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Hadi Nedaei Nasrollah Rezaei-Ghaleh Karin Giller Stefan Becker Leila Karami Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi Christian Griesinger Ali Akbar Saboury 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2022,298(3)
Alzheimer''s disease is characterized by the presence of extraneuronal amyloid plaques composed of amyloid-beta (Aβ) fibrillar aggregates in the brains of patients. In mouse models, it has previously been shown that atorvastatin (Ator), a cholesterol-lowering drug, has some reducing effect on the production of cerebral Aβ. A meta-analysis on humans showed moderate effects in the short term but no improvement in the Alzheimer''s Disease Assessment Scale—Cognitive Subscale behavioral test. Here, we explore a potential direct effect of Ator on Aβ42 aggregation. Using NMR-based monomer consumption assays and CD spectroscopy, we observed a promoting effect of Ator in its original form (Ator-calcium) on Aβ42 aggregation, as expected because of the presence of calcium ions. The effect was reversed when applying a CaCO3-based calcium ion scavenging method, which was validated by the aforementioned methods as well as thioflavin-T fluorescence assays and transmission electron microscopy. We found that the aggregation was inhibited significantly when the concentration of calcium-free Ator exceeded that of Aβ by at least a factor of 2. The 1H–15N heteronuclear single quantum correlation and saturation-transfer difference NMR data suggest that calcium-free Ator exerts its effect through interaction with the 16KLVF19 binding site on the Aβ peptide via its aromatic rings as well as hydroxyl and methyl groups. On the other hand, molecular dynamics simulations confirmed that the increasing concentration of Ator is necessary for the inhibition of the conformational transition of Aβ from an α-helix-dominant to a β-sheet-dominant structure. 相似文献
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In this work a new highly fluorescent N,N‐dimethyl benzylamine–palladium(II) yu complex was synthesized by the reaction of [Pd2{(C,N–C6H4CH2N(CH3)2}2(μ‐OAc)]2] with curcumin. The structure of the synthesized complex was characterized using Fourier transform infra‐red (FT‐IR) spectroscopy, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. Fluorescence quantum yield (ΦF) values of the synthesized complex in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), acetonitrile, ethanol, and methanol were 0.160, 0.104, 0.068, and 0.061, respectively. The fluorescence signal of the complex in the organic solvents was very sensitive to the water content of the organic solvent. The quenching effect of water was used to determine trace amounts of water in the heteroatom‐containing organic solvents (ethanol, methanol, acetonitrile) and redox‐active solvents (DMSO). The linear ranges for determination of water (v/v %) in ethanol, DMSO and acetonitrile were found to be 0.03–14.5, 0.08–13.8, and 0.07–18.8, respectively. Two linear ranges were found for determination of water (v/v %) in methanol (0.1–1.2 and 4.7–25.0). Detection limit (DL) values were calculated to be 0.001, 0.05, 0.004, and 0.01 (v/v %) in ethanol, methanol, acetonitrile, and DMSO, respectively. The proposed method overcomes the problems of the standard Karl Fischer method for determination of water in DMSO. In addition, it gave the best DL value for determination of water in ethanol compared with all published papers to date. 相似文献
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Elaheh Esmaeili Masoud Soleimani Mohammad Adel Ghiass Shadie Hatamie Saeed Vakilian Mahsa Soufi Zomorrod Negar Sadeghzadeh Manouchehr Vossoughi Simzar Hosseinzadeh 《Journal of cellular physiology》2019,234(8):13617-13628
While the differentiation factors have been widely used to differentiate mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into various cell types, they can cause harm at the same time. Therefore, it is beneficial to propose methods to differentiate MSCs without factors. Herein, magnetoelectric (ME) nanofibers were synthesized as the scaffold for the growth of MSCs and their differentiation into neural cells without factors. This nanocomposite takes the advantage of the synergies of the magnetostrictive filler, CoFe2O 4 nanoparticles (CFO), and piezoelectric polymer, polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF). Graphene oxide nanosheets were decorated with CFO nanoparticles for a proper dispersion in the polymer through a hydrothermal process. After that, the piezoelectric PVDF polymer, which contained the magnetic nanoparticles, underwent the electrospun process to form ME nanofibers, the ME property of which has the potential to be used in areas such as tissue engineering, biosensors, and actuators. 相似文献
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Moeini MM Kiani A Mikaeili E Shabankareh HK 《Biological trace element research》2011,144(1-3):529-537
Forty heifers at the late stage of gestation were randomly assigned into five groups. Heifers were balanced for age, weight, and time of calving in each group. Four and 2?weeks before expected time of calving, the heifers were injected with 0?ml (C), 10?ml (T1), 20?ml (T2), 30?ml (T3), and 40?ml (T4) Se and VE supplements, respectively. Each milliliter of the supplement contained of 0.5?mg Se as sodium selenite and 50?IU of dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate. Blood samples were collected from the heifers 4?weeks before expected calving and at calving day and from the calves at birth and 7?days of age. The serum Se and immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentrations, white blood cell and differential leukocyte counts were measured. The Se concentrations in the sera of the heifers before the injections of Se and VE supplements were the same among the groups (P?>?0.05), but after calving were significantly increased in the treated heifers (P?0.05). Similarly, the serum Se levels of calves of the treated heifers were higher (P?0.05). The Se concentrations in the colostrums of the heifers were affected by treatments (P?0.05). Colostrum and daily milk productions at 8-week lactation were increased in treated heifers compared with the controls (P?0.05). Likewise, the milk somatic cell counts decreased in the treated heifers compared with the controls. The changes of the mean serum IgG levels did not differ among calves (P?>?0.05). The white blood cell counts were higher in calves of heifers in groups T3 and T4 compared with the control group at 7?days of age (P?0.05). 相似文献
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Sara Karami Paul Brennan Philip S. Rosenberg Marie Navratilova Dana Mates David Zaridze Vladimir Janout Helena Kollarova Vladimir Bencko Vsevolod Matveev Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska Ivana Holcatova Meredith Yeager Stephen Chanock Idan Menashe Nathaniel Rothman Wong-Ho Chow Paolo Boffetta Lee E. Moore 《PloS one》2009,4(9)
In the kidney vitamin D is converted to its active form. Since vitamin D exerts its activity through binding to the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR), most genetic studies have primarily focused on variation within this gene. Therefore, analysis of genetic variation in VDR and other vitamin D pathway genes may provide insight into the role of vitamin D in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) etiology. RCC cases (N = 777) and controls (N = 1,035) were genotyped to investigate the relationship between RCC risk and variation in eight target genes. Minimum-p-value permutation (Min-P) tests were used to identify genes associated with risk. A three single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sliding window was used to identify chromosomal regions with a False Discovery Rate of <10%, where subsequently, haplotype relative risks were computed in Haplostats. Min-P values showed that VDR (p-value = 0.02) and retinoid-X-receptor-alpha (RXRA) (p-value = 0.10) were associated with RCC risk. Within VDR, three haplotypes across two chromosomal regions of interest were identified. The first region, located within intron 2, contained two haplotypes that increased RCC risk by approximately 25%. The second region included a haplotype (rs2239179, rs12717991) across intron 4 that increased risk among participants with the TC (OR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.09–1.57) haplotype compared to participants with the common haplotype, TT. Across RXRA, one haplotype located 3′ of the coding sequence (rs748964, rs3118523), increased RCC risk 35% among individuals with the variant haplotype compared to those with the most common haplotype. This study comprehensively evaluated genetic variation across eight vitamin D pathway genes in relation to RCC risk. We found increased risk associated with VDR and RXRA. Replication studies are warranted to confirm these findings. 相似文献
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Long-term survival of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 under low-nutrient conditions and associated morphological changes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Christine Paszko-Kolva Manouchehr Shahamat Rita R. Colwell 《FEMS microbiology letters》1992,102(1):45-55
Abstract Extended survival of Legionella pneumophila , using both a clinical and an environmental isolate, was studied in drinking water, creek water, and estuarine water microcosms. Legionella populations were monitored by acridine orange direct counts (AODC) and viable count on buffered charcoal yeast extract agar amended with alpha-ketoglutarate (BCYEα). Initial colony counts of the clinical isolate in drinking and creek water microcosms were 2 × 108 cfu/ml and, after incubation for 1.5 years, the plate counts decreased to 3 × 106 cfu/ml. The AODC counts, however, did not change significantly. The clinical isolate in estuarine water decreased in plate counts to 102 (cfu/ml) over the same period. After incubation for 1.5 years at 15°C in the microcosms, Legionella plate counts of creek and drinking water decreased by two logs. Direct microscopic examination of aliquots removed from all microcosms revealed the presence of small bacilli, large bacilli and rare filamentous cells. The environmental isolate demonstrated only one colony morphology upon culture on BCYEα. Interestingly, after four months incubation in the microcosm, upon plating the clinical isolate on BCYEα, two distinct colony types were evident. Examination by immunofluorescent staining employing a monoclonal antibody against L. pneumophila revealed both bacillus and filamentous forms. The total cellular proteins of both morphotypes were examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylyamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), demonstrating identical protein patterns. Those Legionella cells remaining culturable during 1.5 years of incubation grew rapidly when transferred to BCYEα. Incubation was continued and it was found that some strains of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 can remain viable for longer than 2.4 years under low-nutrient conditions. 相似文献
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Hamedian AA Esteghamati A Noshad S Mozafari M Moin-Tavakkoli H Nakhjavani M Mahmoudi T Nikzamir M Safary R Nikzamir A 《Molecular biology reports》2012,39(5):6213-6218
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has long been recognized as a hypotensive mediator. Little is known regarding the
contribution of polymorphisms in VEGF gene to essential hypertension (EH), however. We aimed to investigate the association
between +405 VEGF C/G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and occurrence of EH in a sample of patients with diabetes. A study
population of 474 subjects with diabetes of which 45.6% (216) had EH was enrolled in this study. Interviews and physical examinations
were performed in a clinical setting. Subjects were matched in baseline anthropometric and biochemical characteristics except
for total cholesterol. Genotyping of +405 VEGF C/G (rs2010963) SNP was carried out using polymerase chain reaction–restriction
fragment length polymorphism. The allelic distribution of the sample did not violate Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. Subjects
with EH had a higher frequency of G allele (P = 0.005). Additionally, those with EH had a significantly higher frequency of GG genotype (P = 0.015). In multivariate logistic regression models controlling for possible confounders, having GG against CC genotype
was associated with an odds ratio of 2.51 (95% CI: 1.44–4.38; P = 0.001). Moreover, presence of each G allele was linked to a 1.58-fold increase in risk of having EH (95% CI: 1.200–2.086;
P = 0.001). In conclusion, +405 VEGF C/G SNP is associated with EH in patients with diabetes, suggesting presence of G allele
and GG or CG genotype confer susceptibility towards EH. 相似文献
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