... called the M-phase-promoting factor (MPF) (Choi et al 1991; Masui and Markert 1971) The build up of cyclin B and its degradation at the end ofthe cell cycle is a hallmark of MPF activity guiding the ... degradation by a phosphatase KAP The Cdc25 family of phosphatases are activators of Cdk complexes by removal ofthe phosphates from the ATP-binding site of Cdk1, but their function may differ ... mutants, the number of foci increase, consistent with the proposed role of RAD51 for binding along the DSB and performing the DNA strand invasion search during homologous recombination Due to the...
... international the fisheries Although the Ministry of waters off the southern coast One ma- Food Processing Industries has issued jor concern ofthe NFF is thatthe licens- the licenses, the Commerce ... But whether the increase was the result exclusively of radiation from Chornobyl or of other agents as well is still a matter of discussion In any event, until the end of 1995, a total of 682 ... evidence thatthe canted grain ofthe inner core was indeed swiveling around relative to the rest ofthe earth Their idea was to examine seismic recordings of waves that traveled through the inner...
... treatment, the Caspase- Glo™ 3/7 reagent was added in a 1:1 volume ratio to each well ofthe 96 well luminometer plate Immediately following the addition ofthe reagent, the contents ofthe wells ... treated with increasing doses of VE-465 demonstrate dosedependent increase in apoptosis The caspase activity was blocked by the pan-caspase inhibitor Z-VAD with VE-465 bypass the spindle checkpoint ... death were only slightly increased when treated with VE-465 in the presence of paclitaxel (Fig 4C and 4D) Caspase 3/7 assays of PTX10 cells confirmed that there was no statistically significant...
... increase in the activity of caspases- 8, 9, and was observed in a time-dependent manner (Fig 2a), with a corresponding decrease in the levels of XIAP (Fig 2b) Moreover, we saw the appearance ofthe p30 ... showed that ARRY-520 is able to induce caspase-2 activation in a timedependent manner similar to that observed with the other caspases-9, -8, and -3 (Fig 2b) Previous studies showed that caspase-2 ... represents non-treated controls (a) Activity of capase-3, -8, and -9 was measured using Caspase-Glo assay, and (b) effect on XIAP, Caspase-2, and Bid was determined using Western blot analysis Results...
... altering the function ofthe β1 integrin receptor Discussion Peritoneal metastasis of epithelial ovarian carcinoma is the primary means of metastatic spread, although a small minority of tumors ... through the Matrigel to the underside ofthe filter were quantified As shown in Fig 5B, the ST6 cells were more invasive than either P (p < 0.05), or EV (p < 0.05) No difference was observed in the ... not predictive of outcome [16,17] The role of ST6Gal-I in ovarian carcinoma has not been as clearly defined as its effect in some other tumors, namely colon and breast Nonetheless, there are recent...
... effects on breast [13], pancreas [27,29], and melanoma cells [30], associated with the inhibition in the translocation of p65 subunit of NFκB in the nucleus, which is otherwise increased by the cisplatin ... inactivation of NF-κB signaling, resulting in the inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis (Figure 5) Our hypothesis is also supported by the evidence of down-regulation ofthe important ... sensitize even the drug-resistant cell line and cause inhibition of cell viability Further, to assess whether the loss of overall cell viability could also be due to the induction of apoptotic...
... inhibitor [35] Based on these results, we and others have proposed that comprehensive analysis of expression of all four HER family members, and their isoforms, as well as key components of their signaling ... proliferation of all four tested cell lines, whereas gefitinib inhibited the proliferation of A1847 and SKOV-3 cells, and cetuximab inhibited the proliferation of OVCAR-7 and SKOV-3 Furthermore, subsets of ... Even in the well studied case of breast cancer, Paik et al., have shown that patients with tumors expressing even low levels of HER2 may gain benefit from trastuzumab therapy [33] Together, these...
... level of full-length caspase and was decreased, suggesting cleavage and activation ofthe caspase pathway; however, cleaved products of caspase or were not detectable (data not shown) Furthermore, ... medium was used as a control The anti-proliferative effect of these drugs was determined at days with a MTS based colorimetric assay (CellTiter 96 AQeous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay, ... by cisplatin increased the percent of Annexin V positive cells and increased the amount of cleaved caspase and PARP, as compared to cisplatin or curcumin alone, indicating that curcumin pre-treatment...
... 72 hours of treatment, the LXR agonist T0901317 decreased the percentage of cells in S phase and increased the percentage of cells in the G0/G1 phase, indicating a cell cycle arrest at the G1-S ... activation of caspase was confirmed by Western Blot analysis LXR agonist treatment enhances caspase activation, resulting in increased caspase precursor cleavage rate and decreased caspase precursor ... cells by measurement of caspase -3 and -7 activity via flow cytometric analysis Figure 4A shows the percentage of cells in early apoptosis, as assessed by Vybrant FAM Caspase 3-and Assay Kit and...
... of MUC4 in altered growth behavioral properties ofthe tumor cell [8] The ectopic expressed MUC4 gene has all the basic elements ofthe MUC4 gene but its tandem repeat region is only 10% ofthe ... the breast cancer (MCF7) cell line [11] The fact thatthe vast majority of MCF7 stem cell enriched SP cells express MUC1 suggests that epithelial cancer stem cells would also be the targets of ... cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths among all women and has the highest mortality among the gynecologic cancers It is one ofthe most challenging of all cancers to fight as it often...
... Because ofthe specific proteasome genes found altered, as well asthe presence of cell cycle genes differentially expressed (such as CDK7), it is likely thatthe proteasome pathway changes affect the ... mediate the development of drug resistance and include 1) changes in the regulation or repair ofthe primary target ofthe drug (DNA, microtubule, etc), 2) drug retention (increased influx or decreased ... compared the drug resistance mechanisms associated with the development of resistance to different drugs 10 We found thatthe gene expression changes associated with the development of drug resistance...
... possibility would be thatthe amino-terminal domain of TBP2 could determine the association of TBP2 with a special set of TAFs and/or other oocyte-specific factors that, in turn, would confer the oocyte-specific ... remains: why is there a distinct requirement for either ofthe two TBP paralogs in oocytes and embryos? The high level of divergence ofthe amino termini between TBP2 and TBP may hold the key to this ... address the function of TBP2, in their recent BMC Biology paper Akhtar and Veenstra [5] have investigated the role of TBP2 in oocyte transcription and compared it with thatof TBP They show that...
... here and defined in the model For the sake of clarity, the age coordinate is expanded artificially during the embryonic phase The proliferative phase initiates at the time of germline-soma separation ... first half of fetal development and then begin a progressive decline that extends throughout the reproductive years The initial phase initiates with the separation ofthe germline from the soma, ... collected, a fuller discussion ofthe modeling issues is deferred here ently of one another In addition, the model depends crucially on the concept thatthe cessation of proliferation and entry into...
... maintain the ability to produce sperm The FEM proteins are therefore active in the germlines of both sexes in C briggsae But where in the developmental pathway? And how? If the role ofthe fem ... in life And although tra-2 mutants normally produce only sperm, the addition of a fem mutation caused these animals to switch to oogenesis later in life, suggesting that in hermaphrodites too the ... suggested thatthe entire sex-determination pathway might be the same in these nematodes, so Nayak et al [22] used the C briggsae genome sequence to search for the other factors And this is where the...
... enter the nuleus of GSCs The entry induces activation of target genes, such as dad, and in the meantime repression of bam in GSCs 17 Figure 1.3 The canonical model of JAK-STAT signaling Binding of ... activation ofthe receptor-associated JAK JAK then phosphorylates itself and the receptor to generate docking sites for the SH2 domains of STAT STAT are normally present in the cytoplasm as inactive ... believed thatthe GSC niche together with the escort cells, produces extrinsic factors to regulate the behaviors ofthe stem cells and their progenies 1.2 GSC Niche Activities in Drosophila Ovary The...
... and that processing of pro-IL-1b into mature IL-1b requires activating cleavage of pro-caspase [23], the cleavage of both pro-IL-1b and pro-caspase was examined in hypoxia ⁄ SD-stimulated MSCs As ... signal, such asthe endotoxin LPS, promotes the synthesis and cytoplasmic accumulation of pro-IL-1b A second signal, in the form of exogenous ATP, triggers caspase 1-mediated processing of pro-IL1b ... work demonstrates that hypoxia ⁄ SD increases the transcription but not the secretion of IL-1b and TNF-a, suggesting thatthe roles of these factors in the paracrine effects of MSCs are negligible...
... the Kinase assay results The kinase assays indicate thatthe cytoplasmic domain ofthe siglec protein can be phosphorylated by representatives of at least three of four major families of kinases: ... was cloned into pd19 by digesting the fragment with HindIII and Bgl II and the plasmid with HindIII and Bam HI The fragment was ligated into the plasmid and the integrity ofthe insertion was ... necessary for the recruitment of SHP-1 and partial recruitment of SHP-2 The q FEBS 2001 recruitment of SHPs suggests thatthe function of siglec-10 is similar to thatof other siglecs such as siglec-3/CD33...
... limited The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the gene silencing of ADAM 10 and the invasive and metastatic potentials as well asthe proliferation capability of adenoid ... IV ofthe basement membrane and is relevant to tumor metastasis [8] In another study, it was shown thatthe cleavage of CD44 catalyzed by ADAM 10 contributed to the migration and invasion of ... conditions All animal experiments were carried out according to the standards ofanimal care as outlined in the Guide for the Care and Use of Experimental Animals ofthe Medical College of Shanghai...
... proportional to the lifetime ofthe photoelectron in the DSSCs, and the lifetime ofthe electron is inversely proportional to the rate of recombination.[40] The HNO3-HF treatment ofthe Ti substrates ... structure with the nano-crystalline TiO2 layer The almost same electrochemical impedance ofthe W with the Ti was also reported Under the assumption that most ofthe oxide layer is WO3, the conduction ... Furthermore, the size ofthe 2nd semicircle (low frequency range) was also largely decreased The 2nd semicircle is related to the recombination of electrons with I3.[14] Under the assumption that...
... In the same study, although the light emitting intensity in the ITO/GaN LED was enhanced compared with thatof a Ni/Au/GaN LED under the same current density, the lifetime ofthe device was significantly ... on the frequency of measurement Figure shows the capacitancefrequency (C–f) characteristics ofthe samples The characteristics were measured under zero-bias conditions As seen in the graph, the ... extrapolated fit-line ofthe plots Figure 4(b) shows the plot of 1/CD2 as a function ofthe applied voltage The frequencies used for the capacitance measurements were 100 Hz and KHz for the PANI/epi.-GaN...