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A noninflammatory interleukin-1beta fragment stimulates fetal lung fluid absorption in guinea pigs.

We have previously demonstrated that full-length interleukin (IL)-1beta can induce and stimulate lung fluid absorption in near-term guinea pig fetuses via stimulation of fetal cortisol synthesis and release. To develop a potentially clinically useful…

A novel role of transforming growth factor beta1 in transcriptional repression of human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Inhibition of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) by bile acids and inflammatory cytokines provides an important mechanism to protect hepatocytes from bile acid toxicity during cholestasis. Transforming growth factor beta1…

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

A Splicing Mutation In The Cytochrome B(5) Gene From A Patient With Congenital Methemoglobinemia And Pseudohermaphrodism

Tags: 1994, deficiency, enzyme, Genetics & Heredity, Giordano S J, hereditary methemoglobinemia, Human genetics, human-liver, Kaftory A, Microsomes, RNA, Steggles A W

A splicing mutation in the cytochrome b5 gene from a patient with congenital methemoglobinemia and pseudohermaphrodism.

We have analyzed reticulocyte and leukocyte mRNAs isolated from a patient with congenital methemoglobinemia and pseudohermaphrodism. The cytochrome b5 cDNA sequences were amplified using specific oligonucleotide primers and the polymerase chain…

Alteration of hepatic proinflammatory cytokines is involved in the resveratrol-mediated chemoprevention of chemically-induced hepatocarcinogenesis.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common cancers in the world, is a leading cause of cancerrelated mortality. HCC develops most frequently in the background of oxidative stress and chronic hepatic inflammation due to viral infections,…

Alternative microglial activation is associated with cessation of progressive dopamine neuron loss in mice systemically administered lipopolysaccharide.

Inflammation arising from central and/or peripheral sources contributes to the pathogenesis of multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease (PD). Emerging data suggest that differential activation of glia could lead to the…

An effective and efficient method of transfecting primary human chondrocytes in suspension.

Human chondrocytes accumulate an ECM-rich matrix by secreting matrix macromolecules during monolayer culture, which makes them difficult to transfect efficiently. Here we report a non-viral based protocol to transfect the primary human chondrocytes…

Analysis of connective tissues by laser capture microdissection and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.

Studies of gene expression from bone, cartilage, and other tissues are complicated by the fact that their RNA, collected and pooled for analysis, often represents a wide variety of composite cells distinct in individual phenotype, age, and state of…

Analysis of osteopontin in mouse growth plate cartilage by application of laser capture microdissection and RT-PCR.

Gene expression of osteopontin (OPN) has been investigated in mice by application of laser capture microdissection (LCM) and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. LCM permits individual cells to be isolated ("captured")…

APeg3, a novel paternally expressed gene 3 antisense RNA transcript specifically expressed in vasopressinergic magnocellular neurons in the rat supraoptic nucleus.

Vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) play critical roles in the regulation of salt and water balance, lactation, and various behaviors and are expressed at very high levels in specific magnocellular neurons (MCNs) in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial…

Tags: 2005, 3' Untranslated Regions/genetics, Amino Acid, Animals, Antisense/*genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism, Brain research. Molecular brain research, Conserved Sequence/genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism, Gainer Harold, Gene Expression Regulation/*genetics, Genetic/genetics, Genomic Imprinting/genetics, Glasgow Eric, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/cytology/metabolism, Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors, Male, Messenger/genetics/metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutsuga Noriko, Neurons/*metabolism, Nucleic Acid, Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism, Rats, RNA, Ryu Seung-Lim, Sequence Homology, Sprague-Dawley, Supraoptic Nucleus/cytology/*metabolism, Transcription, Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism, Vasopressins/*metabolism, Water-Electrolyte Balance/genetics, Yamashita Mitsuo, Zhang Bing-Jun

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

Beta-adrenoceptor stimulation of alveolar fluid clearance is increased in rats with heart failure.

The alveolar epithelium plays a critical role in resolving pulmonary edema. We thus hypothesized that its function might be upregulated in rats with heart failure, a condition that severely challenges the lung's ability to maintain fluid balance.…

Bile acids and cytokines inhibit the human cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene via the JNK/c-jun pathway in human liver cells.

Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) of the bile acid biosynthesis pathway is suppressed by bile acids and inflammatory cytokines. Bile acids are known to induce inflammatory cytokines to activate the mitogen-activated protein kinase/c-Jun…

Binding of sequence-specific proteins to the 3'-untranslated region of vasoactive intestinal peptide mRNA.

Multimeric AUUUA elements in an AU-rich 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) have been shown to confer message instability to numerous ephemeral transcripts through the formation of RNA-protein complexes. We show here that the 3'-UTR of VIP mRNA, which…

Black currant anthocyanins abrogate oxidative stress through Nrf2- mediated antioxidant mechanisms in a rat model of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), considered to be one of the most lethal cancers with almost \textgreater 1 million deaths reported annually worldwide, remains a devastating disease with no known effective cure. Hence, chemopreventive strategies come…

Tags: *Phytotherapy, 2012, Alkylating Agents/toxicity, Animals, Anthocyanins/*therapeutic use, Antioxidants/therapeutic use, Barnes Kendra F, Bhatia Deepak, Bishayee Anupam, Blotting, Carcinoma, Current cancer drug targets, Darvesh Altaf S, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Diet, Diethylnitrosamine/toxicity, Experimental/chemically induced/metabolism/*prevention & control, Glutathione Transferase, Haznagy-Radnai Erzsebet, Hepatocellular/chemically induced/metabolism/*prevention & control, Hohmann Judit, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects, Liver Neoplasms, Male, Messenger/genetics, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, NF-E2-Related Factor 2/genetics/*metabolism, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics/metabolism, Oxidative Stress/*drug effects, Rats, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ribes/*chemistry, RNA, Signal Transduction, Sprague-Dawley, Thoppil Roslin J, Tyrosine/analogs & derivatives/metabolism, Western

Butein Activates Autophagy Through AMPK/TSC2/ULK1/mTOR Pathway to Inhibit IL-6 Expression in IL-1beta Stimulated Human Chondrocytes.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Butein (2',3,4,4'-Tetrahydroxychalcone), a polyphenol produced by several plants including Butea monoserpma, has been reported to exert potent anti-inflammatory activity but the mechanism remains unknown. In the present work we…

Tags: 2018, Ahmad Nashrah, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism, AMPK, Ansari Mohammad Y, Articular/cytology/pathology, Autophagy, Autophagy-Related Protein 5/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism, Autophagy-Related Protein-1 Homolog/metabolism, Autophagy/*drug effects, Butein, Cartilage, Cell Survival/drug effects, Cells, Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, Chalcones/*pharmacology, Chondrocytes/cytology/drug effects/metabolism, Cultured, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Haqqi Tariq M, Humans, Inflammation, Interleukin-1beta/*pharmacology, Interleukin-6/genetics/*metabolism, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism, mTOR, NEOMED College of Medicine, Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis/metabolism/pathology, Phosphorylation/drug effects, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, RNA, RNA Interference, Signal Transduction/*drug effects, Small Interfering/metabolism, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism, TSC2, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein, Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism, ULK1

Changes in BiP (GRP78) levels upon HSV-1 infection are strain dependent.

BiP (grp78) is a chaperone protein which can also regulate the unfolded protein response of the cell. Levels of BiP increased in cells infected by the small plaque producing, cell associated, neuroinvasive strains of HSV-1 (SP7, 490) but decreased in…

Tags: 2001, 3T3 Cells, Animals, Carrier Proteins/*biosynthesis/genetics, Heat-Shock Proteins/*biosynthesis/genetics, Herpesvirus 1, Human/isolation & purification/*physiology, Humans, Mao H, Messenger/metabolism, Mice, Molecular Chaperones/*biosynthesis/genetics, Palmer D, RNA, Rosenthal K S, Virus research

Coordinate down-regulation of cartilage matrix gene expression in Bcl-2 deficient chondrocytes is associated with decreased SOX9 expression and decreased mRNA stability.

The anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 has been shown to function in roles unrelated to apoptosis in a variety of cell types. We have previously reported that loss of Bcl-2 expression alters chondrocyte morphology and modulates aggrecan expression via an…

Cytokine regulation of human sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) gene.

Sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) catalyzes cholic acid synthesis in the liver and is feedback inhibited by bile acids. In addition to activating farnesoid X receptor (nuclear receptor subfamily 1H4), bile acids also induce inflammatory cytokines…

Tags: 2005, American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, Cell Line, Chenodeoxycholic Acid/pharmacology, Chiang John Y L, Chromosome Mapping, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects, Genetic/drug effects, Genetic/physiology, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Humans, Interleukin-1/*pharmacology, Jahan Asmeen, MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects/physiology, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8/metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphoproteins/genetics/metabolism, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Response Elements/genetics, RNA, Steroid 12-alpha-Hydroxylase/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics, Transcription, Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism

Developmental changes in levels of growth hormone mRNA in Zucker rats.

Levels of pituitary growth hormone (GH) messenger RNA (mRNA) were compared in groups of genetically obese (fa/fa) and lean (Fa/-) littermate male Zucker rats at four different ages, 3, 5, 9, and 11 weeks, in order to determine the earliest age at…

Developmental pyrethroid exposure causes long-term decreases of neuronal sodium channel expression.

Pyrethroid insecticide use has increased over recent years because of their low to moderate acute toxicity in mammals. However, there is increasing concern over the potential detrimental effects of pyrethroids on developing animals. Most recently, we…

Differential expression of the mRNAs for the soluble and membrane-bound forms of rabbit cytochrome b5.

Total RNA was extracted from a variety of rabbit tissues and reverse transcribed for use in the polymerase chain reaction technique. Using primers designed to amplify the membrane-bound liver cytochrome b5 cDNA, products of two sizes were observed.…

Effects of bile acids and steroid/thyroid hormones on the expression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA and the CYP7 gene in HepG2 cells.

The expression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA levels in confluent HepG2 cultures was reduced by tauro- or glyco-conjugates of deoxycholate and chenodeoxycholate, but not by cholate. Ursodeoxycholates, on the other hand, stimulated the mRNA…

Estrogen receptor-alpha and beta- immunoreactivity and mRNA in neurons of sensory and autonomic ganglia and spinal cord.

Estrogen receptor-alpha immunoreactivity and mRNAs are present in neurons in locales that innervate genital organs, e.g., parasympathetic pelvic autonomic ganglia, sensory dorsal root and nodose ganglia, and autonomic areas of the lumbosacral spinal…

Expression of alpha-cardiac myosin heavy chain in normal and denervated rat muscle spindles.

Whether any fibers in rat hindlimb muscles express alpha-cardiac myosin heavy chain (MHC) is uncertain. Expression of alpha-cardiac MHC mRNA and the polypeptide for which it codes were examined in control and denervated rat muscle spindles using in…

Tags: 1995, Animals, Denervation, In Situ Hybridization, McWhorter D L, Messenger/metabolism, Muscle Spindles/*metabolism/physiology, Myocardium/*metabolism, Myosin Heavy Chains/*metabolism, Neuroscience letters, Rats, RNA, Signs S A, Sprague-Dawley, Time Factors, Walro J M, Wang J

Expression of isotocin-neurophysin mRNA in developing zebrafish.

Neurohypophysial peptides are important regulators of homeostasis, reproduction and behavior. We have sequenced a zebrafish cDNA representing isotocin-neurophysin (IT-NP) mRNA. The developmental expression pattern of zebrafish IT-NP mRNA was…

Tags: 2003, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Gene expression patterns : GEP, Glasgow Eric, Messenger/*metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Neurophysins/biosynthesis/*genetics, Oxytocin/*analogs & derivatives/biosynthesis/*genetics, Phylogeny, RNA, Unger Jennifer L, Zebrafish/*embryology

Expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide in the uterine cervix, lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord of rats during pregnancy.

The uterine cervix is highly innervated by the sensory nerves containing neuropeptides which change during pregnancy and are regulated, in part, by estrogen. These neuropeptides act as transmitters both in the spinal cord and cervix. The present…

Failure of axonal transport induces a spatially coincident increase in astrocyte BDNF prior to synapse loss in a central target.

Failure of anterograde transport to distal targets in the brain is a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases. We have demonstrated in rodent models of glaucoma, the most common optic neuropathy, early loss of anterograde transport along the…

Forkhead box transcription factor O1 inhibits cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase in human hepatocytes and in high fat diet-fed mice.

The conversion of cholesterol to bile acids is the major pathway for cholesterol catabolism. Bile acids are metabolic regulators of triglycerides and glucose metabolism in the liver. This study investigated the roles of FoxO1 in the regulation of…

Tags: 2009, Adenoviridae/genetics, Animals, Bile Acids and Salts/biosynthesis, Biochimica et biophysica acta, Cell Line, Cell Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Dietary Fats/*administration & dosage/*pharmacology, Down-Regulation/drug effects, Enzymologic/drug effects, Feeding Behavior/*drug effects, Forkhead Box Protein O1, Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Gene Transfer Techniques, Hepatocytes/drug effects/*enzymology, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Insulin Resistance, Insulin/metabolism, Lee Yoon-Kwang, Li Tiangang, Ma Huiyan, Male, Messenger/genetics/metabolism, Mice, Moore David D, NEOMED College of Medicine, Park Young Joo, RNA, RNA Interference/drug effects, Strom Stephen, Tumor

Gender differences in methamphetamine-induced mRNA associated with neurodegeneration in the mouse nigrostriatal dopaminergic system.

In this report female and male CD-1 mice were treated with a neurotoxic regimen of methamphetamine (MA) to compare gender differences in striatal dopamine depletion and concordant changes in mRNA markers of the transforming growth factor-beta injury…

Genetic alteration in the dopamine transporter differentially affects male and female nigrostriatal transporter systems.

Female mice with a heterozygous mutation of their dopamine transporter (+/- DAT) showed relatively robust reductions in striatal DAT specific binding (38-50%), while +/- DAT males showed modest reductions (24-32%). Significant decreases in substantia…

Genomic cloning, sequencing, and analysis of the hamster cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7).

Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase is the rate limiting enzyme in bile acid biosynthesis and plays an important role in cholesterol homeostasis. The Golden Syrian hamster has been used as an animal model for the study of atherosclerosis and cholesterol…

Glucagon and cAMP inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene expression in human hepatocytes: discordant regulation of bile acid synthesis and gluconeogenesis.

The gene encoding cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) is tightly regulated to control bile acid synthesis and maintain lipid homeostasis. Recent studies in mice suggest that bile acid synthesis is regulated by the fasted-to-fed cycle, and fasting…

Glucose stimulates cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene transcription in human hepatocytes.

Bile acids play important roles in the regulation of lipid, glucose, and energy homeostasis. Recent studies suggest that glucose regulates gene transcription in the liver. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of glucose in…

Glutamate and metabotropic glutamate receptors associated with innervation of the uterine cervix during pregnancy: receptor antagonism inhibits c-Fos expression in rat lumbosacral spinal cord at parturition.

Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons connect the spinal cord and uterine cervix, and are activated at parturition with subsequent stimulation of secondary neurons in the spinal dorsal horn and autonomic areas. Neuropeptide neurotransmitters and…

Tags: 2007, Animals, Cervix Uteri/*innervation, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology, Female, Ganglia, Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects/*physiology, Ghosh Chaitali, Glutamates/*metabolism, Hafemeister Jen, Journal of neuroscience research, Lumbosacral Region, Messenger/biosynthesis, Metabotropic Glutamate 5, Metabotropic Glutamate/*metabolism, Miller Kenneth E, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neurons/drug effects, Oncogene Proteins v-fos/metabolism, Papka Raymond E, Parturition/*metabolism, Pregnancy/*metabolism, Pyridines/pharmacology, Rats, Receptor, Receptors, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods, RNA, Spinal Cord/drug effects/*physiology, Spinal/cytology, Sprague-Dawley, Storey-Workley Megan, Usip Sharon, Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 1/metabolism

Hepatic hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha is essential for maintaining triglyceride and cholesterol homeostasis.

OBJECTIVE: Loss-of-function mutations in human hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha) are associated with maturity-onset diabetes of the young and lipid disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying the lipid disorders are poorly understood. In…

Identification and nucleotide sequence of the leukocyte and reticulocyte forms of rabbit cytochrome b5 mRNA.

RNA extracted from rabbit leukocytes and reticulocytes was reverse transcribed and used in the Polymerase Chain Reaction technique along with primers designed to amplify the coding sequence of rabbit cytochrome b5. The resultant amplified products…

Tags: 1992, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, Cytochromes b5/chemistry/*genetics, Giordano S J, Leukocytes/*chemistry, Liver/chemistry, Messenger/*chemistry, Molecular Sequence Data, Nucleic Acid, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rabbits, Reticulocytes/*chemistry, RNA, SAAS bulletin, biochemistry and biotechnology, Sequence Homology, Steggles A W

In situ hybridization study of obesity-associated alteration in growth hormone mRNA levels.

In order to investigate whether the impaired GH secretion associated with obesity is due to a pituitary disorder we studied GH mRNA levels by in situ hybridization in genetically obese and lean Zucker rats. The levels of GH mRNA were at least two…

Induction of ethanol dependence increases signal peptidase mRNA levels in rat brain.

Differential Northern blot hybridization was used as a screening tool to identify mRNAs that respond quantitatively to the induction of ethanol dependence. Adult male rats were treated with repeated, high doses of ethanol for 4 consecutive days. This…

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