Ca2+ ionophores inhibit superoxide generation by chemotactic peptide in rabbit neutrophils and the correlation with intracellular calcium.

abstract：:Oxidative stress in cells caused by excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and decreased antioxidant defense is implicated in the cytotoxicity of xenobiotics including drugs and environmental chemicals. Endosulfan, a highly toxic organochlorine insecticide, causes cytotoxic cell death by inducing oxidat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Murali M,Carvalho MS,Shivanandappa T

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Photoreactive probes for the hydrophobic pocket of the liver fatty acid-binding protein, 11-(5'-azido-salicylamido)-undecanoic acid (5' ASU) and its acetyl ester (Ac5' ASU), were synthesized and their interaction with the protein was assessed. Fatty acid-binding proteins are closely related proteins which are abundant...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Atlasovich F,Santomé JA,Fernández HN

更新日期：1993-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is designed to investigate the effect of myocardial preconditioning with oxidative stress induced by pyrogallol or H2O2, on ischaemia-reperfusion induced myocardial injury. Isolated perfused rat heart was subjected to global ischaemia for 30 min followed by reperfusion for 120 min. Coronary effluent ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sharma A,Singh M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether interleukin-1alpha (IL-1) would induce gene expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in cardiac myocytes and, if so, whether nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) was involved. We evaluated the VCAM-1 gene expression in cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes by the reverse transcrip...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hattori Y,Akimoto K,Murakami Y,Kasai K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant activity of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) was studied in different in vitro model systems, which enabled evaluation of both chemical and physical factors involved in assessing the role of EGCG in oxidative reactions. EGCG suppressed the initiation rate and prolonged the lag phase duration of peroxyl ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hu C,Kitts DD

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study has been carried out on the micro-localization of catalase in mouse tissues subsequent to treatment with a representative range of hypolipidemic drugs. A commonality of effect was shown by clofibrate (ethyl-alpha-p-chlorophenoxyisobutyrate), Wy-14,643 (4-chloro-6-[2,3 xylidino)-2-pyrimidinylthio] a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Klucis E,Crane D,Masters C

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that functional atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) receptors occur in surface gastric mucosal epithelial cells. To evaluate functional aspects of ANP in a model of these cells we examined the expression of natriuretic peptide receptors (NPR) subtypes A and C in the non-transformed rat gastric mucosal e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gower WR Jr,Carter GM,McAfee Q,Solivan SM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the links between electrical excitation and contraction in mammalian heart muscle. Using isolated single cells from adult rat ventricle, a whole-cell voltage-clamp technique and quantitative fluorescence microscopy, we have measured simultaneously calcium current (ICa) and [Ca2+]i (with fura-2). W...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lederer WJ,Cannell MB,Cohen NM,Berlin JR

更新日期：1989-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Coupling of ATP-generating with ATP-consuming processes is an essential component in the cardiac bioenergetics responsible for optimal myocardial function. Although a number of enzymatic systems have been implicated in securing proper intracellular energy communication, their integrative response in a failing myocardi...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Dzeja PP,Pucar D,Redfield MM,Burnett JC,Terzic A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of glycogen content in the heart for the development of isoprenaline-induced myocardial lesions (IML) was studied in Wistar rats and in two inbred rat strains: In IR rats (resistant to the development of IML) and in IS rats (sensitive to IML development). Glycogen content in the heart can be dramatically lowe...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mráz M,Hynie S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we review some of the large quantities of information currently available concerning the identification, structure and function of Ca(2+)-binding proteins of endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes. The review places particular emphasis on identification and discussion of Ca2+ 'storage' proteins...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Milner RE,Famulski KS,Michalak M

更新日期：1992-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured human and rat endothelial cells were used to study cellular toxicity and Ca2+ signalling upon exposure to reactive oxygen species. Superoxide and hydrogen peroxide (O2.-/H2O2) were produced by the hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase system (HX/XO) and caused intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) to rise steadi...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Volk T,Hensel M,Kox WJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) has been thought to play a major role during cardiac fibrosis in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy, and cardiac fibrosis mainly as a result of an increase of collagen type III occurs in the human hearts with diabetes. Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) has been reported to activat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tang M,Zhou F,Zhang W,Guo Z,Shang Y,Lu H,Lu R,Zhang Y,Chen Y,Zhong M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia of the heart is accompanied by the tissue accumulation of long-chain fatty acids and their metabolic derivatives such as beta-hydroxy fatty acids and fatty acyl-CoA and acyl-L-carnitine esters. These substances might be detrimental for proper myocardial function. Previously, it has been suggested that intrace...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Glatz JF,Vork MM,van der Vusse GJ

更新日期：1993-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine/Threonine kinases participate in complex, interacting signaling pathways in eukaryotes, prokaryotes, and archae. While most organisms contain many different kinases, the extreme hyperthermophile, Aquifex aeolicus encodes a single hypothetical Ser/Thr kinase. A gene homologous to eukaryotic protein phosphatases ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Purcarea C,Fernando R,Evans HG,Evans DR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of anxiety-related diseases is increasing these days, hence there is a need to understand the mechanisms that underlie its nature and consequences. It is known that limbic structures, mainly the prefrontal cortex and amygdala, are involved in the processing of anxiety, and that projections from prefronta...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mejia-Carmona GE,Gosselink KL,Pérez-Ishiwara G,Martínez-Martínez A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the nephro-protective potential of N-acetylcysteine against hyperoxaluria-induced renal mitochondrial dysfunction in rats. Nine days dosing of 0.4 % ethylene glycol +1 % ammonium chloride, developed hyperoxaluria in male wistar rats which resulted in renal injury and dy...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sharma M,Kaur T,Singla SK

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a review on the organization and function of myofibrillar creatine kinase in striated muscle. The first part describes myofibrillar creatine kinase as an integral structural part of the complex organization of myofibrils in striated muscle. The second part considers the intrinsic biochemical and mechan...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ventura-Clapier R,Veksler V,Hoerter JA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase activities were significantly decreased in both diabetic and fasted rats. Treatment of diabetic rats with insulin resulted in liver glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase activities that were significantly greater ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Martins RN,Stokes GB,Masters CL

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of metals have been reported to act as mutagenic and carcinogenic agents in both human and animal studies. The underlying mechanisms are being extensively investigated. Recently, a new sub-discipline of molecular carcinogenesis has surfaced and new techniques and instruments are being developed which al...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Leonard SS,Bower JJ,Shi X

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RGPR-p117 was originally discovered as a novel protein that binds to a nuclear factor I (NFI) consensus motif TTGGC(N)(6)CC, which is present in the 5'-flanking region of the regucalcin gene (rgn). RGPR-p117 has been identified in human, rat, mouse, bovine, rabbit, and chicken livers. Phylogenetic analysis of six vert...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yamaguchi M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed to delineate in vivo mechanisms of orally administered fisetin with special reference to mitochondrial dysfunction in lung tissues employing benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) as the model lung carcinogen. The recent revival of interest in the study of mitochondria has been stimulated by the evidence t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ravichandran N,Suresh G,Ramesh B,Manikandan R,Choi YW,Vijaiyan Siva G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) is a key enzyme participating in the inflammatory cascade followed by the action of cyclooxygenase-2 and lipoxygenases. Therefore, inhibitors of sPLA2 could be used as potent anti-inflammatory agents to treat the early phase of inflammation. In this study, we have prepared the fenopr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kameshwar VH,R KJ,Priya BS,Swamy SN

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated retinol effects in ornithine decarboxylase activity in Sertoli cells. We also tested the hypothesis that free radical scavengers and iron chelators may attenuate the effect of retinol. Sertoli cells isolated from 15-day-old Wistar rats were previously cultured for 48 h and then treated with retinol by ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Klamt F,Dal-Pizzol F,Ribeiro NC,Bernard EA,Benfato MS,Moreira JC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes-induced changes in glucose formation, intracellular and mitochondrial glutathione redox states as well as hydroxyl free radicals (HFR) generation have been investigated in rabbit kidney-cortex tubules. In contrast to renal tubules of control animals, diabetes-evoked increase in glucose formation in the presen...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Winiarska K,Drozak J,Wegrzynowicz M,Fraczyk T,Bryla J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous results with p9-RNA, obtained from lymph nodes of animals immunized with the peptide p9 of HIV-1, suggested that its effects on lymphocytes could be mediated by RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR). Here we report that p9-RNA activates PKR leading to the degradation of the inhibitor I-kappaB alpha and the conco...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： De Lucca FL,Sales VS,Souza LR,Murad JM,Watanabe MA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is a type of malignant tumor arising from soft-tissues of bone and displays poor prognosis in most cases. However, the molecular mechanism by which OS initiates and progresses is still not completely elucidated. miR-155 has been shown to be overexpressed in OS specimen and cell lines. Our study is in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sun X,Geng X,Zhang J,Zhao H,Liu Y

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte cell adhesion molecule (HepaCAM) plays a crucial role in tumor progression and has been recognized as a novel tumor suppressor gene. The high protein expression level of protein kinase Cε (PKCε) has been discovered in many tumor types. In the present study, we determined HepaCAM and PKCε protein levels in h...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tan B,Tan J,Du H,Quan Z,Xu X,Jiang X,Luo C,Wu X

更新日期：2014-06-01 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