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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

https://read.qxmd.com/read/38035406/sleep-deprivation-reduced-lps-induced-igg2b-production-by-up-regulating-bmal1-and-clock-expression
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Chen Xing, Bing Zhai, Yifan Zhang, Ying Fang, Min Zhang, Chongchong Zhang, Wei Wang, Mengnan Ding, Xin Huang, Beifen Shen, Renxi Wang, Lun Song
Sleep deprivation (SD) weakens the immune system and leads to increased susceptibility to infectious or inflammatory diseases. However, it is still unclear how SD affects humoral immunity. In the present study, sleep disturbance was conducted using an sleep deprivation instrument, and the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used to activate the immune response. It was found that SD-pretreatment reduced LPS-induced IgG2b+ B cells and IgG2b isotype antibody production in lymphocytes of spleen. And, SD-pretreatment decreased the proportion of CD4+ T cells, production of CD4+ T cells derived TGF-β1 and its contribution in helping IgG2b production...
November 25, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38035405/sula-does-not-sequester-ftsz-in-escherichia-coli-cells-during-the-sos-response
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Natalia A Rumyantseva, Daria M Golofeeva, Alexey D Vedyaykin
In Escherichia coli, the SulA protein is synthesized during the SOS response to arrest cell division. Two possible models of SulA action were proposed: the sequestration and the capping. In current paper, to clarify which model better reflects the SulA effect on cell division upon the SOS response, the FtsZ/SulA ratio was estimated inside cells based on fusion of both FtsZ and SulA to fluorescent protein mNeonGreen. This allowed to quantify this ratio by fluorescence microscopy as well as western blotting; moreover, the effect of SulA on FtsZ distribution patterns in cells was analyzed based on fluorescence microscopy images...
November 25, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38029542/generation-of-anti-idiotypic-antibodies-mimicking-cry2aa-toxin-from-an-immunized-mouse-phage-display-library-as-potential-insecticidal-agents-against-plutella-xylostella
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Manman Lin, Yuan Liu, Cheng Shen, Meng Meng, Xiao Zhang, Chongxin Xu, Jiafeng Jin, Xiaodan Hu, Qing Zhu, Yajing Xie, Wei Chen, Xianjin Liu, Johnson Lin
This study tried to generate anti-idiotypic antibodies (Ab2s) which mimic Cry2Aa toxin using a phage-display antibody library (2.8 × 107  CFU/mL). The latter was constructed from a mouse immunized with F (ab')2 fragments digested from anti-Cry2Aa polyclonal antibodies. The F (ab')2 fragments and Plutella xylostella (P. xylostella) brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) were utilized as targets for selection. Eight mouse phage-display single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) were isolated and identified by enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA), PCR and DNA sequencing after four rounds of biopanning...
November 23, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38029541/vamp7-knockdown-in-secretory-granules-impairs-ccl2-secretion-in-mast-cells
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Marin Sakamoto, Yuka Nagata, Atsushi Furukawa, Tomoyuki Kusada, Shohei Inamoto, Tomomi Senda, Naohide Hirashima, Ryo Suzuki
Mast cells (MCs) possess numerous potent inflammatory mediators and undergo differential regulation in response to antigen (Ag) stimulation. Among the regulatory systems governing secretory responses, soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) play a pivotal role in facilitating granule-plasma membrane fusion and subsequent secretion. Our previous investigation documented the involvement of vesicle-associated membrane protein 3 (VAMP3) in regulating cytokine secretions in RBL-2H3 cells, a model for MC IgE-mediated responses...
November 23, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38016337/ctrp4-ameliorates-inflammation-thereby-attenuating-the-interaction-between-huvecs-and-thp-1-monocytes-through-sirt6-nrf2-signaling
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Jaw Long Sun, Jae Hak Ryu, Wonjun Cho, Heeseung Oh, A M Abd El-Aty, Didem Özkal Eminoğlu, Ji Hoon Jeong, Tae Woo Jung
CTRP4, identified as an adipokine, has demonstrated notable anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity effects in various disease models. Consequently, our research sought to explore the impact of CTRP4 on inflammation and the interaction between endothelial cells and monocytes in hyperlipidemic conditions. Using Western blotting, we assessed the expression levels of various proteins in HUVECs and THP-1 monocytes. Our study findings indicate that treatment with CTRP4 effectively mitigated the attachment of THP-1 monocytes to HUVECs...
November 23, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38016247/zika-virus-restriction-of-host-antioxidant-response-is-mediated-by-intracellular-ns1-and-reveals-its-ability-to-upregulate-bach1-expression
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Grégorie Lebeau, Daed El Safadi, Mathilde Hoarau, Olivier Meilhac, Pascale Krejbich-Trotot, Wildriss Viranaicken
Zika virus (ZIKV), has gained global attention due to its association with severe disorders, including microcephaly and congenital Zika syndrome. We investigated the role of ZIKV nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) in altering the host's antioxidant response. Using a stable cell line expressing NS1, we found that NS1 significantly reduced the expression of antioxidant-related genes, including heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1), and sequestosome-1 (SQSTM1), which are regulated NRF2. Interestingly, this effect was attributed to increased expression of BACH1, a factor that competes with NRF2 for binding to certain antioxidant responsive elements (ARE)...
November 23, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38016245/the-effects-of-noise-exposure-on-hippocampal-cognition-in-c57bl-6-mice-via-transcriptomics
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Zan Zhou, Wen-Jun Jiang, Li Li, Jun-Qiang Si
BACKGROUND: Noise is an important environmental stressor in the industrialized world and has received increasing attention in recent years. Although epidemiological research has extensively demonstrated the relationship between noise and cognitive impairment, the specific molecular mechanisms and targets remain to be fully explored and understood. METHODS: To address this issue, 5-month-old C57BL/6 mice were divided into two groups, with one group exposed to white noise at 98 dB...
November 23, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38016246/a-standard-procedure-for-rapid-toxicity-evaluation-of-carbon-dots-both-in-vitro-and-in-vivo
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Hao Cai, Yuxiang Yang, Yan Li, Zijian Li, Antonio Claudio Tedesco, Hong Bi
Carbon dots (CDs) are an emerging class of fluorescent quantum dot nanomaterials that have attracted considerable scientific attention for biomedical or bioimaging applications due to their physicochemical and biochemical properties. With the emergence of massive novel synthetic CDs applying to biomedical fields of science, evaluating their biosafety before any biological application is essential. However, there is no universal protocol or routine procedures for toxicity detection and biosafety assessment of CDs in general biological environments...
November 22, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38011821/interaction-of-gallium-indium-and-vanadyl-curcumin-complexes-with-hen-egg-white-lysozyme-hewl-mechanistic-aspects-and-evaluation-of-antiamyloidogenic-activity
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Amin Sahraei, Mohammad Javad Shamsoddini, Fakhrossadat Mohammadi, Leila Hassani
Many proteins and peptides can aggregate into amyloid fibrils with high-ordered and cross-β rich structure characteristics. Amyloid deposition is a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases called amyloidosis. Various natural polyphenolic compounds such as curcumin exhibited antiamyloidogenic activities, but less researches were focused on the metal complexes of these compounds. In this study, the inhibitory effects of gallium curcumin (Ga(cur)3 ), indium curcumin (In(cur)3 ), and vanadyl curcumin (VO(cur)2 ) on the amyloid fibrillation of hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) have been investigated...
November 22, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38011820/reducing-the-vicissitudes-of-heterologous-prochiral-substrate-catalysis-by-alcohol-dehydrogenases-through-machine-learning-algorithms
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Arindam Ghatak, Anirudh P Shanbhag, Santanu Datta
Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) are popular catalysts for synthesizing chiral synthons a vital step for active pharmaceutical intermediate (API) production. They are grouped into three superfamilies namely, medium-chain (MDRs), short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases (SDRs), and iron-containing alcohol dehydrogenases. The former two are used extensively for producing various chiral synthons. Many studies screen multiple enzymes or engineer a specific enzyme for catalyzing a substrate of interest. These processes are resource-intensive and intricate...
November 22, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38006803/protective-effects-of-metformin-in-the-pro-inflammatory-cytokine-induced-intestinal-organoids-injury-model
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Soojung Hahn, Gyuri Kim, Sang-Man Jin, Jae Hyeon Kim
Pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) accompanies disrupted intestinal tight junctions. However, many approaches of therapeutics for IBD are focused only on anti-inflammatory effects and most cellular experiments are based on two-dimensional cell lines which have insufficient circumstances of intestine. Thus, here, we used three-dimensional structure intestinal organoids to investigate effects of metformin in the in vitro IBD condition. In this study, we focused on both tight junctions and the levels of inflammatory cytokines...
November 22, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38016339/prevention-of-vincristine-induced-peripheral-neuropathy-by-protecting-the-endothelial-glycocalyx-shedding
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Kazufumi Ohmura, Takamasa Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Tomita, Hideshi Okada, Masayoshi Shimizu, Kosuke Mori, Toshiaki Taniguchi, Akio Suzuki, Toru Iwama, Akira Hara
Vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy (VIPN) adversely affects the quality of life and treatment continuity of patients. The endothelial glycocalyx (eGCX) protects nerves from harmful substances released from the capillary vessels, but its role in peripheral neuropathy remains unclear. We investigated the impact of eGCX protection on VIPN. Using a murine model of VIPN, we administered nafamostat mesylate to protect the eGCX shedding, and analyzed the eGCX integrity and manifestation of peripheral neuropathy...
November 21, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38011772/the-four-subunits-of-rabbit-skeletal-muscle-lactate-dehydrogenase-do-not-exert-their-catalytic-action-additively
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Martina Rossi, Fabio Tomaselli, Alejandro Hochkoeppler
Oligomeric enzymes containing multiple active sites are usually considered to perform their catalytic action at higher rates when compared with their monomeric counterparts. This implies, in turn, that the activity performed by different holoenzyme subunits features additivity. Nevertheless, the extent of this additivity occurring in holoenzymes is far from being adequately understood. To tackle this point, we used tetrameric rabbit lactate dehydrogenase (rbLDH) as a model system to assay the reduction of pyruvate catalysed by this enzyme at the expense of β-NADH under pre-steady-state conditions...
November 20, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38006801/high-resolution-crystal-structure-of-brd4-bd1-in-complex-with-a-novel-inhibitor-precursor
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiuxiu Ma, Meng Wang, Fan Wang, Jiao Li, Zhengguang Zhang, Jiapeng Zhu, Bing Liu
The inhibition of BRD4 bromodomain is an effective therapeutic strategy for a variety of diseases in which BRD4 are implicated. Herein, we identified a small-molecule BRD4 inhibitor hit named compound 3 using high-throughput screening. The 1.6 Å resolution co-crystal structure confirmed that the compound occupies the KAc recognition pockets of BRD4 by forming key hydrogen bonds with Asn140 and engaging in hydrophobic interactions, thus impedes the binding of acetylated lysine to BRD4. These findings suggest compound 3 can be a lead compound to develop a structurally novel BRD4 inhibitors...
November 20, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38006800/sepsis-induced-cardiotoxicity-by-promoting-cardiomyocyte-cuproptosis
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Jingru Yan, Zhangyi Li, Yilan Li, Yao Zhang
BACKGROUND: Currently, sepsis induced cardiotoxicity is among the major causes of sepsis-related death. The specific molecular mechanisms of sepsis induced cardiotoxicity are currently unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify the key molecule mechanisms for sepsis induced cardiotoxicity. METHODS: Original data of sepsis induced cardiotoxicity was derived from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO; GSE63920; GSE44363; GSE159309) dataset. Functional enrichment analysis was used to analysis sepsis induced cardiotoxicity related signaling pathways...
November 20, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38000295/deficiency-of-bmal1-promotes-ros-generation-and-enhances-ige-dependent-degranulation-in-mast-cells
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Yuka Nagasaka, Yuki Nakamura, Nguyen Quoc Vuong Tran, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Nobuhiro Nakano, Atsuhito Nakao
BACKGROUND: Bmal1 (Brain and muscle arnt-like, or Arntl) is a bHLH/PAS domain transcription factor central to the transcription/translation feedback loop of the circadian clock. Mast cells are crucial for effector functions in allergic reaction and their activity follows a circadian rhythm. However, the functional roles of Bmal1 in mast cells remain to be determined. PURPOSE: This study aimed to elucidate the specific roles of Bmal1 in IgE-dependent mast cell degranulation...
November 20, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38000294/variations-of-the-mycobacterium-abscessus-f-atp-synthase-subunit-a-c-interface-alter-binding-and-potency-of-the-anti-tb-drug-bedaquiline
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Alexander Krah, Priya Ragunathan, Peter J Bond, Gerhard Grüber
The anti-tuberculosis therapeutic bedaquiline (BDQ) is used against Mycobacterium abscessus. In M. abscessus BDQ is only bacteriostatic and less potent compared to M. tuberculosis or M. smegmatis. Here we demonstrate its reduced ATP synthesis inhibition against M. abscessus inside-out vesicles, including the F1 FO -ATP synthase. Molecular dynamics simulations and binding free energy calculations highlight the differences in drug-binding of the M. abscessus and M. smegmatis FO -domain at the lagging site, where the drug deploys its mechanistic action, inhibiting ATP synthesis...
November 20, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38029543/citrobacter-koseri-inhibits-the-growth-of-staphylococcus-epidermidis-by-suppressing-iron-utilization
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Tomotaka Ohkubo, Yasuhiko Matsumoto, Hiroaki Sasaki, Kaoru Kinoshita, Yuki Ogasawara, Takashi Sugita
The human skin microbiome consists of many species of bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis. Individuals with atopic dermatitis (AD) have an increased relative abundance of S. aureus, which exacerbates the inflammation of AD. Although S. epidermidis, a main component of healthy skin microbiota, inhibits the growth of S. aureus, the balance between S. epidermidis and S. aureus is disrupted in the skin of individuals with AD. In this study, we found that Citrobacter koseri isolated from patients with AD produces substances that inhibit the growth of S...
November 19, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38000296/deletion-of-elovl5-leads-to-dyslipidemia-and-atherosclerosis-in-ldlr-deficient-mice
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Sijeong Bae, Young-Ah Moon
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease for which hepatic steatosis and atherogenic dyslipidemia are significant risk factors. We investigated the effects of endogenously generated very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VL-PUFAs) on dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis development using mice that lack ELOVL5, a PUFA elongase that is required for the synthesis of arachidonic acid, EPA, and DHA from the essential fatty acids linoleic and linolenic acids, and the LDL receptor (LDLR). Elovl5-/- ;Ldlr-/- mice manifest increased liver triglyceride and cholesterol concentrations due to the activation of sterol regulatory element binding protein-1, a transcription factor that activates enzymes required for de novo lipogenesis...
November 19, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37995454/antimicrobial-efficacy-of-aloe-emodin-mediated-photodynamic-therapy-against-antibiotic-resistant-pseudomonas-aeruginosa-in-vitro
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Yun Xie, Jiao Li, Chengcheng Liu, Xiaofei Zhang, Xinran Zhang, Qi Wang, Lixia Zhang, Shaoqing Yang
Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen that causes topical infections following burn injuries. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has emerged as a promising approach for treating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. The objective of this study was to evaluate the aPDT efficacy of aloe-emodin (AE), which is a photosensitizer extracted from traditional Chinese herbs, on antibiotic-sensitive and antibiotic-resistant P. aeruginosa in vitro. In this study, we confirmed the effectiveness of AE-mediated aPDT against both standard and MDR P...
November 19, 2023: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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