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Trimethyloxonium modification of single batrachotoxin-activated sodium channels in planar bilayers. Changes in unit conductance and in block by saxitoxin and calcium 总被引:13,自引:9,他引:4
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Single batrachotoxin-activated sodium channels from rat brain were modified by trimethyloxonium (TMO) after incorporation in planar lipid bilayers. TMO modification eliminated saxitoxin (STX) sensitivity, reduced the single channel conductance by 37%, and reduced calcium block of inward sodium currents. These effects always occurred concomitantly, in an all-or-none fashion. Calcium and STX protected sodium channels from TMO modification with potencies similar to their affinities for block. Calcium inhibited STX binding to rat brain membrane vesicles and relieved toxin block of channels in bilayers, apparently by competing with STX for the toxin binding site. These results suggest that toxins, permeant cations, and blocking cations can interact with a common site on the sodium channel near the extracellular surface. It is likely that permeant cations transiently bind to this superficial site, as the first of several steps in passing inward through the channel. 相似文献
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Common congenital anomalies: Environmental causes and prevention with folic acid containing multivitamins
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Swapnalee Sarmah James A. Marrs 《Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews》2016,108(3):274-286
Congenital anomalies, congenital defects, or birth defects are significant causes of death in infants. The most common congenital defects are congenital heart defects (CHDs) and neural tube defects (NTDs). Defects induced by genetic mutations, environmental exposure to toxins, or a combination of these effects can result in congenital malformations, leading to infant death or long‐term disabilities. These defects produce significant mortality and morbidity in the affected individuals, and families are affected emotional and financially. Also, society is impacted on many levels. Congenital anomalies may be reduced by dietary supplements of folic acid and other vitamins. Here, we review the evidence for specific roles of toxins (alcohol, cigarette smoke) in causing common severe congenital anomalies like CHDs, NTDs, and ocular defects. We also review the evidence for beneficial effects for dietary supplementation, and highlight gaps in our knowledge, where research may contribute to additional benefits of intervention that can reduce birth defects. Extensive discussion of common severe congenital anomalies (CHDs, NTDs, and ocular defects) illustrates the effects of diet on the frequency and severity of these defects. Birth Defects Research (Part C) 108:274–286, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 相似文献
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S Patyar R Joshi DS Prasad Byrav A Prakash B Medhi BK Das 《Journal of biomedical science》2010,17(1):21
Resistance to conventional anticancer therapies in patients with advanced solid tumors has prompted the need of alternative
cancer therapies. Moreover, the success of novel cancer therapies depends on their selectivity for cancer cells with limited
toxicity to normal tissues. Several decades after Coley's work a variety of natural and genetically modified non-pathogenic
bacterial species are being explored as potential antitumor agents, either to provide direct tumoricidal effects or to deliver
tumoricidal molecules. Live, attenuated or genetically modified non-pathogenic bacterial species are capable of multiplying
selectively in tumors and inhibiting their growth. Due to their selectivity for tumor tissues, these bacteria and their spores
also serve as ideal vectors for delivering therapeutic proteins to tumors. Bacterial toxins too have emerged as promising
cancer treatment strategy. The most potential and promising strategy is bacteria based gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy.
Although it has shown successful results in vivo yet further investigation about the targeting mechanisms of the bacteria are required to make it a complete therapeutic approach
in cancer treatment. 相似文献
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Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) is an intermediate-filament (IF) protein that maintains the astrocytes of the Central Nervous
System in Human. This is differentially expressed during serological studies in inflamed condition such as Rheumatoid Arthritis
(RA). Therefore, it is of interest to glean molecular insight using a model of GFAP (49.88 kDa) due to its crystallographic nonavailability.
The present study has been taken into consideration to construct computational protein model using Modeller 9.11.
The structural relevance of the protein was verified using Gromacs 4.5 followed by validation through PROCHECK, Verify 3D,
WHAT-IF, ERRAT and PROVE for reliability. The constructed three dimensional (3D) model of GFAP protein had been scrutinized
to reveal the associated functions by identifying ligand binding sites and active sites. Molecular level interaction study revealed
five possible surface cavities as active sites. The model finds application in further computational analysis towards drug discovery
in order to minimize the effect of inflammation. 相似文献
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BK. Binukumar Varsha Shukla Niranjana D. Amin Philip Grant M. Bhaskar Susan Skuntz Joseph Steiner Harish C. Pant 《Molecular biology of the cell》2015,26(24):4478-4491
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra, decreased striatal dopamine levels, and consequent extrapyramidal motor dysfunction. Recent evidence indicates that cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is inappropriately activated in several neurodegenerative conditions, including PD. To date, strategies to specifically inhibit Cdk5 hyperactivity have not been successful without affecting normal Cdk5 activity. Previously we reported that TFP5 peptide has neuroprotective effects in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease. Here we show that TFP5/TP5 selective inhibition of Cdk5/p25 hyperactivation in vivo and in vitro rescues nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP/MPP+) in a mouse model of PD. TP5 peptide treatment also blocked dopamine depletion in the striatum and improved gait dysfunction after MPTP administration. The neuroprotective effect of TFP5/TP5 peptide is also associated with marked reduction in neuroinflammation and apoptosis. Here we show selective inhibition of Cdk5/p25 hyperactivation by TFP5/TP5 peptide, which identifies the kinase as a potential therapeutic target to reduce neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease. 相似文献
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Mokhtarul Haque Rosy Sarmah Dhruba K. Bhattacharyya 《Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology》2018,16(1):227-238
Detection of protein complexes by analyzing and understanding PPI networks is an important task and critical to all aspects of cell biology. We present a technique called PROtein COmplex DEtection based on common neighborhood (PROCODE) that considers the inherent organization of protein complexes as well as the regions with heavy interactions in PPI networks to detect protein complexes. Initially, the core of the protein complexes is detected based on the neighborhood of PPI network. Then a merging strategy based on density is used to attach proteins and protein complexes to the core-protein complexes to form biologically meaningful structures. The predicted protein complexes of PROCODE was evaluated and analyzed using four PPI network datasets out of which three were from budding yeast and one from human. Our proposed technique is compared with some of the existing techniques using standard benchmark complexes and PROCODE was found to match very well with actual protein complexes in the benchmark data. The detected complexes were at par with existing biological evidence and knowledge. 相似文献
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