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Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-2 activity controls 4-hydroxynonenal metabolism and activity in prostate cancer cells 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Pettazzoni P Ciamporcero E Medana C Pizzimenti S Dal Bello F Minero VG Toaldo C Minelli R Uchida K Dianzani MU Pili R Barrera G 《Free radical biology & medicine》2011,51(8):1610-1618
4-Hydroxynonenal (HNE) is an end product of lipoperoxidation with antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties in various tumors. Here we report a greater sensitivity to HNE in PC3 and LNCaP cells compared to DU145 cells. In contrast to PC3 and LNCaP cells, HNE-treated DU145 cells showed a smaller reduction in growth and did not undergo apoptosis. In DU145 cells, HNE did not induce ROS production and DNA damage and generated a lower amount of HNE-protein adducts. DU145 cells had a greater GSH and GST A4 content and GSH/GST-mediated HNE detoxification. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor-2 (Nrf2) is a regulator of the antioxidant response. Nrf2 protein content and nuclear accumulation were higher in DU145 cells compared to PC3 and LNCaP cells, whereas the expression of KEAP1, the main negative regulator of Nrf2 activity, was lower. Inhibition of Nrf2 expression with specific siRNA resulted in a reduction in GST A4 expression and GS-HNE formation, indicating that Nrf2 controls HNE metabolism. In addition, Nrf2 knockdown sensitized DU145 cells to HNE-mediated antiproliferative and proapoptotic activity. In conclusion, we demonstrated that increased Nrf2 activity resulted in a reduction in HNE sensitivity in prostate cancer cells, suggesting a potential mechanism of resistance to pro-oxidant therapy. 相似文献
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Light-induced nitration pathways of phenols are important processes for the transformation of pesticide-derived secondary pollutants into toxic derivatives in surface waters and for the formation of phytotoxic compounds in the atmosphere. Moreover, phenols can be used as ˙NO(2) probes in irradiated aqueous solutions. This paper shows that the nitration of 4-chlorophenol (4CP) into 2-nitro-4-chlorophenol (NCP) in the presence of irradiated nitrate and nitrite in aqueous solution involves the radical ˙NO(2). The experimental data allow exclusion of an alternative nitration pathway by ˙OH + ˙NO(2). Quantum mechanical calculations suggest that the nitration of both phenol and 4CP involves, as a first pathway, the abstraction of the phenolic hydrogen by ˙NO(2), which yields HNO(2) and the corresponding phenoxy radical. Reaction of phenoxyl with another ˙NO(2) follows to finally produce the corresponding nitrated phenol. Such a pathway also correctly predicts that 4CP undergoes nitration more easily than phenol, because the ring Cl atom increases the acidity of the phenolic hydrogen of 4CP. This favours the H-abstraction process to give the corresponding phenoxy radical. In contrast, an alternative nitration pathway that involves ˙NO(2) addition to the ring followed by H-abstraction by oxygen (or by ˙NO(2) or ˙OH) is energetically unfavoured and erroneously predicts faster nitration for phenol than for 4CP. 相似文献
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Mandili G Khadjavi A Gallo V Minero VG Bessone L Carta F Giribaldi G Turrini F 《The FEBS journal》2012,279(12):2182-2191
Doxorubicin is commonly considered to exert its anti-tumor activity by triggering apoptosis of cancer cells through DNA damage. Recent reports have shown that Doxorubicin elicits a marked heat shock response, and that either inhibition or silencing of heat shock proteins enhance the Doxorubicin apoptotic effect in neuroblastoma cells. In order to investigate whether Doxorubicin may also act through protein modification, we performed a proteomic analysis of ubiquitinated proteins. Here we show that nanomolar Doxorubicin treatment of neuroblastoma cells caused: (a) dose-dependent over-ubiquitination of a specific set of proteins in the absence of measurable inhibition of proteasome, (b) protein ubiquination patterns similar to those with Bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor, (c) depletion and loss of activity of ubiquitinated enzymes such as lactate dehydrogenase and α-enolase, and (d) a decrease in HSP27 solubility, probably a consequence of its binding to denatured proteins. These data strongly reinforce the hypothesis that Doxorubicin may also exert its effect by damaging proteins. 相似文献
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Francisco José González Minero Isabel Iglesias Victoria Jato Maria Jesús Aira Pilar Candau Julia Morales Carmen Tomas 《Aerobiologia》1998,14(2-3):117-129
A comparative study is presented of the pollen emissions of Urticaceae, Plantaginaceae and Poaceae, collected during 1995
with Hirst samplers (Burkard or Lanzoni) at five sites in western Spain: two Mediterranean sites located in the south (Huelva
and Seville) and three Atlantic sites in the north (Orense, Vigo and Santiago). The annual pollen of Poaceae and Plantaginaceae
collected in the Atlantic cities was found to be twice that in the Mediterranean sites, and the total amount of Urticaceae
was higher at sites with an urban environment and subject to sea influence (Vigo, Huelva and Seville). At all the sites, the
start of the main pollination periods (MPP) took place in the following order: Urticaceae, Plantaginaceae and Poaceae. It
was also observed that the MPP of these three pollen types began earlier in Huelva and Seville, where the mean temperatures
necessary for the beginning of pollen emissions are recorded very early. Regarding the variation in pollen concentrations
throughout the year, Urticaceae presented peaks of maximum concentration in March (Huelva, Seville, Vigo and Orense) and June
(Santiago); Plantaginaceae in March (south) and June (north); and Poaceae in May (south) and June–July (north). At northern
sites, pollen emissions of Urticaceae and Plantaginaceae continued throughout the summer, while in the south they decreased
considerably from May onwards. From the allergenic point of view, the indices of reactivity described for Urticaceae and Poaceae
were exceeded more often at northern sites, in particular at Vigo. The meteorological conditions associated with periods of
highest pollen emission of these three herbaceous types are a rise in mean temperature, light or absent rainfall, and abundant
sunshine. The statistical correlations between pollen emissions and meteorological factors were not well-defined, either for
the stations or for all the taxa, although they were clearer for the Atlantic cities and for Urticaceae. 相似文献
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Omaira Vera Lizcano Sarah Stela Resende Yonne F Chehuan Marcus VG Lacerda Cristiana FA Brito Mariano G Zalis 《Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz》2014,109(7):948-951
The molecular basis of Plasmodium vivax chloroquine (CQ) resistance
is still unknown. Elucidating the molecular background of parasites that are
sensitive or resistant to CQ will help to identify and monitor the spread of
resistance. By genotyping a panel of molecular markers, we demonstrate a similar
genetic variability between in vitro CQ-resistant and sensitive phenotypes of
P. vivax parasites. However, our studies identified two
loci (MS8 and MSP1-B10) that could be used to discriminate
between both CQ-susceptible phenotypes among P. vivax isolates in
vitro. These preliminary data suggest that microsatellites may be used to identify
and to monitor the spread of P. vivax-resistance around the
world. 相似文献
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Paulo FP Pimenta Alessandra S Orfano Ana C Bahia Ana PM Duarte Claudia M Ríos-Velásquez Fabrício F Melo Felipe AC Pessoa Giselle A Oliveira Keillen MM Campos Luis Martínez Villegas Nilton Barnabé Rodrigues Rafael Nacif-Pimenta Rejane C Sim?es Wuelton M Monteiro Rogerio Amino Yara M Traub-Cseko José BP Lima Maria GV Barbosa Marcus VG Lacerda Wanderli P Tadei Nágila FC Secundino 《Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz》2015,110(1):23-47
In the Americas, areas with a high risk of malaria transmission are mainly located in
the Amazon Forest, which extends across nine countries. One keystone step to
understanding the Plasmodium life cycle in Anopheles species from the Amazon Region
is to obtain experimentally infected mosquito vectors. Several attempts to colonise
Ano- pheles species have been conducted, but with only short-lived success or no
success at all. In this review, we review the literature on malaria transmission from
the perspective of its Amazon vectors. Currently, it is possible to develop
experimental Plasmodium vivax infection of the colonised and field-captured vectors
in laboratories located close to Amazonian endemic areas. We are also reviewing
studies related to the immune response to P. vivax infection of Anopheles aquasalis,
a coastal mosquito species. Finally, we discuss the importance of the modulation of
Plasmodium infection by the vector microbiota and also consider the anopheline
genomes. The establishment of experimental mosquito infections with Plasmodium
falciparum, Plasmodium yoelii and Plasmodium berghei parasites that could provide
interesting models for studying malaria in the Amazonian scenario is important.
Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of the parasites
in New World vectors is crucial in order to better determine the interaction process
and vectorial competence. 相似文献
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Marcos A Gimenes Andrea A Hoshino Andrea VG Barbosa Dario A Palmieri Catalina R Lopes 《BMC plant biology》2007,7(1):9
Background
The genus Arachis includes Arachis hypogaea (cultivated peanut) and wild species that are used in peanut breeding or as forage. Molecular markers have been employed in several studies of this genus, but microsatellite markers have only been used in few investigations. Microsatellites are very informative and are useful to assess genetic variability, analyze mating systems and in genetic mapping. The objectives of this study were to develop A. hypogaea microsatellite loci and to evaluate the transferability of these markers to other Arachis species. 相似文献8.
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Stephanie Zobrist Marcelo Brito Eduardo Garbin Wuelton M. Monteiro Suellen Clementino Freitas Marcela Macedo Aline Soares Moura Nicole Advani Maria Kahn Sampa Pal Emily Gerth-Guyette Pooja Bansil Gonzalo J. Domingo Dhelio Pereira Marcus VG Lacerda 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2021,15(8)
BackgroundGlucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is a common enzyme deficiency, prevalent in many malaria-endemic countries. G6PD-deficient individuals are susceptible to hemolysis during oxidative stress, which can occur from exposure to certain medications, including 8-aminoquinolines used to treat Plasmodium vivax malaria. Accordingly, access to point-of-care (POC) G6PD testing in Brazil is critical for safe treatment of P. vivax malaria.Methodology/Principal findingsThis study evaluated the performance of the semi-quantitative, POC STANDARD G6PD Test (SD Biosensor, Republic of Korea). Participants were recruited at clinics and through an enriched sample in Manaus and Porto Velho, Brazil. G6PD and hemoglobin measurements were obtained from capillary samples at the POC using the STANDARD and HemoCue 201+ (HemoCue AB, Sweden) tests. A thick blood slide was prepared for malaria microscopy. At the laboratories, the STANDARD and HemoCue tests were repeated on venous samples and a quantitative spectrophotometric G6PD reference assay was performed (Pointe Scientific, Canton, MI). G6PD was also assessed by fluorescent spot test. In Manaus, a complete blood count was performed.Samples were analyzed from 1,736 participants. In comparison to spectrophotometry, the STANDARD G6PD Test performed equivalently in determining G6PD status in venous and capillary specimens under varied operating temperatures. Using the manufacturer-recommended reference value thresholds, the test’s sensitivity at the <30% threshold on both specimen types was 100% (95% confidence interval [CI] venous 93.6%–100.0%; capillary 93.8%–100.0%). Specificity was 98.6% on venous specimens (95% CI 97.9%–99.1%) and 97.8% on capillary (95% CI 97.0%–98.5%). At the 70% threshold, the test’s sensitivity was 96.9% on venous specimens (95% CI 83.8%–99.9%) and 94.3% on capillary (95% CI 80.8%–99.3%). Specificity was 96.5% (95% CI 95.0%–97.6%) and 92.3% (95% CI 90.3%–94.0%) on venous and capillary specimens, respectively.Conclusion/SignificanceThe STANDARD G6PD Test is a promising tool to aid in POC detection of G6PD deficiency in Brazil.Trial registrationThis study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: ). NCT04033640相似文献
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Cherepanova NA Minero AS Rakhimova AR Gromova ES 《Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids》2011,30(7-8):619-631
Murine DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a-CD and M.SssI from Spiroplasma methylate cytosines at CpG sites. The role of 6-oxo groups of guanines in DNA methylation by these enzymes has been studied using DNA substrates, which contained 2-aminopurine at different positions. Removal of the 6-oxo group of the guanine located adjacent to the target cytosine in the CpG site dramatically reduces the stability of the methyltransferase-DNA complexes and leads to a significant decrease in the methylation. Apparently, O6 of this guanine is involved in the recognition of CpG sites by the enzymes. Cooperative binding of Dnmt3a-CD to 2-aminopurine-containing DNA and the formation of nonproductive enzyme-substrate complexes were observed. 相似文献