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Mohammad Sharifur Rahman Ferdous Khan Pinky Karim Syeda Kohji Nishimura Mitsuo Jisaka Tsutomu Nagaya Fumiaki Shono Kazushige Yokota 《Cytotechnology》2014,66(4):635-646
Prostacyclin alternatively called prostaglandin (PG) I2 is an unstable metabolite synthesized by the arachidonate cyclooxygenase pathway. Earlier studies have suggested that prostacyclin analogues can act as a potent effector of adipose differentiation. However, biosynthesis of PGI2 has not been determined comprehensively at different life stages of adipocytes. PGI2 is rapidly hydrolyzed to the stable product, 6-keto-PGF1α, in biological fluids. Therefore, the generation of PGI2 can be quantified as the amount of 6-keto-PGF1α. In this study, we attempted to develop a solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a mouse antiserum specific for 6-keto-PGF1α. According to the typical calibration curve of our ELISA, 6-keto-PGF1α can be quantified from 0.8 pg to 7.7 ng in an assay. The evaluation of our ELISA revealed the higher specificity of our antiserum without the cross-reaction with other related prostanoids while it exhibited only the cross-reaction of 1.5 % with PGF2α. The resulting ELISA was applied to the quantification of 6-keto-PGF1α generated endogenously by cultured 3T3-L1 cells at different stages. The cultured cells showed the highest capability to generate 6-keto-PGF1α during the maturation phase of 4–6 days, which was consistent with the coordinated changes in the gene expression of PGI synthase and the IP receptor for PGI2. Following these events, the accumulation of fats was continuously promoted up to 14 days. Thus, our immunological assay specific for 6-keto-PGF1α is useful for monitoring the endogenous levels of the unstable parent PGI2 at different life stages of adipogenesis and for further studies on the potential association with the up-regulation of adipogenesis in cultured adipocytes. 相似文献
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Bilal Ahmad Wani Faheem Shehjar Sonaullah Shah Ajaz Koul Adfar Yusuf Masqooba Murtaza Rajni Singh Fayez Althobaiti Adil Aldhahrani Dil Afroze 《Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences》2021,28(8):4210-4216
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a chronic infectious disease. Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is an important cytokine imparting resistance to mycobacterial diseases. It is believed that IFN-γ and Interleukin-10 (IL-10) play divergent roles in the host immune system against MTB infection. IL-10 is an important inhibitory cytokine and helps balancing the inflammatory and immune responses. IL-10 is involved in down regulation of Th1 cytokines, MHC class II antigen and co-stimulatory molecular expression on macrophages, while IFN-γ results in macrophage activation allowing them to exert the microbicidal role. The objectives were to find out the association of IL-10 (?1082 A/G) and IFN-γ (+874 A/T) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in ethnic Kashmiri population. A total of 100 extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases and 102 healthy controls were analyzed for IL-10 (?1082 A/G) and IFN- γ (+874 A/T) SNPs using Allele-Specific PCR. We found a significant association of IFN-γ + 874 ‘TT’ genotype with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (p = 0.006) and in case of IL-10 (?1082 A/G) we found a significant association with extrapulmonary tuberculosis under recessive model (GG vs GA + AA) (p = 0.03) in Kashmiri population. IL-10 (?1082 A/G) and IFN-γ (+874 A/T) have a significant association with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in ethnic Kashmiri population. 相似文献
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Sabira Begum Anjum Ayub Syeda Qamar Zehra Bina Shaheen Siddiqui M. Iqbal Choudhary Samreen 《化学与生物多样性》2014,11(5):709-718
Two new natural triterpenes, lantaninilic acid and lantoic acid, along with the known triterpenes lantadene A, and oleanolic, ursolic, betulinic, lantanolic, and camaric acid, were obtained from the aerial parts of Lantana camara through bioassay‐guided isolation, monitoring the in vitro antileishmanial activity against promastigotes of Leishmania major. Oleanolic acid ( 3 ), ursolic acid ( 4 ), lantadene A ( 5 ), and lantanilic acid ( 7 ) showed significant leishmanicidal activities with IC50 values of 53.0, 12.4, 20.4, and 21.3 μM , respectively. The IC50 value of ursolic acid ( 4 ; 12.4 μM ) was found to be comparable with that of the standard drugs, pentamidine (IC50 15.0 μM ) and amphotericin B (IC50 0.31 μM ). The in vitro activities of L. camara and its constituents against promastigotes of Leishmania major are reported here for the first time. 相似文献
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Muhammad Shahid Muhammad Tariq Javed Kashif Tanwir Muhammad Sohail Akram Syeda Khola Tazeen Muhammad Hamzah Saleem Sajid Masood Sadia Mujtaba Hassan Javed Chaudhary 《Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants》2020,26(12):2417
Cadmium (Cd) is highly toxic metal for plant metabolic processes even in low concentration due to its longer half-life and non-biodegradable nature. The current study was designed to assess the bioremediation potential of a Cd-tolerant phytobeneficial bacterial strain Bacillus sp. SDA-4, isolated, characterized and identified from Chakera wastewater reservoir, Faisalabad, Pakistan, together with spinach (as a test plant) under different Cd regimes. Spinach plants were grown with and without Bacillus sp. SDA-4 inoculation in pots filled with 0, 5 or 10 mg kg−1 CdCl2-spiked soil. Without Bacillus sp. SDA-4 inoculation, spinach plants exhibited reduction in biomass accumulation, antioxidative enzymes and nutrient retention. However, plants inoculated with Bacillus sp. SDA-4 revealed significantly augmented growth, biomass accumulation and efficiency of antioxidative machinery with concomitant reduction in proline and MDA contents under Cd stress. Furthermore, application of Bacillus sp. SDA-4 assisted the Cd-stressed plants to sustain optimal levels of essential nutrients (N, P, K, Ca and Mg). It was inferred that the characterized Cd-tolerant PGPR strain, Bacillus sp. SDA-4 has a potential to reduce Cd uptake and lipid peroxidation which in turn maintained the optimum balance of nutrients and augmented the growth of Cd-stressed spinach. Analysis of bioconcentration factor (BCF) and translocation factor (TF) revealed that Bacillus sp. SDA-4 inoculation with spinach sequestered Cd in rhizospheric zone. Research outcomes are important for understanding morpho-physio-biochemical attributes of spinach-Bacillus sp. SDA-4 synergy which might provide efficient strategies to decrease Cd retention in edible plants and/or bioremediation of Cd polluted soil colloids. 相似文献
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Jamshed Iqbal Mohammed I. El-Gamal Syeda Abida Ejaz Joanna Lecka Jean Sévigny 《Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry》2018,33(1):479-484
Tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) is an important isozyme of alkaline phosphatases, which plays different pivotal roles within the human body. Most importantly, it is responsible for maintaining the balanced ratio of phosphate and inorganic pyrophosphate, thus regulates the extracellular matrix calcification during bone formation and growth. The elevated level of TNAP has been linked to vascular calcification and end-stage renal diseases. Consequently, there is a need to search for highly potent and selective inhibitors of alkaline phosphatases (APs) for treatment of disorders associated with the over-expression of APs. Herein, a series of tricyclic coumarin sulphonate 1a-za with known antiproliferative activity, was evaluated for AP inhibition against human tissue nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (h-TNAP) and human intestinal alkaline phosphatase (h-IAP). The methylbenzenesulphonate derivative 1f (IC50?=?0.38?±?0.01?μM) was found to be the most active h-TNAP inhibitor. Another 4-fluorobenzenesulphonate derivative 1i (IC50?=?0.45?±?0.02?μM) was found as the strongest inhibitor of h-IAP. Some of the derivatives were also identified as highly selective inhibitors of APs. Detailed structure-activity relationship (SAR) was investigated to identify the functional groups responsible for the effective inhibition of AP isozymes. The study was also supported by the docking studies to rationalise the most possible binding site interactions of the identified inhibitors with the targeted enzymes. 相似文献
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Rufus Vinod Munawar Samuel Syeda Yumna Farrukh Sadia Rehmat Muhammad Umair Hanif Syed Shoaib Ahmed Syed Ghulam Musharraf Faiza Gul Durrani Mahjabeen Saleem Roquyya Gul 《Molecular biotechnology》2018,60(8):585-594
Human recombinant vascular endothelial growth factor-A121 (hrVEGF-A121) has applications in pharmaceutical industry especially in regenerative medicine. Here, we report the expression, purification, and characterization of hrVEGF-A121 in Escherichia coli expression system using human small ubiquitin-related modifier-3 (hSUMO3) fusion partner. Total RNA was isolated from healthy human gingival tissue, VEGF-A121 gene was RT-PCR amplified, and hSUMO3 gene was tagged at N-terminus. The fusion gene (SUMO3-VEGF-A121) was cloned in pET-22b(+) expression vector and transferred into E. coli strains; BL21 codon?+?and Rosetta-gami B(DE3). The hrVEGF-A121 expression was optimized for temperature, IPTG concentration, and time in Terrific Broth (TB). The positive transformants were sequenced and hrVEGF-A121 nucleotide sequence was submitted to Genbank (Accession No. KT581010). Approximately 40% of total cell protein expression was observed in soluble form on 15% SDS-PAGE. The hSUMO3 was cleaved from hrVEGF-A121 with SUMO protease and purified by Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography using anionic Hi-trap Resource Q column. From 100 ml TB, ~?25.5% and ~?6.8 mg of hrVEGF-A121 protein was recovered. The dimerized hrVEGF-A121 was characterized by Native PAGE and Western blot, using human anti-VEGF-A antibody and ESI-MS showed dimeric hrVEGF-A121 at 31,015 Da. The biological activity of hrVEGF-A121 was assessed in vitro by MTT and cell viability assay and observed to be bioactive. 相似文献
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Distinctive inhibition of alkaline phosphatase isozymes by thiazol‐2‐ylidene‐benzamide derivatives: Functional insights into their anticancer role 下载免费PDF全文
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Nuzhat Arshad Jamshed Hashim Muhammad Ali Minhas Javeria Aslam Tahira Ashraf Syeda Zehra Hamid Tahseen Iqbal Shumaila Javed 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2018,28(19):3251-3254
Four series of heterocyclic compounds, namely, tetrahydro-2H-1,3,5-thiadiazine thione derivatives were synthesized in good to excellent yields and were screened for their in vitro antileishmanial activities against Leishmania major (promastigotes). Most of the compounds showed significant antileishmanial activity within the range of IC50?=?15.48–39.36?μM when compared with standard pentamidine (IC50?=?14.95?μM). The structure-activity relationship showed that N-3 and N-5 substituents have a key role against leishmanicidal activity. The ester analogues (series B) were found to have a 1.5 to 5-fold reduced activity compared to their acidic counterparts. Cytotoxicity against mammalian mouse fibroblast 3?T3 cells was also evaluated and compared between the acid and its ester analogue. The reduction of antileishmanial activity and loss of toxicity in the newly developed THTT ester derivative indicates that these compounds can be used as a template study for the production of effective antileishmanial ester prodrugs. 相似文献