... ICV LPS-induced neuronal oxidativedamage Finally, mice lacking prostaglandin E2 receptor subtype (EP2), one of four prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) receptors expressed in brain and one of the two PGE2 ... mouse hippocampus and adjacent structures 24 hr after ipsilateral ICV LPS injection Note normal density and distribution of neurons without a cellular infiltrate Neuronal oxidativedamage Numerous ... detectable neuronal oxidativedamage is delayed several hours following ICV LPS, others have shown that altered gene transcription and increased cytokine secretion occur rapidly and peak within a...
... model was caused by oxidativedamageandapoptosis by chronic injection of D-galactose and sodium nitrate, we evaluated the antioxidative effects of superoxide dismutase, catalase and malodialdehyde ... baicalein and baicalin were recorded at 315 nm and 272 nm respectively HPLC (Shimadzu, Japan) analysis content of baicalin and baicalein was 4.1522% and 3.3075%, respectively in SBG Baicalin and baicalein ... significantly inhibited both Cox-2 and iNOS expression in both low and high doses of SBG (Figure 4B) Macrophage-derived NO and PGE2 are an important host defense and microbial and tumor cell killing agent,...
... 1.1 Background and significance of the research 1.2 Theories of ageing and biomarkers of ageing 1.3 Oxidativedamageand ageing 1.4 Immunological changes during ageing 1.5 Research and applications ... evaluate the effects of ageing and long-term RSV treatment in drinking water for or 12 months on biomarkers of oxidativedamageand immunological responses The oxidativedamage biomarkers examined ... consistently attenuated oxidativedamage in tissues where age-related oxidativedamage accumulation was prominent and was able to modulate specific immune cell responses and cytokine expression...
... Total and exposed protein thiols and GSH in liver and heart tissue homogenates and mitochondria (A, B) Total and exposed protein thiols in sequential supernatants from 3000 g, 10 000 g and 100 ... oxidativedamage These findings suggest that more attention should be paid to the role of thiols exposed on the surface of proteins in the defence of cells and mitochondria against oxidativedamage ... centrifuged and exposed protein thiols were measured (H) GSH content of rat liver and heart mitochondria Mitochondria (5 mgÆmL)1 protein) were incubated in KCl buffer for 10 at 30 °C and the GSH and...
... dilation and contractile dysfunction, as well as myocyte disarray, interstitial fibrosis, ultrastructural degeneration with myofibrillar disorganization and mitochondria damage) (Figs andand Table ... cardiac oxidative stress, myocyte apoptosisand the DCM phenotype Materials and methods * Animals WT CYP2E1 cTnTR141W Fig Determination of the levels of cytochrome c release, cleaved caspases and ... CYP2E1-mediated oxidative stress and myocyte apoptosis are also evident in cTnTR141W transgenic mice These results support a possible correlation between CYP2E1 expression andapoptosis in this...
... predictor assays taking into account the initial DNA damageand radiation-induced apoptosis levels, and introduces new data which may help to understand and define the complex mechanisms behind the normal ... Abbreviations: DSB/Gy/DNA unit = double-strand breaks induced per Gy and per 200 Mbp; RIA = radiation-induced apoptosis at 1, and Gy after 24 hours a and b are the constants that define the model ... severity of the DNA damageand the cell type involved, cells may undergo apoptosis instead of attempting to repair the damage [46] Lymphocytes are particularly sensitive to apoptosis, partly because...
... OXIDATIVE STRESS AND DISEASES Edited by Volodymyr Lushchak and Dmytro V Gospodaryov Oxidative Stress and Diseases Edited by Volodymyr Lushchak and Dmytro V Gospodaryov ... current understanding and advise them quite novel and non-standard approaches to find and decipher mechanisms of diseases Finally, we would like to thank all authors for their contributions and hard ... pathologies andoxidative modification of proteins Most antioxidant and related enzymes are targets for oxidative modification Hence, if oxidative stress was primary event, possible oxidative modifications...
... resistance to apoptosisApoptosis is a tightly regulated mechanism for the disposal of damaged cells and to remove cells during normal growth and development [27,40] Cells that undergo apoptosis ... with endosomal and Golgi structures using specific markers (EEA1, TfnR for endosomes and GM130, TGN46 for Golgi) and found that JSP1-wt partially colocalized with the Golgi apparatus and showed minimal ... dish and undergo apoptosis Interestingly, the cells could tolerate high levels of the myristoylationdeficient mutant and remain attached, whereas similar levels of the wild-type protein induced apoptosis...
... lane 6, Glu-Pg- and mAb 34D3-treated cells Bands in lanes and correspond to forms I and II of plasmin(ogen) High molecular weight bands in lanes and correspond to mAb A10.2- and mAb 34D3-plasminogen ... Lys-plasmin(ogen) binding and activation These structural–functional transitions are determinant in the initiation and development of both fibrinolysis and cell detachment-induced apoptosisand may therefore ... their respective contribution to Gluand Lys-Pg binding and activation onto fibrin and cells, as well as their effects on fibrinolysis and on plasmin-induced cell apoptosis The LBS specificity of these...
... JNK and p38 pathways are activated by cellular stresses and inflammatory cytokines, resulting in growth arrest and apoptosis, and have been implicated as key regulators of stress-induced apoptosis ... Hsp105 enhances oxidative stress-induced apoptosis (Eur J Biochem 269) 4147 Fig Enhancement of oxidative stress-induced apoptosis by over-expression of Hsp105a (A) F9, V1, S3 and S23 cells were ... for induction of apoptosis by hydrogen peroxide, and Hsp105a is suggested to enhance the oxida- Fig Effects of Hsp105a on activation of JNK and p38 by oxidative stress F9, V1, S3 and S23 cells were...
... oxidative stress and alterations of mitochondria and gene expression in brown and white adipose tissues Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2011 8:20 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and ... (eWAT, rWAT, and iWAT, left), and brown adipose depots (iBAT, and mBAT, right) by real-time PCR n = *P < 0.05 vs FA Xu et al Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2011, 8:20 http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/8/1/20 ... ES017412, and ES018900 to Dr Sun, ES015146 and ES017290, and EPA grant R834797-01 to Dr Rajagopalan, an NPACT Initiative grant from the Health Effects Institute to Drs Lippmann and Chen, and laboratory...
... 2B that VBARP-L and VBARP-S are coded by these specific exons VBARP-L and VBARP-S code for precursor proteins of 627 and 435 amino acids and with calculated peptide masses of 69 and 49 kDa, respectively ... were constructed and used to further confirm the Vpr and VBARP interaction using in vitro and in vivo interaction studies Ten microliters of 35S-labeled in vitro translated VBARP and Vpr or Nef ... were mixed and immunoprecipitated with VBARP-, Vpr- or Nef-specific antibody and analyzed by autoradiography (Fig 1A) Results indicate that both Vpr and VBARP were able to form a complex and the...
... activation of caspases-9 and -3 andapoptosis (A) The effects of HSP70 and its deletion mutant proteins on the activation of caspases-9 and -3 were analyzed Cells over-expressing HSP70 and its deletion ... demonstrated that HSP70 inhibited Smac release and the activation of caspases-9 and -3, thereby preventing DNA fragmentation andapoptosis in cells under H2O2-induced oxidative stress This is similar to ... of the release of Smac andapoptosis GAPDH Ratio of HSP70 to GAPDH 14 # 12 # 10 * The role of the ATP-binding domain of HSP70 in the prevention of the release of Smac andapoptosis after exposure...
... (TNF) receptorassociated death domain and of the TNF-related apoptosis- inducing ligand, leading to the activation of death-receptor signaling and caspase-mediated apoptosis [59] Activated Akt phosphorylates ... control growth and trigger apoptosis in human cancer cells by targeting heterotrimeric G proteins and individual GPCRs [79,80] However, experimental data obtained from transgenic and knockout mice ... SR, Kolakowski LF Jr, Lynch KR & O’Dowd BF (1999) Novel GPCRs and their endogenous ligands: expanding the boundaries of physiology and pharmacology Trends Pharmacol Sci 20, 370–375 16 Venter JC,...
... were exposed to oxidative stress (2.5 mm and mm HA) with PARP inhibition and allowed to develop, the spores showed faster germination (32 h and 60 h) as compared to cells exposed to oxidative stress ... (1.0, 2.5 and 4.0 mm) for h and then allowing them to develop As can be seen from Table and Fig 3A, development was delayed in a dose-dependent manner at the loose aggregation stage by h and 12 ... 20 Oxidative stress induces PARP activation PARP activity in D discoideum was assayed at various time points (5, 10, 20 and 60 and h) after HA stress PARP activity was increased initially, and...
... Kable and Devanshi Seth for advice This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia project grant 142607 to GWM and MDG and PhD scholarships to DMTY and XMW ... biological significance of DP8 and DP9 A portfolio of cell–ECM interaction assays indicated roles for DP9 in cell adhesion, in vitro wound healing, cell migration and apoptosis, and for DP8 in wound healing, ... relatedness, DP8 and DP9 exert these differences in their cellular effects Therefore, these two proteins are likely to have different functions and ligands These data indicate that DP8 and DP9 have...
... autophagy andapoptosis Fig Regulation of Bcl-2 family members between apoptosisand autophagy Depending on their specificity and preferential subcellular localization, BH3-only proteins can activate apoptosis ... mediator of apoptosis Atg5 can be cleaved following death stimuli, and appears to promote mitochondria-mediated apoptosis It cooperates with Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL to regulate both apoptosisand autophagy ... autophagy and are induced by growth factor withdrawal and stress situations, including hypoxia andoxidative stress [39–41] Recent studies have indicated that activation of Beclin and inhibition...
... protein in Scrambleand ANT1 and ANT2 siRNA-transfected cells; the 33 kDa band corresponds to ANT proteins, the 43 kDa band corresponds to actin (E) Western blot analysis of FLAGANT1 and FLAG-ANT2 ... effects of BA, ATR and ANT1 siRNA on cell viability and glucose consumption (A,B) Cell growth curves analyzed by crystal violet assay in BA and vehicle-treated (A) and in ATR and vehicle-treated ... conductance and thus in the reduction of ROS production andoxidative stress Three previous studies [19,39,40] report that ANT1 overexpression induces apoptosis in a variety of immortalized fibroblasts and...
... to the most basal metazoan phyla as porifera and cnidaria with occurrence of apoptosisand homologues of caspases and Bcl2 proteins [28] Moreover, apoptosis has been remarkably well conserved ... antioxidant induction and on apoptotic markers (caspase-like activation and ⁄ or DNA degradation) in order to demonstrate the concomitant involvement of oxidative stress andapoptosis in a thermally ... Richier et al Apoptosisandoxidative stress in bleaching Ectodermal extracts * Relative antioxidant activity 3.0 Gastrodermal extracts suggested, such as inhibitor of apoptosis protein and heat shock...
... color digital camera and Adobe PHOTOSHOP software Materials and methods AG1518 fibroblasts, J774 and HeLa cells were seeded in 96-well plates and cultured for 24 h under standard conditions before ... cytochrome c andloss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential during apoptosis induced by oxidative stress Free Radic Biol Med 27, 1228–1237 51 Roberg, K (2001) Relocalization of cathepsin D and cytochrome ... Petri dishes and kept for 24 h before being exposed to 30 lM MSDH for h Actin staining was then performed as described in Materials and methods Ó FEBS 2003 Lysosomes, apoptosisand mitochondria-mediated...