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I Nathan G Agam R Mechoulam A Dvilansky A A Livne 《Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology》1992,70(10):1305-1308
The effect of a synthetic pair of enantiomeric cannabinoids on platelet function was evaluated. The nonpsychotropic enantiomer, the 1,1-dimethylheptyl homolog of (+)-(3S,4S)-7-hydroxy-delta-6-tetrahydrocannabinol (HU-211), was found to be more active in inhibiting ADP-induced platelet aggregation than the highly psychotropic (-)-enantiomer (HU-210). The related (+)-(3R,4R) cannabinoid, HU-213, which lacks the 7-hydroxy moiety, exerted its inhibitory effect within a wider range of concentrations. The results indicate a differentiation between psychotropic activity and inhibition of platelet aggregation in the cannabinoid group of compounds. 相似文献
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In vitro incorporation of [Me-3H] thymidine and [5-3H] uridine into human platelets was demonstrated. Thymidine incorporation was inhibited by three specific inhibitors of DNA synthesis: hydroxyurea, cytosine arabinoside and daunomycin. The effect was dose-dependent. Uridine uptake by platelets was found to be inhibited by specific inhibitors of RNA synthesis such as actinomycin D, rifampicin and vincristine, the effect of actinomycin D being dose dependent. The drug also led to a time-dependent inhibition of protein synthesis when preincubated with platelets. The platelet RNA profile on polyacrylamide gel was demonstrated to be similar to that of embryonic mouse erythroblast RNA. Synthesis of all three fractions, 28 S, 18 S and 4 S, was inhibited by actinomycin D. These findings show that human platelets are capable of DNA and RNA synthesis, and that these activities play a role in controlling protein synthesis in these cells. Detectable amounts of DNA have been found in whole human platelets, and in isolated mitochondria derived from these cells. Isolated platelet mitochondria incorporated [3H] thymidine and [3H] uridine into their macromolecules. These activities were inhibited by daunomycin and by both rifampicin and actinomycin D, respectively. These results support the assumption that DNA and RNA synthesis found in intact cell preparations takes place most probably in platelet mitochondria. 相似文献
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Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein promotes the development of the liver stages of the parasite 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Singh AP Buscaglia CA Wang Q Levay A Nussenzweig DR Walker JR Winzeler EA Fujii H Fontoura BM Nussenzweig V 《Cell》2007,131(3):492-504
The liver stages of malaria are clinically silent but have a central role in the Plasmodium life cycle. Liver stages of the parasite containing thousands of merozoites grow inside hepatocytes for several days without triggering an inflammatory response. We show here that Plasmodium uses a PEXEL/VTS motif to introduce the circumsporozoite (CS) protein into the hepatocyte cytoplasm and a nuclear localization signal (NLS) to enter its nucleus. CS outcompetes NFkappaB nuclear import, thus downregulating the expression of many genes controlled by NFkappaB, including those involved in inflammation. CS also influences the expression of over one thousand host genes involved in diverse metabolic processes to create a favorable niche for the parasite growth. The presence of CS in the hepatocyte enhances parasite growth of the liver stages in vitro and in vivo. These findings have far reaching implications for drug and vaccine development against the liver stages of the malaria parasite. 相似文献
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Roffman JL Nitenson AZ Agam Y Isom M Friedman JS Dyckman KA Brohawn DG Smoller JW Goff DC Manoach DS 《PloS one》2011,6(9):e25253
Background
Responding to errors is a critical first step in learning from mistakes, a process that is abnormal in schizophrenia. To gain insight into the neural and molecular mechanisms of error processing, we used functional MRI to examine effects of a genetic variant in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR 677C>T, rs1801133) that increases risk for schizophrenia and that has been specifically associated with increased perseverative errors among patients. MTHFR is a key regulator of the intracellular one-carbon milieu, including DNA methylation, and each copy of the 677T allele reduces MTHFR activity by 35%.Methodology/Principal Findings
Using an antisaccade paradigm, we found that the 677T allele induces a dose-dependent blunting of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) activation in response to errors, a pattern that was identical in healthy individuals and patients with schizophrenia. Further, the normal relationship between dACC activation and error rate was disrupted among carriers of the 677T allele.Conclusions/Significance
These findings implicate an epigenetic mechanism in the neural response to errors, and provide insight into normal cognitive variation through a schizophrenia risk gene. 相似文献5.
Choe H Moore MJ Owens CM Wright PL Vasilieva N Li W Singh AP Shakri R Chitnis CE Farzan M 《Molecular microbiology》2005,55(5):1413-1422
Plasmodium vivax is one of four Plasmodium species that cause human malaria. P. vivax and a related simian malaria parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi, invade erythrocytes by binding the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC) through their respective Duffy binding proteins. Here we show that tyrosines 30 and 41 of DARC are modified by addition of sulphate groups, and that the sulphated tyrosine 41 is essential for association of the Duffy binding proteins of P. vivax (PvDBP) and P. knowlesi (PkDaBP) with DARC-expressing cells. These sulphated tyrosines also participate in the association of DARC with each of its four known chemokine ligands. Alteration of tyrosine 41 to phenylalanine interferes with MCP-1, RANTES and MGSA association with DARC, but not with that of IL8. In contrast, alteration of tyrosine 30 to phenylalanine interferes with the association of IL8 with DARC. A soluble sulphated amino-terminal domain of DARC, but not one modified to phenylalanine at residue 41, can be used to block the association of PvDBP and PkDaBP with red blood cells, with an IC50 of approximately 5 nM. These data are consistent with a role for tyrosine sulphation in the association of many or most chemokines with their receptors, and identify a key molecular determinant of erythrocyte invasion by P. vivax. 相似文献
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Hye-Seon Kim Kirk J. Czymmek Agam Patel Shannon Modla Anja Nohe Randall Duncan Simon Gilroy Seogchan Kang 《Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B》2012,49(8):589-601
Calcium is a universal messenger that translates diverse environmental stimuli and developmental cues into specific cellular and developmental responses. While individual fungal species have evolved complex and often unique biochemical and structural mechanisms to exploit specific ecological niches and to adjust growth and development in response to external stimuli, one universal feature to all is that Ca2+-mediated signaling is involved. The lack of a robust method for imaging spatial and temporal dynamics of subcellular Ca2+ (i.e., “Ca2+ signature”), readily available in the plant and animal systems, has severely limited studies on how this signaling pathway controls fungal growth, development, and pathogenesis. Here, we report the first successful expression of a FRET (Förster Resonance Energy Transfer)-based Ca2+ biosensor in fungi. Time-lapse imaging of Magnaporthe oryzae, Fusarium oxysporum, and Fusarium graminearum expressing this sensor showed that instead of a continuous gradient, the cytoplasmic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]c) change occurred in a pulsatile manner with no discernable gradient between pulses, and each species exhibited a distinct Ca2+ signature. Furthermore, occurrence of pulsatile Ca2+ signatures was age and development dependent, and major [Ca2+]c transients were observed during hyphal branching, septum formation, differentiation into specialized plant infection structures, cell–cell contact and in planta growth. In combination with the sequenced genomes and ease of targeted gene manipulation of these and many other fungal species, the data, materials and methods developed here will help understand the mechanism underpinning Ca2+-mediated control of cellular and developmental changes, its role in polarized growth forms and the evolution of Ca2+ signaling across eukaryotic kingdoms. 相似文献
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The blood-meal is essential to complete ova development by supplying nutrients and by stimulating hormone production in mated female Argas (Persicargas) arboreus. Within 3 days after feeding, the hormone is synthesized in the nerve ganglion and afterward is released into the hemolymph. Isolating the ovaries by ligation from the nerve ganglion during the hormone synthesis period interfered with ova development. Injecting an extract of nerve ganglia from 3-day-fed, mated females and of hemolymph from 4-day-fed, mated females into mated, recently fed females induced the same degree of ova development in their isolated ovaries as in fed, mated control females. Injecting nerve ganglion extract from 3-day-fed, mated females into mated, unfed females did not induce ova development. 相似文献
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Galila M. Khalil Harry Hoogstraal James H. Oliver 《International journal for parasitology》1980,10(4):253-259
Khalil G. M., Hoogstraal H. and Oliver J. H. Jr. 1980. Biological evaluation of the systematic validity of the African Argas (Persicargas) arboreus and the Asian-Australian A.(P.)robertsi (Ixodoidea: Argasidae). International journal for Parasitology10: 253–259. The closely related A. (P.)arboreus (Ethiopian Faunal Region) and A. (P.) robertsi (Oriental and Australian Faunal Regions) interbreed readily and produce partially fertile progeny. Intrahybrid crosses are much less productive than P1 homogamic crosses. Results of backcrosses indicate that the progeny of the robertsi ♂ × arboreus ♀ cross are less fertile than the progeny of the reciprocal cross. The fertility of F1 hybrid progeny is lower than that of the P1 pure species as expressed in lower female fecundity, egg hatch, and/or viability of immature stages. These 2 species probably originated from a common ancestor and geographic isolation caused genetic incompatibility. 相似文献
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Thrombin-induced platelet aggregation is affected by external Na+ independently of the Na+/H+ exchange 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Thrombin affects blood platelets by activation of Na+/H+ exchange and induction of aggregation, but the relationship between these effects is under debate. The present study attempts to clarify whether the activation of the exchanger activity is required for platelet aggregation. In apparent support of such a requirement, thrombin-induced aggregation is higher in Na+ medium than in N-methylglucamine+ medium and is inhibited by sphingosine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C known to regulate the Na+/H+ exchanger. However, the inhibition of aggregation by sphingosine occurs in both Na+-containing and Na+-free media, the aggregation is identical in Na+ and K+-containing media, and is not inhibited by 5-N-(3-aminophenyl)amiloride, at a concentration 10-fold higher than its Ki for platelet Na+/H+ exchange. Furthermore, at low concentration (0.005 U/ml) thrombin induces aggregation but does not activate the exchange. It is concluded that the activation of Na+/H+ exchange is not required for thrombin-induced platelet aggregation and that the apparent augmentation of aggregation by Na+ is due to an inhibitory effect of N-methylglucamine+. 相似文献