Oxidant-induced pHi/Ca2+ changes in rat aortic smooth muscle cells. The role of atrial natriuretic peptide.

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to compare energy substrate fluxes through metabolic pathways leading to mitochondrial citrate synthesis and release in normal and diseased rat hearts using 13C-substrates and mass isotopomer analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). This study was prompted by our ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vincent G,Khairallah M,Bouchard B,Des Rosiers C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial obstruction of the rabbit bladder outlet induces a rapid hypertrophy characterized by increased bladder mass, increased smooth muscle content, and increased collagen deposition. In addition, partial outlet obstruction induces decreased contractile responses to both field stimulation and postsynaptic receptor s...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao Y,Chacko S,Levin RM

更新日期：1994-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A quarter of the human population with European background carries at least one allele of the OPRD1 gene that encodes the delta opioid receptor with cysteine at the amino acid position 27 (hδOR(Cys27)) instead of the evolutionary conserved phenylalanine (hδOR(Phe27)). The two variants have indistinguishable pharmacolo...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tuusa JT,Petäjä-Repo UE

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of triglycerides and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) are biochemical markers of metabolic syndrome and diabetes. VLDL from hypertriglyceridemic or diabetic patients increased the generation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) from cultured vascular endothelial cells (EC). Susceptibility o...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao R,Ma X,Shen GX

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains vacuoles corresponding to lysosomes in higher eukaryotes. Lysosomes are dynamic (not silent) organelles in which enzymes can be easily integrated or released when exposed to stressful conditions. Changes in lysosomal enzymes have been observed due to oxidative stress, resulting in an ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yoon J,Sekhon SS,Kim YH,Min J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of plasma apolipoprotein (apo) E, an anti-atherogenic protein involved in mammalian cholesterol transport, were found to be 2-3 fold lower in mice over-expressing human apoA-I gene. ApoE is mainly associated with VLDL and HDL-size particles, but in mice the majority of the apoE is associated with the HDL pa...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Srivastava RA

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:Interleukin-12 (IL-12), a member of interleukin family, plays a critical role in immune responses and anti-tumor activity. In this study, the effects of IL-12 on monocytic tumor cell lines differentiation to macrophagocyte and its likely mechanism was investigated. We examined the differentiation markers, morphologica...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ma TT,Wu BT,Lin Y,Xiong HY,Wang Q,Li ZW,Cheng F,Tu ZG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparent membrane fluorescence anisotropy of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene has been reported to be lower in intact erythrocytes than in isolated erythrocyte membranes. Although this difference was once suggested to be caused by the fluidizing effect associated with the loss of erythrocyte proteins during membrane ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Dickens BF,Snow TR,Green V,Weglicki WB

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:A high molecular weight protein has been isolated as a major polypeptide comprising 85% of the total extractable proteins in the fruit pericarp of the plant Impatiens balsamina. The protein has been purified to homogeneity following fractionation of the crude cell supernatant with ammonium sulphate, chromatography on ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pal M,Biswas S

更新日期：1994-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:NLRX1, the mitochondrial NOD-like receptor (NLR), modulates apoptosis in response to both intrinsic and extrinsic cues. Insights into the mechanism of how NLRX1 influences apoptosis remain to be determined. Here, we demonstrate that NLRX1 associates with SARM1, a protein with a toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR)-contai...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Killackey SA,Rahman MA,Soares F,Zhang AB,Abdel-Nour M,Philpott DJ,Girardin SE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of D-glucose was characterized in both normal dispersed rat islet cells and the 2-mercaptoethanol-dependent insulin-secreting cells of the INS-1 line. The normal and tumoral islet cells differed from one another by the relative magnitude, concentration dependency and hierarchy of the increase in the pro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Nadi AB,Olivares E,Malaisse WJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-component solution, containing α-ketoglutaric acid (α-KG), 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), N-acetyl-seleno-L-methionine (NASeLM), and N-acetyl-L-methionine (NALM) as active ingredients, has been tested considering its supposed antioxidative effect with respect to heart transplantations. Oxidative stress was i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Russ M,Jauk S,Wintersteiger R,Andrä M,Brcic I,Ortner A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the subunits of phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase in NF-kappaB activation in silica-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells was investigated. Results indicate that PI3-kinase activity was increased in response to silica. The p85alpha subunit of PI3-kinase interacted with tyrosine-phosphorylated I(kappa)B-alpha in silica-s...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kang JL,Lee HS,Pack IS,Hur KC,Castranova V

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin (Dox) is an effective anti-cancer drug with severe reported cardiotoxicity. Cardiovascular risks associated with present cancer therapeutics demand urgent attention. There has been a growing interest in naturally occurring compounds to improve the therapeutic index as well as prevent non-tumour tissues fro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jain A,Rani V

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA-1 (miR-1) is approved involved in cardiac hypertrophy, but the underlying molecular mechanisms of miR-1 in cardiac hypertrophy are not well elucidated. The present study aimed to investigate the potential role of miR-1 in modulating CDKs-Rb pathway during cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. A rat model of hypertrophy ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yuan W,Tang C,Zhu W,Zhu J,Lin Q,Fu Y,Deng C,Xue Y,Yang M,Wu S,Shan Z

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP-1) is thought to play a major role in recruiting monocytes to the vascular endothelium where the adherence of monocytes is one of the earliest events in atherogenesis. We cloned MCP-1 cDNA from a lambda gt 11 cDNA library constructed from human aortic endothelial mRNA to test whethe...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Li YS,Shyy YJ,Wright JG,Valente AJ,Cornhill JF,Kolattukudy PE

更新日期：1993-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation plays an important role in regulation of gene expression and is increasingly being recognized as a determinant of chemosensitivity of human cancers. With the aim of improving the chemotherapeutic efficacy of breast carcinoma, the effect of DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mirza S,Sharma G,Pandya P,Ralhan R

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in isolated perfused heart and in atrial preparations have demonstrated significant reductions in beating rate in STZ-induced diabetic rats, which suggests that sinus arrhythmias in diabetes mellitus may be partly caused by intrinsic alteration of sino-atrial node (SAN) function. The effects of diabet...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Howarth FC,Nowotny N,Zilahi E,El Haj MA,Lei M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine whether heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) is induced in a heated rat model at rectal temperatures below 42 degrees C. Rats were divided into a control group and six groups (n = 6) heated to different rectal temperatures: 39 degrees C for 1 h (39), 40.0 degrees C for either 15 ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ruell PA,Hoffman KM,Chow CM,Thompson MW

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal 60S subunits active in polyphenylalanine synthesis can be reconstituted from core particles lacking 20-40% of the total protein. These core particles were obtained by treatment of yeast 60S subunits with dimethylmaleic anhydride, a reagent for protein amino groups. Upon reconstitution a complementary amount ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vioque A,Palacián E

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airways inflammation, a pathological hallmark of asthma, is associated with the recruitment of pro-inflammatory and inflammatory cells like eosinophils, polymorphonuclear leucocytes cells, mononuclear cells, macrophages, epithelial desquamation, and airways remodeling with sub-epithelial fibrosis. Activated inflammato...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Khanduja KL,Kaushik G,Khanduja S,Pathak CM,Laldinpuii J,Behera D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) induced by hypoxia regulates mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative stress. However, the potential role of PGC-1α in hypoxia-promoted proliferation of pulmonary arterial vascular smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) is completely unknown. In this study, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rao J,Li J,Liu Y,Lu P,Sun X,Sugumaran PK,Zhu D

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a common heritable human disease. Recently, the role of repressed autophagy in ADPKD has drawn increasing attention. Here, we investigate the mechanism underlying the effect of Saikosaponin-d (SSd), a sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase pump (SERCA) in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shi W,Xu D,Gu J,Xue C,Yang B,Fu L,Song S,Liu D,Zhou W,Lv J,Sun K,Chen M,Mei C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant cells contain lipid-transfer proteins (LTPs) able to transfer phospholipids between membranes in vitro. Plant LTPs share in common structural and functional features. Recent structural studies carried out by NMR and X-ray crystallography on an LTP isolated from maize seeds have showed that this protein involves ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Guerbette F,Grosbois M,Jolliot-Croquin A,Kader JC,Zachowski A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it has been appreciated that cultured mast cells are significant sources of cytokines. However, the role of interkeukin-1 (IL-1) on mast cells and/or basophil degranulation is still unclear. In this report we provide evidence that rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBLC) cultured with a natural inhibitor of IL-1...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Conti P,Bouchet W,Feliciani C,Mammarella S,Kudchadker L,Barbacane RC,Reale M,Haggag I,Bruneau G,Thibault J,Theoharides TC

更新日期：1996-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataract is the most common eye disease that causes blindness in patients. Ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation is considered an important factor leading to cataract by inducing apoptosis in human lens epithelial cells (HLECs), but the mechanism is currently unclear. In this study, we investigated HLECs under different int...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ji Y,Cai L,Zheng T,Ye H,Rong X,Rao J,Lu Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioenergetics of Ca2+ transport in bacteria are discussed with special emphasis on the interrelationship between transport and other cellular functions such as substrate oxidation by the respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation. The unusual polarity of Ca2+ movement provides an exceptional tool to compare a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Devés R,Brodie AF

更新日期：1981-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is considered to be a major etiological factor but is not sufficient for the development of cervical cancer. Other host factors including altered tumor suppressor gene activities might contribute to the carcinogenic process. Fragile Histidine Triad (FHIT) has been shown to play a pivotal rol...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Neyaz MK,Hussain S,Hassan MI,Das BC,Husain SA,Bharadwaj M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00