... observations the authors suggested that malaria sporozoites are able to control the protein synthesis machinery in cells ofthe vertebrate host, which could explain the differences in the levels ofexpression ... that there was no gDNA contamination PCR reaction triplicates showed no major differences among them and expression levels ofthe internal control were similar in the different experiments Theexpression ... which they were isolated had an inhibitory effect [7] The number of mature liver schizonts increased in the presence of mAbs anti-CSP of P yoelii and the authors suggested that enhancement of infection...
... inhibition of proliferation of VSMC, which is mechanistically linked to a KLF4-induced enhancement oftheexpressionofthe tumour suppressor gene p53 [5] Because ofthe important roles of KLF4 on the ... found that the promoter of SR-BI contained multiple putative KLF4 binding sites However, the direct effect of KLF4 on theexpressionof SR-BI remains unknown Here, theexpressionof KLF4 in response ... an important role in the activation of endothelial cells and macrophages, as well as the differentiation and proliferation of VSMCs Overexpression of KLF4 induced expressionof multiple anti-inflammatory...
... Effects of hypoxia on HO-1 and HO-2 expression in human cell lines We initially analyzed the effects of hypoxia on theexpressionof HO-1 and HO-2 in human cell lines of Reduced expressionof heme ... in the mouse liver after days of normobaric hypoxia (10% oxygen) and returned to the basal level after 14 days of hypoxia [26] It is therefore of significance to study the regulation of HO-2 expression ... together, these results indicate that hypoxia reduces theexpression levels of HO-2 mRNA and protein in five out of six cell lines, with the exception of KG1 myeloid cells A Hypoxia decreases the...
... similar way [19] When comparing the MLC region ofthe 2D gels between TA from PV– ⁄ – and PV+ ⁄ + mice, the pattern is virtually identical with the exception ofthe lack ofthe PV spot in PV– ⁄ – mice ... promoter regions ofthe PV and MLC3F gene has been previously observed A segment of 32 bp was identical in both genes and, based on these findings, the authors proposed that theexpressionof PV and ... levels of MLC3 and PV are much higher in TA than in SOL, the ratio ofthe two proteins in each ofthe two muscles seemed to be constant (Fig 2C) A high degree of homology between short segments of...
... chromosomes the question arises concerning the mechanisms underlying the orchestrated expressionof these enzymes by the oxygen tension The findings that the effect of hypoxia on the gene expressionofthe ... transcription factor (HIF) in the activation of P4h, and PLOD gene expression by hypoxia, we further examined theexpressionof these genes in a cell line with a defective HIF, namely the murine hepatoma ... thus on the one hand fully support these previous findings and on the other hand extend them by far and set them in a more general context, as both a-subunits of P4h, PDI as the b-subunit of P4h...
... study therefore, we investigated how O2 modulates theexpressionof mRNAs for CytOX subunits and also the catalytic activity ofthe enzyme complex Our results show that the levels of some ofthe ... and alters theexpressionofthe two nuclear genome coded isoforms of CytOX V [10,32] The regulation of genes CytOX5a and CytOX5b, coding for the two isofoms Va and Vb, parallels that of genes ... hypoxia on the steady state levels of nuclear genome encoded CytOX IV and Vb mRNAs There was no change in the levels of these mRNAs in macrophages at h of hypoxia, the time point at which there was...
... [34–36], might regulate theexpressionof Ppp2r5c mRNA prior to the appearance of Nrl in the retina Like the increase in Nrl expression during development, Ppp2r5c mRNA expression was precisely ... the induction of Ppp2r5c transcripts that corresponded to the transcription factor association (Fig 4E) However, prior to the association of Nrl with the Ppp2r5c promoter in the early stage of ... To further examine whether the increased expressionof Ppp2r5c transcripts was specifically modulated by Nrl, we used Nrl small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfectants in which theexpressionof Nrl...
... effects on theexpressionof 12 genes and opposite effects on the regulation of eight genes These results suggest that rapamycin inhibition of TORC1 modifies theexpressionof a set of genes that ... (indicated in bold) The enrichment for a given GO category was computed as the ratio ofthe distribution ofthe amino acid-regulated genes* versus the distribution ofthe genes spotted onto the microarray** ... threefold higher than the background in the control medium We then measured the effect of amino acid depletion on gene expressionThe results are given as the induction ratio between theexpression levels...
... production (the major steroid produced by the MA-10 cell line) and correlated the steroid-producing capability with the level of protein expression as assessed by western blot Theexpressionof MTE-I ... 8Br-cAMP and arachidonic acid synthesis [12] On the basis of these results, silencing theexpressionof ACS4 should also result in inhibition of hormone-induced steroid synthesis siRNA duplexes directed ... acids were unable to reproduce its effect The role of MTE-I in the regulation of steroid synthesis was further confirmed by the observation that overexpression of this acyl-CoA thioesterase leads to...
... annealing of primers to nontarget DNA The lower solution contained the cDNA, the MgCl2, the dNTPs, the [32P]dATP[aP] and one half ofthe buffer, and the upper solution contained the four primers, the ... autoradiographs ofthe amplified products and the quantification ofthe bands is shown in the bottom panels Rb and Sp1 mRNA levels were determined from the ratio ofthe intensities between the Rb or Sp1 and the ... However, there are also some differences, namely (a) in the case of Rb, there is an increase in both the levels of mRNA and the stability ofthe protein, while the degradation rate of Sp1 does...
... during their migration through the epididymis, the oxidation of sulfhydryls is related to the acquisition of motility [4,5] During epididymial migration, sulfhydryls in the nucleus and the tail of ... Kelce, W.R & York, J.L (1996) Differential expressionof glutathione S-transferase isoforms in compartments ofthe testis and segments ofthe epididymis ofthe rat Drug Metab Dispos 24, 725–733 Ó ... immunohistochemistry (data not shown) As the activity difference was small, the difference in intensity ofthe bands for the protein and the mRNA were faint Effects of inhibitors of cGCS and GR on primary cultured...
... (Affymetrix) and the levels oftheexpressionof each cDNA and ofthe reliability (Present/Absent call) were calculated with software (AFFYMETRIX MICROARRAY SUITE ver.4.0) For comparisons oftheexpression ... contains the sequence of TRE, but DR0 does not Therefore, the transcription ofthe luciferase from the DR4-pGL2 enhancer/promoter should be dependent on the activation of TR and that from the DR0-pGL2 ... responses We also examined theexpressionof TRAF1 and TRAF2 because they interact and regulate the function ofthe 4-1BB proteins to induce NF-jB [18] In the absence of T3, neither HeLa nor HeLaTR...
... imply the involvement ofthe O-glycosylation of Sp1 in the induction of SREBP-1a transcription by glutamine The gene expressionof SREBP-1c, which represented less than 20% ofthe SREBP-1a gene expression ... after the addition of glutamine, the gene expressionofthe SREBP targets, such as HMG CoA synthase and the LDL receptor, was slightly increased, but then the mRNA levels of both SREBPs and their ... for the constituent of membrane, we examined whether glutamine regulates theexpressionof genes involved in cholesterol homeostasis To investigate the effect of glutamine on the transcription of...
... development [7] The gene produces numerous isoforms as a result of: (a) alternative splicing in the 3¢-end (leading to the formation of a, b, c, d, e, f and g isoforms) [8–12]; (b) the use of an extrinsic ... progression is attributed to the TA ⁄ DM ratio, rather than the overexpression of a specific p73 isoform or a specific class of p73 isoforms per se [20,21] In line with this concept, the selective promoter ... affect the use ofthe p73 P1 promoter, we identified a region )233 to )204 bp upstream ofthe TSS ofthe human p73 P1 promoter containing conserved, functional Sp1-binding sites Reduction of the...
... observations, we further investigated the involvement of PKA in Cdx-2 expression First, we compared the effects of PKAc cotransfection on theexpressionofthe Cdx-2 promoter vs the proglucagon gene ... cotransfection of PKAc restores its PKA activity Finally we tested the effect of H-89, a known inhibitor of PKA, on theexpressionof both the proglucagon gene promoter and the Cdx-2 gene promoter in the ... shown in Fig 5, the effects of H-89 on these two promoters are apparently different At the concentrations of either 0.1 or lm, H-89 significantly repressed the basal expressionofthe proglucagon...
... the lateral region ofthe brain in each hemisphere [14] Regulation of PTTH gene expression by controlling BmMEF2 expression To investigate whether theexpressionof BmMEF2 affects PTTH gene expression, ... that the MEF2 binding sequences in the PTTH promoter enhance expressionofthe EGFP reporter gene in PTPCs and are important for binding ofthe BmMEF2 protein Furthermore, overexpression ofthe ... nih-image/), the relative fluorescence intensity ofthe PTPCs was determined as the intensity ofthe individual cells relative to the mean pixel fluorescence for the entire somata (S) ofthe brain...
... the action determines, in part, the form oftheexpression In (4a), the action is being performed by the reader which leads to the use of a present tense, relational clause In (4b), on the other ... this the terminating condition form In this case, the use of this form marks the fact that the readers don't have to redo the action PURPOSES One important factor in the choice of form is the ... regularities in their expression We will now look at some representative examples of these alternations which illustrate the various contextual factors that affect the form ofexpressionof rhetorical...
... to the standards of animal care as outlined in the Guide for the Care and Use of Experimental Animals ofthe Medical College of Shanghai Jiaotong University The study protocol was approved by the ... efficiency ofthe target gene after RNAi The cell line with stable transfection and effective inhibition ofthe ADAM 10 gene was named SACC-ADAM 10-RNAi, and the cell line with stable transfection ofthe ... counting the cells that migrated to the lower side ofthe filter with optical microscopy at 400× A total of five visual fields at the center and in the surrounding areas were counted, and the average...
... 172 ofthe α1/α2 subunits and on Ser 108 ofthe β subunit of AMPK AICAR treatment of glial cells activated AMPK as evident from the enhanced intensities ofthe phosphospecific protein bands of ... (in the form of 'neurofibrillary tangles') are pathological hallmarks ofthe disease and are believed to contribute to many of these alterations of neuronal structures [42] More so, areas ofthe ... upregulated by the addition of Aβ (25–35) peptide The induction of these pro-inflammatory mediators was also significantly attenuated by AICAR (Fig 5) Further, the increased expressionof anti-oxidant...
... regulation ofexpressionof proinflammatory cytokines Furthermore we investigated the effects of MCPIP1 on JNK signal pathway under brain ischemia conditions and the effects of JNK inhibitor on the ... generated the figures, and wrote the manuscript JW did parts ofthe animal surgery JW, YS, LW, EB performed the experiments PEK provided advice in the design ofthe study and in interpreting of data ... 8D) and theexpressionof proinflammatory cytokines measured at 12 h and 24 h after MCAO compared with vehicle group (Figure 8E) These results support the hypothesis that activation of JNK signaling...