Soluble metals as well as the insoluble particle fraction are involved in cellular DNA damage induced by particulate matter.

abstract：:Patients with non-ketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH) present severe neurological symptoms and brain abnormalities involving cerebellum. Although the pathomechanisms underlying the cerebellum damage have not been studied, high tissue levels of glycine (GLY), the biochemical hallmark of this disorder have been suggested to c...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Moura AP,Grings M,Marcowich GF,Bumbel AP,Parmeggiani B,de Moura Alvorcem L,Wajner M,Leipnitz G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We firstly characterized zinc uptake phenomenon across basolateral membrane vesicles (BLMVs) isolated from normal rat kidney. The process was found to be time, temperature, and substrate concentration dependent, and displayed saturability. Zn(2+) uptake was competitively inhibited in the presence of 2 mM Cd with Ki of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kaur J,Sharma N,Attri S,Gogia L,Prasad R

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) for long was known as immunomodulator and tumor marker having multifaceted actions on the activity of normal and transformed cells. In present study, we have investigated the involvement of AFP in regulation of THP-1 cell line invasion and underlying mechanisms. Treatment with human recombinant...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zubkova E,Semenkova L,Dudich E,Dudich I,Parfyonova Y,Menshikov M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin inhibitors are used in immunosuppressive therapy applied after transplantation, but they are associated with major metabolic side effects including the development of new onset diabetes. Previously, we have shown that the calcineurin inhibiting drugs tacrolimus and cyclosporin A reduce adipocyte and myocyt...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Fonseca ACRG,Carvalho E,Eriksson JW,Pereira MJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of foam cells from macrophages, which are formed by the differentiation of blood-borne monocytes, is a critical early event in atherogenesis. To examine how pre-exposure of monocytes to modified proteins, such as oxLDL, influences their differentiation to macrophages, an in vitro model system using isolated ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Radhika A,Sudhakaran PR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-chain fatty acids (e.g. arachidonic acid) have been implicated in physiological control of insulin secretion. We previously reported histidine phosphorylation of at least two islet proteins (e.g., NDP kinase and the beta subunit of trimeric G-proteins), and suggested that such a signalling step may have regulator...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kowluru A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitive to Apoptosis Gene (SAG), a RING component of SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase, was shown to be phosphorylated by protein kinase CK2 at the Thr10 residue. It is, however, unknown whether this phosphorylation is stress-responsive or whether the phosphorylation changes its E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. To address these,...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： He H,Tan M,Pamarthy D,Wang G,Ahmed K,Sun Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women worldwide, accruing 7.4 million deaths in 2012. There has been a continued search for better cardioprotective modalities that would reduce myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Among these attempts, a more convenient model of ischemic precon...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gill R,Kuriakose R,Gertz ZM,Salloum FN,Xi L,Kukreja RC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac myocytes proliferate most rapidly during the hyperplastic phase of heart development; however, the level of cell cycle activity is drastically down regulated after birth. Further growth of the heart is achieved by hypertrophic growth of cardiac myocytes. The mechanism that controls the switch from hyperplastic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Evans HJ,Goodwin RL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin and vanadate function as complete mitogens for SV40-transformed murine 3T3T (CSV3-1) cells but not for nontransformed 3T3T cells. Mitogenesis induced by insulin and vanadate in CSV3-1 cells is associated with the induction of the expression of protooncogenes c-jun and junB, two major AP-1 transcription factor ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wang H,Xie Z,Scott RE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E. coli ribosomal protein L12, because of its unique features, has been studied in more detail than perhaps any of the other ribosomal proteins. Unlike the other ribosomal proteins that are generally present in stoichiometric amounts, there are four copies of L12 per ribosome, some of which are acetylated on the N-ter...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Brot N,Weissbach H

更新日期：1981-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing kinetic data of cholesteryl ester formation by lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase in discoidal high-density lipoproteins with 34 mutations of apoA-I that involved all putative helices were grouped by cluster analysis into four noncoincident regions with mutations both without any functional impairment and w...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Dergunov AD

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of oxidative stress on PLD activity, [Ca2+]i and pHi levels and the possible relationship among them. Moreover, since atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) protects against oxidant-induced injury, we investigated the potential protective role of the hormone in rat aortic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： De Vito P,Di Nardo P,Palmery M,Peluso I,Luly P,Baldini PM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of (Boc-Lys (Boc)-Arg-Asp-Ser (tBu)-OtBu), a tetrapeptide derivative (PEP1261) was examined for antiproliferative potency and apoptotic induction. Synovial fibroblasts were isolated from collagen-induced arthritic (CIA) rats and exposed to peptides viz., PEP1261, and parental peptides (KRDS a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kumar DA,Settu K,Raju KV,Kumanan K,Manohar BM,Puvanakrishnan R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) have been reported to be dominant antigens for the host immune response to various pathogens and thus, have great potential for use in vaccination. In the present study, we evaluated the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of GroEL of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi against lethal infec...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bansal A,Paliwal PK,Sagi SS,Sairam M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AcMNPV is the first baculovirus to be sequenced and is considered a model of baculovirus. ac154 is a later expression gene in AcMNPV genome and its function is unknown. In this study, we explored the function of Ac154 in AcMNPV infection process in host Sf9 cells. The results showed that Ac154 was distributed in both ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bai H,Liang A,Fu Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyl-CoA: lysolecithin and lysolecithin: lysolecithin acyltransferases, as well as acyl-CoA hydrolase are important enzymes in lung lipid metabolism. They use amphiphylic lipids as substrates and differ in subcellular localization. In this sense, lipid-protein interactions can be an essential factor in their activity....

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pérez-Gil J,Estrada P,Acebal C,Arche R

更新日期：1990-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The creatine kinase (CK) system is essential for cellular energetics in tissues or cells with high and fluctuating energy requirements. Creatine itself is known to protect cells from stress-induced injury. By using an siRNA approach to silence the CK isoenzymes in human keratinocyte HaCaT cells, expressing low levels ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lenz H,Schmidt M,Welge V,Kueper T,Schlattner U,Wallimann T,Elsässer HP,Wittern KP,Wenck H,Staeb F,Blatt T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two alternatively spliced forms of human PPAR alpha mRNA, PPAR alpha1 and PPAR alpha2, have been identified. PPAR alpha1 mRNA gives rise to an active PPAR alpha protein while PPAR alpha2 mRNA gives rise to a form of PPAR which lacks the ligand-binding domain. PPAR alpha2 is unable to activate a peroxisome proliferator...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hanselman JC,Vartanian MA,Koester BP,Gray SA,Essenburg AD,Rea TJ,Bisgaier CL,Pape ME

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia impairs the muscle fibre-type shift from fast-to-slow during post-natal development; however, this adaptation could be a consequence of the reduced voluntary physical activity associated with hypoxia exposure rather than the result of hypoxia per se. Moreover, muscle oxidative capacity could be reduced in hypo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chaillou T,Koulmann N,Meunier A,Chapot R,Serrurier B,Beaudry M,Bigard X

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3H-1,2-Dithiole-3-thione (D3T), a potent member of dithiolethiones, induces phase 2 enzymes by activating an Nrf2/Keap1-dependent signaling pathway. It was proposed that interaction between D3T and two adjacent sulfhydryl groups of Keap1 might cause dissociation of Keap1 from Nrf2, leading to Nrf2 activation. This stu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jia Z,Zhu H,Trush MA,Misra HP,Li Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly sensitive and specific synthetic substrates were used to quantitate cathepsin B and D activity in peritoneal macrophages in response to stimulation in vivo with mineral oil and thioglycollate. After intraperitoneal instillation of mineral oil the activity of cathepsin B increased significantly (to 15 300 units/...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lesser M,Chang JC,Orlowski M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The link between chronic alcohol consumption and cardiovascular injury including hypertension is well known. However, molecular mediators implicated with alcohol-induced elevation in blood pressure (BP) remain elusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of chronic ethanol-induced endothelial inj...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Husain K,Vazquez M,Ansari RA,Malafa MP,Lalla J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiologic importance of insulin resistance in diseases such as obesity and diabetes mellitus has led to great interest in defining the mechanism of insulin action as well as the means to overcome the biochemical defects responsible for the resistance. Vanadium compounds have been discovered to mimic many of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Fantus IG,Tsiani E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simultaneous administration of the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide (0.15 mM) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (VD3) (10 nM) synergistically induced the differentiation of HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells. Similar results were obtained using U-937 human promonocytic cells, or the topoisomerase II inhib...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Torres R,Calle C,Aller P,Mata F

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigates the effect of alloxan-induced short-term diabetes (24 h) on D-3-hydroxybutyrate metabolism at physiological and non-physiological concentrations of the ketone body in the isolated non-working perfused rat heart. Also the effect of insulin (2 mU.ml-1) on D-3-hydroxybutyrate metabolism was investi...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sultan AM

更新日期：1992-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal translocation of nascent polypeptides into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is thought to be aided in part by a translocon-associated protein (TRAP) complex consisting of 4 protein subunits. The association of mature proteins with the ER and Golgi, or other intracellular locales, such as lysosome...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mangos S,Krawetz R,Kelly GM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the effect of magnesium deficiency on small intestinal morphology and function. Rats were assigned to 4 groups and placed on magnesium sufficient or deficient diet for 1 or 3 weeks. Infiltration of neutrophils and mucosal injury were assessed in stained sections of small intestin...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Scanlan BJ,Tuft B,Elfrey JE,Smith A,Zhao A,Morimoto M,Chmielinska JJ,Tejero-Taldo MI,Mak IuT,Weglicki WB,Shea-Donohue T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if selected biochemical parameters representing the contractile and calcium regulating systems of cardiac muscle scaled among mammals having inherently different resting heart rates (RHR). Eight mammalian species with RHR ranging from 51 to 475 beats per minute (bpm) were stu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hamilton N,Ianuzzo CD

更新日期：1991-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:ING proteins are tumor suppressors involved in the regulation of gene transcription, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and senescence. Here, we show that ING1b expression is upregulated by several DNA-damaging agents, in a p53-independent manner. ING1b stimulates DNA repair of a variety of DNA lesions requiring activation...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ceruti JM,Ogara MF,Menéndez C,Palmero I,Cánepa ET

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00