abstract：:Abnormal QT prolongation with the associated arrhythmias is a significant predictor of mortality in diabetic patients. Gap junctional intercellular communication allows electrical coupling between heart muscle cells. The effects of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mellitus on the expression and distribution of co...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Howarth FC,Chandler NJ,Kharche S,Tellez JO,Greener ID,Yamanushi TT,Billeter R,Boyett MR,Zhang H,Dobrzynski H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate estrogen's effect on age-related changes in bladder function. Female Wistar rats were divided into three groups that included young rats (3-month-old) (YR), old rats (13-month-old) (OR), and old rats given subcutaneous treatments of estradiol for 6 weeks (OR + E). The groups we...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Watanabe T,Matsumoto M,Toji S,Miyagawa I

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that HER2 level is strongly correlated with the expression of MMP-7 in some carcinomas. HER2 is a preferred heterodimerization partner of EGFR, HER3, and HER4. HER2 overexpression is believed to enhance the signaling from these receptors in response to binding of their specific ligands. In this st...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yuan G,Qian L,Song L,Shi M,Li D,Yu M,Hu M,Shen B,Guo N

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Nocturnin has been identified as a clock-controlled gene based on its rhythmic expression and night-time peak of transcript level in Xenopus retina. Further studies show that the widespread expression and rhythmicity of nocturnin mRNA level parallel the expression of clock genes. In Xenopus, nocturnin transcription is...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Li R,Yue J,Zhang Y,Zhou L,Hao W,Yuan J,Qiang B,Ding JM,Peng X,Cao JM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase CK2 is a highly conserved and ubiquitous serine-threonine kinase. It is a tetrameric enzyme that is made up of two regulatory CK2beta subunits and two catalytic subunits, either CK2alpha/CK2alpha, CK2alpha/CK2alpha', or CK2alpha'/CK2alpha'. Although the two catalytic subunits diverge in their C termini,...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Seldin DC,Lou DY,Toselli P,Landesman-Bollag E,Dominguez I

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction and activation of the p53 tumour suppressor protein occurs in response to a number of cellular stresses, including disruption of RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription. Both p53 itself and its principle negative regulator, the E3 ubiquitin ligase Mdm2, are substrates for phosphorylation by the protein kina...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Allende-Vega N,McKenzie L,Meek D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of CK2beta on the activity of CK2alpha and other protein kinases that can bind this regulatory subunit is not fully understood. In an attempt to improve our understanding of this effect, chimeras of CK2alpha and CK1alpha have been constructed. These chimeras contain different portions of the CK2alpha amino ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jedlicki A,Allende CC,Allende JE

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia marcescens utilizes two types of quorum-sensing signal molecules: N-acyl homoserine lactones and furanosyl borate diester (AI-2). S-adenosylmethionine synthetase (METK), S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase (PFS), and S-ribosylhomocysteinase (LUXS) are three key enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway leading to A...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhu H,Shen YL,Wei DZ,Zhu JW

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin receptor blockers provide cardiovascular protection in heart failure patients. We have studied the effect of 8 weeks treatment with telmisartan (5 mg kg(-1) day(-1)) on cardiovascular complications associated with streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic rats. Wistar rats were made diabetic with STZ (45 mg kg(-1), iv...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Goyal BR,Mesariya P,Goyal RK,Mehta AA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the essential mechanisms of steroid production in ovarian theca cells, we analyzed the expression of genes associated with steroid production using simple culture system with serum medium. In addition, we examined the involvement of DAX-1, COUP-TFII, and Ad4BP/SF-1 transcription factors on the steroid produ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Murayama C,Miyazaki H,Miyamoto A,Shimizu T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in lipid metabolism and genetic predisposition are major risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Variations in genes involved in lipid metabolism may act synergistically to confer risk or protection against CAD. The objective of the present study was to determine such interactions in variants of ap...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rai TS,Khullar M,Sehrawat BS,Ahuja M,Sharma PK,Vijayvergiya R,Grover A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether the response of the fetal heart to ischemia-reperfusion is associated with activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway is not known. In contrast, involvement of the sarcolemmal L-type Ca2+ channel (LCC) and the mitochondrial KATP (mitoKATP) channel has been established. This work aimed at investiga...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sarre A,Gardier S,Maurer F,Bonny C,Raddatz E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of dystrophin gene is the primary cause of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in humans and mdx mice. However, the underpinning mechanisms, which govern the pathogenesis of dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle, remain poorly understood. We have previously reported activation of mitogen-activated protein ki...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Dogra C,Srivastava DS,Kumar A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remote preconditioning is a unique phenomenon in which brief episodes of ischemia and reperfusion to remote organ protect the target organ against sustained ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-induced injury. Protective effects of remote renal preconditioning (RRPC) are well established in heart, but their mechanisms still rem...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kant R,Diwan V,Jaggi AS,Singh N,Singh D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant activity of anthocyanins has been well characterized in vitro; many cases has been postulated to provide an important exogenous mediator of oxidative stress in the gastrointestinal tract. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of anthocyanin protection against peroxyl radical (AAPH)-i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Elisia I,Kitts DD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-18 (IL-18) elicited a robust hypertrophy response in H9c2 cardiomyocytes as judged by their accelerated rates of protein synthesis and increased cell size. Evidently, IL-18 treatment also induced a cardiac hypertrophy-specific program of gene expression in H9c2 cardiomyocytes since they elicited enhanced e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Majumdar G,Johnson IM,Kale S,Raghow R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent risk factor in the development of heart failure. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying the transition from compensated hypertrophy to heart failure are incompletely understood. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in myocardial substrate utilisation and function ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Akki A,Smith K,Seymour AM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, indirect immunofluorescence labeling was used to examine the cellular dynamic distribution of Thr11 phosphorylated H3 at mitosis in MCF-7 cells. The Thr11 phosphorylation was observed beginning at prophase at centromeres. Upon progression of mitosis, fluorescence signal was enhanced in the central regio...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhou H,Li D,Song L,Liu R,Chen J,Huang X

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Microtubule associated protein tau is considered to play roles in some types of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). In this study, the full-length and several truncated human tau proteins were expressed from E. coli and purified. Using GST pull down, co-immunoprecipitation assay and tau-coated ELISA...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wang XF,Dong CF,Zhang J,Wan YZ,Li F,Huang YX,Han L,Shan B,Gao C,Han J,Dong XP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used to treat hyperacid secretion and stomach ulcers. The study investigated the anti-secretory and anti-ulcer effects of esomeprazole, the S-isomer of omeprazole on dimaprit, histamine and dibutyryl adenosine 3, 5 cyclic monophosphate (dbcAMP)-evoked gastric acid secretion, ac...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bastaki SM,Chandranath IS,Singh J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sildenafil citrate (Viagra) is a potent and specific inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), which exhibits cardioprotective action against ischemia/reperfusion injury in intact and isolated heart. The mechanism of its cardioprotective action is not completely under...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Fernandes MA,Marques RJ,Vicente JA,Santos MS,Monteiro P,Moreno AJ,Custódio JB

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor suppressor p53 plays important roles in cell cycle regulation, apoptosis and DNA repair in different cell types including lung cancer. There are different p53 apoptotic pathways in high and low metastatic ability lung cancer cells. However, the exactly mechanism in the pathway is still unclear. Here we found tha...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Huang Y,Jin Y,Yan CH,Yu Y,Bai J,Chen F,Zhao YZ,Fu SB

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3H-1,2-Dithiole-3-thione (D3T), a potent member of dithiolethiones, induces phase 2 enzymes by activating an Nrf2/Keap1-dependent signaling pathway. It was proposed that interaction between D3T and two adjacent sulfhydryl groups of Keap1 might cause dissociation of Keap1 from Nrf2, leading to Nrf2 activation. This stu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jia Z,Zhu H,Trush MA,Misra HP,Li Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The link between chronic alcohol consumption and cardiovascular injury including hypertension is well known. However, molecular mediators implicated with alcohol-induced elevation in blood pressure (BP) remain elusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of chronic ethanol-induced endothelial inj...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Husain K,Vazquez M,Ansari RA,Malafa MP,Lalla J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450c17, encoded by the CYP17 gene, is a component of 17alpha-hydroxylase/17,20 lyase which catalyses 17alpha-hydroxylation of pregnenolone or progesterone, required for glucocorticosteroid and androgen synthesis. It has been reported that transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) decreases both basal and ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Derebecka-Holysz N,Lehmann TP,Holysz M,Trzeciak WH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes a comprehensive analysis of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based biosensor study of molecular interactions in the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) molecular axis. In this study, we focus on the interaction between the polypeptide growth factors IGF-I and IGF-II with six soluble IGF binding pro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Beattie J,Phillips K,Shand JH,Szymanowska M,Flint DJ,Allan GJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A homeostatic balance exists between the cellular generation of oxidant species and endogenous antioxidants under normal physiological conditions. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is known to affect this balance causing oxidative stress. However, the interaction of HIV infection with a substance abuse on c...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pérez-Casanova A,Husain K,Noel RJ Jr,Rivera-Amill V,Kumar A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myofibroblasts are metabolically and morphologically distinctive fibroblasts expressing alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), and their activation plays a key role in development of the fibrotic response. In an activated state, myofibroblasts cease to proliferate and start to synthesize large amounts of extracellular...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Nakatani T,Honda E,Hayakawa S,Sato M,Satoh K,Kudo M,Munakata H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have characterized the negative regulation of the IL-12 p40 expression by TGF-beta in macrophages. Although murine IL-12 p40 promoter contains a putative TGF-beta inhibitory element (TIE), neither mutation nor deletion of the TIE had any effect on the inhibitory activity of TGF-beta. The NF-kappaB p6...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ogawa K,Funaba M,Tsujimoto M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The creatine kinase (CK) system is essential for cellular energetics in tissues or cells with high and fluctuating energy requirements. Creatine itself is known to protect cells from stress-induced injury. By using an siRNA approach to silence the CK isoenzymes in human keratinocyte HaCaT cells, expressing low levels ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lenz H,Schmidt M,Welge V,Kueper T,Schlattner U,Wallimann T,Elsässer HP,Wittern KP,Wenck H,Staeb F,Blatt T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the effect of magnesium deficiency on small intestinal morphology and function. Rats were assigned to 4 groups and placed on magnesium sufficient or deficient diet for 1 or 3 weeks. Infiltration of neutrophils and mucosal injury were assessed in stained sections of small intestin...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Scanlan BJ,Tuft B,Elfrey JE,Smith A,Zhao A,Morimoto M,Chmielinska JJ,Tejero-Taldo MI,Mak IuT,Weglicki WB,Shea-Donohue T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine (ADO) is an intermediary metabolite of adenosine trisphosphate degradation and a vasoactive mediator. We showed previously that ADO induces contraction and proliferation in rat mesangial cells by a mechanism involving A1 and A2 receptors. The studies concerning the effect of ADO on extracellular matrix (ECM)...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Martínez-Salgado C,García-Cenador B,Fuentes-Calvo I,Macías Núñez JF,López-Novoa JM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stratifin is a member of 14-3-3 protein family, a highly conserved group of proteins constituted by seven isoforms. They are involved in numerous crucial intracellular functions such as cell cycle and apoptosis, regulation of signal transduction pathways, cellular trafficking, cell proliferation and differentiation, c...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Medina A,Ghaffari A,Kilani RT,Ghahary A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that apelin functions as an adipokine, which has been associated to obesity and insulin resistance. The objective of this study was to analyze the apelin mRNA expression in white adipose tissue (WAT) from high-fat (Cafeteria) fed rats, in order to examine potential relationships with obesity marke...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： García-Díaz D,Campión J,Milagro FI,Martínez JA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NGF secretion from cultured mouse astrocytes was enhanced by sublethal concentrations of phosphatidic acid (PA), ceramide, or sphingosine (Sph), and concentration dependently by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC), or sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), but was unaffected by any concentration...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Furukawa A,Kita K,Toyomoto M,Fujii S,Inoue S,Hayashi K,Ikeda K

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Src-suppressed C kinase substrate (SSeCKS) plays a role in membrane-cytoskeletal remodeling to regulate mitogenesis, cell differentiation, and motility. Previous study showed that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced a selective and strong expression of SSeCKS in the vascular endothelial cells of lung. Here we show that L...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cheng C,Liu H,Ge H,Qian J,Qin J,Sun L,Chen M,Yan M,Shen A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepcidin is a cysteine-rich, dual-function peptide with antimicrobial activity that plays a crucial role in iron homeostasis. Here, we have identified two hepcidin-like cDNA sequences from pigeon, Columba livia. The two cDNAs consist of 295 and 380 nucleotides, respectively, and were named HP1 and HP2. Sequence alignm...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Fu YM,Li SP,Wu YF,Chang YZ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00