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BACKGROUND: Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), anthracene (ANTH) and chrysene (CHRY) are polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) implicated in renal toxicity and carcinogenesis. These PAHs elicit cell type-specific effects that help predict toxicity outcomes in vitro and in vivo. While BaP and ANTH selectively injure glomerular mesangial cells, and CHRY targets cortico-tubular epithelial cells, binary or ternary mixtures of these hydrocarbons markedly reduce the overall cytotoxic potential of individual hydrocarbons. METHODS: To study the biochemical basis of these antagonistic interactions, renal glomerular mesangial cells were challenged with BaP alone (0.03 - 30 microM) or in the presence of ANTH (3 microM) or CHRY (3 microM) for 24 hr. Total RNA and protein will be harvested for Northern analysis and measurements of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) and ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity, respectively, to evaluate cytochrome P450 mRNA and protein inducibility. Cellular hydrocarbon uptake and metabolic profiles of PAHs were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). RESULTS: Combined hydrocarbon treatments did not influence the cellular uptake of individual hydrocarbons. ANTH or CHRY strongly repressed BaP-inducible cytochrome P450 mRNA and protein expression, and markedly inhibited oxidative BaP metabolism. CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that antagonistic interactions among nephrocarcinogenic PAHs involve altered expression of cytochrome P450s that modulate bioactivation profiles and nephrotoxic/ nephrocarcinogenic potential. 相似文献
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The Protein Journal - Ionic liquids (ILs) exhibit potential as excipients to stabilize proteins in solutions. This mini-review is not a detailed reference book on ILs, rather a brief overview of... 相似文献
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Sixteen microsatellite loci are described for the two‐spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae, which is an agricultural pest. The microsatellite loci were obtained through the construction of an enriched library; these loci exhibited polymorphisms (2–5 alleles per locus) and high levels of observed (0.033–0.667, average 0.415) and expected (0.033–0.602, average 0.336) heterozygosities. The isolated microsatellite markers are expected to be useful for the construction of a linkage map of this species. 相似文献
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MH Bowie J Klimaszewski CJ Vink S Hodge SD Wratten 《New Zealand journal of zoology.》2013,40(4):268-284
Pitfall traps were used to monitor predatory arthropod numbers along two types of field boundary, a post and wire fence line and a Cupressus macrocarpa hedge, along the same paddock margin in Canterbury, New Zealand, over 24 months. The seven most abundant predator groups recorded were: Araneae > Phalangiidae > Staphylinidae > Coccinellidae > Chilopoda > Hemerobiidae > Carabidae. Araneae, Phalangiidae, Staphylinidae, Chilopoda and Hemerobiidae were found in larger numbers at the wire fence than at the hedge site, whereas the numbers of Carabidae and Coccinellidae adults exhibited no field margin preference. However, more species of Araneae and Staphylinidae were caught at the hedge site, whereas species richness of carabid beetles was greatest at the wire fence. Principal component analysis clearly separated the samples collected from the two habitats based on the assemblages of Araneae, Staphylinidae and Carabidae, and certain species in each of these taxonomic groups appeared to be particularly associated with one boundary type or the other. All the main taxonomic groups exhibited clear seasonal patterns, with distinct peaks in abundance occurring at certain times of the year. The results of the study reinforce the idea that management of field boundaries can be used to manipulate the type and abundance of particular groups of predatory arthropods, and that seasonal patterns should be taken into account in schemes of integrated pest management so that any adverse effects of biocide application on these beneficial species may be minimised. 相似文献
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Maya Guncheva Ivaylo Ivanov Boris Galunsky Nicolina Stambolieva Jose Kaneti 《European journal of biochemistry》2004,271(11):2272-2279
Kinetic experiments with a substrate series of phenylacetyl-arylamides reveal that at least one polar group in the amine moiety is required for the proper orientation of the substrate in the large nucleophile-binding subsite of penicillin acylase of Escherichia coli. Quantum mechanical molecular modelling of enzyme-substrate interactions in the enzyme active site shows that in the case of substrates lacking local symmetry, the productive binding implies two nonsymmetrical arrangements with respect to the two positively charged guanidinium residues of ArgA145 and ArgB263. This indicates a crucial role of the specified arginine pair in the substrate- and stereoselectivity of penicillin acylase. 相似文献
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Bobcheva Z Zhiryakova D Guncheva M 《Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry》2011,26(4):587-591
A series of 4-alkylamino-2-ethoxycyclobut-3en-1,2-diones has been synthesized, characterized and their inhibitory effect on pancreatic lipase (PL) was evaluated. The compound 1 has shown relatively high potency (IC(50)?=?0.11?mM) compared with the most effective anti-obesity drug, tetrahydrolipstatin (Orlistat) (IC(50) value?=?0.08?mM). The compounds have showed good selectivity toward PL and did not affect the activity of trypsin, another digestive enzyme. 相似文献
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Patterns of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation
were studied in 378 populations of oak trees sampled throughout the
southern half of France. Six cpDNA haplotypes detected in a previous
European survey and three new cpDNA haplotypes were found in this region.
Two mitochondrial polymorphisms detected earlier by restriction analysis of
PCR-amplified fragments alone, or in combination with single-strand
conformation polymorphism (SSCP), were compared with the cpDNA data.
Sequencing revealed the nature of the two mitochondrial mutations: a
single-base substitution and a 4-bp inversion associated with a 22-bp
hairpin secondary structure. The single-base substitution was then analyzed
by allele-specific amplification. Results for the two cytoplasmic genomes
were combined, which allowed the identification of 12 cpDNA-mtDNA
haplotypes. The 4-bp mtDNA inversion has appeared independently in
different cpDNA lineages. Given the peculiar nature of this mtDNA mutation,
we suggest that intramolecular recombination leading to repeated inversions
of the 4-bp sequence (rather than paternal leakage of one of the two
genomes) is responsible for this pattern. Furthermore, the geographic
locations of the unusual cpDNA-mtDNA associations (due to the inversion)
usually do not match the zones of contact between divergent haplotypes. In
addition, in southern France, the groupings of populations based on the
mtDNA substitution were strictly congruent with those based on cpDNA.
Because many populations that are polymorphic for both cpDNA and mtDNA have
remained in contact since postglacial recolonization in this area without
producing any new combination of cytoplasms involving the mitochondrial
substitution, we conclude that paternal leakage is not a significant factor
at this timescale. Such results confirm and expand our earlier conclusions
based on controlled crosses.
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