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Shroom3 Deficient Mice Show Congenital Heart Defects, Rami R. Halabi
Shroom3 Deficient Mice Show Congenital Heart Defects, Rami R. Halabi
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Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are associated with a number of genetic and environmental risk factors affecting approximately 1% of newborns. Shroom3 is an actin binding and microtubule organizing protein essential for neural tube closure in mouse, Xenopus and chick. In Xenopus shroom3 expression is found within the forming heart and loss of activity results in malformed hearts. In addition, SHROOM3 has recently been associated with heterotaxy in a human patient. Mice homozygous for the Shroom3 gene trap die at birth due to exencephaly and here, I provide evidence that the majority of these mice have CHDs, including septal defects, semilunar …
Subcellular Analysis Of The Disulfide Proteome In P66shc Expressing Nerve Cells, Tyler Cann
Subcellular Analysis Of The Disulfide Proteome In P66shc Expressing Nerve Cells, Tyler Cann
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The longevity associated protein p66Shc has been suggested to regulate organismal lifespan through initiation of apoptotic pathways. Following stress-induced translocation into the mitochondria, p66Shc promotes increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and triggers poorly defined downstream signaling events that lead to decreased cell viability. Protein disulfide bonding has recently emerged as aROSdependent post-translational modification that regulates protein function and signaling processes. Using the mouse hippocampal HT-22 cell line, I sought to determine the changes in the disulfide proteome associated with p66Shc mediatedROSproduction. Through Redox 2D-SDSPAGEanalysis of mitochondrial and cytosolic extracts, redox sensitive proteins altered by p66Shc mediatedROSformation were identified. Of …