Melatonin enhances antioxidative enzyme gene expression (CAT, GPx, SOD), prevents their UVR-induced depletion, and protects against the formation of DNA damage (8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine) in ex vivo human skin.

abstract：:Recent studies implicate melatonin in the antinociceptive activity of sensory neurons. However, the underlying mechanisms are still largely unknown. Here, we identify a critical role of melatonin in functionally regulating Cav3.2 T-type Ca2+ channels (T-type channel) in trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons. Melatonin inhi...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Zhang Y,Ji H,Wang J,Sun Y,Qian Z,Jiang X,Snutch TP,Sun Y,Tao J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the literature indicates that the absolute oral bioavailability of exogenous melatonin in humans or in preclinical animal models has not been adequately characterized; hence, this study was undertaken. Pharmacokinetics of melatonin was studied in rats, dogs, and monkeys following intravenous and oral admin...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Yeleswaram K,McLaughlin LG,Knipe JO,Schabdach D

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic alterations have emerged as an important mechanism involved in tumorigenesis. The epigenetic impact of DNA methylation in various types of human cancer is not completely understood. Previously, we observed melatonin-induced differential expression of miRNA and miRNA-related genes in human breast cancer cell...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Lee SE,Kim SJ,Yoon HJ,Yu SY,Yang H,Jeong SI,Hwang SY,Park CS,Park YS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria, which infects more than 300 million people annually, is a serious disease. Epidemiological surveys indicate that of those who are affected, malaria will claim the lives of more than one million individuals, mostly children. There is evidence that the synchronous maturation of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasi...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Srinivasan V,Spence DW,Moscovitch A,Pandi-Perumal SR,Trakht I,Brown GM,Cardinali DP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired Ca2+ homeostasis and smooth muscle contractility co-exist in acute cholecystitis (AC) leading to gallbladder dysfunction. There is no pharmacological treatment for this pathological condition. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of melatonin treatment on Ca2+ signaling pathways and contractility altered by ch...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Gomez-Pinilla PJ,Camello PJ,Pozo MJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five adult pasture-bred Prim Holstein cows were used to document the time invariance of melatonin disposition in the cow. Melatonin was administered by an intravenous route as a bolus (5 micrograms/kg of body weight) at either 1430 or 2230. Data were analysed according to a three-compartment open model with melatonin ...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Berthelot X,Ravault JP,Concordet D,Ferney J,Toutain PL

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has shown that antioxidant (butylated hydroxyanisole) treatment ameliorates respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-induced disease and lung inflammation. Melatonin has been reported to exhibit a wide varieties of biological effects, including antioxidant and anti-inflammation, and has no evident toxicity ...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Huang SH,Cao XJ,Liu W,Shi XY,Wei W

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid data support the idea that the MT(3) melatonin binding site is an enzyme, quinone reductase 2 (NQO2), rather than a membrane melatonin receptor. However, the melatonin analogue, 5-methoxycarbonylamino-N-acetyltryptamine (5-MCA-NAT), reduces intraocular pressure (IOP) via MT(3) melatonin receptors. Therefore, the...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Alarma-Estrany P,Crooke A,Pintor J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grapes are an important economic crop and are widely cultivated around the world. Most grapes are grown in arid or semi-arid regions, and droughts take a heavy toll in grape and wine production areas. Developing effective drought-resistant cultivation measures is a priority for viticulture. Melatonin, an indoleamine, ...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Meng JF,Xu TF,Wang ZZ,Fang YL,Xi ZM,Zhang ZW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative autoradiographic 2-[14C]deoxyglucose method was employed to map the metabolic activity of the superior cervical ganglion and the entire brain during unilateral electrical stimulation of the cervical sympathetic trunk in the urethane-anesthetized rat. Stimulation of the cervical sympathetic trunk incre...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Ito M,Kadekaro M,Sokoloff L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of melatonin on sodium arsenite (arsenite)-induced peripheral neurotoxicity was investigated using dorsal root ganglion (DRG) explants. After 24-hr incubation, arsenite (30 microm) consistently elevated the expression of heat shock protein 70 and haeme oxygenase-1, two well-known stress prote...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Lin AM,Feng SF,Chao PL,Yang CH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lethal oxidative stress was investigated in the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra by measuring the dying-peak of bioluminescence during circadian phases of low physiological light emission, low bioluminescence capacity, and low sensitivity to stimulatory agents. Measurements were carried out in constant darkness after...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Antolín I,Obst B,Burkhardt S,Hardeland R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to elucidate whether melatonin would exert beneficial effects on the neuronal functions of the nodose ganglion (NG) following acute hypoxic insult. The cytochrome oxidase (COX) and the nicotinamine adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-d) histochemistry along with the nitric oxide synthase ...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Chang HM,Tseng CY,Wei IH,Lue JH,Wen CY,Shieh JY

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of N-acetyltransferase (NAT) and the content of melatonin (MEL) in the rat pineal have been shown to be sensitive to several types of stressors. This study was designed to assess the role of the adrenals in mediating the effect of one such stressor, insulin-induced hypoglycemia, on pineal synthetic activi...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Tannenbaum MG,Reiter RJ,Vaughan MK,Troiani ME,Gonzalez-Brito A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity, a major risk factor for ischemic heart disease, is associated with increased oxidative stress and reduced antioxidant status. Melatonin, a potent free radical scavenger and antioxidant, has powerful cardioprotective effects in lean animals but its efficacy in obesity is unknown. We investigated the effects of...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Nduhirabandi F,Du Toit EF,Blackhurst D,Marais D,Lochner A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a potent cytotoxic oxidant generated by the enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) and chloride (Cl- ). Elevated levels of HOCl play an important role in various pathological conditions through oxidative modification of several biomolecules. Recently, we ...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Jeelani R,Maitra D,Chatzicharalampous C,Najeemuddin S,Morris RT,Abu-Soud HM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rod outer segment (ROSg) membranes are essentially lipoprotein complexes. Rhodopsin, the major integral protein of ROSg, is surrounded by phospholipids highly enriched in docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n3). This fluid environment plays an important role for conformational changes after photo-activation. Thus, ROSg mem...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Guajardo MH,Terrasa AM,Catalá A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin, an antioxidant, protects the pancreas against acute inflammation but, although this indole is released mainly at night, no study has been undertaken to determine circadian changes of plasma melatonin levels and the severity of acute pancreatitis. The aims of this study were: (a) to compare the severity of c...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Jaworek J,Konturek SJ,Tomaszewska R,Leja-Szpak A,Bonior J,Nawrot K,Palonek M,Stachura J,Pawlik WW

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-[2-(6-methoxyquinazolin-4-yl)-ethyl] acetamide (MQA) is a compound formed from the melatonin metabolite N(1)-acetyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AMK). We followed MQA production in reaction systems containing various putative reaction partners, in the absence and presence of hydrogen peroxide and/or copper(II). Although MQA...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Kuesel JT,Hardeland R,Pfoertner H,Aeckerle N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pineal hormone melatonin has been reported to have in vitro antiproliferative effects on estrogen receptor-positive human breast cancer cell lines at concentrations near to plasma physiological concentrations (1 x 10(-11) to 1 x 10(-9) M). Its growth inhibitory actions have been thought to be linked to the estroge...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Papazisis KT,Kouretas D,Geromichalos GD,Sivridis E,Tsekreli OK,Dimitriadis KA,Kortsaris AH

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that melatonin (Mel) enhances exogenous mitochondria (Mito) treatment against rodent hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. In vitro study utilized three groups of hepatocytes (i.e. nontreatment, menadione, and menadione-melatonin treatment, 4.0 × 10(5) each), while in vivo study used adult...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Chen HH,Chen YT,Yang CC,Chen KH,Sung PH,Chiang HJ,Chen CH,Chua S,Chung SY,Chen YL,Huang TH,Kao GS,Chen SY,Lee MS,Yip HK

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present studies using artificial light was to determine how the timing and duration of exposure influence the light-induced suppression of pineal melatonin levels in hamsters. An 8-min exposure to 0.186 microW/cm2 of cool white fluorescent light caused a continued depression of pineal melatonin even...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Brainard GC,Richardson BA,Hurlbut EC,Steinlechner S,Matthews SA,Reiter RJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four weeks of administration of melatonin mixed in the diet (5 mg/kg of food) significantly reduced the incidence of gastric ulcers in young pigs. In control and melatonin supplemented animals, significantly higher levels of melatonin were found in the stomach tissues as compared to jejunum, ileum, or colon. Pigs with...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Bubenik GA,Ayles HL,Friendship RM,Brown GM,Ball RO

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbitfish are a restricted lunar-synchronized spawner that spawns around a species-specific lunar phase. It is not known how the fish perceive changes in cues from the moon. One possible explanation is that rabbitfish utilize changes in moonlight intensity to establish synchrony. The purpose of the present study was ...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Takemura A,Ueda S,Hiyakawa N,Nikaido Y

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female Syrian hamsters were kept in a light (14:10 h light:dark cycle, lights on 0600 h)- and temperature (22 or 30 degrees C)-controlled room; some groups were treated with an afternoon s.c. injection of melatonin (6.25, 12.5, or 25 micrograms/day) for 11 or 14 weeks. The melatonin-induced suppression of the reproduc...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Reiter RJ,Li K,Gonzalez-Brito A,Tannenbaum MG,Vaughan MK,Vaughan GM,Villanua MA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian clock plays a vital role in physiology and behavior such as the sleep-wake cycle and blood pressure and hormone levels. Immune responses also display circadian rhythmicity and particularly pineal melatonin contributes to immunological processes. Little attention, however, is given to mechanisms underlyin...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Ren DL,Li YJ,Hu BB,Wang H,Hu B

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Methoxycarbonylamino-N-acetyltryptamine (MCA-NAT) has been initially described as a ligand at non MT(1), non MT(2) melatonin binding site (MT3) selective versus MT(1) and MT(2), two membrane melatonin receptors. MCA-NAT activity has been reported by others in different models, in vivo, particularly in the intra-ocul...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Vincent L,Cohen W,Delagrange P,Boutin JA,Nosjean O

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age-related changes and the acute effects of intravenous melatonin on the activity of striatal neurons of 1-, 3-, 6-, 12-, and 18-month-old sham-operated and pinealectomized rats were investigated. There was a decline in responsiveness from 3- to 18-months of age, although in sham-pinealectomized rats the response...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Castillo-Romero JL,Acuña-Castroviejo D,Escamaes G,Vives F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, a fundamental question, that is, the mechanisms related to the beneficial effects of melatonin on mammalian embryonic development, was addressed. To examine the potential beneficial effects of melatonin on bovine embryonic development, different concentrations of melatonin (10(-11), 10(-9), 10(-7...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Wang F,Tian X,Zhang L,Gao C,He C,Fu Y,Ji P,Li Y,Li N,Liu G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have identified and characterized D1- and D2-dopamine receptors in bovine pineal glands. The data indicate that the density of D1-dopamine receptors (974 fmol/mg protein) far exceed that of D2-dopamine receptors (37 fmol/mg protein). The objective of this study was to identify the mRNAs for both D1- a...

journal_title：Journal of pineal research

authors： Santanavanich C,Chetsawang B,Ebadi M,Govitrapong P

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00