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《Life sciences》1996,59(14):PL227-PL234
Effect of NO induced by interleukin-1 (IL-1) or IL-1/interferon-γ (IL-1/IFN-γ) was investigated on cell growth using primary cultures of human thyrocytes. Cytokine-induced NO production was associated not only with an increase in cyclic GMP (cGMP) formation but also with an inhibition of cell growth determined by bromo-deoxyuridine (Br-dU) incorporation into DNA. When NO synthesis was blocked by NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-MMA), cGMP formation was prevented in parallel with NO production and inversely a restoration of cell growth was evident. S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine, a NO donor, but not a cell permeable cGMP analog, 8-bromo-cGMP, inhibited cell growth in a dose-dependent manner. The present findings strongly indicate that endogenous NO produced by the cytokine treatment as well as exogenous NO, has a cGMP-independent inhibitory action on human thyrocyte growth.  相似文献   

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《Journal of Asia》2014,17(3):199-205
The foraging territories of 2 subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), were simulated using a model to explore how territorial intraspecific competition changes with 4 variables characterizing the formation of territory: the number of primary tunnels, N0; the branching probability, Pbranch; the number of territories, N; and the blocking probability, Pblock. The blocking probability Pblock quantitatively describes the probability that a tunnel will be terminated when another tunnel is encountered; higher Pblock values indicate more likely termination. Higher tunnel-tunnel encounters led to denser tunnel networks. We defined a territory as a convex polygon containing a tunnel pattern and explored the effects of competition among termite colonies on territory size distribution at steady state attained after sufficient simulation time. At the beginning of the simulation, N = 10, 20,…, 100 initial territory seeds were randomly distributed within a square area. In our previous study, we introduced an interference coefficient γ to characterize territorial competition. Higher γ values imply higher limitations on network growth. We theoretically derived γ as a function of Pblock and N. In this study, we considered the constants in γ as functions of N0 and Pbranch so as to quantitatively examine the effect of tunnel structure on territorial competition. By applying statistical regression to the simulation data, we determined the generalized γ functions for both species. Under competitive conditions, territory size is most strongly affected by N0, while the outcome of territorial competition is most strongly affected by N, followed by Pblock and N0.  相似文献   

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In this study, on the basis of empirical data, we have simulated the foraging tunnel patterns of two subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), using a two-dimensional model. We have defined a territory as a convex polygon containing a tunnel pattern and explored the effects of competition among termite territory colonies on the territory size distribution in the steady state that was attained after a sufficient simulation time. In the model, territorial competition was characterized by a blocking probability Pblock that quantitatively describes the ease with which a tunnel stops its advancement when it meets another tunnel; higher Pblock values imply easier termination. In the beginning of the simulation run, N=10, 20,…,100 territory seeds, representing the founding pair, were randomly distributed on a square area. When the territory density was less (N=20), the differences in the territory size distributions for different Pblock values were small because the territories had sufficient space to grow without strong competitions. Further, when the territory density was higher (N>20), the territory sizes increased in accordance with the combinational effect of Pblock and N. In order to understand these effects better, we introduced an interference coefficient γ. We mathematically derived γ as a function of Pblock and N: γ(N,Pblock)=a(N)Pblock/(Pblock+b(N)). a(N) and b(N) are functions of N/(N+c) and d/(N+c), respectively, and c and d are constants characterizing territorial competition. The γ function is applicable to characterize the territoriality of various species and increases with both the Pblock values and N; higher γ values imply higher limitations of the network growth. We used the γ function, fitted the simulation results, and determined the c and d values. In addition, we have briefly discussed the predictability of the present model by comparing it with our previous lattice model that had been used to explain the territory size distributions of mangrove termites on the Atlantic coast of Panama.  相似文献   

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The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 aspartyl protease (HIV-1 PR) is a homodimeric aspartyl endopeptidase that is required for virus replication. HIV-1 PR was shown to act invitro as acyl-donor and -acceptor for both guinea pig liver transglutaminase (TG, EC 2.3.2.13) and human Factor XIIIa. These preliminary evidences suggested that the HIV-1 PR contains at least three TG-reactive glutaminyl and one lysyl residues. We report here that the incubation of HIV-1 PR with TG increases its catalytic activity. This increase is dependent upon the time of incubation, the concentration of TG and the presence of Ca2+. Identification of ε-(γ-glutamyl)lysine in the proteolytic digest of the TG-modified HIV-1 PR suggested intramolecular covalent cross-linking of this protease which may promote a non-covalent dimerization and subsequent activation of this enzyme via a conformational change. This hypothesis is supported by the observation that the TG-catalyzed activation of HIV-1 PR was completely abolished by spermidine (SPD) which acts as a competitive inhibitor of ε-(γ-glutamyl)lysine formation. Indeed, in the presence of 1 mM SPD the formation of the isopeptide was decreased of about 80%. The main products of the TG-catalyzed modification of HIV-1 PR in the presence of SPD were N1-mono(γ-glutamyl)SPD and N8-mono(γ-glutamyl)SPD. Negligible amount of N1,N8-bis(γ-glutamyl)SPD were found. The significance of these results is discussed with respect to the activation of the protease by post-translational modification and design of potential inhibitors.  相似文献   

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Two new non-protein amino acids, Nδ-benzoyl-l-ornithine and Nδ-benzoyl-l-γ-hydroxyornithine have been characterized from the seeds of Vicia pseudo-orobus.  相似文献   

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The metabolic fate of stable isotopically labeled polyamines was investigated after their first and second intraperitoneal injection in rats. Using gas chromatographic and mass fragmentographic analyses of acid-hydrolyzed 24-h urines, some aspects of the polyamine metabolism could be elucidated. After the injections with hexadeutero-1,3-diaminopropane, obly labeled 1,3-diaminopropane was recovered from the urine samples. The rat injected with tetradeuteroputrescine excreted labeled putrescine excreted labeled putrescine, γ-amino-n-butyric acid, 2-hydroxyputrescine and spermidine, while the urine samples of the rat after the injections with tetradeuterocadaverine contained labeled cadaverine and δ-aminovaleric acid. The injections of hexadeuterospermidine led to the appearance of labeled spermidine, isoputreanine, putreanine, N-(2-carboxyethyl)-4-amino-n-butyric acid, putrescine, γ-amino-n-butyric acid, 1,3-diaminopropane, β-alanine and spermine. After the injections with octadeuterospermine, labeled spermine, N-(3-aminopropyl)-N′-(2-carboxyethyl)-1,4-diaminobutane, N,N′-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-1,4-diaminobutane, spermidine, isoputreanine, putreanine, N-(2-carboxyethyl)-4-amino-n-butyric acid, putrescine, 1,3-diaminopropane, β-alanine, 2-hydroxyputrescine and possibly γ-amino-n-butyric acid were recovered. Clear differences between the metabolism after the first and second injection were noted for putrescine, spermidine and spermine, which is suggestive for enzyme induction and/or the existence of salvage pathways.  相似文献   

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Acid hydrolysis of trichloroacetic acid precipitate from rat tissue (liver, kidney and testis) homogenate released significant amounts of acid-insoluble putrescine, spermidine and spermine. Following incubation of liver homogenate with [1,4-14C]putrescine, 1.4% of total radioactivity and 1.0% of labelled diamine were recovered in the acid-insoluble fraction. Exhaustive digestion of acid-precipitable material with proteinases (Pronase, aminopeptidase M, carboxipeptidase A, B and Y) revealed the presence of di- and polyamines and of N1-(γ-glutamyl)spermidine, N1-(γ-glutamyl)sperminine and N1, N12-bis(γ-glutamyl)spermine. These derivatives were identified both by chromatographic analysis and by enzymatic digestion with purified γ-glutamylamine cyclotransferase. The finding of di- and polyamine γ-glutamyl derivatives in the proteinase-digested acid-insoluble fraction of homogenate may be considered as a proof of the in vivo transglutaminase-catalyzed binding of polyamines to proteins. This evidence suggests that di- and polyamines might have an important role in mammalian tissues through covalent binding to proteins by either one or both the primary amino groups.  相似文献   

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A series of novel ureas and thioureas of 3-decladinosyl-3-hydroxy 15-membered azalides, were discovered, structurally characterized and biologically evaluated. They have shown good antibacterial activity against selected Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. These include N″ substituted 9a-(N′-carbamoyl-γ-aminopropyl)- (6a,c), 9a-(N′-thiocarbamoyl-γ-aminopropyl)- (7a,e), 9a-[N′-(β-cyanoethyl)-N′-(carbamoyl-γ-aminopropyl)]- (9a-c, 9g) 9a-[N′-(β-cyanoethyl)-N′-(thiocarbamoyl-γ-aminopropyl)]-derivatives (10d-f) of 5-O-desosaminyl-9-deoxo-9-dihydro-9a-aza-9a-homoerythronolide A (3).Among the synthesized compounds thiourea 7a and urea 9b have shown substantially improved activity comparable to azithromycin (1) and significantly better activity than the 3-decladinosyl-azithromycin (2) and the parent 3-cladinosyl analogues against efflux-mediated resistant S. pneumoniae.  相似文献   

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A novel class of Janus tyrosine kinase 3 (JAK3) inhibitors based on a 2-benzimidazoylpurinone core structure is described. Through substitution of the benzimidazoyl moiety and optimization of the N-9 substituent of the purinone, compound 24 was identified incorporating a chroman-based functional group. Compound 24 shows excellent kinase activity, good oral bioavailability and demonstrates efficacy in an acute mechanistic mouse model through inhibition of interleukin-2 (IL-2) induced interferon-γ (INF-γ) production.  相似文献   

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The effects of GTP on soluble cerebral glycoprotein galactosyl- and N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases were studied. The transfer of galactose from UDP-galactose to both endogenous and exogenous acceptors was stimulated by GTP while the transfer of N-acetylgalactosamine to endogenous and defined exogenous acceptors was inhibited by the nucleotide. Similar results were obtained with β,γ-methylene GTP, a structural analog of GTP. Evidence is presented which suggests that GTP is as an allosteric modulator of these two glycosyltransferases.  相似文献   

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Novel series of N-(5-(arylcarbonyl)thiazol-2-yl)amides and N-(5-(arylcarbonyl)thiophen-2-yl)amides were discovered as potent retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor-gamma-t (RORγt) inhibitors. SAR studies of the RORγt HTS hit 6a led to identification of thiazole ketone amide 8h and thiophene ketone amide 9g with high binding affinity and inhibitory activity of Th17 cell differentiation. Compound 8h showed in vivo efficacy in both mouse experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and collagen induced arthritis (CIA) models via oral administration.  相似文献   

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Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) stimulates the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (Ptd InsP2) via phospholipase C-γ1 (PLC-γ1) in Swiss 3T3 cells. Treatment of cells with the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor Ro-31-8220 greatly decreased PDGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-γ1, but paradoxically enhanced the production of inositol phosphates (InsPs). The inhibitor also caused an increase of PDGF receptor tyrosine phosphorylation at later times. The changes in phosphorylation of the receptor were correlated with alterations in PLC-γ1 translocation to the particulate fraction. Thus, although activation of PLC-γ1 was associated with phosphorylation of the receptor and translocation of the enzyme to the particulate fraction, it was dissociated from its tyrosine phosphorylation. A non-receptor-associated, cytosolic tyrosine kinase also was found to phosphorylate PLC-γ1 in a PDGF-dependent manner, but was not inhibited by Ro-31-8220 in vitro. PKC depletion by phorbol ester treatment decreased the tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-γ1 induced by PDGF and slowed the translocation of PLC-γ1, but Ro-31-8220 produced further effects. The effect of Ro-31-8220 to enhance the production of InsPs could not be attributed to inhibition of PKC since InsPs production with PDGF was decreased in PKC-depleted cells and a stimulatory effect of the inhibitor was still evident. Interestingly, Ro-31-8220 decreased the radioactivity in phosphatidylinositol and increased that in phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and PtdInsP2 in cells labeled with myo[3H]inositol. The increased synthesis of PtdInsP2 could contribute to the increased production of InsPs induced by Ro-31-8220. In summary, these results support the conclusion that the activation of PLC-γ1 in response to PDGF requires autophosphorylation of the receptor and membrane association of PLC-γ1, but not phosphorylation of the enzyme. Furthermore, the effects of Ro-31-8220 on the tyrosine phosphorylation and activity of PLC-γ1, and on PtdInsP2 synthesis cannot be attributed to inhibition of PKC. © 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.  相似文献   

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The second harmonic generation (SHG) signal intensity sourced from skeletal muscle myosin II strongly depends on the polarization of the incident laser beam relative to the muscle fiber axis. This dependence is related to the second-order susceptibility χ(2), which can be described by a single component ratio γ under generally assumed symmetries. We precisely extracted γ from SHG polarization dependence curves with an extended focal field model. In murine myofibrillar preparations, we have found two distinct polarization dependencies: With the actomyosin system in the rigor state, γrig has a mean value of γrig = 0.52 (SD = 0.04, n = 55); in a relaxed state where myosin is not bound to actin, γrel has a mean value of γrel = 0.24 (SD = 0.07, n = 70). We observed a similar value in an activated state where the myosin power stroke was pharmacologically inhibited using N-benzyl-p-toluene sulfonamide. In summary, different actomyosin states can be visualized noninvasively with SHG microscopy. Specifically, SHG even allows us to distinguish different actin-bound states of myosin II using γ as a parameter.  相似文献   

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The two aminoacid esters, N-acetyl-l-methionine α-naphthyl ester and N-acetyl-l-alanine α-naphthyl ester have been found to be suitable chromogenic substrates for the demonstration of mouse submandibular esterproteases. Using these substrates, a complex banding pattern of esterproteases was demonstrated by disc electrophoresis of mouse submandibular gland. Of these, protease A, epidermal growth factor binding protein, and the γ-subunits of 7 S nerve growth factor could be identified.  相似文献   

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A pair of diastereoisomers of Nδ-benzoyl-γ-hydroxy-l-ornithine was synthesized. By comparison with the two synthetic compounds, the natural  相似文献   

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An N-acetylglutamokinase-deficient arginine-requiring mutant, KY9390 and an N-acetylornithine aminotransferase-deficient arginine-requiring mutant, AA-7 were derived from a wild-type strain and an l-arginine-producing mutant of Corynebacterium glutamicum, respectively. KY 9390 accumulated 7.5 mg per ml of N-acetylglutamic acid and AA-7 accumulated 2 mg per ml of N-acetylglutamate-γ-semialdehyde, intermediates of arginine biosynthesis, in a culture medium.

The production of N-acetylglutamate-γ-semialdehyde by AA-7 was not affected by the concentration of l-arginine in the medium, whereas that of N-acetylglutamic acid by KY 9390 was inhibited by the addition of l-arginine in the medium.  相似文献   

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Versatile fluorescent staining methodologies, based on the incorporation of dansylcadaverine[N-(5-aminopentyl)-5-dimethylamino-l-naphthalenesulfonamide] into N,N-dimethylcasein, are described for the detection of transamidating enzymes of the endo-γ-glutamine:ε-lysine transferase type. Activity staining was employed for comparing the electrophoretic behaviors of such transamidating enzymes derived from human and guinea pig tissues. Two enzymatically active forms of guinea pig liver transglutaminase were found.  相似文献   

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A benzfurazan derivative of glutathione l-γ-glutamyl-(S-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole)-l-cysteinylglycine (GS-NBD) with an absorption maximum at 419 nm is readily acted upon by γ-glutamyl transpeptidase to yield the S-benzfurazan derivative of cysteinylglycine. An internal SN shift occurs immediately to yield the N-benzfurazan derivative, which in turn reacts with the sulfhydryl reagent 4,4′-dithiodipyridine to produce the mixed disulfide with an intense absorption at 461 nm. The maximum difference in molar extinction coefficient is 13,200 and occurs at 470 nm. This general device should be applicable to the assay of many other peptidases.  相似文献   

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