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Keshava Nagalakshmi Zhou Gu Spruill Michelle Ensell Mang Ong Tong-man 《Molecular and cellular biochemistry》2001,222(1-2):69-76
Occupational exposure to beryllium (Be) and Be compounds occurs in a wide range of industrial processes. A large number of workers are potentially exposed to this metal during manufacturing and processing, so there is a concern regarding the potential carcinogenic hazard of Be. Studies were performed to determine the carcinogenic potential of beryllium sulfate (BeSO4) in cultured mammalian cells. BALB/c3T3 cells were treated with varying concentrations of BeSO4 for 72 h and the transformation frequency was determined after 4 weeks of culturing. Concentrations from 50–200 g BeSO4/ml, caused a concentrationdependent increase (9–41 fold) in transformation frequency. Nontransformed BALB/c3T3 cells and cells from transformed foci induced by BeSO4 were injected into both axillary regions of nude mice. All ten Beinduced transformed cell lines injected into nude mice produced fibrosarcomas within 50 days after cell injection. No tumors were found in nude mice receiving nontransformed BALB/c3T3 cells 90 days postinjection. Gene amplification was investigated in Kras, cmyc, cfos, cjun, csis, erbB2 and p53 using differential PCR while random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting was employed to detect genomic instability. Gene amplification was found in Kras and cjun, however no change in gene expression or protein level was observed in any of the genes by Western blotting. Five of the 10 transformed cell lines showed genetic instability using different random primers. In conclusion, these results indicate that BeSO4 is capable of inducing morphological cell transformation in mammalian cells and that transformed cells induced by BeSO4 are potentially tumorigenic. Also, cell transformation induced by BeSO4 may be attributed, in part, to the gene amplification of Kras and cjun and some BeSO4induced transformed cells possess neoplastic potential resulting from genomic instability. 相似文献
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Epithelial cells isolated from rat lung and trachea were grown on monolayers and their response to a number of hormones and
growth factors were studied. Maximum proliferative response in serum containing media was observed when insulin, cholera toxin
and cortisol were present together. However, these additives when present independently showed a marginal response. The synergism,
due to these factors in promoting growth was seen very early in culture (day 4) as shown by thymidine labelling studies, On
examining the indices of early mitogenesis, such as the expression ofc-myc, our data suggests that these factors stimulate the expression ofc-myc within 4 h. With respect to expression of TNF-α mRNA, this study suggests a possible modulation of TNF-α expression in response
to these mitogens that stimulate proliferation maximally. Whether this expression of TNF-α by these epithelial cells is due
to a maximal proliferative stimulus and/or is an early step in the cascade of intracellular signalling events is to be investigated
in detail. 相似文献
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Antimicrobial activity of highly stable silver nanoparticles embedded in agar-agar matrix as a thin film 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Highly stable silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) in agar-agar (Ag/agar) as inorganic-organic hybrid were obtained as free-standing film by in situ reduction of silver nitrate by ethanol. The antimicrobial activity of Ag/agar film on Escherichia coli (E. coli), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), and Candida albicans (C. albicans) was evaluated in a nutrient broth and also in saline solution. In particular, films were repeatedly tested for antimicrobial activity after recycling. UV-vis absorption and TEM studies were carried out on films at different stages and morphological studies on microbes were carried out by SEM. Results showed spherical Ag NPs of size 15-25 nm, having sharp surface plasmon resonance (SPR) band. The antimicrobial activity of Ag/agar film was found to be in the order, C. albicans > E. coli > S. aureus, and antimicrobial activity against C. albicans was almost maintained even after the third cycle. Whereas, in case of E. coli and S. aureus there was a sharp decline in antimicrobial activity after the second cycle. Agglomeration of Ag NPs in Ag/agar film on exposure to microbes was observed by TEM studies. Cytotoxic experiments carried out on HeLa cells showed a threshold Ag NPs concentration of 60 μg/mL, much higher than the minimum inhibition concentration of Ag NPs (25.8 μg/mL) for E. coli. The mechanical strength of the film determined by nanoindentation technique showed almost retention of the strength even after repeated cycle. 相似文献
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Vasuki Venkatesan Sugeerappa Laxmanappa Hoti Nagalakshmi Kamaraj Somnath Ghosh Kaushik Rajaram 《Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz》2013,108(6):804-807
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is a prerequisite for electrochemical sensor-based
detection of parasite DNA and other diagnostic applications. To achieve this
detection, an asymmetric polymerase chain reaction method was optimised. This
method facilitates amplification of ssDNA from the human lymphatic filarial
parasite Wuchereria bancrofti. This procedure produced ssDNA
fragments of 188 bp in a single step when primer pairs (forward and reverse)
were used at a 100:1 molar ratio in the presence of double-stranded template
DNA. The ssDNA thus produced was suitable for immobilisation as probe onto the
surface of an Indium tin oxide electrode and hybridisation in a system for
sequence-specific electrochemical detection of W. bancrofti.
The hybridisation of the ssDNA probe and target ssDNA led to considerable
decreases in both the anodic and the cathodic currents of the system''s redox
couple compared with the unhybridised DNA and could be detected via cyclic
voltammetry. This method is reproducible and avoids many of the difficulties
encountered by conventional methods of filarial parasite DNA detection; thus, it
has potential in xenomonitoring. 相似文献
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Isabelle M. Henry Ugrappa Nagalakshmi Meric C. Lieberman Kathie J. Ngo Ksenia V. Krasileva Hans Vasquez-Gross Alina Akhunova Eduard Akhunov Jorge Dubcovsky Thomas H. Tai Luca Comai 《The Plant cell》2014,26(4):1382-1397
Chemical mutagenesis efficiently generates phenotypic variation in otherwise homogeneous genetic backgrounds, enabling functional analysis of genes. Advances in mutation detection have brought the utility of induced mutant populations on par with those produced by insertional mutagenesis, but systematic cataloguing of mutations would further increase their utility. We examined the suitability of multiplexed global exome capture and sequencing coupled with custom-developed bioinformatics tools to identify mutations in well-characterized mutant populations of rice (Oryza sativa) and wheat (Triticum aestivum). In rice, we identified ∼18,000 induced mutations from 72 independent M2 individuals. Functional evaluation indicated the recovery of potentially deleterious mutations for >2600 genes. We further observed that specific sequence and cytosine methylation patterns surrounding the targeted guanine residues strongly affect their probability to be alkylated by ethyl methanesulfonate. Application of these methods to six independent M2 lines of tetraploid wheat demonstrated that our bioinformatics pipeline is applicable to polyploids. In conclusion, we provide a method for developing large-scale induced mutation resources with relatively small investments that is applicable to resource-poor organisms. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that large libraries of sequenced mutations can be readily generated, providing enhanced opportunities to study gene function and assess the effect of sequence and chromatin context on mutations. 相似文献
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Escherichia coli cells with penicillin acylase activity were permeabilized with aqueous solutions of the cationic detergent N-cetyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), at pH 8.0 and the activity was found to have almost doubled. The concentration of CTAB, the time and temperature of treatment were optimised for maximum enzyme activity and were found to be 0.2%, 20 min and 5°C respectively. Subsequently, the cell bound activity was retained for a longer period by chemical cross-linking with 0.1% glutaraldehyde. 相似文献
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Nadiminty N Tummala R Lou W Zhu Y Shi XB Zou JX Chen H Zhang J Chen X Luo J deVere White RW Kung HJ Evans CP Gao AC 《PloS one》2012,7(3):e32832