... injection even within one hour, and AMPA/NMDA area ratio and the KL divergence analysis method are able to provide a more complete understanding of AMPA and NMDA responses, and may be better fit for ... calculated the KL divergence for each pair of AMPA and NMDA signals, under different experimental conditions (nicotine and saline and also with PFC intact and transected rats) Subsequently, the statistical ... AMPA and NMDA curves represent the whole GluR response with respect to time Therefore, we estimated the AMPA/NMDA area ratio and KL divergence to better understand the dynamics of AMPA and NMDA...
... Expression of HIV co -receptors CXCR4 and CCR5 Several previous studies have reported expression of the principal HIV co -receptors, CXCR4 and CCR5, on cultured epithelial cells [32,48,49] and that oral ... damage and repair in ex vivo tonsil organ culture and HIV infection of tonsil cells Epithelial damage and repair in ex vivo tonsil organ culture and HIV infection of tonsil cells Small randomly ... HIV virions and exposed mucosal surfaces and that both the properties of the inoculum (cell free HIV virions and/ or cell associated infectivity in the form of HIV-infected cells) and the characteristics...
... obtained and the standard streptavidin biotin peroxidase immunohistochemical method was used for the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors Estrogen receptor (Clone 1D5, Dako, USA) and ... cerebellopontine angle tumor and it expresses various hormone receptors for examples estrogen, progesterone, androgen, somatostatin and glucocorticoid The clinical significance of these receptors is that ... from ligand binding studies and immunohistochemical methods to molecular techniques like polymerase chain reaction and Northern blot analysis Positivity of estrogen and progesterone receptors...
... (C17) and CCRT (C4, C5, and C6) expressing hCD4 and hCCR5 molecules were established using a pleiotropic retrovirus expression system and analyzed by flow cytometry Measurable levels of both receptors ... parental cell line and the derived clone K4 which expresses hCD4 and hCXCR4 infected with MN isolate; (B), CCRT parental cell line and the C4, C5, and C6 derived clones expressing hCD4 and hCCR5 infected ... expressing human co -receptors for HIV-1 Isolation and cloning of cotton rat cells expressing human co -receptors for HIV-1 (A), VCRT C17; (B), CCRT C4; (C), CCRT C5; (D), CCRT C6; and (E), CCRT K4,...
... (C17) and CCRT (C4, C5, and C6) expressing hCD4 and hCCR5 molecules were established using a pleiotropic retrovirus expression system and analyzed by flow cytometry Measurable levels of both receptors ... parental cell line and the derived clone K4 which expresses hCD4 and hCXCR4 infected with MN isolate; (B), CCRT parental cell line and the C4, C5, and C6 derived clones expressing hCD4 and hCCR5 infected ... expressing human co -receptors for HIV-1 Isolation and cloning of cotton rat cells expressing human co -receptors for HIV-1 (A), VCRT C17; (B), CCRT C4; (C), CCRT C5; (D), CCRT C6; and (E), CCRT K4,...
... scoring and supervised pathological studies TKW and SK provided assistance in physiological studies and data interpretation ML conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination and ... immunostaining and confocal microscopy may provide more convincing evidence When using western blotting and real-time quantitative RTPCR to measure the protein and mRNA levels of VEGF and its receptors, ... surrounding cells and tissues may mask the changes of VEGF, or its receptors Conclusion Our results suggest that significant and dynamic changes of expression of VEGF and its receptors take place...
... 5-HT1A receptors 1.2.3.1.2 5-HT1B receptors 1.2.3.1.3 5-HT1D receptors 1.2.3.1.4 5-HT1E and 5-HT1F receptors 1.2.3.2 5-HT2 receptor family 1.2.3.2.1 5-HT2A receptors 1.2.3.2.2 5-HT2B receptors ... relatively low and therefore 5-HT1B receptors can be discriminated from the other 5-HT receptors As there are structural similarities between 5-HT1B and 5-HT1D receptors, only high affinity and selective ... Siam, Ms Raquel Magalhães and Mr Lee Kong Heng for their help and insights for the collaborative work on cryopreservation; and also to Assoc Prof Manoor Prakash Hande and Dr Anuradha Poonepalli...
... Dissociation time courses and effects of unlabeled ligands and low pH on the dissociation rates of [125I]TC-PCSK9 (A) and [125I]TC-PCSK9-D374Y (B) from HepG2 cells Binding to equilibrium and removal of ... to dimeric receptors that release bound ligand slowly because they convert rapidly The slow phase of association could represent binding to monomeric receptors that release bound ligand rapidly ... internalize and degrade [125I]TC-PCSK9 at 37 °C However, the interaction of ligands with cell surface receptors at 37 °C is a function not only of the rate constants of association and dissociation,...
... included a DNase I treatment, and cDNA synthesized as described above The time points analyzed were 1–2 and 4–5 days pre-vitellogenesis, and 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 72 h PBM To standardize qPCR inputs, ... was extracted from the fat body and ovaries of pre-vitellogenic females 5–6 days after eclosion and from vitellogenic females 6–12 and 18–24 h after a blood meal, and then was subjected to 1236 ... An gambiae and Ap mellifera NRs, and one which is a likely ortholog of the Ap mellifera and T castaneum PNR-like NR [20–22] that is also present in the genome of An gambiae (Table S1 and Fig 1)...
... ligand affinity between Y7 and Y2 may prove very useful for studies of ligand–receptor interactions and 3D modeling, and we have previously been able to utilize differences between chicken and ... distribution and phylogeny of the chicken Y6 and Y7 receptorsand performed the initial pharmacological characterization of the latter It is clear, from these studies, that the Y6 and Y7 receptors ... radioligand This radioligand had iodinated tyrosines at positions 21 and 27 and a specific activity of 4000 CiÆmmol)1 Saturation experiments were carried out with serial dilutions of radioligand, and...
... expression of HIV- and FLAG-tagged D2L and D2S receptors in Sf9 cells To achieve this, mAbs directed against gp120 (clone 11/4C) and the FLAG sequence were used, and Fig shows the band pattern visualized ... Anti-gp120 Ig and anti-FLAG Ig identified bands corresponding to proteins with a molecular mass equivalent to 43 kDa and 85 kDa for D2L and 39 kDa and 80 kDa for D2S (Fig 1) No bands were detected ... the dopamine D2L and D2S receptors can form constitutive homo- and hetero-oligomers in two expression systems (Sf9 and HEK293 cells) and these are not regulated by receptor ligands Our study applied,...
... the resolution of the X-ray and NMR structures of the Wntx called bucandin and WTX [16,27,28] When we started this work, 22 amino acid sequences of Wntxs were known and it was clear to us that ... Considering that the two toxins display 11 residue differences and that the competition systems used (human and rat on one hand, and chicken on the other) are not identical in the two studies, ... precipitates were washed three times and dried, dissolved in 10% acetic acid and lyophilized The synthetic toxin was reduced with molar excess of TCEP under acidic conditions and purified by RP-HPLC using...
... SMEZ1 and 2), three have one Cys (SEI, SEK and SPEC), two have three Cys (SEG and SPEA) and only SSA has more than that, five Cys As discussed later, the fact that SSA has two Cys residues (Cys26 and ... hVb2.1hCb2 and hVb1hCb2 (genes kindly provided by U Utz and R P Sekaly, University of Montreal, Canada), were cloned between the NdeI and EcoRI restriction sites of the pET17b expression vector and ... NaCl/Pi and concentrated to mgÆmL)1 hVb2.1hCb2 and hVb1hCb2 were also produced as inclusion bodies and refolded at pH 8.5 Purification steps included gel filtration on a Superdex 200 FPLC column and...
... activation and interaction with receptor kinases 130 A Faussner et al Results Construction of truncated and point mutated B2wts and B1 ⁄ B2 receptor chimeras Several studies with truncations of, and ... 2004 FEBS A Faussner et al Role of helix and C-termini in bradykinin receptors Fig Schematic representation of the C-terminal B1wt and B2wt sequences and chimera thereof The C-terminal sequences ... B1CB2) and at Y7.53 within the NPXXY sequence (chimera B1YB2) 131 Role of helix and C-termini in bradykinin receptors A Faussner et al Table Receptor density (Bmax), receptor affinity (Kd), basal and...
... TGAAGAGGATCTG-3¢) and (5¢-GCATGCCTGCAGG TCGACTCTAGAGGATCTCAAGCCAGTGACCGCCT CCC-3¢), and checked for the presence and sequence of the new insert, as in the case of pJH2-I7 Plasmids pJH2-I7 and pJH2-OR17-40 ... Expression of olfactory receptors in yeast for screening to remove glucose and cultured for 4–6 h in the selection media containing 3% lactate, then pelleted and diluted to a D600 0.5 and finally cultured ... the endogenous yeast Ga protein subunit, Gpa1 Yeast Gpa1, Ste4 and Ste18 are structurally and functionally similar to mammalian Ga, b and c subunits, respectively [30] In many cases, this functional...
... concentrations of [125I]MIP-1a and cold MIP-1a or RANTES (1000 and 500-fold [125I]MIP-1a quantities) Unbound ligand was removed by filtration on BSA-presaturated GFB-filters (Whatman), and the filters were ... concentrations between 0.1 and 0.4 mM was added to liposomes (66 lM of lipid) containing N-NBD-PtdEth and N-Rh-PtdEth at time 0, and the fluorescence of N-NBD-PtdEth was measured and normalized to a ... ultracentrifugation The consecutive supernatants S1, S2 and S3 and the final proteoliposome pellet (PL) were analysed by Western blot and autoradiography, and show successful reconstitution of the protein,...
... (lanes and 3), CD69NG70 (lanes and 5), CD69NV82 (lanes and 7) CD69NS84 (lanes and 9), rat CD69 (lanes 10 and 11) and mouse CD69 (lanes 12 and 13) was performed under nonreducing (even lanes) and ... either soluble CD69 ligands, or by soluble CD69 receptors might protect CD69+ killer cells from apoptosis, and render them more available for killing of the tumors Structural and biochemical studies ... unusual solubility and stability To assess the solubility and stability of the recombinant preparations of CD69, we concentrated both CD69NG70 and CD69NV82 using a Centricon 10 device, and were able...
... Differential effects of ligand-activated RARa and RXRa on the promoter activity of the hGnRH II gene in TE671 and JEG-3 cells In vivo effect of RARa and RXRa with their ligands, ATRA and 9-cisRA, on the ... transfected with RARa and ⁄ or RXRa (without RA treatment), simultaneous ligand activation of RARa and RXRa (cotransfection of RARa and RXRa together with treatment of both ATRA and 9-cisRA) provided ... TE671 JEG-3 ‡ ‡ ‡ No treatment Ligand-bound (RARαRXRα) dimer Fig Effects of ligand-activated RARa and RXRa on hGnRH II gene expression The effect of ligand-bound RARa and RXRa on the endogenous hGnRH...
... acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) belong to the a and aA families On the basis of the number of residues between the second and third cysteines and on the spacing between the third and fourth cysteines ... peptides SrIA and SrIB unambiguously defined 12 and 13 residues, respectively Low glutamine signals at positions 12 and 15 of SrIA and at position 15 of SrIB Fig Purification of SrIA and SrIB (A) ... receptor, as shown in Fig 4A, and also for the a4b2 and a3b4 receptors [12–14] The pretreatment time and the concentration of each toxin were varied in the range 3–150 s and 0.2 nm to 10 lm, respectively...
... Adenosine Receptors from Cell Biology to Pharmacology and Therapeutics Pier Andrea Borea Editor A3 Adenosine Receptors from Cell Biology to Pharmacology and Therapeutics Editor Pier Andrea Borea ... Tabrizi, and Delia Preti Molecular Modeling and Reengineering of A3 Adenosine Receptors 149 Stefano Moro, Erika Morizzo, and Kenneth A Jacobson Part V Effects on Tissues and Organs and ... adenosine receptors The first edition of “A3 Adenosine Receptors from Cell Biology to Pharmacology and Therapeutics” volume is dedicated to my wife Cristina and to all the friends and colleagues...