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Lisa A. Ridnour Sneha Dhanapal Michael Hoos Joan Wilson Jennifer Lee Robert Y. S. Cheng Ernst E. Brueggemann Harry B. Hines Donna M. Wilcock Michael P. Vitek David A. Wink Carol A. Colton 《Journal of neurochemistry》2012,123(5):736-749
Fibrillar amyloid plaques are largely composed of amyloid‐beta (Aβ) peptides that are metabolized into products, including Aβ1‐16, by proteases including matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP‐9). The balance between production and degradation of Aβ proteins is critical to amyloid accumulation and resulting disease. Regulation of MMP‐9 and its endogenous inhibitor tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)‐1 by nitric oxide (NO) has been shown. We hypothesize that nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) protects against Alzheimer's disease pathology by increasing amyloid clearance through NO regulation of MMP‐9/TIMP‐1 balance. We show NO‐mediated increased MMP‐9/TIMP‐1 ratios enhanced the degradation of fibrillar Aβ in vitro, which was abolished when silenced for MMP‐9 protein translation. The in vivo relationship between MMP‐9, NO and Aβ degradation was examined by comparing an Alzheimer's disease mouse model that expresses NOS2 with a model lacking NOS2. To quantitate MMP‐9 mediated changes, we generated an antibody recognizing the Aβ1‐16 fragment, and used mass spectrometry multi‐reaction monitoring assay for detection of immunoprecipitated Aβ1‐16 peptides. Aβ1‐16 levels decreased in brain lysates lacking NOS2 when compared with strains that express human amyloid precursor protein on the NOS2 background. TIMP‐1 increased in the APPSwDI/NOS2?/? mice with decreased MMP activity and increased amyloid burden, thereby supporting roles for NO in the regulation of MMP/TIMP balance and plaque clearance. 相似文献
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Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in developed and developing countries. Oxidative stress has been proposed to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular complications. In recent years, selenium has been shown to mediate a number of insulinlike actions in a dose-dependent fashion both in vitro and in vivo. In this study, the effect of selenium as sodium selenite was investigated in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats at the dose of 1?μg sodium selenite/kg body weight. Selenium supplementation restored the streptozotocin-induced alterations in the activities of antioxidant enzymes, decreased the serum glucose level, glycated hemoglobin content as well as the levels of lipid peroxidation products, and downregulated the expressions of both NFkB and RAGE. The histopathological studies also reinforce our findings. Hence, selenium has a protective role in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus. 相似文献
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Victoria GS Yadav B Hauhnar L Jain P Bhatnagar S Komath SS 《The Biochemical journal》2012,443(3):619-625
A novel co-regulation exists between the first step of GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol) anchor biosynthesis and the rate-determining step of ergosterol biosynthesis in Candida albicans. Depleting CaGpi19p, an accessory subunit of the enzyme complex that initiates GPI biosynthesis, down-regulates ERG11, altering ergosterol levels and drug response. This effect is specific to CaGpi19p depletion and is not due to cell wall defects or GPI deficiency. Additionally, down-regulation of ERG11 down-regulates CaGPI19 and GPI biosynthesis. 相似文献
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Boys ML Bian F Kramer JB Chio CL Ren XD Chen H Barrett SD Sexton KE Iula DM Filzen GF Nguyen MN Angell P Downs VL Wang Z Raheja N Ellsworth EL Fakhoury S Bratton LD Keller PR Gowan R Drummond EM Maiti SN Hena MA Lu L McConnell P Knafels JD Thanabal V Sun F Alessi D McCarthy A Zhang E Finzel BC Patel S Ciotti SM Eisma R Payne NA Gilbertsen RB Kostlan CR Pocalyko DJ Lala DS 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2012,22(10):3392-3397
A series of 2-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridines are described as inhibitors of ALK5 (TGFβ receptor I kinase). Modeling compounds in the ALK5 kinase domain enabled some optimization of potency via substitutions on the pyrazole core. One of these compounds PF-03671148 gave a dose dependent reduction in TGFβ induced fibrotic gene expression in human fibroblasts. A similar reduction in fibrotic gene expression was observed when PF-03671148 was applied topically in a rat wound repair model. Thus these compounds have potential utility for the prevention of dermal scarring. 相似文献
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Metabolic pathway engineering in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae leads to improved production of a wide range of compounds, ranging from ethanol (from biomass) to natural products such as sesquiterpenes. The introduction of multienzyme pathways requires precise control over the level and timing of expression of the associated genes. Gene number and promoter strength/regulation are two critical control points, and multiple studies have focused on modulating these in yeast. This MiniReview focuses on methods for introducing genes and controlling their copy number and on the many promoters (both constitutive and inducible) that have been successfully employed. The advantages and disadvantages of the methods will be presented, and applications to pathway engineering will be highlighted. 相似文献
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Versha Rai Antresh Kumar Sneha Sudha Komath Rajendra Prasad 《生物化学与生物物理学报:生物膜》2008,1778(10):2143-2153
Although essentially conserved, the N-terminal nucleotide-binding domain (NBD) of Cdr1p and other fungal transporters has some unique substitutions of amino acids which appear to have functional significance for the drug transporters. We have previously shown that the typical Cys193 in Walker A as well as Trp326 and Asp327 in the Walker B of N-terminal NBD (NBD-512) of Cdr1p has acquired unique roles in ATP binding and hydrolysis. In the present study, we show that due to spatial proximity, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) takes place between Trp326 of Walker B and MIANS [2-(4-maleimidoanilino) naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid] on Cys193 of Walker A motif. By exploiting FRET, we demonstrate how these critical amino acids are positioned within the nucleotide-binding pocket of NBD-512 to bind and hydrolyze ATP. Our results show that both Mg2+ coordination and nucleotide binding contribute to the formation of the active site. The entry of Mg2+ into the active site causes the first large conformational change that brings Trp326 and Cys193 in close proximity to each other. We also show that besides Trp326, typical Glu238 in the Q-loop also participates in coordination of Mg2+ by NBD-512. A second conformational change is induced when ATP, but not ADP, docks into the pocket. Asn328 does sensing of the γ-phosphate of the substrate in the extended Walker B motif, which is essential for the second conformational change that must necessarily precede ATP hydrolysis. Taken together our results imply that the uniquely placed residues in NBD-512 have acquired critical roles in ATP catalysis, which drives drug extrusion. 相似文献
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Wan Yun Ho Jer-Cherng Chang Kenneth Lim Amaury Cazenave-Gassiot Aivi T. Nguyen Juat Chin Foo Sneha Muralidharan Ashley Viera-Ortiz Sarah J.M. Ong Jin Hui Hor Ira Agrawal Shawn Hoon Olubankole Aladesuyi Arogundade Maria J. Rodriguez Su Min Lim Seung Hyun Kim John Ravits Shi-Yan Ng Markus R. Wenk Edward B. Lee Greg Tucker-Kellogg Shuo-Chien Ling 《The Journal of cell biology》2021,220(9)