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5'-nucleotidases, nucleosides and their distribution in the brain: pathological and therapeutic implications

Kovács, Zsolt and Dobolyi, Árpád and Kékesi, Katalin A. and Juhász, Gábor (2013) 5'-nucleotidases, nucleosides and their distribution in the brain: pathological and therapeutic implications. Current medicinal chemistry, 20 (34). pp. 4217-4240. ISSN 1875-533X

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Abstract

Elements of the nucleoside system (nucleoside levels, 5'-nucleotidases (5'NTs) and other nucleoside metabolic enzymes, nucleoside transporters and nucleoside receptors) are unevenly distributed in the brain, suggesting that nucleosides have region-specific functions in the human brain. Indeed, adenosine (Ado) and non-Ado nucleosides, such as guanosine (Guo), inosine (Ino) and uridine (Urd), modulate both physiological and pathophysiological processes in the brain, such as sleep, pain, memory, depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Interactions have been demonstrated in the nucleoside system between nucleoside levels and the activities of nucleoside metabolic enzymes, nucleoside transporters and Ado receptors in the human brain. Alterations in the nucleoside system may induce pathological changes, resulting in central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Moreover, several CNS diseases such as epilepsy may be treated by modulation of the nucleoside system, which is best achieved by modulating 5'NTs, as 'NTs exhibit numerous functions in the CNS, including intracellular and extracellular formation of nucleosides, termination of nucleoside triphosphate signaling, cell adhesion, synaptogenesis and cell proliferation. Thus, modulation of 5'NT activity may be a promising new therapeutic tool for treating several CNS diseases. The present article describes the regionally different activities of the nucleoside system, demonstrates the associations between these activities and 5'NT activity and discusses the therapeutic implications of these associations.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5’-nucleotidases, human brain diseases, nucleoside system regionality, therapy
Subjects: R Medicine / orvostudomány > RZ Other systems of medicine / orvostudomány egyéb területei
Depositing User: Dr. Árpád Dobolyi
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2014 19:08
Last Modified: 03 Apr 2023 08:19
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/17107

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