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Effects of Vitamin A and Its Analogs on Nonenzymatic Lipid Peroxidation in Rat Brain Mitochondria 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Nagaratnam Patmanatha Das 《Journal of neurochemistry》1989,52(2):585-588
Vitamin A (retinol) and some of its analogs exhibited varying degrees of inhibition on induced iron and ascorbic acid lipid peroxidation of rat brain mitochondria. Malonyldialdehyde production was used as an index of the extent of in vitro lipid peroxidation. The fat-soluble vitamins retinol, retinol acetate, retinoic acid, retinol palmitate, and retinal at concentrations between 0.1 and 10.0 mmol/L inhibited brain lipid peroxidation. Retinol and retinol acetate were the most effective inhibitors. It is concluded from this study that retinol and its analogs can be considered as potential antioxidant factors, more potent than some of the well-known antioxidants such as alpha-tocopherol and butylated hydroxytoluene. 相似文献
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Wan Noraini Wan Yusof Menaka Nagaratnam Chong-lek Koh Savithri Puthucheary Tikki Pang 《Microbiology and immunology》1993,37(8):667-670
Human mononuclear cells pre-labeled with [3H]arachidonic acid were shown to release metabolites following in vitro addition of heat-killed Salmonella typhi (HKST). The amount of label released was significantly higher than that seen with live S. typhi (LST). Addition of increasing amounts of HKST resulted in an increased release of metabolites. Enzyme immunoassay of the culture supernatants revealed that the bulk of the metabolite released was prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and leukotriene C4 (LTC4) were not detectable in the culture supernatants. The significance and implications of these results are discussed. 相似文献
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Guangxi Wu He Zhao Chenhao Li Menaka Priyadarsani Rajapakse Wing Cheong Wong Jun Xu Charles W. Saunders Nancy L. Reeder Raymond A. Reilman Annika Scheynius Sheng Sun Blake Robert Billmyre Wenjun Li Anna Floyd Averette Piotr Mieczkowski Joseph Heitman Bart Theelen Markus S. Schr?der Paola Florez De Sessions Geraldine Butler Sebastian Maurer-Stroh Teun Boekhout Niranjan Nagarajan Thomas L. Dawson Jr. 《PLoS genetics》2015,11(11)
Malassezia is a unique lipophilic genus in class Malasseziomycetes in Ustilaginomycotina, (Basidiomycota, fungi) that otherwise consists almost exclusively of plant pathogens. Malassezia are typically isolated from warm-blooded animals, are dominant members of the human skin mycobiome and are associated with common skin disorders. To characterize the genetic basis of the unique phenotypes of Malassezia spp., we sequenced the genomes of all 14 accepted species and used comparative genomics against a broad panel of fungal genomes to comprehensively identify distinct features that define the Malassezia gene repertoire: gene gain and loss; selection signatures; and lineage-specific gene family expansions. Our analysis revealed key gene gain events (64) with a single gene conserved across all Malassezia but absent in all other sequenced Basidiomycota. These likely horizontally transferred genes provide intriguing gain-of-function events and prime candidates to explain the emergence of Malassezia. A larger set of genes (741) were lost, with enrichment for glycosyl hydrolases and carbohydrate metabolism, concordant with adaptation to skin’s carbohydrate-deficient environment. Gene family analysis revealed extensive turnover and underlined the importance of secretory lipases, phospholipases, aspartyl proteases, and other peptidases. Combining genomic analysis with a re-evaluation of culture characteristics, we establish the likely lipid-dependence of all Malassezia. Our phylogenetic analysis sheds new light on the relationship between Malassezia and other members of Ustilaginomycotina, as well as phylogenetic lineages within the genus. Overall, our study provides a unique genomic resource for understanding Malassezia niche-specificity and potential virulence, as well as their abundance and distribution in the environment and on human skin. 相似文献
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Summary Evidence is presented to demonstrate that replicating (A2 and B) and nonreplicating (C) strains of influenza virus were capable of inducing higher percentages of chromosome anomalies in spermatocytes of mice inoculated either IP or IN than were seen in controls.This report is part of the Ph. D. thesis of this author 相似文献
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Nirupa Nagaratnam Eric Hamilton Karunanayake Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon Sameera Ranganath Samarakoon Karthika Mayan 《Bioinformation》2014,10(8):512-517
Human lymphatic filariasis (HLF) is a neglected tropical disease which threatens nearly 1.4 billion people in 73 countries
worldwide. Wuchereria bancrofti is the major causative agent of HLF and it closely resembles cattle filarial parasite Setaria digitata.
Due to difficulties in procuring W. bancrofti parasite material, S. digitata cDNA library has been constructed to identify novel drug
targets against HLF and many of the cDNA sequences are yet to be assigned structure and function. In this study, a 549 bp long
cDNA (sdrbp) has been sequenced and characterized in silico. The shortest ORF of 249 bp from the isolated cDNA encodes a
polypeptide of 82 amino acids and shows an amino acid identity of 54% with the RRM domain of human cleavage stimulation
factor-64 kDa subunit (CstF-64). Structure of the protein (sdRBP) obtained by homology modelling using RRM of CstF-64 as
template adopts classical RRM topology (β1α1β2β3α2β4). sdRBP model built was validated by superimposition tools and
Ramachandran plot analysis. CstF-64 plays an important role in pre-mRNA polyadenylation by interacting with specific GU-rich
downstream sequence element. Molecular docking studies of sdRBP with different RNA molecules revealed that sdRBP has greater
binding affinity to GU-rich RNA and comparable results were obtained upon similar docking of RRM of CstF-64 with the same
RNA molecules. Therefore, sdRBP is likely to perform homologous function in S. digitata. This study brings new dimensions to the
functional analysis of RNA binding proteins of S. digitata and their evaluation as new drug targets against HLF. 相似文献
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Xi Chen Zhizhen Wang Peng Zheng Anjila Dongol Yuanyi Xie Xing Ge Mingxuan Zheng Xuemei Dang Zehra Boz Seyhan Nathan Nagaratnam Yinghua Yu Xu-Feng Huang 《Aging cell》2023,22(11):e14003
The lifespan of schizophrenia patients is significantly shorter than the general population. Olanzapine is one of the most commonly used antipsychotic drugs (APDs) for treating patients with psychosis, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Despite their effectiveness in treating positive and negative symptoms, prolonged exposure to APDs may lead to accelerated aging and cognitive decline, among other side effects. Here we report that dysfunctional mitophagy is a fundamental mechanism underlying accelerated aging induced by olanzapine, using in vitro and in vivo (Caenorhabditis elegans) models. We showed that the aberrant mitophagy caused by olanzapine was via blocking mitophagosome–lysosome fusion. Furthermore, olanzapine can induce mitochondrial damage and hyperfragmentation of the mitochondrial network. The mitophagosome–lysosome fusion in olanzapine-induced aging models can be restored by a mitophagy inducer, urolithin A, which alleviates defective mitophagy, mitochondrial damage, and fragmentation of the mitochondrial network. Moreover, the mitophagy inducer ameliorated behavioral changes induced by olanzapine, including shortened lifespan, and impaired health span, learning, and memory. These data indicate that olanzapine impairs mitophagy, leading to the shortened lifespan, impaired health span, and cognitive deficits. Furthermore, this study suggests the potential application of mitophagy inducers as therapeutic strategies to reverse APD-induced adverse effects associated with accelerated aging. 相似文献
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a single‐stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus, is the leading cause of encephalitis in Asia. Microglial activation is one of the key events in JEV‐induced neuroinflammation. Although the various microRNAs (miRNAs) has been shown to regulate microglia activation during pathological conditions including neuroviral infections, till date, the involvement of miRNAs in JEV infection has not been evaluated. Hence, we sought to evaluate the possible role of miRNAs in mediating JEV‐induced microglia activation. Initial screening revealed significant up‐regulation of miR‐29b in JEV‐infected mouse microglial cell line (BV‐2) and primary microglial cells. Furthermore, using bioinformatics tools, we identified tumor necrosis factor alpha‐induced protein 3, a negative regulator of nuclear factor‐kappa B signaling as a potential target of miR‐29b. Interestingly, in vitro knockdown of miR‐29b resulted in significant over‐expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha‐induced protein 3, and subsequent decrease in nuclear translocation of pNF‐κB. JEV infection in BV‐2 cell line elevated inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase‐2, and pro‐inflammatory cytokine expression levels, which diminished after miR‐29b knockdown. Collectively, our study demonstrates involvement of miR‐29b in regulating JEV‐ induced microglial activation.