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cognition. In AD in particular, a role is emerging for NO in treating cholinergic deficits and attenuating amyloidogenesis. These findings, coupled with the otherwise excellent safety record of benzothiophene SERMs in the clinic, support further development of NO-SERMs or combination therapies in 8540743 the peri- and post-menopausal cohort, and hint at utility for this approach in the general population. Electrophysiology All experiments used 16-month old male 36Tg transgenic or age-matched WT background controls. For electrophysiology, mice were rapidly decapitated, and brains were removed into an ice-cold aCSF solution and sectioned on a tissue chopper into 400 mm sections. Slices were transported to a 37uC solution of aCSF, continuously bubbled with 95% O2/5% CO2, and allowed to recover at least 60 min Cetilistat chemical information before experimentation. After placement of a stimulation electrode in the Schaffer commissural fibers and recording electrodes with 2 M NaCl solution into the stratum radiatum of the CA1 area, stimulus intensity was set to evoke submaximal fEPSP and continuously monitored at 20 s intervals for at least 15 min to establish a stable baseline. SERMs and G15 were prepared fresh in perfusate and started at least 30 min before LTP induction to reach a new baseline after enhancement of basal synaptic transmission was observed. LTP was induced using a theta burst induction protocol by applying 10 bursts of four pulses at 100 Hz with an interburst interval of 200 msec. Resulting fEPSP was monitored at 20 s intervals for,60 min post TBS. Materials and Methods 12603839 Ethics Statement and Animal Use Use of animals was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at the University of Illinois at Chicago. All experiments conformed to the Animal Welfare Act, Guide to Use and Care of Laboratory Animals, and the US Government Principles of the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training guidelines on the ethical use of animals. Bioavailability Measurement All experiments were performed on 68 month male C57B1/6 mice or eNOS animals. Animals were injected at various time points before sacrifice at the doses specified. After euthanasia via CO2, plasma was collected, and cortices and hippocampi were collected after PBS perfusion and stored at 280uC. Tissue samples were weighed and extracted with methanol. Plasma samples were extracted with cold acetonitrile. Quantitative analysis of drug concentrations in plasma and brain used internal standards spiked into plasma and brain homogenates before liquid extraction with acetonitrile or methanol, and separation and measurement was performed with LC-MS/MS tandem mass spectrometry. The supernatant was analyzed by chemiluminescence with SIEVERS 280i nitric oxide analyzer. Synthesis of NO-DMA and DMA analogues Synthesis of F-DMA and DMA has been described. Synthesis of NO-DMA benzothiophen-3-yloxy)phenoxy)ethyl)piperidin-4-yl)propyl nitrate) and full characterization data are supplied in The HIV-1 Env glycoprotein initiates viral fusion with the host cell membrane through sequentially engaging CD4 and coreceptors, CXCR4 or CCR5. The viral capsid is then released through a fully enlarged fusion pore into the cytoplasm where it undergoes uncoating and reverse transcription. HIV-1 fusion has long been thought to occur at the cell surface. However, several lines of evidence imply that this virus enters target cells through endocytosis and fusion with endosomes. Endocytic entry ha