... including kidney [10 ], liver [11 ], heart [12 ] and small bowel [13 ], by virtue of the products of the reaction it catalyzes [14 ] Bilirubin is known to be a powerful antioxidant [15 ,16 ], and HO-derived ... management and long-term significance J Urol 15 5, 18 31 18 40 Tenhunen R, Marver HS & Schmid R (19 68) The enzymatic conversion of heme to bilirubin by microsomal hemeoxygenase Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 61, ... (19 86) Characterization of two constitutive forms of rat liver microsomal hemeoxygenase Only one molecular species of the enzyme is inducible J Biol Chem 2 61, 411 – 419 Maines MD (19 88) Heme oxygenase: ...
... HO -1 mRNA, D407 and ARPE -19 cells were cultivated in fresh medium for 24 h and then exposed to the following three cytokines: interferon-c (10 0 UÆmL )1) , TNF-a (20 ngÆmL )1) and IL-1b (10 ngÆmL )1) , ... Kimura, D., Fujita, H & Shibahara, S (19 97) Possible implications of the induction of human heme oxygenase- 1 by nitric oxide donors J Biochem (Tokyo) 12 1, 11 62 11 68 14 Hara, E., Takahashi, K., Takeda, ... induced by exposure to arsenite and cadmium ions is hemeoxygenase FEBS Lett 245, 17 3 17 6 10 Keyse, S.M & Tyrrell, R.M (19 89) Hemeoxygenase is the major 32-kDa stress protein induced in human...
... (0 .15 –0.64) 0.83 (0.37 1. 48) P < 0.00 01 AOPP (µmol/l of chloramine-T equivalents) 75.5 ( 21 91) 10 9 .1 (50–2 81) P < 0.00 01 VEGF (pg/ml) 2 21 (19 –499) 573.5 (26 19 15) P = 0.00 01 sVEGFR -1 (pg/ml) 19 ... different before and after nifedipine treatment (11 00 ± 11 90 vs 14 50 ± 12 80; P = 0.4) Discussion We found that 14 days of treatment with nifedipine decreased serum vascular andoxidative damage ... conditions and stimulation by transforming growth factor, CD40 ligand, interleukin 1, or interleukin [10 ] Oxidativestress also promotes angiogenesis [13 ] The link between oxidativestressand angiogenesis...
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... Syn HO -1 Gly130, Gly134, Gly135, and Asp1 31 correspond to Gly139, Gly143, Gly144, and Asp140 in human and rat HO-1s and to Gly135, Gly139, Gly140, and Asp136 in HmuO F-helix confomation Gly130 O–Fe ... O–Fe Gly134 N–Fe Gly130 O–Gly134 N Gly130 O–Gly135 N Asp1 31 O–Gly135 N Syn HO -1 Human HO -1 Human HO -1 Rat HO -1 HmuO closed closed open more closed closed 4.6–4.9 4.8 4.9 5 .1 4.7–4.8 5 .1 5.4 5.3 ... 0.35 A The folding of heme Syn HO -1 is similar to the folding observed in other heme HOs [rmsd of Cas are 0.94– ˚ ˚ 1. 06 A for human HO -1, 1. 06 1. 16 A for rat HO -1, ˚ 1. 17 1. 40 A for HO from the...
... brain stem death [18 ] In addition, heme oxygenase- 1 (HO -1) [19 - 21] , and both NOS I [ 21, 22] and NOS II [20,23] are known to be hypoxia responsive gene products; upregulation of HO -1 is mediated transcriptionally ... of the concern for species difference Page 11 of 12 10 11 12 13 Conclusions We conclude that transcriptional upregulation of HO -1 on activation of HIF -1 in RVLM plays a preferential pro-life role ... read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Received: 27 July 2 010 Accepted: September 2 010 Published:...