Curcumin amends Ca2+ dysregulation in microglia by suppressing the activation of P2X7 receptor.

abstract：:Total cellular creatine content is an important bioenergetic parameter in skeletal muscle. To understand its regulation we investigated creatine transport and accumulation in the G8 cultured skeletal myoblast line. Like other cell types, these contain a creatine transporter, whose activity, measured using a radiolabel...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Odoom JE,Kemp GJ,Radda GK

更新日期：1996-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric pathology is a common complication in diabetes mellitus. The aim of the study was to evaluate the functions and morphological changes of the parietal cells of the rat stomach after streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Diabetes mellitus was induced in Wistar rats by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozoto...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bastaki SM,Adeghate E,Chandranath IS,Amir N,Tariq S,Hameed RS,Adem A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our interest in the role of sulfhydryl groups (SH) in regulating or altering transport across biological membranes has focused on the significance of a critical SH group associated with the Ca2+-release protein from skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). We have shown that binding of heavy metals to this group o...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Abramson JJ,Salama G

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer remains the second leading cause of gynecologic cancer-related mortality among women worldwide. STING (stimulator of interferon genes) was reported to be involved in the immune surveillance of tumors. However, the specific role of STING in cervical cancer remains unclear. In this study, we found that t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shi F,Su J,Wang J,Liu Z,Wang T

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of porphyrins from porphobilinogen by a duck blood hemolysate was examined. The system was found to form mainly protoporphyrin IX and hemin, and accumulated lesser amounts of uroporphyrins, hepatacarboxylic porphyrin, and coproporphyrins. By storage at -20 degrees the accumulation of uroporphyrins and he...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Frydman RB,Frydman B,Feinstein G

更新日期：1977-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is associated with a number of fatal diseases, including cancer of different organs. A number of oxoaldehydes are found in cigarette smoke, among which methylglyoxal (MG) is known to cause toxicity to cells upon accumulation. In biological systems, MG is converted to s-d-lactoylglutathione by glyoxal...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Biswas S,Gairola CG,Das SK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are naturally occurring plant compounds with antioxidant properties. Their consumption has been associated with the protective effects of certain diets against some of the complications of atherosclerosis. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidative modification is currently thought to be a significant event in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Filipe P,Lança V,Silva JN,Morlière P,Santus R,Fernandes A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Glucokinase is one of four glucose phosphorylating enzymes present in rat liver. Its distinctive features are a high K-m for glucose (high-K-m isozyme) and a rather narrow substrate specificity. In contrast, the other three enzymes, collectively called hexokinases or low-K-m isozymes, exhibit low K-m values for glu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Niemeyer H,Ureta T,Clark-Turri L

更新日期：1975-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) comprise a family of approximately 20 kDa guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that were discovered as one of several cofactors required in cholera toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of Gs alpha, the guanine nucleotide-binding protein responsible for stimulation of adenylyl cyclase, and wa...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Welsh CF,Moss J,Vaughan M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fat cells were preincubated for 2 h in the presence and absence of growth hormone (GH) and Dexamethasone (Dex) before the addition of increasing concentrations of either epinephrine, theophylline or glucagon and final incubation of the cells for an additional 5 minutes. GH and Dex increased by 85%, 28% and 72%, respec...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Harris R,Bennun A

更新日期：1976-12-10 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：:Activation of either the A(1) adenosine receptor (A(1)R) or the A(3) adenosine receptor (A(3)R), by their specific agonists CCPA and Cl-IB-MECA, respectively, protects cardiac cells in culture against ischemic injury. Yet the full protective mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we therefore examined the involveme...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Leshem-Lev D,Hochhauser E,Chanyshev B,Isak A,Shainberg A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of the uterine smooth muscle in gestation and parturition is affected by a variety of hormones and biomolecules, some of which alter the intracellular levels of cAMP and Ca2+. Since the activity of smooth muscle MLCK has been shown to be modulated by phosphorylation, the effect of this modification of pre...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pato MD,Kerc E,Lye SJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 8-week diethylmaleate (DEM) and clofibric acid (CFA) supplemented diet on blood pressure, body and liver weights, liver antioxidant status and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity were investigated in 8-week DOCA-salt treated and untreated Sprague-Dawley male rats. It appeared that DEM and particularly ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Nicod L,Rodriguez S,Jacqueson A,Viollon-Abadie C,Berthelot A,Richert L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), which is ubiquitously expressed, plays a crucial role in regulating various stress-responsive genes under pathophysiological conditions. Further, growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible gene 34 (GADD34), a downstream target of ATF4, has been reported to negatively regulate ATF4...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Oh-Hashi K,Sugiura N,Amaya F,Isobe KI,Hirata Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant efficacy of vitamin E on Perchloroethylene (PER) induced cytotoxicity has been studied in rats. Feeding PER to rats for 42 days using sesame oil as vehicle alters total protein and protein bound carbohydrate components in liver and kidney of experimental animals. Supplementation of vitamin E prevented ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ebrahim AS,Gopalakrishnan R,Murugesan A,Sakthisekaran D

更新日期：1995-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy of mitochondria, i.e., mitophagy, plays a crucial role in coping with stressors in the aging process, metabolic disturbances, and neurological disorders. Impairments of the process might consequently lead to enhanced accumulation of aged and aggregated proteins and reduced cellular integrity in response to s...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Civelek M,Mehrkens JF,Carstens NM,Fitzenberger E,Wenzel U

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is associated with increased oxidative stress and impaired antioxidant defenses. Thioredoxin-1 (TRX-1) is a cytosolic thiol antioxidant and redox-active protein which plays a vital role in the maintenance of reduced intracellular redox state. In this study, the authors examined whether 4-week treatments with ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Atalay M,Bilginoglu A,Kokkola T,Oksala N,Turan B

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular hydrogen (H2) is an agent with potential applications in oxidative stress-related and/or inflammatory disorders. H2 is usually administered by inhaling H2-containing air (HCA) or by oral intake of H2-rich water (HRW). Despite mounting evidence, the molecular mechanism underlying the therapeutic effects and t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sobue S,Yamai K,Ito M,Ohno K,Ito M,Iwamoto T,Qiao S,Ohkuwa T,Ichihara M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Carnosic acid is a well-known antioxidant. Recently, it has been identified as modulator of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). The effect of carnosic acid in the context of cardiovascular disorders has not been studied. In the present study, we investigated the beneficial effect and the unde...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sahu BD,Putcha UK,Kuncha M,Rachamalla SS,Sistla R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactants, which provide a hydrophobic environment, may induce an ordered conformation in polypeptides and proteins that contain a sequence with helix-or beta-forming potential. This hypothesis has been illustrated in circular dichroic studies of oligopeptides and short polypeptides. These peptide-surfactant complex...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wu CS,Yang JT

更新日期：1981-10-30 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：:The present study was attempted to identify transcriptionally regulated genes of the normal neurocytes responsive to iron availability. Postnatal rat hippocampus cells were primarily cultured either under the iron-loaded or depleted conditions. These cultured cells were applied for the generation of subtracted complem...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu M,Xiao DS,Qian ZM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AP-1 consensus sequences (TGAGTCA) are the major 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol113-acetate (TPA) responsive elements shared by several TPA inducible genes, such as c-sis, c-fos, c-myc, collagenase, stromelysin, hMTIIA and SV40. However, the role of AP-1 binding sites, which are present in the introns 3, 5, and 11 of OD...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tseng CP,Verma AK

更新日期：1995-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II induces the expression of platelet-derived growth factor A-chain and B-chain in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells at the level of transcription. The renin-angiotensin system has also been implicated in the increased expression of platelet-derived growth factor in the mechanically-injured artery wall...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Khachigian LM,Takuwa Y,Collins T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines the mechanism of translocation of cytoplasmically synthesized proteins into mitochondria. Approximately 10% of the mitochondrial proteins are synthesized within the organelles while most mitochondrial proteins are coded for by nuclear genes and synthesized on cytoplasmic ribosomes. Those mitochond...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ades IZ

更新日期：1982-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A liver cytochrome P-450 isozyme has been purified to homogeneity from protein-energy malnourished rats induced with beta-naphthoflavone (beta-NF). The purification steps included chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex-A-25, DEAE-cellulose (DE-53), hydroxylapatite (HA) and carboxymethyl-sephadex (CM) columns. The reduced car...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gil L,Vasquez H,Orellana M,Selkirk J,Wold F,Strobel H

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:In the present study it was investigated if Vitamin A supplementation could protect rat kidney microsomes and mitochondria from in vitro lipoperoxidation. After incubation of rat kidney microsomes and mitochondria in an ascorbate-Fe+2 system, at 37 degrees C during 60 min, it was observed that the total cpm/mg protein...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Piergiacomi VA,Palacios A,Catalá A

更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipose tissue is an important endocrine organ secreting numerous peptide hormones, including leptin. Increased circulating levels of leptin, as a result of hormonal resistance in obese individuals, may contribute to lower androgen production in obese males. However, the molecular mechanisms involved need to be be...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Landry DA,Sormany F,Haché J,Roumaud P,Martin LJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00