Gene Review:
Abat - 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase
Rattus norvegicus
Synonyms:
(S)-3-amino-2-methylpropionate transaminase, 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase, mitochondrial, GABA aminotransferase, GABA transaminase, GABA-AT, ...
- Molecular cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase 2 from rat kidney. Lee, I.S., Muragaki, Y., Ideguchi, T., Hase, T., Tsuji, M., Ooshima, A., Okuno, E., Kido, R. J. Biochem. (1995)
- Expression of plasma membrane GABA transporters but not of the vesicular GABA transporter in dentate granule cells after kainic acid seizures. Sperk, G., Schwarzer, C., Heilman, J., Furtinger, S., Reimer, R.J., Edwards, R.H., Nelson, N. Hippocampus. (2003)
- Identification of a familial mutation associated with GABA-transaminase deficiency disease. Medina-Kauwe, L.K., Nyhan, W.L., Gibson, K.M., Tobin, A.J. Neurobiol. Dis. (1998)
- Metabolism and brain uptake of gamma-aminobutyric acid in galactosamine-induced hepatic encephalopathy in rats. Zeneroli, M.L., Iuliano, E., Racagni, G., Baraldi, M. J. Neurochem. (1982)
- Neonatal administration of a GABA-T inhibitor alters central GABAA receptor mechanisms and alcohol drinking in adult rats. Táira, T., Porkka-Heiskanen, T., Korpi, E.R. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) (1992)
- Effects of the antidepressant/antipanic drug phenelzine on GABA concentrations and GABA-transaminase activity in rat brain. McManus, D.J., Baker, G.B., Martin, I.L., Greenshaw, A.J., McKenna, K.F. Biochem. Pharmacol. (1992)
- GABAergic drugs and sexual motivation, receptivity and exploratory behaviors in the female rat. Agmo, A., Soria, P. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) (1997)
- Evidence of a role for GABA in benzodiazepine effects on food preference in rats. Hodges, H.M., Green, S.E. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) (1981)
- A pharmacologic strategy for the treatment of nicotine addiction. Dewey, S.L., Brodie, J.D., Gerasimov, M., Horan, B., Gardner, E.L., Ashby, C.R. Synapse (1999)
- Seizure protection and increased nerve-terminal GABA: delayed effects of GABA transaminase inhibition. Gale, K., Iadarola, M.J. Science (1980)
- An arylaminopyridazine derivative of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a selective and competitive antagonist at the GABAA receptor site. Chambon, J.P., Feltz, P., Heaulme, M., Restle, S., Schlichter, R., Biziere, K., Wermuth, C.G. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1985)
- Vigabatrin, the GABA-transaminase inhibitor, damages cone photoreceptors in rats. Duboc, A., Hanoteau, N., Simonutti, M., Rudolf, G., Nehlig, A., Sahel, J.A., Picaud, S. Ann. Neurol. (2004)
- Evidence implicating substantia nigra in regulation of kindled seizure threshold. McNamara, J.O., Galloway, M.T., Rigsbee, L.C., Shin, C. J. Neurosci. (1984)
- Hippocampal electrical activity and gamma-aminobutyrate metabolism in brain tissue following administration of homocysteine. Dewhurst, I.C., Hagan, J.J., Morris, R.G., Griffiths, R. J. Neurochem. (1983)
- Peripheral GABAA receptor-mediated effects of sodium valproate on dural plasma protein extravasation to substance P and trigeminal stimulation. Lee, W.S., Limmroth, V., Ayata, C., Cutrer, F.M., Waeber, C., Yu, X., Moskowitz, M.A. Br. J. Pharmacol. (1995)
- Does homocarnosine mediate the dyskinetic movements induced by gaba-transaminase inhibitors. Robin, M.M., Palfreyman, M.G. Neuropharmacology (1982)
- Brain GABA-transaminase and monoamine oxidase after chronic ethanol treatment in rats. Sherif, F., Wahlström, G., Oreland, L. Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. (1993)
- Anorectic potency of inhibiting GABA transaminase in brain: studies of hypothalamic, dietary and genetic obesities. Coscina, D.V., Nobrega, J.N. International journal of obesity. (1984)
- The mature size of rat 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase is different in liver and brain. Kontani, Y., Sakata, S.F., Matsuda, K., Ohyama, T., Sano, K., Tamaki, N. Eur. J. Biochem. (1999)
- About species specificity of brain 4-aminobutyrate-2-ketoglutarate transaminase (GABAT). Tardy, M., Rolland, B., Adeline, J., Gonnard, P. J. Neurochem. (1976)
- Synthesis, brain uptake, and pharmacological properties of a glyceryl lipid containing GABA and the GABA-T inhibitor gamma-vinyl-GABA. Jacob, J.N., Hesse, G.W., Shashoua, V.E. J. Med. Chem. (1990)
- Changes in the effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid on prolactin secretion during sexual maturation in female rats. Moguilevsky, J.A., Carbone, S., Szwarcfarb, B. Endocrinology (1992)
- The central GABAergic system and control of food intake under different experimental conditions. Olgiati, V.R., Netti, C., Guidobono, F., Pecile, A. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) (1980)
- A rat brain cDNA encodes enzymatically active GABA transaminase and provides a molecular probe for GABA-catabolizing cells. Medina-Kauwe, L.K., Tillakaratne, N.J., Wu, J.Y., Tobin, A.J. J. Neurochem. (1994)
- Inhibitors of GABA metabolism: implications for Huntington's disease. Schwarcz, R., Bennett, J.P., Coyle, J.T. Ann. Neurol. (1977)
- GABAergic innervation in cerebral blood vessels: an immunohistochemical demonstration of L-glutamic acid decarboxylase and GABA transaminase. Imai, H., Okuno, T., Wu, J.Y., Lee, T.J. J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. (1991)
- Inhibitory effect of ethanol administration on beta-alanine-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase (GABA aminotransferase) in disulfiram-pretreated rats. Kontani, Y., Kawasaki, S., Kaneko, M., Matsuda, K., Sakata, S.F., Tamaki, N. J. Nutr. Sci. Vitaminol. (1998)
- Influence of dietary protein levels on beta-alanine aminotransferase expression and activity in rats. Ito, S., Ohyama, T., Kontani, Y., Matslida, K., Sakata, S.F., Tamaki, N. J. Nutr. Sci. Vitaminol. (2001)
- Use of inhibitors of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transaminase for the estimation of GABA turnover in various brain regions of rats: a reevaluation of aminooxyacetic acid. Löscher, W., Hönack, D., Gramer, M. J. Neurochem. (1989)
- Plasticity of rat central inhibitory synapses through GABA metabolism. Engel, D., Pahner, I., Schulze, K., Frahm, C., Jarry, H., Ahnert-Hilger, G., Draguhn, A. J. Physiol. (Lond.) (2001)
- Expression of GABA transaminase immunoreactivity in interneurons of the rat neostriatum. Yung, K.K., Kwok, K.H., Gao, Z.G., Choi, S.Y., Kwok, F.S. Neurochem. Int. (1998)
- Cellular expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits in subpopulations of neurons in the rat substantia nigra pars reticulata. Tse, Y.C., Yung, K.K. Brain Res. (2000)
- Lipid peroxides in brain during aging and vitamin E deficiency: possible relations to changes in neurotransmitter indices. Noda, Y., McGeer, P.L., McGeer, E.G. Neurobiol. Aging (1982)
- Effect of early iron deficiency in rat on the gamma-aminobutyric acid shunt in brain. Taneja, V., Mishra, K., Agarwal, K.N. J. Neurochem. (1986)