... resulted in loss of Oct4 expression both in vivo and in vitro (Gu et al., 2005), indicating the essential roles of LRH1 in maintaining Oct4 expression Its role in activation of Oct4 expression was ... phenotype induced by Esrrb depletion Thus, Nanog is a key downstream target of Esrrb in maintaining pluripotency In addition, Esrrb is involved in the regulationof genes encoding for chromatin modifiers, ... and function in maintaining or altering the physiological state of cells Generally, the receptors are modified by the binding of their ligands, which increases the receptor binding affinity for...
... may in uence the expressionof HO-1 The dominant expressionof HO-2 protein, in comparison with the low expressionof HO-1 protein, in H146 small cell lung cancer cells is of particular interest ... expression, expressionof HO-2 mRNA and protein was not increased in several human cell lines examined [15,19,37] Such a mode ofregulationof HO-2 expression may account for the severe phenotype of HO-1– ... determine the basal expression levels of HO-1 Effects of HO-1 or HO-2 short interfering RNA (siRNA) on the expressionof HO-1 Fig Effects of SA and SnPP on cellular heme content in human cell lines...
... changes in ET and PV PV and ET neutrophils were characterized by the down- regulationof miR-1 and miR-133a and changes in the expressionof many genes involved in inflammation including those in the ... miR-133a down- regulation has been noted in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue [40,41] In addition, the expressionof miR-1 is also reduced in heptocellular carcinoma [42] and lung cancer [43] Down- regulation ... fluorescence intensity decreased (Table 7, Figure 7) In contrast, the number of neutrophils expressing CD177 and the mean fluorescence intensity of CD177 expression increased The expressionof several...
... be the inducer of SERPINE1 expressionin a chronic remodeling process TGFb-1 can induce SERPINE1 expression but is inversely controlled by SERPINE1 via plasmin action [31] Expressionof tumor ... transferred the finding of inverse expressionof miRNA-449/SERPINE1 to an in vivo setting, i.e chronic allograft remodeling in kidney transplants We assumed that initial tissue damage and ongoing tissue ... in lieu of the primary antibody Results Hypoxia induced down- regulationof miRNA in primary fibroblasts MicroRNA profiling determined that only out of 377 miRNA subtypes were down- regulated in...
... Hypoxia-induced down- regulationof microRNA-449a/b impairs control over targeted SERPINE1 (PAI-1) mRNA - a mechanism involved in SERPINE1 (PAI-1) overexpression Journal of Translational Medicine ... from independent experiments are shown for cell line F-18, but were likewise demonstrable in M15D expression by incorporating a dotted line The line was intended to highlight the additional increase ... Hussein K, Jacobi C, Kreipe H, Bock O: Hypoxiainduced downregulation of microRNA-449a/b impairs control over targeted SERPINE1 (PAI-1) mRNA - a mechanism involved in SERPINE1 (PAI-1) overexpression...
... CD3 indicating that decreased expressionof CXCR4 is not a non-specific consequence of HIV-1 infection (not shown) HIV-1 infection induces internalization of CXCR4 in RH9 cells Down- regulationof ... CXCR4 staining of noninduced Jurakt cells Panel E and G: CXCR4 staining of induced Jurkat cells The fluorescent cell in panel G is representative of a minor population of cells in the induced ... number of HIV-1 antigen expressing cells were measured by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy The decline in CXCR4 expression was accompanied by a rapid increase in HIV-1 protein expressionin infected...
... Hypoxia-induced down- regulationof microRNA-449a/b impairs control over targeted SERPINE1 (PAI-1) mRNA - a mechanism involved in SERPINE1 (PAI-1) overexpression Journal of Translational Medicine ... from independent experiments are shown for cell line F-18, but were likewise demonstrable in M15D expression by incorporating a dotted line The line was intended to highlight the additional increase ... Hussein K, Jacobi C, Kreipe H, Bock O: Hypoxiainduced downregulation of microRNA-449a/b impairs control over targeted SERPINE1 (PAI-1) mRNA - a mechanism involved in SERPINE1 (PAI-1) overexpression...
... The pathway involved in vivo is similar to that observed in Jurkat cells by involving a downregulation of UHRF1 with subsequent increase of p16INK4A gene expression The down- regulationof UHRF1 ... apoptosis involving p73 and UHRF1 deregulation in Jurkat cells and in an in vivo colorectal cancer model A Schematic representation of RWPs-induced apoptosis involving p73 and UHRF1 deregulation in ... Giordano A, Hughes AD, Schini-Kerth VB, Bronner C: The interaction of the SRA domain of ICBP90 with a novel domain of DNMT1 is involved in the regulationof VEGF gene expression Oncogene 2008,...
... observed in all of them but in NFκB and Sp1 sites The HIV-1 promoter contains Sp1 and NF-kB binding sites that regulate gene expressionvia the recruitment of both activating and repressing complexes ... recombination breakpoints distribution Considering this, sequence analysis was performed taking into account if the breakpoint was located in the Vpr or in the Tat coding region from a total of ... having site I an activating role and site II a repressing one Thus, mutations affecting these sites in different time points could function as a delicate mechanism ofregulationof viral gene expression...
... observed in all of them but in NFκB and Sp1 sites The HIV-1 promoter contains Sp1 and NF-kB binding sites that regulate gene expressionvia the recruitment of both activating and repressing complexes ... recombination breakpoints distribution Considering this, sequence analysis was performed taking into account if the breakpoint was located in the Vpr or in the Tat coding region from a total of ... having site I an activating role and site II a repressing one Thus, mutations affecting these sites in different time points could function as a delicate mechanism ofregulationof viral gene expression...
... out in order to evaluate the clinical value of the KLK5 expression down- regulation for the prediction of breast cancer and its discrimination Table Descriptive statistics of KLK5 expressionin ... significant down- regulationof KLK5 expressionin malignant breast tissues has also been reported previously [28] Moreover, the down- regulationof the KLK5 expression was also confirmed in breast ... accumulation in colorectal cancer tissues [23] Finally, in testicular cancer, the down- regulationof KLK5 gene expressionin tumor tissues is associated with later stage and more invasive tumors...
... PPARγ-mediated down- regulationof NHE1 expression Figure 29: Re -expression of ERα blocks PPARγ-mediated downregulation of NHE1 expressionin MDA-MB-231 cells Figure 20: Silencing ERα attenuates the inhibitory ... inhibiting PPARγ-mediated down- regulationof NHE1… 129 3B2.2 Transient silencing of ERα in ER positive MCF-7 cells abrogates the inhibitory effect of E2 on PPARγ-mediated down- regulation ... region is the DNAbinding domain consisting of two zinc fingers, and it is the most conserved region across all three PPAR isoforms (Berger and Moller, 2002) The D domain is involved in interaction...
... analysis of NHE1 protein showed similar dose-dependent down- regulationof NHE1 protein level in both cell lines (Figure 2E) Interestingly, the levels of PPARγ protein in these three cell lines are ... endogenous ligands of PPARγ were capable of inducing down- regulationof PPARγ NHE1 and mRNA Among them, the inhibitory effect was the most pronounced in cell lines expressing higher level of PPARγ receptor ... PPARγ, the DNA binding domain of dominant-negative PPARγ contains mutations of C126A and E127A, rendering it unable to bind to DNA As a result, this form of PPARγ retains its ability to bind ligands...
... reduction of NHE1 expressionin regular FBS, we re-introduced 17β-estradiol to serumdeprived MCF-7 before addition of 15d-PGJ2 Interestingly, the down- regulation 126 of NHE1 protein expression ... presence of estrogen blocked the down- regulationof NHE1 expression induced by PPARγ lgiands, we next investigated the role of estrogen receptor in PPARγ-mediated inhibition of NHE1 3B2.1 Re -expression ... of ERα in ER negative MDA-MB-231 cells restores its response to E2 on inhibiting PPARγ-mediated down- regulationof NHE1 The status of ERα is a determining factor in the biological behaviors of...
... binding sites was not observed, we showed that the DNA-binding domain of ERα is important in mediating its inhibitory effect on PPARγ-induced NHE1 down- regulation By what mechanism the DNA-binding ... NHE1 by forming a protein-protein complex and preventing the binding of activated PPARγ to its response element The data offer an explanation for the attenuated down- regulationof NHE1 expression ... upregulation of PPARγ target genes, it is also capable of inhibiting transcriptional repression of NHE1 gene 4.3.2 Unravelling the mechanism of how ERα inhibits PPARγ-mediated down- regulationof NHE1...
... decrease in the number of colonies formed in MDA-MB231 cells, a 83% reduction in MCF-7 cells and only a 36% down- regulationin T47D cells (Figure 14D) Interesetingly, the extent of inhibition ... the colonies in both breast cancer cell lines (Figure 14C) It is noteworthy that 15d-PGJ2 resulted in different extent of inhibition in the colony-froming ability in all three cell lines Treatment ... equal number of cells were replated onto 100mm dish and maintained for 14 days After crystal violet staining, we observed a dose-dependent reduction in the number of colonies formed in both cells...
... defective in DNA binding enhances the effect of PPARγ ligand on NHE1 down- regulation Having demonstrated that transcriptionally inactivating ERα in regular serum can facilitate the down- regulationof ... dominant-negative form of ERα in MCF-7 cells The DNA binding domain of dominant-negative ERα contains mutations that rendered it defective in binding to DNA As a result, this form of ERα competes with ... serum blocks PPARγ-mediated down- regulationof NHE1 expression 143 Figure 22: Re -expression of ERα blocks PPARγ-mediated down- regulationof NHE 1in MDA-MB-231 cells kept in regular serum condition...
... Haematoxylin–eosin staining Haematoxylin–eosin staining was carried out following the routine histological method described by Kayser and Bubenzer [38] The haematoxylin–eosin staining technique ... three times with 0.9% saline One end of the intestine was tied with a thread and filled with rinsing buffer containing mm d,l-dithiothreitol in normal saline The rinsing buffer was then replaced ... The investigation of the regulationof folate transport via RFC expressionin absorptive epithelia may aid in the development of future therapeutic strategies targeting the regulatory protein In...
... construction of a versatile system for the expressionof foreign genes in plants Gene 61, 1–11 Tavva VS, Collins GB & Dinkins RD (2006) Targeted overexpression of the Escherichia coli MinC protein in higher ... activity In the five T2 Arabidopsis lines containing a two-hybrid (GCfEVY:VCH9) gene switch, the level of luciferase reporter gene expressionin the absence of methoxyfenozide was indistinguishable ... a DNAbinding domain (DBD) and a ligand-binding domain (LBD) The chimeric gene (transactivation domain– DBD–LBD) is expressed under the control of a constitutive promoter In the presence of a specific...
... taurine uptake in NIH3T3 mouse fibroblasts is linear within the initial 20 following the addition of 14C-labelled taurine Using taurine uptake within the initial 20 in NaCl medium containing extracellular ... serines, threonines and tyrosines in the intracellular domains of TauT are situated in motifs highly suitable as targets for protein kinases It is possible that a shift of TauT to a more tyrosine ... impairment of the NF-jB-mediated regulationof the transcription of TauT From Fig 6C it is seen that the taurine-induced downregulation of TauT is reversible and that TauT in NIH3T3 cells regain 50% of...