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Martin Hulak Ievgeniia Gazo Anna ShaliutinaPavla Linhartova 《Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP》2013,158(2):64-71
Among endocrine disruptors, the xenoestrogen bisphenol A (BPA) deserves particular attention due to widespread human exposure. Besides hormonal effects, BPA has been suspected to be responsible for adverse effect on reproductive ability of various species. In the present study the effect of BPA on the quality parameters, oxidative stress, the DNA integrity and intracellular ATP content of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) spermatozoa were investigated in vitro. Fish spermatozoa were exposed to concentrations of BPA possibly occurring in nature (0.5, 1.75, 2.5, 5 and 10 μg/L) for 2 h. Results revealed that BPA significantly decreased spermatozoa motility and velocity of spermatozoa at concentration of BPA 2.5–10 μg/L. Significant positive correlation (r = 0.713, P < 0.05) was found between percent motile spermatozoa and ATP content. Oxidative stress was observed at concentrations 1.75–10 μg/L, as reflected by significantly higher levels of protein and lipid oxidation and superoxide dismutase activity. Intracellular ATP content of spermatozoa decreased with increasing concentrations of BPA. A dramatic increase in DNA fragmentation expressed as percent tail DNA (2.2% ± 0.46) and Olive tail moment (0.37 ± 0.09 arbitrary units) was recorded at concentrations of 1.75 μg/L and above. The present study confirms that concentrations of BPA that can be encountered in nature are capable to induce oxidative stress, leading to impaired sperm quality, DNA fragmentation and intracellular ATP content. 相似文献
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Ho Seong Seo George Minasov Ravin Seepersaud Kelly S. Doran Ievgeniia Dubrovska Ludmilla Shuvalova Wayne F. Anderson Tina M. Iverson Paul M. Sullam 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2013,288(50):35982-35996
The serine-rich repeat glycoproteins of Gram-positive bacteria comprise a large family of cell wall proteins. Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus, GBS) expresses either Srr1 or Srr2 on its surface, depending on the strain. Srr1 has recently been shown to bind fibrinogen, and this interaction contributes to the pathogenesis of GBS meningitis. Although strains expressing Srr2 appear to be hypervirulent, no ligand for this adhesin has been described. We now demonstrate that Srr2 also binds human fibrinogen and that this interaction promotes GBS attachment to endothelial cells. Recombinant Srr1 and Srr2 bound fibrinogen in vitro, with affinities of KD = 2.1 × 10−5 and 3.7 × 10−6
m, respectively, as measured by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. The binding site for Srr1 and Srr2 was localized to tandem repeats 6–8 of the fibrinogen Aα chain. The structures of both the Srr1 and Srr2 binding regions were determined and, in combination with mutagenesis studies, suggest that both Srr1 and Srr2 interact with a segment of these repeats via a “dock, lock, and latch” mechanism. Moreover, properties of the latch region may account for the increased affinity between Srr2 and fibrinogen. Together, these studies identify how greater affinity of Srr2 for fibrinogen may contribute to the increased virulence associated with Srr2-expressing strains. 相似文献
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The effect of reactive oxygen species on motility parameters,DNA integrity,tyrosine phosphorylation and phosphatase activity of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) spermatozoa 下载免费PDF全文
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Gazo BM Murphy P Gatchel JR Browning KS 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2004,279(14):13584-13592
Satellite tobacco necrosis virus (STNV) RNA is naturally uncapped at its 5' end and lacks polyadenylation at its 3' end. Despite lacking these two hallmarks of eukaryotic mRNAs, STNV-1 RNA is translated very efficiently. A approximately 130-nucleotide translational enhancer (TED), located 3' to the termination codon, is necessary for efficient cap-independent translation of STNV-1 RNA. The STNV-1 TED RNA fragment binds to the eukaryotic cap-binding complexes, initiation factor (eIF) 4F and eIF(iso)4F, as measured by nitrocellulose binding and fluorescence titration. STNV-1 TED is a potent inhibitor of in vitro translation when added in trans. This inhibition is reversed by the addition of eIF4F or eIF(iso)4F, and the subunits of eIF4F and eIF(iso)4F cross-link to STNV-1 TED, providing additional evidence that these factors interact directly with STNV-1 TED. Deletion mutagenesis of the STNV-1 TED indicates that a minimal region of approximately 100 nucleotides is necessary to promote cap-independent translation primarily through interaction with the cap binding subunits (eIF4E or eIF(iso)4E) of eIF4F or eIF(iso)4F. 相似文献
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Grzegorz Gołuński Anna Woziwodzka Ievgeniia Iermak Michał Rychłowski Jacek Piosik 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry》2013,21(11):3280-3289
Caffeine (CAF) and other methylxanthines (MTX) may interact directly with several aromatic, intercalating ligands through mixed stacking aggregation. Formation of such stacking hetero-complexes may decrease their free form concentration and, in consequence, diminish their biological activity, which is often related to their direct interaction with DNA. In this paper interactions of acridine mutagen (ICR191) with DNA in the presence of three MTX: caffeine (CAF), pentoxifylline (PTX) and theophylline (TH) are investigated. Several mathematical models are used to calculate all association constant values and every component concentration in each analyzed mixture. Model McGhee–von Hippel is used to analyze ligand–DNA interaction, and model Zdunek et al.—to analyze ligand–MTX interactions. Finally, two distinct mathematical models are employed to analyze three-component mixture containing ligand, MTX and DNA molecules. The first model describes possible interactions of ligand with DNA and MTX, and rejects direct MTX interactions with DNA. The second model describes all interactions mentioned above and, additionally, allows MTX to interact directly with DNA. Results obtained using these models are similar. However, correspondence of theoretical results to experimental data is better for the first model than the second one. In this paper possible interactions of ICR191 with eukaryotic cell chromatin are also analyzed, showing that CAF reduces acridine mutagen potential to interact directly with cell chromatin. Additionally, it is demonstrated that MTX inhibit mutagenic activity of ICR191 in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, biological activity of ICR191–MTX mixtures corresponds with concentration of free mutagen form calculated using appropriate mathematical model. 相似文献
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Asunción Borrell Alex Aguilar Manel Gazo R. P. Kumarran Luis Cardona 《Environmental Biology of Fishes》2011,92(4):559-567
We investigated the sex- and size-related differences in the diet of whale sharks from the Arabian Sea (north-western Indian
Ocean) using carbon and nitrogen stable-isotope analyses in white muscle. The samples were collected during the commercial
fishing season between April and May of 2001 in Veraval (Gujarat, India). The overall isotope signature was similar to that
of the pelagic-neritic zooplanktivore Ilisha melastoma, which suggests that both species are feeding on similar prey. In whale sharks, a positive relationship was found between
δ15N and δ13C. This, together with a significant enrichment of both heavy stable isotopes with total length indicates that the contribution
to the diet of small fish and/or larger zooplankton of higher trophic level increases with the movement from offshore areas
to coastal areas as they grow. Gender differences in the isotopic ratios were not statistically significant, but small sample
size cannot rule out completely the existence of some degree of spatial or dietary segregation between sexes. 相似文献
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Katarzyna Jonak Ievgeniia Zagoriy Tugce Oz Peter Graf Julie Rojas Valentina Mengoli 《Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)》2017,16(12):1145-1152
Cells undergoing meiosis produce haploid gametes through one round of DNA replication followed by 2 rounds of chromosome segregation. This requires that cohesin complexes, which establish sister chromatid cohesion during S phase, are removed in a stepwise manner. At meiosis I, the separase protease triggers the segregation of homologous chromosomes by cleaving cohesin's Rec8 subunit on chromosome arms. Cohesin persists at centromeres because the PP2A phosphatase, recruited by the shugoshin protein, dephosphorylates Rec8 and thereby protects it from cleavage. While chromatids disjoin upon cleavage of centromeric Rec8 at meiosis II, it was unclear how and when centromeric Rec8 is liberated from its protector PP2A. One proposal is that bipolar spindle forces separate PP2A from Rec8 as cells enter metaphase II. We show here that sister centromere biorientation is not sufficient to “deprotect” Rec8 at meiosis II in yeast. Instead, our data suggest that the ubiquitin-ligase APC/CCdc20 removes PP2A from centromeres by targeting for degradation the shugoshin Sgo1 and the kinase Mps1. This implies that Rec8 remains protected until entry into anaphase II when it is phosphorylated concurrently with the activation of separase. Here, we provide further support for this model and speculate on its relevance to mammalian oocytes. 相似文献