... recycled to arginine by successive actions of argininosuccinate synthetase (AS; EC 6.3.4.5) and argininosuccinate lyase (AL; EC 4.3.2.1) via the citrulline-NO cycle (18) Arginine in brain is also ... AL and arginase inthe study AS and AL activities increased in all the three brain regions significantly in anoxia suggesting an increased utilization of citrulline for the production of arginine ... The increased activity of NOS andthe increased formation of NO in brain in anoxia as observed by increase in NOx concentration in this study support the earlier findings of NO involvement in...
... looses the ability to buffer the incoming calcium resulting in an abrupt, sustained and irreversible increase in [Ca2+]c, probably coincides with the cleavage of the exchanger (but see [164]) Therefore, ... Ca2+ overloading and other factors including oxidative stress [88,89] In neurons the presence of PTP in situ has not gained wide acceptance among investigators and results published inthe literature ... Na+ and K+ homeostasis in neurodegeneration, is currently unknown Nevertheless, the fact that these proteins are intensely expressed inthe central nervous system [251,254,261] and their ever-increasing...
... is involved in multiple signalingpathways a wide range of substrates, and it has been suggested to be the integrative point of multiple pathways [3] The MAPK cascade consists of three interlinked ... orthologs in other plant species, including MPK3 and MPK6 in Arabidopsis (group A MAPKs), SIMK and SAMK in alfalfa, and LeMPK1 ⁄ (Lycopersicon esculentum SA-induced protein kinase) and LeMPK3 ... CMV, andthe 10th true leaves were used for the determination of virus accumulation and photography Fourteen days after the inoculation, leaf curling, stunting and other abnormalities appeared in...
... accessibility of Yap1 to the GSH1 promoter could be repressed by Cbf1, a DNA-binding protein that binds to elements inthe vicinity of Yap1 binding site [52] Alternatively, the increased reducing power of ... treated during 40 with no agent as a control or with 1.2 mM H2O2 and 0.1 lgÆmL)1 antimycin A (anti A), singly or in association, as indicated inthe figure The symbols –, + or ± inthe last column ... cTPxI and Yap1 is becoming evident, although its molecular basis is not yet clear It was demonstrated that Yap1 is retained inthe nucleus inthe presence of H2O2 and thereby it interacts with the...
... clear that the plant protein is not able to bind metal cations inthe conformation found inthe crystal structure Neither the first nor the other domains are able to coordinate cations in these regions, ... of the membrane binding loops with AnxA5 and Anx24(Ca32) reveals that canonical calcium binding inthe loops of domain I might be possible in Anx(Gh1), in contrast to the bell pepper annexin The ... remarkable since the protein was never kept under reducing conditions Similar situations have been observed in other proteins, such as the fatty acid binding protein [32] and cyclophilins [33] The electron...
... to determine the sites of the oxidative modifications within the tubulin molecule, and to elucidate the role of these modifications inthe functional damage to tubulin Interestingly, for the two ... patterns of protein labeling were distinctly different (Fig 4A,B) Matching the blot with the protein map shows that PDT caused labeling of a-tubulin and b-tubulin (spots and 2) The minor spot probably ... are shown in (A) and (B) Silver staining is shown in (C) and (D) in blue superimposed with the spots of oxidized proteins shown in red Protein labels: 1, a-tubulin; 2, b-tubulin; 3, actin; 4, PDI;...
... inflammation and Aβ levels in addition to the deposition of Aβ in brain [13,14] Despite this evidence, andthe considerable theoretical and therapeutic interest, the relationship between brain inflammation ... as inflammation Thus, we observed that this antioxidant further suppressed both amyloidosis and brain inflammation when combined with indomethacin In summary, our findings support the hypothesis ... operative inthe AD brain and significantly contribute to the pathophysiology of the disease Although classical defined inflammation, including such features as edema and neutrophil invasion,...
... for sVEGFR-1, and less than ng/ml for sVCAM-1 Materials and methods The onset of the disease was defined as the time at which skin involvement occurred The laboratory tests included the Westergren ... production, including hypoxic conditions and stimulation by transforming growth factor, CD40 ligand, interleukin 1, or interleukin [10] Oxidative stress also promotes angiogenesis [13] The link between ... dinitrophenylhydrazine in M HCl, or with 0.5 ml of M HCl alone for the blank Samples were incubated for hour at room temperature inthe dark, and then treated with 10% trichloroacetic acid and centrifuged The...
... degradation in late OA In another study, exposure to either low or high glucose concentrations induced insulin-like growth factor-1 The aim of the present study was therefore to determine and compare the ... collected normaland OA cartilage and participated inthe study design AM collaborated inthe 2-DG uptake assays andthe study design, and revised the manuscript CL participated inthe study ... were prepared in RIPA buffer andthe protein concentration was measured using the bicinchoninic acid/copper (II) sulphate protein assay kit (Sigma Chemical) The samples (25 μg protein) and molecular...
... Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions J-BC participated inthe design of the study and drafted the manuscript T-KL provided the intellectual ... oxidative damage, we intend to further investigate the possible link between oxidative stress and mtDNA mutations mtDNA deletions/insertions and base changes mainly involve purine transitions, which ... mutations inthe D310 region; this finding may explain the high frequency of homoplasmic D310 somatic mutations in many types of tumors [13] The number of cytosines inthe first stretch of the D310...
... CASH and DH groups The third copper chaperone CCS, responsible for the transport of copper to SOD1, is inhibited 8-fold inthe DH group, 2-fold inthe CASH group, and remained unchanged inthe ... dramatic changes were found inthe mRNA levels of the cell-cycle inhibitor p27KIP which is inhibited 24-fold inthe DH group, 12fold inthe CASH group, and 3-fold inthe N-CASH group Western blots ... valid andthe average amount was included inthe study (data not shown) Results were normalized according to the average amount of the endogenous references The normalized values were divided by the...
... [35], or inhibiting TGF-ß pathways, through a negative regulator of TGF-ß1 signaling [36] Therefore, therapeutic strategies to inhibit TGF-ß1 by interfering with the receptor signaling process ... determined according to Sinha [58] Histological examination The lungs were removed, inflated at 25 cm pressure with PBS then fixed, embedded in paraffin, sectioned and stained with hematoxylin and ... promising effects on these inflammatory parameters The anti-fibrotic action of BA may attenuate the events following the initial cell damage andthe acute inflammatory phase of lung injury [60] The...
... participated inthe surgical procedure, inin vitro measurements andinthe design of the protocol, and drafted the manuscript MB carried out the Western blotting MdlB and LF carried out the surgical ... NaHS on inflammatory pathway signaling (a, d) Western blots revealing NF-kB expression inthe aorta (a) andinthe heart (d) (b, e) Western blots revealing P-IB expression in aorta (b) andin heart ... Amplitude/Wd, n = 10) inthe aorta (a) and heart (c) of the two groups of rats (b, d) Western blots revealing iNOS expression intheinthe whole lysate of aortas (n = 6) (b) andin hearts (n = 6)...
... harpin-induced 1) was increased in tobacco leaves On the other hand, spermine induces mitochondrial dysfunction and activation of SA-induced protein kinase (SIPK) and wound-induced protein kinase ... cytokinins (zeatin and zeatin riboside) are decreased inthe xylem in response to drought stress Surprisingly, inthe same study, it was found that the level of the aromatic cytokinin 6-benzylaminopurine ... (Yamaguchi-Shinozaki and Shinozaki 2006) ZmABI4 interacts specifically with CE and functions in ABA signaling during germination andin sugar sensing in maize (Niu et al 2002) Among the group A...
... scintillation counting Creatine kinase determination Creatine kinase activity was assayed following the method of Bernt and Bergmeyer [24], inthe presence of fructose (50 mM) to determine if the ... was incorporated inside the ghost cells Ghosts resealed inthe presence of acrystallin showed the extra two a-crystallin subunit bands at around 20 kDa confirming the efficient sealing of the protein ... in tubes in an ice bath to prevent resealing The ghost cells eluted inthe void volume (70 mL) while the main haemoglobin band followed about 130 mL later (Fig 1) The lysed cells were white and...
... overexpression was determined, they were excluded from further analysis The remaining 20 mutants, being either HL-sensitive and/ or t-BOOH resistant, were then tested for the expression of the endogenous ... of the wild-type and mutant phenotypes was found in strains 35H11 and 18F6 (Figure 2), indicating that mutations in a single nuclear gene is responsible for the increased GPXH expression in each ... increased lutein and zeaxanthin levels in this mutant Despite the important role of zeaxanthin and antheraxanthin in photoprotection and prevention of 1O2 generation, only moderate changes of these xanthophylls...
... shown in Figure 1A, emphasizing the domains of these two proteins that are required to bind their cognate recognition sites on DNA or RNA, andthe domains that are redox-responsive EBNA1's DNA-binding ... luciferase reporter in multiple cell-lines including epithelial lines such as 293 andthe Hela derivative TZM-bl Therefore, after confirming that Tat transactivated an HIV-LTR reporter in C33a cells ... Studying both transactivators inthe same cell-line has permitted comparing them without the interpretational complications caused by using two different cell-lines Both reporter plasmids used the...
... in sepsis [46] the writing of the manuscript All authors read and approved the manuscript Acknowledgements The authors thank Leandro Martins and Camila Valentin for their help inthe recruitment ... AMPs, endotoxin and other bacterial products may be present inthe milieu of circulating cells in septic patients and would support our diverging cytokine and ROS results This is further evidence ... contributions PSM and MKB participated inthe design of the study, laboratory tests, andinthe writing of the manuscript LSWM performed the laboratory tests FRM, MSA and SB recruited patients and discussed...
... involved inthe conception of the study OI participated in data collection and wrote the initial draft of the Manuscript OI, MOB and AOA analyzed the data All authors were involved in revision of the ... 1, p = 0.000) Gainfully employed prior to the RTAs was defined by the individual concerned having a source of income and independent; either being self employed, employed by the government or ... different inthe distribution of their marital status with those inthe control groups being more married than the victims of RTA (X2 = 20.70, df = 4, p = 0.000) They were also different inthe distribution...
... renormalization for computing the equivalent hydraulic conductivity inthe x direction Example Landau-Lifshitz-Matheron approximation andthe geometric mean Landau and Lifshitz (1960) and Matheron ... is studied using various inclusion sizes and media There exists a fixed relation between the radius andthe length of the inclusion The infinite hydraulic conductivity is modeled using a wire mesh ... 3.2 The influence of mesh size is investigated using the COMSOL code andthe geometry and materials shown in Figure 2.8 Results in Figure 2.8 suggest a minimum number of ~6000 elements to attain...