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Orphan nuclear receptor oestrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma) plays a key role in hepatic cannabinoid receptor type 1-mediated induction of CYP7A1 gene expression.

Bile acids are primarily synthesized from cholesterol in the liver and have important roles in dietary lipid absorption and cholesterol homoeostasis. Detailed roles of the orphan nuclear receptors regulating cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1),…

Tags: 2015, Animals, bile acid, Bile Acids and Salts/metabolism, Cannabinoid, cannabinoid receptors, CB1/agonists/genetics/*metabolism, Cells, Chiang John Y L, Choi Hueng-Sik, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*biosynthesis/genetics, cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Drug Inverse Agonism, Estrogen/genetics/*metabolism, Ethanol/pharmacology, Gene Expression, Genetic, Glycerides/pharmacology, GSK5182, HEK293 Cells, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Jeong Won-Il, Kim Don-Kyu, Kim Seong Heon, Knockout, Lee Chul-Ho, Lee In-Kyu, Lee Ji-Min, Liver/*metabolism, Mice, NEOMED College of Medicine, oestrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma), orphan nuclear receptor, Park Seung Bum, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptor, Receptors, small heterodimer partner (SHP), Sprague-Dawley, The Biochemical journal, Transcription, Zhang Yaochen

Interleukin-1/toll-like receptor-induced nuclear factor kappa B signaling participates in intima hyperplasia after carotid artery balloon injury in goto-kakizaki rats: a potential target therapy pathway.

The value of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is recognized worldwide, especially for diabetic patients. Interleukin-1/Toll-like receptor (IL-1/TLR) signaling is involved in innate and adaptive immune responses, but whether…

Topographic organization of efferent projections of medial frontal cortex.

By using fluorescent retrograde tracers, we compared efferent projections of the medial frontal cortex to two subcortical areas: the superior colliculus, a somatic motor area, and the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus, a visceral motor area. Neurons…

Tags: 1993, Animals, Brain Mapping/*methods, Brain research bulletin, Efferent Pathways/physiology, Female, Fluorescent Dyes, Frontal Lobe/*physiology, Male, Microinjections, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Stuesse S L, Superior Colliculi/physiology, Tegmentum Mesencephali/physiology, Zeng D

Morphological heterogeneity within the cingulate cortex in rat: a horseradish peroxidase transport study.

We compared the connections of two areas within rat cingulate cortex, the Cg1/Cg2 area vs the Cg3 area, by iontophoresing small quantities of wheatgerm agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) into either of these two divisions and identifying…

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…

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Pentacycloundecylamines and Triquinylamines as Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Blockers.

Preclinical studies for neurodegenerative diseases have shown a multi-targeted approach to be successful in the treatment of these complex disorders with several pathoetiological pathways. Polycyclic compounds, such as NGP1-01 (7a), have demonstrated…

Induction of vascular progenitor cells from endothelial cells stimulates coronary collateral growth.

RATIONALE: A well-developed coronary collateral circulation improves the morbidity and mortality of patients following an acute coronary occlusion. Although regenerative medicine has great potential in stimulating vascular growth in the heart, to…

Tags: *Collateral Circulation, *Coronary Circulation, 2012, Animal, Animals, Bailey Erin, Biomarkers/metabolism, Cell Differentiation, Cell Lineage, Cells, Chilian William M, Circulation research, Coronary Occlusion/genetics/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology/*surgery, Coronary Vessels/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology, Cultured, Delucia Angelo, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Developmental, Disease Models, Endothelial Cells/metabolism/pathology/*transplantation, Enrick Molly, Epigenesis, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic, Guarini Giacinta, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism/*transplantation, Kolz Christopher L, Mice, Muscle, Myocytes, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neovascularization, Ohanyan Vahagn, Physiologic, Pung Yuh Fen, Rats, Regenerative Medicine/methods, Regional Blood Flow, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, SCID, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/metabolism/pathology/*transplantation, Sprague-Dawley, Stevanov Kelly, Teratoma/metabolism/pathology, Time Factors, Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism, Transduction, Vascular/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology, Yin Liya

On the mechanism of bile acid inhibition of rat sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP8B1) transcription: roles of alpha-fetoprotein transcription factor and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha.

The sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) is a key enzyme of the bile acid biosynthetic pathway. It regulates the composition of bile acids in bile, i.e. ratio between cholic acid (CA) and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). In similarity with cholesterol…

A novel role for Bcl-2 associated-athanogene-1 (Bag-1) in regulation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response in mammalian chondrocytes.

BAG-1 (Bcl-2 associated athanogene-1) is a multifunctional protein, linking cell proliferation, cell death, protein folding, and cell stress. In vivo, BAG-1 is expressed in growth plate and articular cartilage, and the expression of BAG-1 is…

Multiple signals induce endoplasmic reticulum stress in both primary and immortalized chondrocytes resulting in loss of differentiation, impaired cell growth, and apoptosis.

The endoplasmic reticulum is the site of synthesis and folding of secretory proteins and is sensitive to changes in the internal and external environment of the cell. Both physiological and pathological conditions may perturb the function of the…

The acute effects of methylenedioxymethamphetamine on dopamine release in the awake-behaving rat.

The effects of the recently classified Schedule I amphetamine analog, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine [+/-)-MDMA) on caudate and nucleus accumbens dopamine release and metabolism were studied by in vivo voltammetry and HPLC with electrochemical…

Tags: 1988, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine/analogs & derivatives/*pharmacology, Amphetamines/*pharmacology, Animals, Brain/drug effects/metabolism, Caudate Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism, Consciousness, Dopamine/*metabolism, European journal of pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Male, N-Methyl-3, Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects/metabolism, Rats, Spanos L J, Yamamoto B K

A neurochemical heterogeneity of the rat striatum as measured by in vivo electrochemistry and microdialysis.

The neurochemical heterogeneity of the rat striatum was assessed in vivo by measuring subregional changes in extracellular dopamine and DOPAC by in vivo electrochemistry and microdialysis in response to amphetamine and the D2 antagonist,…

Tags: 1990, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism, Amphetamines/*pharmacology, Animals, Brain research, Corpus Striatum/*metabolism, Dopamine D2, Dopamine/*metabolism, Dopamine/drug effects, Electrochemistry, Inbred Strains, Male, Pehek E A, Rats, Receptors, Sulpiride/*pharmacology, Yamamoto B K

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

Alteration in L-DOPA evoked dopamine and DOPAC output under conditions of impaired vesicular dopamine storage.

We examined the effect of L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) infusion in vitro upon dopamine (DA) and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) output from superfused corpus striatum of vehicle and reserpine or tetrabenazine (TBZ) treated male rats.…

Tags: 1998, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/*metabolism, Animals, Dluzen D E, Dopamine Agents/*pharmacology, Dopamine/*metabolism, Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), Levodopa/*pharmacology, Male, Pharmaceutical Vehicles, Rats, Reserpine/pharmacology, Sprague-Dawley, Synaptic Vesicles/*drug effects/metabolism, Tetrabenazine/pharmacology, Xu K

L-DOPA modulation of corpus striatal dopamine and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid output from intact and 6-OHDA lesioned rats.

In the present report we examined the differences in in vitro dopamine (DA) and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) efflux from the corpus striatum (CS) of intact versus 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesioned (in substantia nigra) male rats in response…

Tags: *Sympathectomy, 1996, 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/*metabolism, Animals, Antiparkinson Agents/*pharmacology, Chemical, Corpus Striatum/drug effects/*metabolism, Dluzen D E, Dopamine/*metabolism, Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), Levodopa/*pharmacology, Male, Oxidopamine, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Substantia Nigra/drug effects/metabolism, Xu K

The effect of GDNF on nigrostriatal dopaminergic function in response to a two-pulse K(+) stimulation.

We examined the effect of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) upon nigrostriatal dopaminergic function in response to two-pulse potassium (K(+)) stimulation in rats under in vivo microdialysis conditions. The two-pulse infusion…

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…

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…

Biocompatibility, efficacy and biodistribution of Gelucire-stabilized nanoparticles engineered for docetaxel delivery.

Docetaxel is a potent anticancer agent that will benefit greatly from alternative delivery systems that can overcome several reported adverse effects due to the drug itself and/or the solvent system in the current clinical formulation. In this…

Tags: *Biocompatible Materials, *Nanoparticles, 2012, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents/*administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Bi Lipeng, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Docetaxel, Geldenhuys Werner J, Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, Macrophage Activation/drug effects, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Oyewumi Moses O, Platelet Aggregation/drug effects, Rats, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Taxoids/*administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Tissue Distribution, Wehrung Daniel

Stability of myosin heavy chain isoforms in selectively denervated adult rat muscle spindles.

BACKGROUND: Rat intrafusal fibers consist of multiple isoforms of myosin heavy chains (MHCs) whose expression involves complex interactions among motor neurons, sensory neurons, and muscle cells during spindle development. Little is known about the…

Afferent-inherent regulation of myosin heavy chain isoforms in rat muscle spindles.

Whether afferents exert their morphogenetic influence on spindles through release of trophic factors at intrafusal fiber junctions or via participation in proprioceptive pathways which modulate the motor activity to muscles was investigated by…

Non-neural and neural expression of myosin heavy chains by regenerated intrafusal fibers of rats.

Expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms was studied in rat soleus (SOL) and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles which regenerated in the presence or absence of innervation. Frozen sections of two 5 day denervated SOL and EDL grafts, two…

Tags: *Muscle Denervation, *Nerve Regeneration, 1991, Afferent/*metabolism, Animals, Female, Inbred Strains, Kucera J, Motor Endplate/metabolism, Muscles/*metabolism/transplantation, Myosins/analysis/*biosynthesis, Narvy R, Neurons, Neuroscience letters, Organ Specificity, Rats, Walro J M

Innervation of regenerated spindles in muscle grafts of the rat.

Features of the nerve supply and the encapsulated fibers of muscle spindles were assessed in grafted and normal extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of rats by analysis of serial 10-microns frozen transverse sections stained for enzymes which…

Sharing of sensory terminals between the dynamic bag1 and static bag2 fibers in the rat muscle spindle.

The nuclear bag1 intrafusal fiber mediates the dynamic (velocity) sensitivity, whereas the nuclear bag2 and nuclear chain fibers mediate the static (length) sensitivity of muscle spindles to stretch. The pattern of branching of primary and secondary…

Tags: 1987, Afferent/*ultrastructure, Animals, Axons/ultrastructure, Brain research, Female, Inbred Strains, Kucera J, Muscle Spindles/*ultrastructure, Nerve Fibers/*ultrastructure, Neurons, Rats, Walro J M

Why adult mammalian intrafusal and extrafusal fibers contain different myosin heavy-chain isoforms.

Multiple isoforms of the contractile protein myosin are present in mammalian skeletal muscles. The diversity of the heavy-chain subunits of myosin (MyHCs) in intrafusal fibers is thought to reflect a pathway of differentiation that is unique to…

Ontogenesis of the depressant activity of carbachol on synaptic activity in rat visual cortex.

We studied the ontogeny of muscarinic depression in the developing rat visual cortex using carbachol (a nonhydrolyzable cholinergic agonist) application to neocortical slices obtained from four postnatal age groups: 9-10 days, 15 days,

Tags: 1991, Animals, Brain research bulletin, Carbachol/*pharmacology, Muscarinic/drug effects/metabolism, Rats, Receptors, Synapses/drug effects/*physiology, Teyler T J, Vaknin G, Visual Cortex/drug effects/metabolism/*physiology

G protein coupling profile of mGluR6 and expression of G alpha proteins in retinal ON bipolar cells.

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 6 (mGluR6) is a group III, pertussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive G protein coupled mGluR that plays a specialized role in the retina. Retinal ON bipolar cells, which receive direct glutamatergic input from photoreceptor…

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

The development of long-term potentiation in hippocampus and neocortex.

The development of long-term potentiation (LTP), an enduring alteration in synaptic efficacy following afferent activation, was examined in CA1 hippocampus and primary visual cortex of rat. Both regions show little LTP prior to postnatal day 5,…

Expression of hepatic microsomal cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity in lean and obese Zucker rats.

The activity of hepatic microsomal cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase was studied in genetically obese and lean Zucker rats. The liver microsomal cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity in fatty Zucker rats (fa/fa) is about 50% to 70% lower than that…

Effects of gender and gonadal hormones on nociceptive responses to intraplantar carrageenan in the rat.

The effects of gender and gonadal hormones on nociceptive responses to intraplantar carrageenan in the rat were investigated. A plantar analgesic meter was used to measure carrageenan-induced changes in paw withdrawal latency (PWL) values, and von…

Gender and the behavioral manifestations of neuropathic pain.

A model of peripheral nerve injury was used to study gender differences in the development and progression of chronic constriction injury (CCI)-induced hyperalgesia and allodynia in male and female Fischer 344 FBNF1 hybrid rats. Rats were randomly…

Selective Targeting of Heme Protein in Cytochrome P450 and Nitric Oxide Synthase by Diphenyleneiodonium.

Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes mediate mixed-function oxidation reactions important in drug metabolism. The aromatic heterocyclic cation, diphenyleneiodonium (DPI), binds flavin in cytochrome P450 reductase and inhibits

Projections from the medial agranular cortex to brain stem visuomotor centers in rats.

Projections from medial agranular cortex to brain stem in rat were determined by use of the anterograde tracers Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin, or wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase. Axonal trajectories were also followed by…

Tags: 1990, Animals, Brain Stem/*cytology, Cerebral Cortex/*cytology, Experimental brain research, Female, Horseradish Peroxidase, Immunohistochemistry, Inbred Strains, Male, Newman D B, Phytohemagglutinins, Rats, Stuesse S L, Visual Pathways/*anatomy & histology, Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate, Wheat Germ Agglutinins

Microglial proliferation in the spinal cord of aged rats with a sciatic nerve injury.

Nerve injury may lead to chronic neuropathic pain syndromes. We determined whether the extent of central nervous system microglial activation that accompanies nerve injury is age dependent and correlated with behavioral manifestations of pain. We…

Neuropathic pain in aged rats: behavioral responses and astrocytic activation.

We used the Bennett and Xie (1988) model of chronic neuropathic pain to study the effect of age on thermal and tactile sensitivity and on astrocytic activation in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord after nerve injury. Fischer 344 FBNF1 hybrid rats in…

Orphan receptors chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) and retinoid X receptor (RXR) activate and bind the rat cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A).

The cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A) is transcriptionally regulated by a number of factors, including hormones, bile acids, and diurnal rhythm. Previous studies have identified a region from nucleotides (nt) -74 to -55 of the rat CYP7A…

Identification of a bile acid response element in the cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene CYP7A.

The transcriptional activity of the cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene CYP7A is repressed by bile acids. Taurine conjugates of chenodeoxycholate and deoxycholate, but not cholate and ursodeoxycholate, inhibited the CYP7A promoter/luciferase…

HNF4 and COUP-TFII interact to modulate transcription of the cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1).

The gene for cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) contains a sequence at nt -149 to -118 that was found to play a large role in determining the overall transcriptional activity and regulation of the promoter. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF4) and…

Sexual dimorphism in vasopressin-induced contraction of rat aorta.

Previously, we reported that, in the rat, pressor responsiveness to vasopressin (VP) is higher in males than in females during most phases of the estrous cycle. To explore the role of the vasculature in this phenomenon, we examined vascular…

Tags: *Sex Characteristics, *Vasoconstriction, 1991, Animals, Aorta/*drug effects, Arginine Vasopressin/*pharmacology, Crofton J T, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Male, Osmolar Concentration, Phenylephrine/pharmacology, Rats, Share L, Stallone J N, The American journal of physiology

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