Effects of S-adenosylhomocysteine and homocysteine on DNA damage and cell cytotoxicity in murine hepatic and microglia cell lines.

abstract：:Disruption of the balance oxidants, antioxidants cause various pathophysiological conditions such as lipid peroxidation, protein degradation, or DNA damage. We have examined possible effects of kisspeptin-10 on the structural damage produced by methionine-induced lipid peroxidation in testicle tissue of young rats. Ki...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Akkaya H,Eyuboglu S,Erkanlı Senturk G,Yilmaz B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on some drug-metabolizing and antioxidant systems in liver, lung, and stomach were investigated in normal and protein malnutrition (PM) rats. PM significantly inhibited tissue glutathione (GSH) content and increased hepatic lipid peroxidation. Cytochrome P450 isoform CYP1A1 was si...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Badary OA,AbdEl-Gawad HM,Taha RA,Ali AA,Hamada FM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously reported results showed that the BmKK2's intron could be recognized and spliced in cultured HEK 293T cells. At the same time, a cryptic splicing site of BmKK2 gene was found in the second exon. Moreover, replacing BmKK2's intron with BmP03's intron (an artificial BmKK2-BmP03 mosaic gene) did not affect the ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Zhijian C,Chao D,Dahe J,Wenxin L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic neuropathic pain is characterized by spontaneous pain with hyperalgesia and allodynia. We investigated whether (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate could improve diabetic neuropathic pain development through hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects. Diabetes was induced in rats by s...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Abo-Salem OM,Ali TM,Harisa GI,Mehanna OM,Younos IH,Almalki WH

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:c-Myc and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) genes are frequently deregulated and overexpressed in this malignancy, and strategies designed to inhibit c-Myc and VEGF expression in cancer cells may have considerable therapeutic value. In the present study, we design and use short interfering RNA (siRNA) to inhib...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Tai J,Wang G,Liu T,Wang L,Lin C,Li F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase is an essential enzyme in all organisms and functions in the heme biosynthetic pathway, catalyzing the decarboxylation of the four acetate groups of uroporphyrinogen to form coproporphyrinogen. This work examines whether the four sequential decarboxylations occur at the same active site,...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Chaufan G,Corvi MM,San Martín de Viale LC,Cárdenas ML,Ríos de Molina Mdel C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been recently postulated from our laboratory that Arabic gum (AG) offers a protective effect in the kidney of rats against nephrotoxicity induced by gentamicin via inhibiting lipid peroxidation. It has also recently shown a powerful antioxidant effect through scavenging superoxide anions. In this study we utili...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Al-Majed AA,Abd-Allah AR,Al-Rikabi AC,Al-Shabanah OA,Mostafa AM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia is a chronic disorder of the respiratory system associated with worsening quality of life and a significant economic burden. Pinitol, a plant cyclic polyol, has been documented for immune-inflammatory potential. The aim of present investigation was to evaluate the potential and possible mechanism of action o...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Fan Y,Wang J,Feng Z,Cao K,Xu H,Liu J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone coding for a mu-class glutathione S-transferase (GST) was isolated from a hepatopancreas cDNA library from the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. The deduced amino acid sequence (215 amino acids) has >50% identity to rodents and other mammals mu-class GSTs. Using RT-PCR, the shrimp GST transcript was detected i...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Contreras-Vergara CA,Harris-Valle C,Sotelo-Mundo RR,Yepiz-Plascencia G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 2-(2-nitrovinyl)furan on the redox status of male rat liver and kidney was evaluated. Twenty male rats were randomized into four groups; group A received olive oil and groups B, C, and D rats received 12.5, 25, and 50 mg/kg bodyweight of 2-(2-nitrovinyl)furan intraperitoneally, daily at 24 h interval, re...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Ajiboye TO,Alabi KA,Ariyo FA,Adeleye AO,Ojewuyi OB,Balogun A,Sunmonu TO

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbohydrate-derived aldehydes cause irreversible loss of protein function via glycation. We previously observed that glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (Glyc3P) abolishes the enzyme activity of cardiac aspartate aminotransferase (cAAT). We also examined the protective effects of carnosine against Glyc3P-induced loss of enzym...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Seidler NW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) are among the important nanoparticles that are extensively utilized in cosmetics, automotive industries, ultraviolet (UV) filtration, gas sensors, and pharmaceutical products. In this study, CeO2 NPs were synthesized using an aqueous extract of Ziziphus jujube fruit. The synthesiz...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Miri A,Akbarpour Birjandi S,Sarani M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicities of 4 short-chain alcohols--namely methanol, ethanol, iso-propanol and iso-butanol--were compared in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using several different ecotoxicological endpoints. Range-finding tests were conducted using transgenic PC161 worms carrying a double reporter construct (GFP plus lacZ)...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Thompson G,de Pomerai DI

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allyl alcohol hepatotoxicity is mediated by an alcohol dehydrogenase-derived biotranformation product, acrolein. This highly reactive alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehyde readily alkylates model proteins in vitro, forming, among other products, Michael addition adducts that possess a free carbonyl group. Whether such damag...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Burcham PC,Fontaine F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA) alters the developmental fate of the axial skeletal anlagen. "Anteriorizations" or "posteriorizations," the assumption of characteristics of embryonic areas normally anterior or posterior to the affected tissues, are correlated with altered embryonal expression domains of Hox genes after in utero RA...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Kawanishi CY,Hartig P,Bobseine KL,Schmid J,Cardon M,Massenburg G,Chernoff N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schisandrin A (SchA) has been reported as a multidrug resistance-reversing agent; however, its antitumor effects have been rarely reported. Consequently, we attempted to explore whether SchA per se possesses an antitumor property in choriocarcinoma JEG-3 and BeWo cells and its potential mechanisms. JEG-3, BeWo, and HT...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Ji L,Ma L

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to elucidate the involvement of acid phosphatase (ACP) in metastasis and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) as an immediate compensatory alleviation mechanism for energy stress in liver lesions induced by hexachlorocyclohexane in Swiss mice. Animals were continuously exposed to hexachlorocycloh...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Bhatt DK,Nagda G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the protective effect of gossypol, selenium, zinc, or glutathione (GSH) against dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced hepatotoxicity in the livers of male mice. The expression and the activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST), levels of GSH, and free radicals (malondialdehyde (MDA)), as we...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Sheweita SA,Mousa N,Al-Masry HM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of reduced amino Schiff base ligands and corresponding ruthenium(III) complexes were designed and prepared based on the fact that amino acids not only possess multiple coordinate atoms but also improve the solubility of drugs in the body. The interaction of the complexes with calf thymus DNA was analyzed with...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Zhang Z,Yang Z,Wu Y,Yuan Z,Du J,Li L

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, neuroprotective significance of ellagic acid (EA, a polyohenol) was explored by primarily studying its antioxidant and antiapoptotic potential against arsenic trioxide (As2 O3 )-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cell lines. The mitigatory effects of EA with particular reference to c...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Firdaus F,Zafeer MF,Waseem M,Anis E,Hossain MM,Afzal M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The action of carbenoxolone on hepatic energy metabolism was investigated in the perfused rat liver and isolated mitochondria. In perfused livers, carbenoxolone (200-300 microM) increased oxygen consumption, glucose production and glycolysis from endogenous glycogen. Gluconeogenesis from lactate or fructose, an energy...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Pivato LS,Constantin RP,Ishii-Iwamoto EL,Kelmer-Bracht AM,Yamamoto NS,Constantin J,Bracht A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotoxic and cytotoxic potential of lambda-cyhalothrin (LCT), a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, was investigated on human lymphocytes cultured in vitro. Utilizing the trypan blue dye exclusion technique assay, the LC50 of LCT was found to be 28 microM. Based on the LC50 value, it is seen that LCT was highly tox...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Naravaneni R,Jamil K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, microRNA-4709 (miR-4709) has not been studied in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) on the basis of experiments. In our study, we aimed to investigate the biological roles and clinical significance of miR-4709 in COAD. The expression difference between miR-4709 and NR3C2 was measured based on The Cancer Genome Atlas...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Yu M,Yu HL,Li QH,Zhang L,Chen YX

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebselen (EB, compound 1) is an investigational organoselenium compound that reduces fungal growth, in part, through inhibition of the fungal plasma membrane H+ -ATPase (Pma1p). In the present study, the growth inhibitory activity of EB and of five structural analogs was assessed in a fluconazole (FLU)-resistant strain...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Orie NN,Warren AR,Basaric J,Lau-Cam C,Piętka-Ottlik M,Młochowski J,Billack B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrase (CA) was purified from Ağrı Balık Lake trout gill (fCA) by affinity chromatography on a sepharose 4B-tyrosine-sulfanilamide column. The fCA enzyme was purified with about a 303.9 purification factor, a specific activity 4130.4 EU (mg-protein)(-1), and a yield of 79.3 by using sepharose-4B-L tyrosine...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Demirdag R,Comakli V,Kuzu M,Yerlikaya E,Şentürk M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a serious worldwide metabolic disease, which is accompanied by hyperglycaemia and affects all organs and body system. Zinc (Zn) is a basic cofactor for many enzymes, which also plays an important role in stabilising the structure of insulin. Liver is the most important target organ after pancreas ...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Sacan O,Turkyilmaz IB,Bayrak BB,Mutlu O,Akev N,Yanardag R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the cytotoxic antibiotic doxorubicin (DOXR) is limited by its dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardioprotective effect of the combination of carvedilol (CARD) and liposomal resveratrol (LIPO RESV) against DOXR-induced cardiomyopathy in rats. The results of the present...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Alanazi A,Fadda L,Alhusaini A,Ahmad R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chrysin (CH) or 5,7-dihydroxyflavone is a flavonoid present in various plants, bee propolis, and honey. Cyclophosphamide (CYP) is a chemotherapeutic drug, which is extensively used in the treatment of multiple human malignancies. In our study, we aimed to investigate the effects of CYP and CH on some metabolic enzymes...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Taslimi P,Kandemir FM,Demir Y,İleritürk M,Temel Y,Caglayan C,Gulçin İ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolysis is the red blood cell abnormality most often associated with adverse effect of drug therapy. Drug-induced or drug-associated hyperglycemia could decrease the activity of hexokinase. The aim of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effects of some commonly used drugs that have hyperglycemic side effect...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Aljamal JA,Badawneh M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatotoxicants can elicit liver damage by various mechanisms that can result in cell necrosis and death. The changes induced by these compounds can vary from gross alterations in DNA repair mechanisms, protein synthesis, and apoptosis, to more discrete changes in oxidative damage and lipid peroxidation. However, litt...

journal_title：Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology

authors： Holden PR,James NH,Brooks AN,Roberts RA,Kimber I,Pennie WD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00