... released as a result of FKS vaccination (protective immune response) increase the SP-D expression, butnot affect the SP-A expression As reported earlier, theexpressionof SP-A and SP-D is differentially ... affect the synthesis and secretion of pulmonary surfactant by pulmonary epithelial cells [32,33] In the present study we found slightly increased levels of SP-D in C posadasii protected mice, butnot ... phospholipids could be either due to metabolic dysfunction of pulmonary type II epithelial cells during C posadasii infection or due to their utilization in the binding and uptake of C posadasii by...
... lines, with the exception of KG1 myeloid cells A Hypoxia decreases theexpression levels of HO-2 protein in YN-1 and K562 cells To confirm the hypoxia- mediated reduction of HO-2 expression, we performed ... acclimatization to hypoxia Results Effects ofhypoxiaon HO-1 and HO-2 expression in human cell lines We initially analyzed the effects ofhypoxiaontheexpressionof HO-1 and HO-2 in human cell lines of ... Likewise, hypoxia did not influence theexpressionof HO-2 promoter constructs in YN-1 cells (Fig 7B) In contrast, hypoxia consistently increased the promoter activity of a construct, HRESV40, which contains...
... vasodilation also reflects the alteration of other important functions ofthe endothelium The impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxations is commonly characterized by the reduced bioavailability of ... prothrombotic phenotype ofthe endothelium The advanced understanding ofthe mechanism of atherogenesis suggests that these alterations of endothelial function may play an important role in the development ... anti-LFA-1 treatment ofthecells VCAM-1 is a ligand for VLA-4 The firm adhesion of monocytes and T cells to endothelium can be mediated by the interaction of VCAM-1 and VLA-4 on these cells 75 Blocking...
... Izquierdo JM & Cuezva JM (199 7) Control ofthe translational efficiency of beta-F1-ATPase mRNA depends onthe regulation of a protein that binds the 3¢ untranslated region ofthe mRNA Mol Cell Biol ... we addressed the question of whether the profile of selected mitochondrial proteins corresponds to the one observed in either fast- or slow-twitch muscles Beforehand, we evaluated whether such differences ... in fast-twitch muscle is affected by PV deficiency Not only the volume and biochemical composition of mitochondria, but also the concentrations of ATP and phosphocreatine, are different between...
... neuronal responses to elevated Ab levels in models of AD [8], suggesting that disruption ofthe association of these proteins could represent a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of ... phosphorylation influences tau content in neuronal DRMs Interactions between tau and Fyn are important for the cellular distribution of these proteins For example, we have shown that the trafficking of tau ... region of tau is critical for the binding of tau to Fyn-SH3 [20] Conversely, using synthetic peptides, we found that Fyn binds strongly to Pro213– Pro 219 of tau, but exhibits little interaction...
... group ofcells that were exposed to hypoxic conditions for 6–12 h were re-exposed to normoxic conditions for an additional period of h Collection ofcells and fractionation At the end ofthe culture ... a measure ofthe hypoxic effect on CytOX gene expression, we measured the steady state CytOX mRNA levels The Northern blot in Fig shows the effect ofhypoxiaonthe levels of mitochondrial genome- ... results of our study and those of Schumacker, it is reasonable to conclude that the effects ofhypoxiaon CytOX gene expression and its activity are secondary to suppression of respiration during hypoxia...
... GFAP expression [17,18] The effect of dermal application of CPF on GFAP expression in the hippocampus has not been reported The aim of this study was to determine theexpressionof GFAP in the ... The effect of consequent exposure ofstress and dermal application of low doses of chlorpyrifos ontheexpressionof glial fibrillary acidic protein in the hippocampus of adult mice Journal of ... curve, concentration standards were plotted against logit values Logit ofthe data was then employed in Microsoft Excel to get the serum concentrations of corticosterone by substitution in the linear...
... by the consensus Kozak sequence (pCMVcoreKozak) The latter directed theexpressionof 35-fold more core than the gene devoid ofthe translation initiation signals, and 16-fold more core than the ... Field Figure Expressionof HCV core proteinsExpressionof HCV core proteinsExpressionof HCV core protein directed by pCMVcore (A), pCMVcoreKozak (B), pCMVcoreIRES (C) in COS-7 cells 72 h post-transfection ... transcription, apoptosis, lipid metabolism, and the development of immune response [30-33] Extermination of core expressing cells and inhibition ofthe activity of extracellular core (non-enveloped...
... contamination PCR reaction triplicates showed no major differences among them and expression levels ofthe internal control were similar in the different experiments Theexpression levels of csp ... parasite development in the sporogonic [3 - 5], exoerythrocytic [6] and erythrocytic [7] cycle However, there is almost no information onthe effect of antibodies ontheexpressionof Plasmodium immunogenic ... observations the authors suggested that malaria sporozoites are able to control the protein synthesis machinery in cellsofthe vertebrate host, which could explain the differences in the levels of expression...
... only 0.1% ofthe administered dose remains in the CSF (Ichiyanagi et al., 197 5) The magnitude ofthe clinical effect ofthe intrathecal block depends onthe concentration of phenol and also on ... infiltration ofthe proximal third ofthe muscle The superficial placement ofthe injection may result in the denervation ofthe gracilis muscle (which, in addition to thigh adduction, rotates the tibia ... sensory loss in the distribution ofthe blocked nerve root within 40 seconds of a successful injection Positioning ofthe patient for the lumbar intrathecal block is critical Once the LP needle...
... 2A,B, overexpression of KLF4 did not influence theexpressionof SR-BI in control and oxLDL-stimulated cells, but further increased theexpressionof SR-BI in response to HDL3 stimulation compared ... 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 ... following the basal inhibition of KLF4, theexpressionof SR-BI was not influenced substantially in the control or oxLDL-stimulated cells Consequently, HDL3 treatment failed to induce expressionof SR-BI...
... localized on different chromosomes the question arises concerning the mechanisms underlying the orchestrated expressionof these enzymes by the oxygen tension The findings that the effect ofhypoxiaon ... increased the mRNAs ofthe hydroxylases, butnotof procollagen Ia mRNA (Fig 3B) To test for the cell and species specificity ofthe changes ofthe enzyme expression in response to hypoxia, we ... oxygen, whilst theexpressionof PHD-1 is notThe physiological meaning of this differential regulation of PHD-gene expression remains to be clarified In spite ofthe similar regulation of PHD-2, PHD-3...
... Regulation of Ppp2r5c expression by Nrl J.-W Kim et al precise molecular mechanisms underlying the transcriptional control of PP2A genes and the effects of diverse combinations of PP2A subunits ... in the mouse retina (Fig 4C), as well as the induction of Ppp2r5c transcripts that corresponded to the transcription factor association (Fig 4E) However, prior to the association of Nrl with the ... and expressionof Nrl proteins in various cell lines Fig S3 Efficiency of Nrl siRNA on HT22 cells Fig S4 Affinity purification of GST–Nrl proteins This supplementary material can be found in the online...
... the distribution ofthe amino acid-regulated genes* versus the distribution ofthe genes spotted onto the microarray** *Percentage ofthe representation of one GO term among all the amino acid-regulated ... starvation had similar effects ontheexpressionof 12 genes and opposite effects onthe regulation of eight genes These results suggest that rapamycin inhibition of TORC1 modifies theexpressionof ... details ofthe experiment are given in Table S1 in the regulation of gene expression in response to amino acid starvation However, comparison oftheregulatory mechanisms involved in the control of...
... system, one is highly ordered and the other relatively disordered [8,18 ,19] Analysis of EPR spectra allowed derivation ofthe orientation distribution of spin labels, where the z-axis ofthe molecular ... rotational motion in the environment ofthe Cys374 site of actin [8] In a recent publication 190 2 the authors argue that in the weak binding state of myosin to actin the heads interact only with one ... orientation ofthe probe molecules The disorder can arise either from disorder of a local region ofthe protein or from improper orientation ofthe filaments X-Ray diffraction experiments led to the conclusion...
... deficiency Under the experimental conditions used in this study, the knock down of ACS4 expression was performed in isolated cells Under these conditions, cells respond to the acute hormonal stimulus ... 8Br-cAMP and arachidonic acid synthesis [12] Onthe basis of these results, silencing theexpressionof ACS4 should also result in inhibition of hormone-induced steroid synthesis siRNA duplexes ... reaching concentrations of progesterone equivalent to maximal steroid synthesis, although it was used at submaximal 8Br-cAMP concentration Once again, incubation ofthecells in the presence of 22(R)-OH-cholesterol...
... nonspecific 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 ... co-transfection experiments DHFR activity increased, depending onthe amount of co-transfected p21 (Fig 7E) Discussion We aimed to explore the effects ofthe inhibition of CDKs ontheexpressionof their ... distribution was determined in K562 to study whether the effect ofthe three compounds on Rb expression was related to CDK inhibition UCN-01, at 50 nM, caused a change in the distribution of the...
... a concentration of 2.5–4.0 mgÆmL)1 The broad signals ofthe spectrum of F-actin obtained at these concentrations contributed relatively little to the spectra ofthe peptides in the presence of ... complex formation The value ofthe dissociation constant derived, lM (Table 2) was consistent with an analysis ofthe dependence ofthe equilibrium plateau signal onthe concentration ofthe TnI inhibitory ... manifest in the narrow line widths ofthe peptide NMR resonances since linewidth is a monotonic function ofthe effective correlation time [32] Upon complex formation the bound groups ofthe peptide...
... attributed to the proliferation of spermatogenic cells around the pubertal stage, and the reduction in the population of Sertoli cells relative to the spermatogenic cells Even though the GR content ... strongly stained with the GR antibody In the case of testes, the immunoreactivity to the anti-GR Ig was strong in Sertoli cells Concerning the intracellular distribution, positive signals to the ... expressed in the Sertoli cells, but was below the detectable levels in spermatogenic cells (Fig 3B) Thus, a high expressionof GR in Sertoli cells can be fully confirmed Changes of GR expression in testes...
... significance ofthe modulation of PSG7, fmfc and BMP-6 expression by T3 also awaits additional studies Up-regulation of 4-1BB and the subsequent activation ofthe caspases occurred not only in HeLaTR cells ... in other systems where functional TR is expressed As well as treatment ofthe HeLaTR cells with T3, overexpression of 4-1BB in the HeLaTR cells led to the activation of caspases Activation of ... cellsbut also in rat FRTL cells that expressed only authentic TR, indicating that the up-regulation of 4-1BB and the subsequent activation ofthe caspases were not specific to the HeLaTR cells but...