... The main finding of this study is the identification of a metabolic gene switch from fatty acids to glucose inthe murine female heart at baseline linked to enhanced mitochondrial respiratory capacity ... MO] containing luciferin and luciferase The reaction of the luciferin ⁄ luciferase mixture, energy donor (ATP) and oxygen results inthe emission of light The intensity of the bioluminescence ... (decrease in fatty acid utilization, increase in glucose utilization) inthe murine female heart Moreover, our data suggest that these changes occur in an Akt-independent manner Further studies are therefore...
... ending at the 5¢-end of binding site III, and containing a deleted binding site II) To determine whether SenR had already been in a phosphorylated form within E coli, the obtained protein was incubated ... eluted with buffer W containing 2.5 mM desthiobiotin (lane 3) SenSCH199A was purified inthe same manner (lane 4) To obtain SenR, a cytoplasmic protein extract (lane 5) containing SenR obtained ... DNA-binding characteristics Discussion The designed cloning procedures allowed us to obtain the cytoplasmic domain of SenS carrying a Strep-tag (SenSc) and the full-length SenR protein with a...
... 3-fold increase in glucose and a more than 30-fold increase in lactate, whereas the levels in controls remained constant The arginine kinase gene (AK) and the eukaryotic translation initiation factor ... downregulation of the hemocyanin gene inthe hepatopancreas inthe same species [46] Moreover, the degree of decrease in CHH expression inthe ES is in proportion to that of CCAP expression inthe same ... CHH The immunohistochemistry studies show that the intrinsically staining cells are responsible for PO-CHH synthesis The staining patterns are similar to those of Car maenas, in that most cells...
... dissociation from the cytoskeletal protein GKAP, therefore releasing it from the cytoskeleton into the cytoplasm [3] Our aim in this study was to gain a better understanding of the role of hDlg ... protein from cytoplasm and membrane fractions were immunoblotted using the antibodies indicated (C) CaCo-2 cells were preincubated with or without the kinase inhibitor BIRB0796 (1 lM) and inthe ... recognizes total hDlg (anti-hDlg) (B) HeLa cells were preincubated for h with or without the pankinase inhibitor staurosporine at the concentrations indicated, and treated with 0.5 M sorbitol for 60 min,...
... transfection, cells were split and plated in media containing Geneticin to select for cell containing vector DNA After three weeks, the number of cells were determined by fixing cells and staining with dye ... lines to determine whether the gene product had protective effects from DCA damage in vitro Cellular stress protein responses play a key role in minimizing cell injury and maintaining tissue integrity ... (p53-null) were transfected withthe indicated DNA vector (1 lg) and one day after transfection, cells were split and plated in media containing Geneticin to select for cell containing vector DNA (as in...
... expected to increase We observed an increase in HIF-1a protein, and thus were confident that the cells were being maintained in a low-oxygen environment and were responsive to low oxygen There is ... epithelial cells, we sought to determine whether TRAIL was involved inthe localization change First, we assessed whether there was a change in TRAIL expression in MDAMB-468 cells inresponseto ... TRAIL-mediated apoptosis in HCT116 human colon carcinoma cells by inhibiting the translocation of Bax from the cytosol tothe mitochondria, thereby preventing the release of cytochrome c and progression...
... the APX apoprotein Identification of the heme-binding amino-acid residue in H2O2-inactivated stromal APX To determine which amino-acid residue inthe apoprotein was cross-linked to heme, the inactivated ... of the apoprotein of the catalytic site ˚ (Fig 4B) Because the indole ring of Trp35 is 3.18 A from the porphyrin ring in tsAPX (the distance between nitrogen of the indole ring and C6 of the ... transfer of the radical inthe reaction intermediate of tsAPX Theoretically, the propionate side chain is also involved in electron transfer from amino-acid residues tothe porphyrin [24] The tendency...
... b-1,3-Glucan binding protein 3e-6 Procathepsin L 1e-12 Meningioma expressed antigen 7e-19 Lipoprotein receptor related protein 2e-24 Fucolectin-1 6e-4 Cytoskeleton Tubulin alpha chain 4e-40 Tubulin beta ... function inthe respiratory chain, cell communication, the immune system, or the regulation of protein or the cytoskeleton Only a few are specific to xenobiotic detoxification One, the glutamine synthetase ... receptors and immune system b-1,3-Glucan binding protein 3e-6 Putative senescence-associated protein 5e-46 Cavortin 1e-5 Cytoskeleton Tubulin alpha chain 4e-17 Tubulin alpha chain 5e-20 Tubulin...
... substantial loss in nicotinic receptors in cortex and striatum According tothe growing amount of findings, accumulation of amyloid plaques which are the baseline indicator inthe brain for AD is interfered ... brain tissue were made using the vibratome followed by transverse sectioning to create tissue containing hippocampus and entorhinal cortex All Sectioning was done while the tissue was under the ... needed in these cases [24] Inthe current study, we have investigated the effect of nicotine on the complexity of the neurons and the activity of the gamma oscillations inthe Schaffer CA1 cell line...
... according to manufacturer’s instruction (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA) Control staining consisted of replacing the primary antibody with PBS containing 1% BSA The HRP was reacted with diaminobenzidine ... surface staining was more intense than inthe cytoplasm In addition to elevated expression of mesothelin in ovarian tumors, there was evidence of circulating mesothelin antibodies in hens with ovarian ... vaccine, our objective was to determine if the hen expresses mesothelin, if mesothelin expression is increased in ovarian tumors and if circulating mesothelin autoantibody is associated with...
... (in cm respectively)) and the dry mass of the main stem (DMshoot) at the end of the experiment, the dry mass of the main stem at the start of the experiment and after 50 days was estimated using ... spaced by m in order to avoid interactions The seedlings of a replication were spaced 40 by 40 cm Inthe case of the shading treatments the plants were arranged underneath boxes with wooden frames ... on forest reproductive material The seeds were sown into a permeable pot of 2000 cm3 in size and the seedlings stayed there tothe end of the experiment The rooting substrate consisted of a mixture...
... decreased inthe following order: Q pubescens, Q frainetto, Q ilex and Q robur The same trees were sprayed again in 1991: initial data revealed structural degradation of the leaf waxes similar to that ... difference in tube length be- germination was containing no lower in tween the windward and leeward sides of exposed trees The addition of ABS tothe culture reduced germination in all trees The extent ... species (5 for the spray treatment and controls) were maintained in a plastic chamber where, during each growing season, they were treated twice weekly for 10 weeks with 50 mg/l ABS in a fog-type...
... NRT1.1 is induced at 20 minutes (compared to KCl controls, and in comparison to gene expression at time minutes) The timing of induction of other sentinel genes involved inthe ‘primary NO3 response ... gamma, the kinetic time constant (in minutes) and the parameter regularization coefficient lambda, based on the quality of fit tothe training data (from to 15 minutes), as measured by the signal -to- noise ... transcription factors themselves) at time t + 1; and recomputing (inferring) the values of the latent variables Inthe first step, learning the function f corresponds to finding parameters of F that minimize...
... high-affinity uptake of protoporphyrin and cholesterol, leading tothe hypothesis that the Arabidopsis homologue functions inthe transport of Page of 17 protoporphyrinogen IX tothe mitochondria ... targeting determinants for chloroplasts and mitochondria are usually located at the N-terminus of the protein; therefore, a fusion protein with GFP fused tothe C-terminus of TSPO was made Using ... observed in a confocal laser scanning microscope Leica DM IRE2 (Leica microsystems) For the mitochondrialspecific staining, Arabidopsis seedlings were incubated in MitoTracker ® Red CMXRos (Invitrogen,...
... modulates physiological responses in guard cells, leading tothe possibility of engineering stomatal conductance in grapevine, reducing water loss and helping this species to tolerate drought under ... closure of the pore, inresponseto internal signals and environmental cues, allows the plant to cope withthe conflicting needs of ensuring adequate uptake of CO2 for photosynthesis and preventing ... pVvMYB60:GUS seedling (E) Magnification of leaf primordia in (D), showing staining of differentiating stomata (F) Detail of a pVvMYB60:GUS mature leaf, showing staining of fully differentiated stomata (G)...
... expressed in canker vs healthy stem tissues in Chinese chestnut Transcriptome comparison between Chinese and American chestnut canker tissues To gain insight into the differences intheresponse of the ... that inhibit the growth of invading organisms [35-37] The other category of genes that seems to be involved in plant resistance tothe pathogen encodes proteins involved in lignin biosynthesis ... processes DNA or RNA binding hydrolase activity kinase activity nucleic acid binding nucleotide binding other binding other enzyme activity other molecular function protein binding structural molecule...
... method were collected at each time point Elicitor treatment Elicitors were sprayed to run-off using a hand-pumped atomizing sprayer Elicitors were diluted in water and were applied to hours into the ... young growing shoots, through the activity of insects, wind-driven rain or hail The second method, slicing the young leaf lamina on both sides of the mid-vein, was used to try to maximize the number ... parallel tothe midvein with scissors contaminated with bacteria The third inoculation method, snipping off the distal approximately 1/3 of the young leaf with contaminated scissors, proved to be the...
... pathway inresponseto Psg infection All together, the resulting transcript profiles obtained have shown that lignin/suberin biosyntheis appears to be the first response of the pathway inthe infected ... common early plant responseto pathogens, presumably leading to increased deposition of lignin, suberin and callose into the cell wall to strengthen barriers against further pathogen ingress http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/6/26 ... the avirulent strain is significantly more effective at inducing CHS than the virulent strain The induction of different CHS gene family members in Glycine max (as in many other legumes) is in...
... IVb to a IIa pattern, but the remaining five patients had a similar or worsened histopathologic picture with increment inthe chronicity index Using the BILAG index, the same five individuals with ... Contrasting to most other studies, we refrain from the use of BSA to block nonspecific IgG-binding in our anti-CRP antibody assay, since serum antibodies to BSA (and other dietary proteins) are ... against monomeric CRP (anti-CRP) in SLE and in some other rheumatic conditions [18-22] In addition, the presence of autoantibodies against pentraxin was recently shown in SLE patients [23,24] In...
... the existing air volume inthe airways so that the resulting toxicity is not instantly detrimental for the epithelium, or the tissues surrounding it Instead, chronic smoking results inthe well-documented ... non-specific sites were blocked with 1% BSA in PBS As CCRF CEM were grown in suspension, prior to staining, cells were attached onto microscope slides using Shandon Cytospin Cytocentrifuge (Thermo Scientific, ... FITC/PI, according tothe manufacturer's instructions Untreated cells were also stained, in order to determine the spontaneous apoptotic index of the cellular population A M staurosporine (S4400,...