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Regulation Of The Rat Liver Sodium-Dependent Bile Acid Cotransporter Gene By Prolactin. Mediation Of Transcriptional Activation By Stat5, Tanmoy C. Ganguly, Michelle L. O'Brien, Saul J. Karpen, James F. Hyde, Fredrick J. Suchy, Mary Vore Jun 1997

Regulation Of The Rat Liver Sodium-Dependent Bile Acid Cotransporter Gene By Prolactin. Mediation Of Transcriptional Activation By Stat5, Tanmoy C. Ganguly, Michelle L. O'Brien, Saul J. Karpen, James F. Hyde, Fredrick J. Suchy, Mary Vore

Toxicology and Cancer Biology Faculty Publications

The intracellular mechanism(s) underlying the upregulation of the hepatic Na+/taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (ntcp) by prolactin (PRL) are unknown. In this report, we demonstrate a time-dependent increase in nuclear translocation of phosphorylated liver Stat5 (a member of the ignal ransducers and ctivators of ranscription family) that correlated with suckling-induced increases in serum PRL levels. In electrophoretic mobility gel shift assays, nuclear Stat5 exhibited specific DNA-binding ability towards IFN-gamma-activated sequence (GAS)-like elements (GLEs; 5'TTC/A-PyNPu-G/TAA-3') located in the -937 to -904 bp region of the ntcp promoter. Transient cotransfections in HepG2 cells revealed that PRL inducibility (2.5-3-fold) required coexpression of the long form …

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The Glucose Transporter Glut4 And The Aminopeptidase Vp165 Colocalise In Tubulo-Vesicular Elements In Adipocytes And Cardiomyocytes, Sally Martin, Jacqueline E. Rice, Gwyn W. Gould, Susanna R. Keller Jun 1997

The Glucose Transporter Glut4 And The Aminopeptidase Vp165 Colocalise In Tubulo-Vesicular Elements In Adipocytes And Cardiomyocytes, Sally Martin, Jacqueline E. Rice, Gwyn W. Gould, Susanna R. Keller

Dartmouth Scholarship

The aminopeptidase vp165 is one of the major polypeptides enriched in GLUT4-containing vesicles immuno-isolated from adipocytes. In the present study we have confirmed and quantified the high degree of colocalisation between GLUT4 and vp165 using double label immuno-electron microscopy on vesicles isolated from adipocytes and heart. The percentage of vp165-containing vesicles that also contained GLUT4 was 91%, 76%, and 86% in rat adipocytes, 3T3-L1 adipocytes, and rat heart, respectively. Internalisation of a transferrin/HRP (Tf/HRP) conjugate by 3T3-L1 adipocytes, followed by diaminobenzidine treatment in intact cells, resulted in ablation of only 41% and 45% of GLUT4 and vp165, respectively, whereas endosomal …

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Reference Serum Chemistry And Hematological Values For Spinal Cord Injured Patients, Michael S. Laymon, Antone L. Davis Ii Jun 1997

Reference Serum Chemistry And Hematological Values For Spinal Cord Injured Patients, Michael S. Laymon, Antone L. Davis Ii

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Serum chemistry and hematological values from 220 traumatic spinal cord injured patients (157 male and 63 female between the ages of 15-47, with greater than six months from injury) were compiled via chart review. Traumatic spinal cord injured patient’s reference ranges were determined and compared with the general population reference ranges. Reference ranges within the spinal cord population were compared by age, gender, level of injury and chronicity of injury. The reference ranges determined for all groups within this spinal cord population fall within the reference ranges of the general population. This supports recent research which suggests that a decrease …

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Identification Of A Novel Antiapoptotic Functional Domain In Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen., Suzanne D. Conzen, Christine A. Snay, Charles N. Cole Jun 1997

Identification Of A Novel Antiapoptotic Functional Domain In Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen., Suzanne D. Conzen, Christine A. Snay, Charles N. Cole

Dartmouth Scholarship

The ability of DNA tumor virus proteins to trigger apoptosis in mammalian cells is well established. For example, transgenic expression of a simian virus 40 (SV40) T-antigen N-terminal fragment (N-termTag) is known to induce apoptosis in choroid plexus epithelial cells. SV40 T-antigen-induced apoptosis has generally been considered to be a p53-dependent event because cell death in the brain is greatly diminished in a p53-/- background strain and is abrogated by expression of wild-type (p53-binding) SV40 T antigen. We now show that while N-termTags triggered apoptosis in rat embryo fibroblasts cultured in low serum, expression of full-length T antigens unable to …

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Hallucinations, Peter J. Whitehouse, Marian B. Patterson, Milton E. Strauss, David S. Geldmacher, James L. Mack, Grover C. Gilmore, Elizabeth Koss May 1997

Hallucinations, Peter J. Whitehouse, Marian B. Patterson, Milton E. Strauss, David S. Geldmacher, James L. Mack, Grover C. Gilmore, Elizabeth Koss

Faculty Scholarship

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The Influence Of Low Dietary Fat Intake On Incidence And Severity Of Migraine Headache, Zuzana Bic Apr 1997

The Influence Of Low Dietary Fat Intake On Incidence And Severity Of Migraine Headache, Zuzana Bic

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Migraine headaches are a common and debilitating syndrome causing untold suffering and loss of productivity. A review of the literature indicates that there are two primary factors involved in triggering these headaches: high levels of blood lipids and high levels of free fatty acids. Under these conditions platelet aggregability is increased, which is associated with decreases in serotonin and heightened prostaglandins levels. These conditions may produce vasodilation, the most immediate precursor to migraine headache. A high fat diet is one factor that may directly affect this process. This study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of dietary fat intake on …

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Anti-Idiotype Monoclonal Antibody 1a7 And Use For The Treatment Of Melanoma And Small Cell Carcinoma, Malaya Chatterjee, Kenneth A. Foon Mar 1997

Anti-Idiotype Monoclonal Antibody 1a7 And Use For The Treatment Of Melanoma And Small Cell Carcinoma, Malaya Chatterjee, Kenneth A. Foon

Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Patents

The present invention relates isolation of anti-idiotypic antibody 1A7 raised against anti-GD2 mAb 14G2a and its use for the treatment of melanoma and small cell carcinoma. The antibody may be used as a substitute for isolated purified GD2 antigen in any appropriate application.

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Drift Macroalgal Abundance In Seagrass Beds: Investigating Large-Scale Associations With Physical And Biotic Attributes, Susan S. Bell, Margaret O. Hall Feb 1997

Drift Macroalgal Abundance In Seagrass Beds: Investigating Large-Scale Associations With Physical And Biotic Attributes, Susan S. Bell, Margaret O. Hall

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

The relationship between a suite of physical and biological factors and drift macroalgal abundance was examined in 12 seagrass sites spanning a distance of over 50 km within Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. Field sampling was conducted in December 1991, and drift algal abundance was determined by recording algal percent cover from 25 quadrants at each site. Additionally, drift macroalgae were collected from gridded plots and dry weight biomass measured. Sediment characteristics and seagrass biomass, shoot density, blade length and percent cover at each site were also determined. Likewise, position of site within Tampa Bay was categorized by spatial coordinates. Step-wise …

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Proton (H) Modulation Of K-Cl Cotransport Through Both Internal And External Sites In Dids-Ph-Clamped Low Magnesium Lk Sheep Erythrocytes, Peter K. Lauf, Norma C. Adragna Jan 1997

Proton (H) Modulation Of K-Cl Cotransport Through Both Internal And External Sites In Dids-Ph-Clamped Low Magnesium Lk Sheep Erythrocytes, Peter K. Lauf, Norma C. Adragna

Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty Publications

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Multiple Ionic Conductances Of The Human Dopamine Transporter: The Actions Of Dopamine And Psychostimulants, Mark S. Sonders, Si-Jia Zhu, Nancy R. Zahniser, Michael Kavanaugh, Susan G. Amara Jan 1997

Multiple Ionic Conductances Of The Human Dopamine Transporter: The Actions Of Dopamine And Psychostimulants, Mark S. Sonders, Si-Jia Zhu, Nancy R. Zahniser, Michael Kavanaugh, Susan G. Amara

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Electrophysiological and pharmacological studies of a cloned human dopamine transporter (hDAT) were undertaken to investigate the mechanisms of transporter function and the actions of drugs at this target. Using two-electrode voltage-clamp techniques with hDAT-expressing Xenopus laevis oocytes, we show that hDAT can be considered electrogenic by two criteria. (1) Uptake of hDAT substrates gives rise to a pharmacologically appropriate “transport-associated” current. (2) The velocity of DA uptake measured in oocytes clamped at various membrane potentials was voltage-dependent, increasing with hyperpolarization. Concurrent measurement of transport-associated current and substrate flux in individual oocytes revealed that charge movement during substrate translocation was greater …

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Aspartate 19 And Glutamate 121 Are Critical For Transport Function Of The Myo-Inositol/H+ Symporter From Leishmania Donovani, Andreas Seyfang, Michael Kavanaugh, Scott M. Landfear Jan 1997

Aspartate 19 And Glutamate 121 Are Critical For Transport Function Of The Myo-Inositol/H+ Symporter From Leishmania Donovani, Andreas Seyfang, Michael Kavanaugh, Scott M. Landfear

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

The protozoan flagellate Leishmania donovani has an active myo-inositol/proton symporter (MIT), which is driven by a proton gradient across the parasite membrane. We have used site-directed mutagenesis in combination with functional expression of transporter mutants in Xenopusoocytes and overexpression in Leishmania transfectants to investigate the significance of acidic transmembrane residues for proton relay and inositol transport. MIT has only three charged amino acids within predicted transmembrane domains. Two of these residues, Asp19 (TM1) and Glu121 (TM4), appeared to be critical for transport function of MIT, with a reduction of inositol transport to about 2% of wild-type …

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Tyrosine 140 Of The Γ-Aminobutyric Acid Transporter Gat-1 Plays A Critical Role In Neurotransmitter Recognition, Yona Bismuth, Michael Kavanaugh, Baruch I. Kanner Jan 1997

Tyrosine 140 Of The Γ-Aminobutyric Acid Transporter Gat-1 Plays A Critical Role In Neurotransmitter Recognition, Yona Bismuth, Michael Kavanaugh, Baruch I. Kanner

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

The γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter GAT-1 is located in nerve terminals and catalyzes the electrogenic reuptake of the neurotransmitter with two sodium ions and one chloride. We now identify a single tyrosine residue that is critical for GABA recognition and transport. It is completely conserved throughout the superfamily, and even substitution to the other aromatic amino acids, phenylalanine (Y140F) and tryptophan (Y140W), results in completely inactive transporters. Electrophysiological characterization reveals that both mutant transporters exhibit the sodium-dependent transient currents associated with sodium binding as well as the chloride-dependent lithium leak currents characteristic of GAT-1. On the other hand, in both …

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Mutation Of An Amino Acid Residue Influencing Potassium Coupling In The Glutamate Transporter Glt-1 Induces Obligate Exchange, Michael Kavanaugh, Annie Bendahan, Noa Zerangue, Yumin Zhang, Baruch I. Kanner Jan 1997

Mutation Of An Amino Acid Residue Influencing Potassium Coupling In The Glutamate Transporter Glt-1 Induces Obligate Exchange, Michael Kavanaugh, Annie Bendahan, Noa Zerangue, Yumin Zhang, Baruch I. Kanner

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Glutamate transporters maintain low synaptic concentrations of neurotransmitter by coupling uptake to flux of other ions. After cotransport of glutamic acid with Na+, the cycle is completed by countertransport of K+. We have identified an amino acid residue (glutamate 404) influencing ion coupling in a domain of the transporter implicated previously in kainate binding. Mutation of this residue to aspartate (E404D) prevents both forward and reverse transport induced by K+. Sodium-dependent transmitter exchange and a transporter-mediated chloride conductance are unaffected by the mutation, indicating that this residue selectively influences potassium flux coupling. The results …

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Comparing Two Strategies To Modify Dietary Behavior And Serum Cholesterol, Kim D. Reynolds, Judith L. Gillum, David J. Hyman, Tim Byers, Sarah A. Moore, Gilles Paradis, June A. Flora, Karen Lazarus Jan 1997

Comparing Two Strategies To Modify Dietary Behavior And Serum Cholesterol, Kim D. Reynolds, Judith L. Gillum, David J. Hyman, Tim Byers, Sarah A. Moore, Gilles Paradis, June A. Flora, Karen Lazarus

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Aim: To test the hypothesis that a strategy including cholesterol screening and dietary education is more effective than dietary education alone in changing dietary behavior and serum cholesterol levels.

Methods: Individuals at four worksites were enrolled in a randomized trial with a 'full intervention' condition in which subjects were told their serum cholesterol value and also received a dietary change kit (n=236), and a 'partial intervention' condition in which subjects received the same dietary change kit, but were not told their serum cholesterol value (n=284). Individuals (n=115) in two worksites served as a nonrandomized 'untreated control group'. Subjects were tested …

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Uwomj Volume 66, No 2, Summer 1997, Western University Jan 1997

Uwomj Volume 66, No 2, Summer 1997, Western University

University of Western Ontario Medical Journal

An interdisciplinary medical science publication, established in 1930.

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Role Of Egr-1 Gene Expression In B Cell Receptor-Induced Apoptosis In An Immature B Cell Lymphoma, Subramanian Muthukkumar, Seong-Su Han, Sumathi Muthukkumar, Vivek M. Rangnekar, Subbarao Bondada Jan 1997

Role Of Egr-1 Gene Expression In B Cell Receptor-Induced Apoptosis In An Immature B Cell Lymphoma, Subramanian Muthukkumar, Seong-Su Han, Sumathi Muthukkumar, Vivek M. Rangnekar, Subbarao Bondada

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

Ligation of B cell receptor (BCR) on BKS-2, an immature B cell lymphoma by anti-IgM antibodies (Ab) caused apoptosis. Here we report that signaling through B cell receptor in wild type BKS-2 cells down-regulated the expression of Egr-1, a zinc finger-containing transcription factor. A reduction in the level of Egr-1 mRNA could be demonstrated as early as 30 min after the ligation of BCR on BKS-2 cells. Immunocytochemical and Western blot analysis revealed that the expression of EGR-1 protein was also inhibited by anti-IgM treatment. Antisense oligonucleotides to Egr-1 caused growth inhibition and apoptosis in BKS-2 cells, suggesting that expression …

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Faculty Publications 1996, Lsu Health Sciences Center New Orleans Jan 1997

Faculty Publications 1996, Lsu Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Historical Faculty Publications

This Faculty bibliography contains 734 publications.

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Phosphorylation Within The Amino-Terminal Acidic Domain I Of The Phosphoprotein Of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Is Required For Transcription But Not For Replication, Asit K. Pattnaik, Leroy Hwang, Tong Le, Nathan Englund, Manjula Mathur, Tapas Das, Amiya Banerjee Jan 1997

Phosphorylation Within The Amino-Terminal Acidic Domain I Of The Phosphoprotein Of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Is Required For Transcription But Not For Replication, Asit K. Pattnaik, Leroy Hwang, Tong Le, Nathan Englund, Manjula Mathur, Tapas Das, Amiya Banerjee

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Phosphorylation by casein kinase II at three specific residues (S-60, T-62, and S-64) within the acidic domain I of the P protein of Indiana serotype vesicular stomatitis virus has been shown to be critical for in vitro transcription activity of the viral RNA polymerase (P-L) complex. To examine the role of phosphorylation of P protein in transcription as well as replication in vivo, we used a panel of mutant P proteins in which the phosphate acceptor sites in domain I were substituted with alanines or other amino acids. Analyses of the alanine-substituted mutant P proteins for the ability to support …

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Opposing Motor Activities Are Required For The Organization Of The Mammalian Mitotic Spindle Pole, Tirso Gaglio, Alejandro Saredi, James B. Bingham, M Josh Hasbani, Steven R. Grill, Trina A. Schroer, Duane A. Compton Oct 1996

Opposing Motor Activities Are Required For The Organization Of The Mammalian Mitotic Spindle Pole, Tirso Gaglio, Alejandro Saredi, James B. Bingham, M Josh Hasbani, Steven R. Grill, Trina A. Schroer, Duane A. Compton

Dartmouth Scholarship

We use both in vitro and in vivo approaches to examine the roles of Eg5 (kinesin-related protein), cytoplasmic dynein, and dynactin in the organization of the microtubules and the localization of NuMA (Nu-clear protein that associates with the Mitotic Apparatus) at the polar ends of the mammalian mitotic spindle. Perturbation of the function of Eg5 through either immunodepletion from a cell free system for assembly of mitotic asters or antibody microinjection into cultured cells leads to organized astral microtubule arrays with expanded polar regions in which the minus ends of the microtubules emanate from a ring-like structure that contains NuMA. …

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The Protective Role Of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Against Adriamycin-Induced Acute Cardiac Toxicity In Transgenic Mice, Hsiu-Chuan Yen, Terry D. Oberley, Satit Vichitbandha, Ye-Shih Ho, Daret K. St. Clair Sep 1996

The Protective Role Of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Against Adriamycin-Induced Acute Cardiac Toxicity In Transgenic Mice, Hsiu-Chuan Yen, Terry D. Oberley, Satit Vichitbandha, Ye-Shih Ho, Daret K. St. Clair

Toxicology and Cancer Biology Faculty Publications

Adriamycin (ADR) is a potent anticancer drug known to cause severe cardiac toxicity. Although ADR generates free radicals, the role of free radicals in the development of cardiac toxicity and the intracellular target for ADR-induced cardiac toxicity are still not well understood. We produced three transgenic mice lines expressing increased levels of human manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), a mitochondrial enzyme, as an animal model to investigate the role of ADR-mediated free radical generation in mitochondria. The human MnSOD was expressed, functionally active, and properly transported into mitochondria in the heart of transgenic mice. The levels of copper-zinc SOD, catalase, and …

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Identification And Characterization Of The Thrombin Binding Sites On Fibrin, David A. Meh, Kevin R. Siebenlist, Michael W. Mosesson Sep 1996

Identification And Characterization Of The Thrombin Binding Sites On Fibrin, David A. Meh, Kevin R. Siebenlist, Michael W. Mosesson

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Thrombin binds to fibrin at two classes of non-substrate sites, one of high affinity and the other of low affinity. We investigated the location of these thrombin binding sites by assessing the binding of thrombin to fibrin lacking or containing γ′ chains, which are fibrinogen γ chain variants that contain a highly anionic carboxyl-terminal sequence. We found the high affinity thrombin binding site to be located exclusively in D domains on γ′ chains (Ka, 4.9 × 106−1; n, 1.05 per γ′ chain), whereas the low affinity thrombin binding site was in the fibrin E …

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Activation Of The Human Thymidine Kinase (Tk) Promoter By Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen Requires Both The T Antigen Prb Family-Binding Domain And Tk Promoter Sequences Resembling E2f-Binding Sites., Michelle M. Anderson, Jun Chen, Charles N. Cole, Susan E. Conrad Sep 1996

Activation Of The Human Thymidine Kinase (Tk) Promoter By Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen Requires Both The T Antigen Prb Family-Binding Domain And Tk Promoter Sequences Resembling E2f-Binding Sites., Michelle M. Anderson, Jun Chen, Charles N. Cole, Susan E. Conrad

Dartmouth Scholarship

Infection of quiescent cells with the DNA tumor virus simian virus 40 induces expression of the cellular thymidine kinase (TK) gene a minimum of 10- to 20-fold, and this induction depends upon the viral protein large T antigen (T-Ag). To define both human TK promoter elements and T-Ag functional domains required for transcriptional induction, we have established a system in which stable Rat-1 transfectants harboring TK promoter-luciferase hybrid genes are infected with recombinant adenoviruses expressing either wild-type or mutant forms of T-Ag and luciferase expression is measured as an indicator of promoter activity. The results show that (i) a 135-bp …

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An Investigation Of Hexatylis Contracta Blomquist (Southern Heartleaf): Individuals, Hybrids, Populations And Species, Patrick Carroll Aug 1996

An Investigation Of Hexatylis Contracta Blomquist (Southern Heartleaf): Individuals, Hybrids, Populations And Species, Patrick Carroll

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Hexastylis contracta Blomquist is a rare herbaceous perennial plant endemic to southeastern North America. The plant exhibits a disjunct distribution, being found on the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee and Kentucky and also 300 km east in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This plant was the subject of a population inventory supported through the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission (KNPC) which expanded the number of known populations of the species (28) by 68%, with 47 populations now known to exist. A morphological analysis of this species was done using principal components analysis. This analysis was used to answer questions …

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Interleukin-10 Inhibits Tumor Metastasis Through An Nk-Cell Dependent Mechanism, Li-Mou Zheng, David M. Ojcius, F. Garaud, C. Roth, E. Maxwell, Z. Li, H. Rong, J. Chen, X. Y. Wang, J. J. Catino, I. King Aug 1996

Interleukin-10 Inhibits Tumor Metastasis Through An Nk-Cell Dependent Mechanism, Li-Mou Zheng, David M. Ojcius, F. Garaud, C. Roth, E. Maxwell, Z. Li, H. Rong, J. Chen, X. Y. Wang, J. J. Catino, I. King

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a recently described pleiotropic cytokine secreted mainly by type 2 helper T cells. Previous studies have shown that IL-10 suppresses cytokine expression by natural killer (NK) and type 1 T cells, thus down-regulating cell-mediated immunity and stimulating humoral responses. We here report that injected IL-10 protein is an efficient inhibitor of tumor metastasis in experimental (B16-F10) and spontaneous (M27 and Lox human melanoma) metastasis models in vivo at doses that do not have toxic effects on normal or cancer cells. Histological characterization after IL-10 treatment confirmed the absence of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells and macrophages at …

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Anion Induced Blue To Purple Transition In Bacteriorhodopsin, Mrunalini Pattarkine, Anil K. Singh Jun 1996

Anion Induced Blue To Purple Transition In Bacteriorhodopsin, Mrunalini Pattarkine, Anil K. Singh

Faculty Works

Purple membrane (PM, λ" role="presentation">λmax" role="presentation">max 570 nm) of H. halobium on treatment with sulphuric acid changes its colour to blue (λ" role="presentation">λmax" role="presentation">max 608 nm). The purple chromophore can be regenerated from the blue chromophore by exogeneous addition of anions such as CI−" role="presentation">− and HPO42−" role="presentation">2−4. Chloride ion is found to be more effective than the dibasic phosphate ion in regenerating the purple chromophore. Nevertheless, one thing common to the anion regeneration is that both CI−" role="presentation">− and HPO42−" role="presentation">2−4 show marked pH effect. At pH 1.0 the efficiency of …

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Churg-Strauss Syndrome With Intestinal Perforation, Javaid A. Khan, Imran Hassan, Shahid Pervez, Wasim Jafri, Shaista Khan May 1996

Churg-Strauss Syndrome With Intestinal Perforation, Javaid A. Khan, Imran Hassan, Shahid Pervez, Wasim Jafri, Shaista Khan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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The Relationship Between The Fibrinogen D Domain Self-Association/Cross-Linking Site (Gammaxl) And The Fibrinogen Dusart Abnormality (Aalpha R554c-Albumin): Clues To Thrombophilia In The "Dusart Syndrome", Michael W. Mosesson, Kevin R. Siebenlist, James F. Hainfeld, J. S. Wall, C. Soria, J. P. Caen May 1996

The Relationship Between The Fibrinogen D Domain Self-Association/Cross-Linking Site (Gammaxl) And The Fibrinogen Dusart Abnormality (Aalpha R554c-Albumin): Clues To Thrombophilia In The "Dusart Syndrome", Michael W. Mosesson, Kevin R. Siebenlist, James F. Hainfeld, J. S. Wall, C. Soria, J. P. Caen

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Cross-linking of fibrinogen at its COOH-terminal gamma chain cross-linking site occurs in the presence of factor XIIIa due to self-association at a constitutive D domain site ("gammaXL"). We investigated the contribution of COOH-terminal regions of fibrinogen Aalpha chains to the gammaXL site by comparing the gamma chain cross-linking rate of intact fibrinogen (fraction I-2) with that of plasma fraction I-9, plasmic fraction I-9D, and plasmic fragment D1, which lack COOH-terminal Aalpha chain regions comprising approximately 100, approximately 390, and 413 residues, respectively. The cross-linking rates were I-2 > I-9 > 1-9D = D1, and indicated that the terminal 100 or more Aalpha …

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Antibody To The Ligand For Cd40 (Gp39) Inhibits Murine Aids-Associated Splenomegaly, Hypergammaglobulinemia, And Immunodeficiency In Disease-Susceptible C57bl/6 Mice., Kathy A. Green, Karen M. Crassi, Jon D. Laman, Arjan Schoneveld, Rendall R. Strawbridge, Teresa M. Foy, Randolph J. Noelle, William R. Green Apr 1996

Antibody To The Ligand For Cd40 (Gp39) Inhibits Murine Aids-Associated Splenomegaly, Hypergammaglobulinemia, And Immunodeficiency In Disease-Susceptible C57bl/6 Mice., Kathy A. Green, Karen M. Crassi, Jon D. Laman, Arjan Schoneveld, Rendall R. Strawbridge, Teresa M. Foy, Randolph J. Noelle, William R. Green

Dartmouth Scholarship

Infection of genetically susceptible C57BL/6 mice with the LP-BM5 isolate of murine retroviruses cause profound splenomegaly, hypergammaglobulinemia, lymphadenopathy, and an immunodeficiency syndrome which includes the development of terminal B-cell lymphomas. Because many of these and the other manifestations of LP-BM5 virus-induced disease are similar to those seen in AIDS, this syndrome has been named murine AIDS, or MAIDS. Previous reports have shown that the onset of MAIDS depends on the presence of both CD41 T cells and B cells and have suggested that CD41 T-cell-B-cell interactions are important to disease pathogenesis. Here, we assessed the possibility that interactions between CD40 …

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A Recombinant Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channel Coupled To Gtp-Binding Proteins, Kim W. Chan, M. Noelle Langan, Jin Liang Sui, J. Ashot Kozak, Amanda Pabon, John A. A. Ladias, Diomedes E. Logothetis Mar 1996

A Recombinant Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channel Coupled To Gtp-Binding Proteins, Kim W. Chan, M. Noelle Langan, Jin Liang Sui, J. Ashot Kozak, Amanda Pabon, John A. A. Ladias, Diomedes E. Logothetis

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

GTP-binding (G) proteins have been shown to mediate activation of inwardly rectifying potassium (K+) channels in cardiac, neuronal and neuroendocrine cells. Here, we report functional expression of a recombinant inwardly rectifying channel which we call KGP (or hpKir3.4), to signify that it is K+ selective, G-protein-gated and isolated from human pancreas. KGP expression in Xenopus oocytes resulted in sizeable basal (or agonist-independent) currents while coexpression with a G-protein-linked receptor, yielded additional agonist-induced currents. Coexpression of KGP and hGIRK1 (a human brain homolog of GIRK1/Kir3.1) produced much larger basal currents than those observed with KGP or hGIRK1 alone, and upon coexpression …

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Asct-1 Is A Neutral Amino Acid Exchanger With Chloride Channel Activity, Noa Zerangue, Michael Kavanaugh Jan 1996

Asct-1 Is A Neutral Amino Acid Exchanger With Chloride Channel Activity, Noa Zerangue, Michael Kavanaugh

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

The ubiquitous transport activity known as system ASC is characterized by a preference for small neutral amino acids including alanine, serine, and cysteine. ASCT-1 and ASCT-2, recently cloned transporters exhibiting system ASC-like selectivity, are members of a major amino acid transporter family that includes a number of glutamate transporters. Here we show that ASCT1 functions as an electroneutral exchanger that mediates negligible net amino acid flux. The electrical currents previously shown to be associated with ASCT1-mediated transport result from activation of a thermodynamically uncoupled chloride conductance with permeation properties similar to those described for the glutamate transporter subfamily. Like glutamate …

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