... University Medical Center, USA) This yeast strain was used forthe estrogenicity assay Growth of yeast forthe estrogenicity assayThe Saccharomyces cerevisiae ER + LYS 8127 cells were grown ... in the estrogenic activity However, the combinations of two estrogens at the high concentration produced lower estrogenic effects than that expected by summing the individual activities Fig Estrogenic ... Following two days culture, the yeasts were then allowed to grow until OD values at 600 nm reached between 1.0 and 2.0 Treatment of chemicals Forthe estrogenicity assay, the yeast cells were diluted...
... find out the positivity rate between HPV detection and oral lesions We did not detect any type of low risk humanpapilloma virus in these lesions The HC-II assay used forthedetection of the presence ... compare the efficacy of HC-II assay and PCR forthedetection of specific HPV type (HPV 16 E6) in OSMF and OSCC cases as well as find out the prevalence rate of the HR-HPV in these lesions Materials ... 32.4% by the PCR and 31.5% by the HC-II test Therefore, the study concluded that slight difference was found between the positivity rate of HR HPV infection of the both detection methods in OSMF...
... similarity between the rat and mouse sequences, the similarity of thehuman sequence was relatively low Therefore, we isolated the promoter region of thehuman NOX4 gene and examined its transcriptional ... essential fortranscriptionalactivation of thehuman NOX4 promoter Figure shows the alignment of the 5¢-flanking and 5¢-noncoding sequences of the human, rat and mouse NOX4 genes Compared with the high ... dramatically decreased by the deletion of GC-box1 The activity was further decreased by the deletion of GC-box2 (Fig 3B) As shown in Fig 3C, thetranscriptional activity of the kb of the 5¢-flanking region...
... interests The authors are employees of Wyeth Authors' contributions JCK, LMA and YL performed the in vivo experiments MF and LW performed the gene-profiling experiments LBM performed the cell-based assays ... (data not shown) The ERα was functional in these cells, because WAY169916 could effectively block the TNF -α- mediated inflammatory gene expression of IL-6, TNF -α, and ICAM-1 The potential involvement ... transcriptional inhibitors such as WAY-169916, the expectation is to accentuate the anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic activity observed with the non-selective estrogens Whereas nonselective estrogens...
... of humanestrogen is estradiol Estrogens are produced and secreted by the theca and granulose cells of the ovaries The biological actions of estrogens are regulated by their concentration in the ... approaches include the use of anti-estrogens which binds competitively to the ERα and block theactivation of thereceptorThe second approach is to target proteasomal degradation of ERα mediated primarily ... making estrogen or estrogenreceptor targeted pathways for breast cancer therapy Estrogenreceptor (ER) has been detected in more than half of thehuman breast cancer cases, with 70% of these...
... characterization of the promoter region of the gene and the associated transcriptional factors Therefore, delineation of thetranscriptional Promoters of human deoxyribonuclease I gene regulation of human ... numbers over the diagrams indicate the position of the corresponding nucleotides relative to the translation start site, and the numbers in parentheses below the diagram show the position of the corresponding ... represents the length of the product The scheme also shows the location of the reverse primer DN+89 used in another starting exon-specific PCR and quantitative real-time RT-PCR, the locations of the...
... that DHEA binds to the androgen receptor and estrogen receptors a or b [38–41] DHEA at 30 nm is sufficient to activate transcription of estrogenreceptor b to the same degree as estrogen at its circulating ... related to the malignant state of the cells HeLa cells are an advanced-stage cervical cell carcinoma [27], in comparison with the other cell lines used for which no stage is specified; therefore, HeLa ... derived from human cervical cancers associated with human papilloma virus (HPV) and positive fortheestrogen receptor, and to determine whether the effect of DHEA was dependent on its conversion...
... In some experiments, the cells were washed and then grown in IL-2-free medium for 72 h, and were therefore considered as T cells deprived of IL-2 The subunits of the IL-2 receptor complex, class ... interaction with the IL-2Rb and c chains The observed difference between these and our results focuses attention on the constitutive or induced raftassociation of the IL-2R subunits and therefore the regulatory ... ice for 40 min, then incubated with anti-IgG (whole chain) RAMIG antibody at 37 °C, for 30 The cells were then fixed with formaldehyde, blocked with isotype control antibody and stained with the...
... is the median; the upper and lower limits of the box are the 75th and 25th percentiles, respectively, and the vertical bars above and below the box indicate the maximum and minimum values The ... 0.0010 forthe comparison between BT-474 and MDA-MB231, but P = 0.0399 forthe comparison between MCF-7 and SK-BR-3, P = 0.0123 forthe comparison between T-47D and SK-BR-3 and P = 0.0074 forthe comparison ... alters the expression of microRNAs in human pancreatic cancer cells Mol Cancer Ther 7, 464–473 Pandey DP & Picard D (2009) MiR-22 inhibits estrogen signaling by directly targeting theestrogen receptor...
... recognition pocket forthe receptors, but the residues are less important for determining thereceptor selectivities in binding to the different prostanoids This hypothesis is further supported by ... Prostacyclin receptor structure and function mapping of the residues that are important forreceptor ligand recognition in the eLP2 region of human IP A profile of the IP eLP2 residues involved in thereceptor ... that the ligand recognition sites are probably in the same position for IP and TP Further mutations were made to characterize the properties of the side chains of the three key residues for IP For...
... and the potential fortranscriptional repression through HDAC5-mediated histone deacetylation, is similar for both isoforms (Fig 4C) Taken together, these results imply that the enhanced transcriptional ... contributes directly to transcriptionalactivation 3434 A novel activation domain in D-RUNX3 To analyze thetranscriptionalactivation potential of the RUNX3 isoforms, independent of the runt domain ... survival and activation We were therefore interested to test whether there were differences in expression from the two promoters between the CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets No primers suitable for real-time...
... modules For example, neither the PDZ4, nor the PDZ5 domain of GRIP bind to the GluR2 subunit of the AMPA channel independently, with the concerted action of both being necessary forthe association ... the highest value The conformational change induce by GRIP binding on brain SR results in changes in both the Km and the Vmax for d-serine synthesis and the response curve foractivation by calcium ... available on the Internet (see Experimental procedures) The results provided by the program were fully consistent in that all of them rendered the same hit with the highest score: the SR from the fission...
... epitope forthe mAb F11 Based on these results, the epitope forthe mAb F11 was localized to a region within residues 365–401 A nonspecific band at 66 kDa was observed in all the lanes forthe mAb ... within the binding site of TF forthereceptor but that binding of the antibody leads to steric hindrance or conformational changes that alter the binding site However, the agreement of the F11 ... in dimer formation The crystal structure forthe recombinant form of the soluble TFR has been determined [9], and a higher resolution structure of the soluble TFR in a complex with the hemochromatosis...
... overhang The vector with the primer cassette was ligated with the EcoRI/XhoI fragment of the H1 receptorThe resulting transfer vector pBacPAK9H1His containing the 10xHis-tagged human H1 receptor ... respectively The position of the intact Histagged H1 receptor is indicated by the arrow The quantity of the remaining minor contaminating bands in the purified receptor varied between preparations Their ... while the agonist histamine destabilizes thereceptor Probably the inverse agonists reduce the dynamics and flexibility of the protein, while an agonist has the opposite effect, making the receptor...
... demonstrated for several GPCRs [29] The function of b-arrestin is to uncouple thereceptor from the G-protein, thereby mediating receptor desensitization, and furthermore to couple thereceptor to the ... sauvagine could be observed in the presence of any of these inhibitors These findings indicate that neither theactivation of PKA nor theactivation of PKC is necessary for agonist-induced CRFR1 internalization ... following receptoractivation (Fig 6) These findings indicate that b-arrestin is recruited to the receptors at the plasma membrane following receptor activation, but that Ó FEBS 2004 the CRFR1/b-arrestin...
... together, our results provide support for testing this novel combination in the clinic forthe therapy of human cancer including pancreatic cancer for which no therapeutic options are currently available ... anti -human IL-13Ra2 polyclonal antibodies (R&D, Minneapolis, MN) Tissue samples were fixed in 10% formalin solution for IHC and human cells were fixed by 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) for ICC The ... transformed cells [25] Because of these characteristics, HDAC inhibitors are being tested in the clinic for cancer therapy Two HDAC inhibitors, SAHA and Romidepsin, are licensed by FDA for the...
... of the HA protein triggers theactivation of MAPK signaling [24] In this study, we therefore analyzed the expression of HA on the surface of MDCK cells infected with either virus (m.o.i = 1) The ... virus growth and infectivity [25-28] Therefore, we analyzed the potential role of these genes and the proteins they encode in more detail To investigate whether the H3N2 viral polymerase genes possess ... activity than those of the H1N1 subtype, we performed a luciferase assay using a minigenome system The pol I-driven plasmid encoding the luciferase gene was cotransfected into thehuman embryonic kidney...
... together, our results provide support for testing this novel combination in the clinic forthe therapy of human cancer including pancreatic cancer for which no therapeutic options are currently available ... anti -human IL-13Ra2 polyclonal antibodies (R&D, Minneapolis, MN) Tissue samples were fixed in 10% formalin solution for IHC and human cells were fixed by 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) for ICC The ... transformed cells [25] Because of these characteristics, HDAC inhibitors are being tested in the clinic for cancer therapy Two HDAC inhibitors, SAHA and Romidepsin, are licensed by FDA for the...
... FCS, the cells were incubated with the various agents in low-serum (0.5% FCS) medium The cells were preincubated with A77 1726 or indomethacin for hours before stimulation with IL-1β or TNF -α for ... IL-1Ra production induced by IL-1β, or whether it could also be observed in the presence of other proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF -α As in the case for IL-1β, A77 1726 markedly and dose-dependently ... in the presence of TNF -α (Fig 3) The effect of A77 1726 was highest at 100 µmol/l Furthermore, stimulation of IL-1Ra secretion by A77 1726 in human synovial fibroblasts was also dependent on the...
... of estrogens, treatment in most of the animal models described so far involved the use of estrogen injections or implantation of estrogens such as E2 We used the synthetic estrogen EE, synthesized ... area under the curve ER, estrogenreceptor that estrogen- mediated suppression in rat AA is ERα mediated The estrogen- mediated suppression of the TT-DTH in wild type mice is dependent on ERα Next, ... ERA-63, the ERβ-agonist ERB-79 or the non-selective estrogen EE whereby the ERα-sensitive uterus weight was used as a pharmacodynamic readout control For ERB-79, the more sensitive marker of epithelial...