies. Rev. Médica de Chile 128: 829-838.

Doss-Pepe E., Deprez P.E. Inestrosa N.C., and Brodsky B., (2000). Interaction of collagen-like peptide models of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase with glycosaminoglycans: Spectroscopic studies of conformational change stability. Biochemistry 39: 14884-14892.

Douillet CD, Velarde V, Christopher JT, Mayfield RK, Trojanowska ME, and Jaffa AA., (2000). Mechanisms through which bradykinin promotes fibrosis in vascular smooth muscle cells. Role of TGF-b and MAPK pathways. Am. J. Physiol. 279: H2829-H2837.

Greene E, Velarde V, and Jaffa AA., (2000). Role of oxidative stress and reactive oxygen spices in bradykinin-induced MAPK and c-fos induction in vascular smooth muscle cells. Hypertension 35: 942-947.

Inestrosa N.C., Alvarez A., Godoy J., Reyes A. and De Ferrari G.V., (2000). Acetylcholinesterase-amyloid-b-peptide interaction and Wnt signaling involvement in Ab neurotoxicity. Acta Neurol. Scand. 102: 1-7.

Kraukopf, M. (2000). "La Construcción Social de la Ciencia y Tecnología". Boletín SEBBM (España) n° 130, 12-16.

Marzolo M.P., von Bernhardi R. and Inestrosa N.C., (2000). Expression of _2-Macroglobulin Receptor/Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein (LRP) in Rat Microglial Cells. J. Neurosci. Res. 60: 401-411.

Mendizábal, V.E., Poblete, M.I., Lomniczi, A., Rettori, V., Huidobro-Toro, J.P. and Adler-Graschinsky, E., (2000). Nitric oxide synthase-independent release of nitric oxide induced by KCI in the perfused mesenteric bed of the rat. pathway. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 409: 85-91

Miranda S., Opazo C., Larrondo L.F., Muñoz F.J., Ruiz F., Leighton F. and Inestrosa N.C., (2000). The role of oxidative stress in the toxicity induced by amyloid __peptide in Alzheimer´s disease. Prog. Neurobiol. 62: 633-648.

Opazo C., Ruiz F.H. and Inestrosa N.C., (2000). Amyloid___peptide reduces copper (II) to copper (I) independent of its aggregation state. Biol. Res. 33: 125-131.

Ruiz F.H., Silva E. and Inestrosa N.C., (2000). The N-terminal tandem repeat region of human prion protein reduces copper: role of tryptophan residues. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 269: 491-495.

Sarmiento, J., Leal, S., Quezada, C., Kausel, G., Figueroa, J., Vera, M.I., and Krauskopf, M., (2001). Environmental acclimatization of the carp modulates the transcription of b-actin J. Cell. Biochem. 80, 223-228.

Tello, M., Corsini, G., Larrondo, L.F., Salas, L., Lobos, S., and Vicuña, R., (2000). Characterization of three new manganese peroxidase genes from the ligninolytic basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1490, 137-144, 2000.

Valenzuela, R., Donoso, M.V. Mellado, P. and Huidobro-Toro, J.P., (2000). Migraine, but not subarachnoid hemorrhage, is associated with differentially increased neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity in the CSF. J. Neurol. Sci. 173:140-146.

Vera, M.I., Kausel, G., Barrera, R., Leal., S., Figueroa, J., and Quezada., C. (2000). "Seasonal adaptation modulates the expression of the protein kinase CK2 b subunit gene in the carp". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 271, 735-740.

Vicuña, R., (2000). Ligninolysis: a very peculiar microbial process. Molec. Biotechnol. 14, 173-176, 2000

Villegas, J., Zarraga, A.M., Müller, I., Montecinos, L., Werner, E., Brito, M., Meneses, A.M. and Burzio, L.O., (2000). A novel chimeric mitochondrial RNA localized in the nucleus of mouse sperm. DNA and Cell Biol. 19, 579-588.

Jamett, A., Aguayo, J., Miquel, A., Müller, I., Arriagada, R., Becker, M.I., Valenzuela, P. and Burzio, L.O. (2001). Characteristics of monoclonal antibodies against Piscirikettsia salmonis. J. Fish Diseases. (In press).

Jenkins AJ, Velarde V, Joyce KC, Philips D, Mayfield RK, Lyons TJ and Jaffa AA. (2001). Native and modified low density lipoproteins activate extracellular-regulated kinases in mesangial cells. Diabetes (In press).

Larrondo, L., Lobos, S., Stewart, P., Cullen, D. and Vicuña, R. (2001). Isoenzyme multiplicity and characterization of recombinant manganese peroxidases (rMnPs) from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (In press).

Luza S.C., Roth A., Leisewitz A.V., Marzolo M.P., Bronfman M. and Inestrosa N.C. (2001). Calcitonin gene-related peptide induces differentiation of B12 cells, a clonal cell line from the rat central nervous system. Neuroscience (In press).

Riquelme, C., Larraín, J., Schönherr , E., Henriquez, J.P., Kresse, H and Brandan, E. (2001). Antisense inhibition of decorin expression in myoblasts decreases cell responsiveness to transforming growth factor b and accelerates skeletal muscle Differentiation. J. Biol. Chem. 276, (In press).

Córdova, J.L., Cárdenas, L., Cárdenas, L.O. and Yudelevich, A. (2001). Multiple bacterial infection of Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae). J. of Plankton Res. (In press).

Córdova, J.L., Jamett, A., Aguayo, J., Fauré, M.T., Villarroel, O. and Cárdenas, L. (2001). An in vitro assay to detect paralytic shellfish poison. J. Shellfish Res. (In press).

Croxatto, H.B. (2001) Fisiología del transporte de gametos y del embrión a través de la trompa de falopio. Capítulo de libro. Pautas en Infertilidad. R.G. Edwards and F. Risquez Eds. (In press).