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Yildirim G Baştuğ M Akçil IE Fiçicilar H Koç E Zaloğlu N 《Biological trace element research》2000,78(1-3):7-12
The platelet-activating factor (PAF) is an inflammatory mediator and it may exert some of its effects by reactive oxygen species
(ROS). We investigated the effects of PAF and hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) on copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) levels in plasma and
the intracellular antioxidant enzyme activities of rats. PAF administration caused a decrease in erythrocyte catalase (CAT)
and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities and in the plasma zinc level. Following PAF administration, exposure to HBO also
caused a decrease in erythrocyte GPx activity. These results support the hypothesis that PAF may produce free oxygen radicals
and HBO enhances this effect. The enzyme activities of the antioxidant defense system were found to be affected by these oxidative
processes. This is likely to be the result of excessive production of ROS or overutilization and/or inhibition of the antioxidant
enzymes. 相似文献
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Summary Electron-microscopic studies of peripheral nerves as prepared by the freezeetching method show the myelin lamella to be 185 Å thick. This is the same dimension found by x-ray diffraction analysis of natural myelin. In contrast to the appearance of osmiumfixed material, the cytoplasmic surfaces of the paired membranes in the myelin lamella are apposed to two fine, separate lines, while the outer membrane sides are fused into a broader single line. The finding of a decidedly different structure for the outer and for the inner membrane surfaces appears to be the cause of the difference factor.This work was supported by the Swiss National Foundation (Nr. 4065). — Acknowledgement: We thank the Balzers AG. (9496 Balzers, Fürstentum Liechtenstein) for providing us with the High Vakuum Device. 相似文献
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P E Shaw 《The New biologist》1990,2(2):111-118
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Fernández A 《FEBS letters》2005,579(29):6635-6640
The identification of the driving factor for fibril formation is paramount to understand the molecular basis of amyloidogenic disease. Recently, an atomic-detail structure of a fibrillogenic aggregate was reported and revealed a tight packing of beta-sheets. However, there is not a single pair-wise interaction of significance between the beta-sheets, no hydrogen bond and no hydrophobic interaction. Instead, there is extensive burial of polar groups at the interface. These observations lead to the question: What factor drives the association of beta-sheets? This issue is addressed by combining all-atom molecular dynamics with an implicit-solvent analysis. The driving force for the association arises from the mechanical equivalent of the dehydration propensity of pre-formed intra-sheet hydrogen bonds and dipole-dipole interactions. 相似文献
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VEGF/VPF: the angiogenesis factor found? 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
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Diffey B 《BMJ (Clinical research ed.)》2000,320(7228):176-177
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B S Andrews 《Trends in biochemical sciences》1991,16(1):31-36
Human tissue factor (TF), the membrane-bound glycoprotein receptor for the blood-clotting factor VII/VIIa, contains in its extracellular domain three repeats of the rare motif, tryptophan-lysine-serine (WKS). Murine tissue factor, which binds human factor VII/VIIa poorly, contains only one WKS motif suggesting that the WKS motif may be involved in the binding of human factor VII/VIIa to human TF. Sequence analysis has revealed a WKS motif in 23 human proteins, seven of which are involved in the coagulation process. Another five WKS-containing proteins share some functional properties with the coagulation proteins. Analysis of the properties of these proteins provides some insight into the possible functional role of the WKS motif. 相似文献
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Many authors have referred to the important role of vegetation in the consolidation of salt marsh sediments, but experiments
previously carried out by us have shown results that do not always agree with these statements. In other words, the type of
salt marsh surface coverage is not the main factor that contributes to the consolidation of sediments. To test this hypothesis
different Portuguese salt marsh stations (species/unvegetated areas) from two sites, Tagus estuary (Corroios and Pancas) and
Ria de Aveiro (Barra and Verdemilho), were compared to evaluate their influence on suspended matter deposition on the salt
marsh surface. A short-term sedimentation study was performed within stands of Spartina maritima, Halimione portulacoides, Sarcocornia perennis subsp. perennis and unvegetated areas, by analysing the deposition of sediment material on nylon filters anchored to the marsh surface. Numerical
results obtained from hydrodynamic models coupled to a Lagrangean module implemented for the Ria de Aveiro and the Tagus Estuary,
namely the root-mean square velocity (V
rms) and residual velocity of tides, were also used.
Average sedimentation rates (mean value between the different surface cover in a salt marsh) showed a seasonal trend more
or less defined but with significantly different values between sites and salt marshes. Sedimentation rates varied between
marshes: there are significant differences between Pancas and the other three marshes, but only significant differences in
sedimentation rates between Spartina and Sarcocornia.
Despite the important role of vegetation in the consolidation of salt marsh sediments, our results suggest that, the position
of stations and related abiotic conditions in the salt marshes are determining factors of variation to take into account in
the studies related with the stabilization and survival of salt marshes facing sea level rise.
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AbstractTwo distinct populations, active and cryptic forms of tissue factor (TF), reside on the cell surface. Apart from phospholipid contribution, various models have been introduced to explain decryption/encryption of TF. The proposed model, the switching of Cys186–Cys209 bond of TF, has become the matter of controversy. However, it is well accepted that this disulfide has an immense influence upon ligand factor VIIa (FVIIa) for its binding. However, molecular level understanding for this remains unveiled due to lack of detailed structural information. In this regard, we have performed the molecular dynamic study of membrane-bound TF/TF–FVIIa in both the forms (±Cys186–Cys209 allosteric disulfide bond), individually. Dynamic study depicts that disulfide bond provides structural rigidity of TF in both free and ligand-bound forms. This disulfide bond also governs the conformation of FVIIa structure as well as the binding affinity of FVIIa toward TF. Significant differences in lipid–protein interaction profiles of both the forms of TF in the complex were observed. Two forms of TF, oxidized and reduced, have different structural conformation and behave differentially toward its ligand FVIIa. This disulfide bond not only alters the conformation of GLA domain of FVIIa in the vicinity but allosterically regulates the conformation of the distantly located FVIIa protease domain. We suggest that the redox status of the disulfide bond also governs the lipid-mediated interactions with both TF and FVIIa.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma 相似文献
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A family is reported with a variant of von Willebrand's disease. The members of this family showed a qualitative defect of the factor VII/von Willebrand factor protein. The qualitative defect was characterized by an abnormal electrophoretical mobility of factor VIII-related antigen and an abnormal elution pattern as demonstrated by gelfiltration on Sepharose 4 B. Factor VIII-subunits in these patients were found to be normal by polyacrylamidgelelektrophoresis. 相似文献
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What is the relationship between the endothelium derived relaxant factor and nitric oxide? 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Nitric oxide gas in solution (NO) relaxes blood vessels with similar actions and pharmacodynamics as the endothelium derived relaxant factor (EDRF) and has been proposed to be a component of the materials released from stimulated endothelial cells. Certain data however suggest that EDRF and NO may not be identical. In some non-vascular smooth muscles, NO and EDRF exhibit markedly different pharmacologic profiles. Furthermore the interaction of EDRF and NO with anion exchange resins differ. The hypothesis that EDRF is identical to nitric oxide gas in solution or a nitrogen oxide containing compound is discussed. 相似文献
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