Molecular biology of protein kinase C signaling in cardiac myocytes.

abstract：:In order to establish the distribution with time of proteins microinjected into mammalian cells, horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was microinjected into baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells using chicken erythrocyte ghosts. At time intervals following initiation of fusion between ghosts and target cells, samples were fixed wit...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： McClung JK,Ulrich RG,Kletzien RF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), like other multi-subunit components of the respiratory chain, is controlled by both the nuclear and the mitochondrial genome. In order to find wether there is a close relationship between mRNAs encoded by the nucleus and by the mitochondrion, and between these mRNAs and enzyme activity, we ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gagnon J,Kurowski TT,Wiesner RJ,Zak R

更新日期：1991-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Twigs-dry leaves smoke condensate (TDS) was investigated for its DNA damaging activity in human peripheral lymphocytes, by using a sensitive method, fluorescence analysis of DNA unwinding (FADU). An aqueous turmeric component (Aq.T) was studied as a protective agent. TDS at one to 100 folds dilution induced 55% DNA da...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shalini VK,Srinivas L

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rapidly progressing, incurable cancer that frequently spreads to portal vein and lung. New insights are needed to identify therapeutic targets to prevent or retard HCC metastatic progression. Because microRNAs (miRNA) often act as tumor regulators, we investigated their role in prec...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shi X,Teng F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carperitide, a synthetic alpha-human atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a newly developed drug for the treatment of heart failure. However, effects of carperitide on susceptibility to ischemia reperfusion injury are left to be determined. Isolated rat hearts were subjected to Langendorff perfusion. Six hearts receive...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Okawa H,Horimoto H,Mieno S,Nomura Y,Yoshida M,Shinjiro S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the interrelationship between the mitochondrial phospholipid cardiolipin (CL), mitochondrial respiration and morphology in dependence on hypoxia/reoxygenation and Ca(2+). Therefore, we subjected rat liver mitochondria to hypoxia/reoxygenation at different extramitochondrial Ca(...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Martens JC,Keilhoff G,Gardemann A,Schild L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effect of melatonin (MLT) on in vitro phagocytosis of testicular macrophages taken from control and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats and the possible mechanism of its action. The phagocytic activity was measured as a number of latex beads ingested by 100 macrophages (PI, phagocytic in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pawlak J,Singh J,Lea RW,Skwarlo-Sonta K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the involvement of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 4 (TIMP-4) in influencing the severity of atrial fibrosis in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The degree of myocardial fibrosis was evaluated using Masson staining. Th...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sun Y,Huang ZY,Wang ZH,Li CP,Meng XL,Zhang YJ,Su F,Ma N

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tripeptide aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.4) was purified from bovine dental follicles by a series of chromatographies. Purified enzyme had a specific activity of 59.5 units per mg protein with L-prolyl-glycylglycine as substrate. The pH optimum was 8.0. The purified native enzyme had a Mr of 230,000 and was shown to be a ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hiraoka BY,Harada M

更新日期：1993-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosphingolipid biosynthesis was examined using [3H]-galactose as a precursor as rat L6 myoblasts fused to form multinucleated myotubes. Incorporation of label into neutral glycolipids decreased steadily as the population of myotubes increased, so that final biosynthesis was one-half that observed with myoblasts (p ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Leskawa KC,Erwin RE,Buse PE,Hogan EL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two membrane bound guanylate cyclases are expressed in vertebrate photoreceptor cells. They serve a key function in photoreceptor physiology as they synthesize the intracellular transmitter of photoexcitation guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP). Both cyclases named ROS-GC1 and ROS-GC2 form a subclass of membra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Koch KW,Duda T,Sharma RK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly purified preparation of filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) from Bordetella pertussis was analyzed for its protein composition by gel electrophoretic methods. In this preparation of FHA the following native species could be detected by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) at pH 3.2: S1 and S2 (inactive subun...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： An der Lan B,Cowell JL,Burstyn DG,Manclark CR,Chrambach A

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-beta) plays an essential role in differentiation of dental pulp cells into odontoblasts during reparative dentine formation. However, the mechanism by which TGF-beta stimulates dental repair remains rather obscure. Human dental pulp cells were used as an in vitro model in the prese...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wang FM,Hu T,Tan H,Zhou XD

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells (SMC) are important events during arteriogenesis, but the underlying mechanism is still only partially understood. The present study investigates the expression of integrins alpha 5 beta 1 and v beta 3 as well as focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and phosphorylated FAK (pY3...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cai WJ,Li MB,Wu X,Wu S,Zhu W,Chen D,Luo M,Eitenmüller I,Kampmann A,Schaper J,Schaper W

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of the hexose monophosphate dehydrogenases increased in adipose tissue, remained unchanged in liver and decreased in mammary gland following the weaning of rats at mid-lactation (day 14). When dietary intake was restricted at mid-lactation, the activities of the hexose monophosphate dehydrogenases incre...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Martins RN,Stokes GB

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the hypothesis that activation of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase is due to autophosphorylation of tyrosines 1146, 1150 and 1151 within a putative autoinhibitory domain. A synthetic peptide corresponding to residues 1134-1162, with tyrosines substituted by alanine or phenylalanine, of the insulin r...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Filipek A,Soderling TR

更新日期：1993-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo administration of pyridine has been shown to increase the activity and content of several forms of cytochrome P450 by transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms. The effect of pyridine on CYP1A and CYP2E1 isozymes was studied in a rat hepatocyte culture model. Hepatocytes were isolated from non-induced...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wu D,Ramin SA,Cederbaum AI

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calycopterin is a flavonoid compound isolated from Dracocephalum kotschyi that has multiple medical uses, as an antispasmodic, analgesic, anti-hyperlipidemic, and immunomodulatory agents. However, its biological activity and the mechanism of action are poorly investigated. Herein, we investigated the apoptotic effect ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Esmaeili MA,Farimani MM,Kiaei M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of the effect of beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) on protein degradation induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been evaluated in murine myotubes. HMB (50 muM) completely attenuated total protein degradation induced by LPS (1-100 ng/ml), formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and activation of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Russell ST,Tisdale MJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gentamicin (GM) is an antibiotic whose clinical use is limited by its nephrotoxicity. Experimental evidences suggest a role of reactive oxygen species in GM-induced nephrotoxicity. In this work we explored the effect of diallyl sulfide (DAS), a garlic-derived compound with antioxidant properties, on GM-induced nephrot...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pedraza-Chaverrí J,Maldonado PD,Barrera D,Cerón A,Medina-Campos ON,Hernández-Pando R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review we analyze the concepts and the experimental data on the mechanisms of the regulation of energy metabolism in muscle cells. Muscular energetics is based on the force-length relationship, which in the whole heart is expressed as a Frank-Starling law, by which the alterations of left ventricle diastolic v...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Saks VA,Kuznetsov AV,Vendelin M,Guerrero K,Kay L,Seppet EK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) area. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the neuroprotective effect of β-caryophyllene (BCP) against rotenone-induced oxidative stress and neuroinflamm...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ojha S,Javed H,Azimullah S,Haque ME

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ganglioside GM3 plays a well-documented and important role in the regulation of tumor cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis by modulating tyrosine kinase growth factor receptors. However, the effect of GM3 on the hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR, cMet) has not been fully delineated. In the current study,...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Li Y,Huang X,Zhong W,Zhang J,Ma K

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heptahelical lutropin receptor (LHR) signals primarily via the Gs-adenylyl cyclase pathway and undergoes ligand-mediated receptor desensitization and internalization. A loss-of-function rat LHR mutant was recently described in which a single amino acid residue replacement in exoloop 3, K583E, had no effect on huma...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bhowmick N,Narayan P,Puett D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment of the protein kinase C (PKC) family of isozymes is an integral component of the signaling events that direct cardiac phenotype expressed during postnatal development and in response to pathologic stimuli. Hyperglycemia is a potent activating signal for cardiac PKC isozymes and induces the apoptosis progra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Malhotra A,Kang BP,Hashmi S,Meggs LG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies indicate that the mucosa of the urinary bladder may play a major role in the maintenance of normal bladder function. The mucosal surface of the urinary bladder serves as a protective layer against the irritative solutes found in the urine. The integrity of this barrier can be broken by overdistension, a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hypolite JA,Longhurst PA,Gong C,Briscoe J,Wein AJ,Levin RM

更新日期：1993-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:SG2NA is a protein of the striatin family that organizes STRIPAK complexes. It has splice variants expressing differentially in tissues. Its 78 kDa isoform regulates cell cycle, maintains homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum, and prevents oxidative injuries. The 35 kDa variant is devoid of the signature WD-40 repe...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gupta R,Kumar G,Jain BP,Chandra S,Goswami SK

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, indirect immunofluorescence labeling was used to examine the cellular dynamic distribution of Thr11 phosphorylated H3 at mitosis in MCF-7 cells. The Thr11 phosphorylation was observed beginning at prophase at centromeres. Upon progression of mitosis, fluorescence signal was enhanced in the central regio...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhou H,Li D,Song L,Liu R,Chen J,Huang X

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on two inflammatory diseases, viz., "diabetes mellitus (DM)" that causes serious complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy, and "ischemic colitis" which is evoked by DM. Ischemic colitis originates from the reduction in mesenteric blood flow to the colon with existence of the oc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ozel Y,Elcioglu HK,Cevikelli ZA,Kudas I,Ahmad S,Uzun H,Topal C,Aktas S,Kabasakal L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lens epithelial cells are the metabolic unit of the lens and antioxidant enzymes are mainly concentrated here. The purpose of this study was to maintain human lens epithelial cells (HLEC) in culture and examine the status of antioxidant enzymes (glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx), catalase (CAT), glutathione-S-transferase...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mohanty I,Joshi S,Trivedi D,Srivastava S,Tandon R,Gupta SK

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00