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Vitamin B12 protects against superoxide-induced cell injury in human aortic endothelial cells.

Superoxide (O(2)(*-)) is implicated in inflammatory states including arteriosclerosis and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Cobalamin (Cbl) supplementation is beneficial for treating many inflammatory diseases and also provides protection in…

Osteoactivin promotes osteoblast adhesion through HSPG and alphavbeta1 integrin.

Osteoactivin (OA), also known as glycoprotein nmb (gpnmb) plays an important role in the regulation of osteoblast differentiation and function. OA induced osteoblast differentiation and function in vitro by stimulating alkaline phosphatase (ALP)…

Tags: 2014, 3T3 Cells, Abdelmagid Samir M, Actin Cytoskeleton/physiology, ADHESION, Alkaline Phosphatase/biosynthesis, Animals, Antibodies/immunology, Cell Adhesion, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation, Chlorates/pharmacology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/biosynthesis, Eye Proteins/genetics/immunology/*metabolism, Focal Adhesion Kinase 1/biosynthesis, Focal Adhesions, Frara Nagat, Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans/*metabolism, Heparin/pharmacology, Hisijara Israel Arango, Inbred C57BL, integrin, Journal of cellular biochemistry, Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/immunology/*metabolism, Mice, Moussa Fouad M, NEOMED College of Medicine, OSTEOACTIVIN, OSTEOBLAST, OSTEOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION, Osteoblasts/*physiology, Osteogenesis/physiology, Protein Binding, Rats, Receptors, Recombinant Proteins, Safadi Fayez F, Scott Ethan M, Sondag Gregory R, Vitronectin/immunology/*metabolism

Novel compounds that target lipoprotein lipase and mediate growth arrest in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Over the past decade, the therapeutic strategies employed to treat B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have been progressively successful in treating the disease. Unfortunately, the treatment associated dyslipidemia, either acute or…

Tags: *Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, *Cancer, *Co-culture model, *Lipids, *Lipoprotein lipase, *Metabolism, 2018, Amides/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology, Antineoplastic Agents/*chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology, Binding Sites, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation/drug effects, Coculture Techniques, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Dyslipidemias/complications/metabolism/pathology, Geldenhuys Werner J, Gibson Laura F, Humans, Lipoprotein Lipase/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism, Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/metabolism, Molecular Docking Simulation, Nair Rajesh R, NEOMED College of Graduate Studies, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Piktel Debbie, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/complications/metabolism/pathology, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Sadana Prabodh, Serum Albumin/chemistry/metabolism, Tertiary, Tumor

Knockdown of amyloid precursor protein normalizes cholinergic function in a cell line derived from the cerebral cortex of a trisomy 16 mouse: An animal model of Down syndrome

We have generated immortal neuronal cell lines from normal and trisomy 16 (Ts16) mice, a model for Down syndrome (DS). Ts16 lines overexpress DS-related genes (App, amyloid precursor protein; Sod1, Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase) and show altered…

Guggulsterone antagonizes farnesoid X receptor induction of bile salt export pump but activates pregnane X receptor to inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.

Bile acids activate a nuclear receptor, farnesoid X receptor (FXR), that induces bile salt export pump (BSEP) but inhibits cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene transcription in the liver. Guggulsterone, a plant sterol that lowers serum…

Screening and identification of novel compounds with potential anti-proliferative effects on gallium-resistant lung cancer through an AXL kinase pathway.

The clinical application of gallium compounds as anticancer agents is hampered by development of resistance. As a potential strategy to overcome the limitation, eight series of compounds were identified through virtual screening of AXL kinase…

Tags: 2014, Alazizi Adnan, Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis/chemistry/*pharmacology, Antitumor, AXL, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation/drug effects, Cell Survival/drug effects, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Resistance, Drug Screening Assays, Gallium, Gallium-resistance, Gallium/pharmacology, Geldenhuys Werner J, Humans, Lin Li, Liva Sophia, Lung cancer, Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy/*enzymology/*pathology, Molecular Structure, Naphthalenes/chemistry/*pharmacology, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Neoplasm/drug effects, Oyewumi Moses O, Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism, Pyrazoles/chemistry/*pharmacology, Quinolines/chemistry/*pharmacology, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism, Structure-Activity Relationship, Tetrazoles/chemistry/*pharmacology, Tumor, Virtual screening

Gelucire-stabilized nanoparticles as a potential DNA delivery system.

Clinical viability of gene delivery systems has been greatly impacted by potential toxicity of the delivery systems. Recently, we reported the nanoparticle (NP) preparation process that employs biocompatible materials such as Gelucire(R) 44/14 and…

Natural cytotoxins in human plasma: isolation and characterization of phospholipids associated with cytotoxic lipoproteins.

Most of the heat-stable natural cytotoxins in normal human plasma were fractionated by gel filtration into two active fractions: the alpha

Tags: 1987, Animals, Cell Line, Chromatography, Cytotoxins/*blood, Koo P H, Lipoproteins/*blood, Mice, Molecular toxicology, Molecular Weight, Phospholipids/*blood, Prezioso J A, Thin Layer, Type C Phospholipases/pharmacology, Ultracentrifugation

A class of genes in the HER2 regulon that is poised for transcription in breast cancer cell lines and expressed in human breast tumors.

HER2-positive breast cancer accounts for 25% of all cases and has a poor prognosis. Although progress has been made in understanding signal transduction, little is known of how HER2 achieves gene regulation. We performed whole genome expression…

Mild acidic pH inhibition of the major pathway of herpes simplex virus entry into HEp-2 cells.

Penetration of the KOS strain of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and the MS and 333 strains of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) into HEp-2 cells at pH 6.3 was at least 100-fold less efficient than at pH 7.4. Penetration of two low passage…

LEAPS Vaccine Incorporating HER-2/neu Epitope Elicits Protection That Prevents and Limits Tumor Growth and Spread of Breast Cancer in a Mouse Model.

The prototype J-LEAPS T cell vaccine for HER-2/neu breast cancer (J-HER) consists of the murine HER-2/neu66-74 H-2(d) CD8 T cell epitope covalently attached through a triglycine linker to the J-immune cell binding ligand (ICBL) (human beta2…

Sequential activation of Elk-1/Egr-1/GADD45alpha by arsenic.

Long-term exposure to arsenic, an environmental contaminant, leads to increased risks of cancers. In the present study, we investigated the sequential regulation of Elk-1 and Egr-1 on As3+-induced GADD45alpha, an effector of G2/M checkpoint. We found…

Osteoactivin induces transdifferentiation of C2C12 myoblasts into osteoblasts.

Osteoactivin (OA) is a novel osteogenic factor important for osteoblast differentiation and function. Previous studies showed that OA stimulates matrix mineralization and transcription of osteoblast specific genes required for differentiation. OA…

A Prospero-related homeodomain protein is a novel co-regulator of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha that regulates the cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.

Prox1, an early specific marker for developing liver and pancreas in foregut endoderm has recently been shown to interact with alpha-fetoprotein transcription factor and repress cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene transcription. Using a…

Tags: *Gene Expression Regulation, 2006, Aged, Amino Acid Motifs, Bile Acids and Salts/metabolism, Cell Line, Cell Nucleus/metabolism, Cells, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*chemistry/*genetics, Cultured/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Enzymologic, Female, Genes, Genetic, Gluconeogenesis, Glutathione Transferase/metabolism, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4/metabolism/*physiology, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism/*physiology, Humans, Immunoprecipitation, Li Tiangang, Liver/metabolism, Luciferases/metabolism, Male, Messenger/metabolism, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP)/metabolism, Plasmids/metabolism, Protein Structure, Reporter, Response Elements, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism, Song Kwang-Hoon, Tertiary, The Journal of biological chemistry, Time Factors, Transcription, Transcriptional Activation, Transfection, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Two-Hybrid System Techniques

Bile acids activate fibroblast growth factor 19 signaling in human hepatocytes to inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene expression.

UNLABELLED: Mouse fibroblast growth factor 15 (FGF15) and human ortholog FGF19 have been identified as the bile acid-induced intestinal factors that mediate bile acid feedback inhibition of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (C YP7A1) transcription…

Tags: 2009, Butadienes/pharmacology, Carcinoma, Cell Line, Chenodeoxycholic Acid/*pharmacology, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*biosynthesis, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism/physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Fibroblast Growth Factors/drug effects/*physiology, Gene Expression/drug effects, Hepatocellular/metabolism, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), Humans, Isoxazoles/pharmacology, Li Tiangang, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nitriles/pharmacology, Owsley Erika, Receptor, Receptors, Signal Transduction/drug effects, Song Kwang-Hoon, Strom Stephen, Transcription Factors/metabolism, Tumor, Type 4/antagonists & inhibitors

Reexamination of amphotropic murine leukemia virus neurovirulence: neural stem cell-mediated microglial infection fails to induce acute neurodegeneration.

The 4070A amphotropic murine leukemia virus (A-MuLV) has been variably reported to harbor neurovirulence determinants within its env gene. In this report we reexamined this issue by applying two approaches previously demonstrated to amplify murine…

Identification of Novel Agents for the Treatment of Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer.

BACKGROUND: Brain cancer from metastasized breast cancer has a high mortality rate in women. The treatment of lesions is hampered in large part by the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which prevents adequate distribution of anti-cancer compounds to brain…

Transcriptional regulation of the human cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A) in HepG2 cells.

A stable HepG2 cell line harboring a human cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A) minigene/luciferase reporter gene construct was selected for studying transcriptional regulation of CYP7A gene promoter. Insulin and phorbol

Antitumor efficacy and tolerability of systemically administered gallium acetylacetonate-loaded gelucire-stabilized nanoparticles.

The widespread clinical success with most gallium compounds in cancer therapy is markedly hampered by lack of tumor specific accumulation, poor tumor permeability and undesirable toxicity to healthy tissues. The aim of this work was to investigate…

Formulation and photoirradiation parameters that influenced photoresponsive drug delivery using alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates.

Recently, we reported the synthesis and biocompatibility of alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates (APP); a promising new class of polymers that undergo photo-induced chain scission. In the current study, nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared from the APP…

Antitumor effect of novel gallium compounds and efficacy of nanoparticle-mediated gallium delivery in lung cancer.

The widespread application of gallium (Ga) in cancer therapy has been greatly hampered by lack of specificity resulting in poor tumor accumulation and retention. To address the challenge, two lipophilic gallium (III) compounds (gallium hexanedione;…

Tags: 2012, Antineoplastic Agents/*administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacokinetics, Biocompatible Materials/administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacokinetics, Cell Line, Cell Survival/drug effects, Coordination Complexes/*administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacokinetics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Drug Carriers/administration & dosage/chemistry, Drug Stability, Endocytosis/drug effects, Gallium/*administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacokinetics, Hemolysis/drug effects, Humans, Journal of biomedical nanotechnology, Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy/metabolism, Materials Testing, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects, Nanoparticles/*administration & dosage/chemistry, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Oyewumi Moses O, Particle Size, Platelet Aggregation/drug effects, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Transferrin/chemistry/pharmacology, Tumor, Wehrung Daniel

Biocompatibility and in vivo tolerability of a new class of photoresponsive alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates.

Potential toxicities of chromophoric or polymeric units of most photoresponsive delivery systems have impacted clinical relevance. Herein, we evaluated the biocompatibility and tolerability of alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates (APPs) as a new…

Transcriptional regulation of human oxysterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7B1) by Sp1.

Oxysterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase catalyzes hydroxylation of oxysterols and neurosterols and plays a role in the alternative bile acid synthesis pathway. This gene is widely expressed in many organs and peripheral tissues and may protect tissues from the…

Structure and functions of human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase cDNAs and gene CYP7B1.

Oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase has broad substrate specificity for sterol metabolites and may be involved in many metabolic processes including bile acid synthesis and neurosteroid metabolism. The cloned human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7B1) cDNA…

Bcl-2 positively regulates Sox9-dependent chondrocyte gene expression by suppressing the MEK-ERK1/2 signaling pathway.

Bcl-2 is an anti-apoptotic protein that has recently been shown to regulate other cellular functions. We previously reported that Bcl-2 regulates chondrocyte matrix gene expression, independent of its anti-apoptotic function. Here, we further…

Tags: *Gene Expression Regulation, 2005, Adenoviridae/genetics, Animals, Apoptosis, beta-Galactosidase/metabolism, Blotting, Butadienes/pharmacology, Caspase Inhibitors, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Chondrocytes/*metabolism, Collagen Type II/metabolism, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Down-Regulation, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Fibroblasts/metabolism, Fluorescence, Genetic, High Mobility Group Proteins/*metabolism, Horton Walter E Jr, Lac Operon, Luciferases/metabolism, MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/*metabolism, McBurney Denise, Messenger/metabolism, Microscopy, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/*metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/*metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, NF-kappa B/metabolism, Nitriles/pharmacology, Phenotype, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Protein Kinase C-alpha, Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors, Proteoglycans/metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*metabolism, Rats, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Signal Transduction, Small Interfering/metabolism, SOX9 Transcription Factor, Sprague-Dawley, The Journal of biological chemistry, Time Factors, Transcription, Transcription Factors/*metabolism, Transfection, Western, Yagi Rieko

Salvianolic Acid B Alleviates Heart Failure by Inactivating ERK1/2/GATA4 Signaling Pathway after Pressure Overload in Mice.

BACKGROUND: Heart failure(HF) is a dangerous disease that affects millions of patients. Radix Salvia is widely used in Chinese clinics to treat heart diseases. Salvianolic acid B(SalB) is the major active component of Radix Salvia. This study…

Promoter activity and regulation of the CYP4F2 leukotriene B(4) omega-hydroxylase gene by peroxisomal proliferators and retinoic acid in HepG2 cells.

The human liver CYP4F2 gene (Accession No. AF221943) encodes a leukotriene B(4) omega-hydroxylase that metabolizes leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) to a less potent proinflammatory eicosanoid, 20-OH-LTB(4). We sequenced a 6.7-kb genomic fragment of the…

Identification of novel pathways that control farnesoid X receptor-mediated hypocholesterolemia.

Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) plays important regulatory roles in bile acid, lipoprotein, and glucose homeostasis. Here, we have utilized Fxr(-/-) mice and mice deficient in scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), together with an

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