Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Medical Biochemistry Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Medical Biochemistry

Decorin-Evoked Paternally Expressed Gene 3 (Peg3) Is An Upstream Regulator Of The Transcription Factor Eb (Tfeb) In Endothelial Cell Autophagy., Thomas Neill, Catherine Sharpe, Rick T. Owens, Renato V. Iozzo Sep 2017

Decorin-Evoked Paternally Expressed Gene 3 (Peg3) Is An Upstream Regulator Of The Transcription Factor Eb (Tfeb) In Endothelial Cell Autophagy., Thomas Neill, Catherine Sharpe, Rick T. Owens, Renato V. Iozzo

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Macroautophagy is a fundamental and evolutionarily conserved catabolic process that eradicates damaged and aging macromolecules and organelles in eukaryotic cells. Decorin, an archetypical small leucine-rich proteoglycan, initiates a protracted autophagic program downstream of VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) signaling that requires paternally expressed gene 3 (PEG3). We have discovered that PEG3 is an upstream transcriptional regulator of transcription factor EB (TFEB), a master transcription factor of lysosomal biogenesis, for decorin-evoked endothelial cell autophagy. We found a functional requirement of PEG3 for TFEB transcriptional induction and nuclear translocation in human umbilical vein endothelial and PAER2 cells. Mechanistically, inhibiting VEGFR2 or AMP-activated protein …


Biochemical And Biophysical Methods For Analysis Of Poly(Adp-Ribose) Polymerase 1 And Its Interactions With Chromatin., Maggie H. Chassé, Uma M. Muthurajan, Nicholas J. Clark, Michael A. Kramer, Srinivas Chakravarthy, Thomas Irving, Karolin Luger Jan 2017

Biochemical And Biophysical Methods For Analysis Of Poly(Adp-Ribose) Polymerase 1 And Its Interactions With Chromatin., Maggie H. Chassé, Uma M. Muthurajan, Nicholas J. Clark, Michael A. Kramer, Srinivas Chakravarthy, Thomas Irving, Karolin Luger

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase I (PARP-1) is a first responder to DNA damage and participates in the regulation of gene expression. The interaction of PARP-1 with chromatin and DNA is complex and involves at least two different modes of interaction. In its enzymatically inactive state, PARP-1 binds native chromatin with similar affinity as it binds free DNA ends. Automodification of PARP-1 affects interaction with chromatin and DNA to different extents. Here we describe a series of biochemical and biophysical techniques to quantify and dissect the different binding modes of PARP-1 with its various substrates. The techniques listed here allow for high …


Mc-Ppea As A New And More Potent Inhibitor Of Clp-Induced Sepsis And Pulmonary Inflammation Than Fk866., Peixin Huang, Mark W Lee, Keivan Sadrerafi, Daniel P. Heruth, Li Q. Zhang, Dev Maulik, Shui Qing Ye Jan 2017

Mc-Ppea As A New And More Potent Inhibitor Of Clp-Induced Sepsis And Pulmonary Inflammation Than Fk866., Peixin Huang, Mark W Lee, Keivan Sadrerafi, Daniel P. Heruth, Li Q. Zhang, Dev Maulik, Shui Qing Ye

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Our previous study indicated that overexpression of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) aggravated acute lung injury, while knockdown of NAMPT expression attenuated ventilator-induced lung injury. Recently, we found that meta-carborane-butyl-3-(3-pyridinyl)-2E-propenamide (MC-PPEA, MC4), in which the benzoylpiperidine moiety of FK866 has been replaced by a carborane, displayed a 100-fold increase in NAMPT inhibition over FK866. Here, we determined the effects of MC4 and FK866 on cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) surgery-induced sepsis in C57BL/6J mice. MC4 showed stronger inhibitory effects than FK866 on CLP-induced mortality, serum tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) levels, pulmonary myeloperoxidase activity, alveolar injury, and interleukin 6 and interleukin1β messenger …