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Full-Text Articles in Physiology
Effects Of Dietary Curcumin Or N-Acetylcysteine On Nf-Kappab Activity And Contractile Performance In Ambulatory And Unloaded Murine Soleus, Mehran Farid, Michael B. Reid, Yi-Ping Li, Eric Gerken, William J. Durham
Effects Of Dietary Curcumin Or N-Acetylcysteine On Nf-Kappab Activity And Contractile Performance In Ambulatory And Unloaded Murine Soleus, Mehran Farid, Michael B. Reid, Yi-Ping Li, Eric Gerken, William J. Durham
Physiology Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Unloading of skeletal muscle causes atrophy and loss of contractile function. In part, this response is believed to be mediated by the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB). Both curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, inhibit activation of NF-kappaB by inflammatory stimuli, albeit by different mechanisms. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that dietary curcumin or NAC supplementation would inhibit unloading-induced NF-kappaB activity in skeletal muscle and thereby protect muscles against loss of mass and function caused by prolonged unloading.
METHODS: We used hindlimb suspension to unload the hindlimb muscles of …
Fatigue Resistance Of Rat Extraocular Muscles Does Not Depend On Creatine Kinase Activity, Colleen A. Mcmullen, Katrin Hayeß, Francisco H. Andrade
Fatigue Resistance Of Rat Extraocular Muscles Does Not Depend On Creatine Kinase Activity, Colleen A. Mcmullen, Katrin Hayeß, Francisco H. Andrade
Physiology Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Creatine kinase (CK) links phosphocreatine, an energy storage system, to cellular ATPases. CK activity serves as a temporal and spatial buffer for ATP content, particularly in fast-twitch skeletal muscles. The extraocular muscles are notoriously fast and active, suggesting the need for efficient ATP buffering. This study tested the hypotheses that (1) CK isoform expression and activity in rat extraocular muscles would be higher, and (2) the resistance of these muscles to fatigue would depend on CK activity.
RESULTS: We found that mRNA and protein levels for cytosolic and mitochondrial CK isoforms were lower in the extraocular muscles than in …
Runx-Dependent Expression Of Pkc Is Critical For Cell Survival In The Sea Urchin Embryo, Carrie Dickey-Sims, Anthony J. Robertson, Dawn E. Rupp, John J. Mccarthy, James A. Coffman
Runx-Dependent Expression Of Pkc Is Critical For Cell Survival In The Sea Urchin Embryo, Carrie Dickey-Sims, Anthony J. Robertson, Dawn E. Rupp, John J. Mccarthy, James A. Coffman
Physiology Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Runx transcription factors play critical roles in the developmental control of cell fate and contribute variously as oncoproteins and tumor suppressors to leukemia and other cancers. To discover fundamental Runx functions in the cell biology of animal development, we have employed morpholino antisense-mediated knockdown of the sea urchin Runx protein SpRunt-1. Previously we showed that embryos depleted of SpRunt-1 arrest development at early gastrula stage and underexpress the conventional protein kinase C SpPKC1.
RESULTS: We report here that SpRunt-1 deficiency leads to ectopic cell proliferation and extensive apoptosis. Suppression of the apoptosis by pharmacological inhibition of caspase-3 prevents the …