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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Science Classics, Mark Masthay
Science Classics, Mark Masthay
Mark Masthay
An essay on the impact of the works in the Imprints and Impressions: Milestones in Human Progress, an exhibition of rare books from the collection of Stuart Rose. Exhibition was held Sept. 29-Nov. 9, 2014, at the University of Dayton.
Primary Deficiency Of Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein In Human Abetalipoproteinemia Is Associated With Loss Of Cd1 Function, Sebastian Zeissig, Stephanie Dougan, Duarte Barral, Yvonne Junker, Zhangguo Chen, Arthur Kaser, Madelyn Ho, Hannah Mandel, Adam Mcintyre, Susan Kennedy, Gavin Painter, Natacha Veerapen, Gurdyal Besra, Vincenzo Cerundolo, Simon Yue, Sarah Beladi, Samuel Behar, Xiuxu Chen, Jenny Gumperz, Karine Breckpot, Anna Raper, Amanda Baer, Mark Exley, Robert Hegele, Marina Cuchel, Daniel Rader, Nicholas Davidson, Richard Blumberg
Primary Deficiency Of Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein In Human Abetalipoproteinemia Is Associated With Loss Of Cd1 Function, Sebastian Zeissig, Stephanie Dougan, Duarte Barral, Yvonne Junker, Zhangguo Chen, Arthur Kaser, Madelyn Ho, Hannah Mandel, Adam Mcintyre, Susan Kennedy, Gavin Painter, Natacha Veerapen, Gurdyal Besra, Vincenzo Cerundolo, Simon Yue, Sarah Beladi, Samuel Behar, Xiuxu Chen, Jenny Gumperz, Karine Breckpot, Anna Raper, Amanda Baer, Mark Exley, Robert Hegele, Marina Cuchel, Daniel Rader, Nicholas Davidson, Richard Blumberg
Samuel M. Behar
Abetalipoproteinemia (ABL) is a rare Mendelian disorder of lipid metabolism due to genetic deficiency in microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP). It is associated with defects in MTP-mediated lipid transfer onto apolipoprotein B (APOB) and impaired secretion of APOB-containing lipoproteins. Recently, MTP was shown to regulate the CD1 family of lipid antigen-presenting molecules, but little is known about immune function in ABL patients. Here, we have shown that ABL is characterized by immune defects affecting presentation of self and microbial lipid antigens by group 1 (CD1a, CD1b, CD1c) and group 2 (CD1d) CD1 molecules. In dendritic cells isolated from ABL patients, …
Fungal Mediator Tail Subunits Contain Classical Transcriptional Activation Domains, Zhongle Liu, Lawrence C. Myers
Fungal Mediator Tail Subunits Contain Classical Transcriptional Activation Domains, Zhongle Liu, Lawrence C. Myers
Dartmouth Scholarship
Classical activation domains within DNA-bound eukaryotic transcription factors make weak interactions with coactivator complexes, such as Mediator, to stimulate transcription. How these interactions stimulate transcription, however, is unknown. The activation of reporter genes by artificial fusion of Mediator subunits to DNA binding domains that bind to their promoters has been cited as evidence that the primary role of activators is simply to recruit Mediator. We have identified potent classical transcriptional activation domains in the C termini of several tail module subunits of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida albicans, and Candida dubliniensis Mediator, while their N-terminal domains are necessary and sufficient for their …
Disrupting Sumoylation Enhances Transcriptional Function And Ameliorates Polyglutamine Androgen Receptor-Mediated Disease., Jason P Chua, Satya L Reddy, Zhigang Yu, Elisa Giorgetti, Heather L Montie, Sarmistha Mukherjee, Jake Higgins, Richard C Mceachin, Diane M Robins, Diane E Merry, Jorge A Iñiguez-Lluhí, Andrew P Lieberman
Disrupting Sumoylation Enhances Transcriptional Function And Ameliorates Polyglutamine Androgen Receptor-Mediated Disease., Jason P Chua, Satya L Reddy, Zhigang Yu, Elisa Giorgetti, Heather L Montie, Sarmistha Mukherjee, Jake Higgins, Richard C Mceachin, Diane M Robins, Diane E Merry, Jorge A Iñiguez-Lluhí, Andrew P Lieberman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers
Expansion of the polyglutamine (polyQ) tract within the androgen receptor (AR) causes neuromuscular degeneration in individuals with spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). PolyQ AR has diminished transcriptional function and exhibits ligand-dependent proteotoxicity, features that have both been implicated in SBMA; however, the extent to which altered AR transcriptional function contributes to pathogenesis remains controversial. Here, we sought to dissociate effects of diminished AR function from polyQ-mediated proteotoxicity by enhancing the transcriptional activity of polyQ AR. To accomplish this, we bypassed the inhibitory effect of AR SUMOylation (where SUMO indicates small ubiquitin-like modifier) by mutating conserved lysines in the polyQ AR that …
Overview Of Microrna Biology, Ashley M. Mohr, Justin L. Mott
Overview Of Microrna Biology, Ashley M. Mohr, Justin L. Mott
Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
In considering an overview of microRNA biology, it is useful to consider microRNAs as a part of cellular communication. At the simplest level, microRNAs act to decrease the expression of mRNAs that contain stretches of sequence complementary to the microRNA. This function can be likened to the function of endogenous or synthetic short interfering RNA (siRNA). However, microRNA function is more complicated and nuanced than this ‘on-off’ model would suggest. Further, many microRNA targets are themselves non-coding RNAs. In this review, we will discuss the role of microRNAs in shaping the proteome of the cell in a way that is …
Epigenetics As An Answer To Darwin’S “Special Difficulty,” Part 2: Natural Selection Of Metastable Epialleles In Honey Bee Castes, Douglas M. Ruden, Pablo E. Cingolani, Arko Sen, Wen Qu, Luan Wang, Marie-Claude Senut, Mark D. Garfinkel, Vincent E. Sollars, Xiangyi Lu
Epigenetics As An Answer To Darwin’S “Special Difficulty,” Part 2: Natural Selection Of Metastable Epialleles In Honey Bee Castes, Douglas M. Ruden, Pablo E. Cingolani, Arko Sen, Wen Qu, Luan Wang, Marie-Claude Senut, Mark D. Garfinkel, Vincent E. Sollars, Xiangyi Lu
Biochemistry and Microbiology
In a recent perspective in this journal, Herb (2014) discussed how epigenetics is a possible mechanism to circumvent Charles Darwin’s “special difficulty” in using natural selection to explain the existence of the sterile-fertile dimorphism in eusocial insects. Darwin’s classic book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” explains how natural selection of the fittest individuals in a population can allow a species to adapt to a novel or changing environment. However, in bees and other eusocial insects, such as ants and termites, there exist two or more castes of genetically similar females, from fertile queens to multiple …
Mechanisms Of Therapeutic Resistance In Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer, Sarah Katherine Martin
Mechanisms Of Therapeutic Resistance In Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer, Sarah Katherine Martin
Theses and Dissertations--Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Taxane based chemotherapy is an effective treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) via stabilization of microtubules. Progression to castration-resistant prostate cancer is characterized by increased androgen receptor (AR), elevated intra-prostatic androgens and activated AR signaling despite castrate levels of androgens.
Previous studies identified that the inhibitory effect of microtubule targeting chemotherapy on AR activity was conferred by interfering with AR intracellular trafficking. The N-terminal domain (NTD) of AR was identified as a tubulin interacting domain that can be effectively targeted by the novel small molecular inhibitor, EPI. Taken together, this evidence provided the rationale that targeting AR nuclear translocation and …
Mdivi-1, A Mitochondrial Division Inhibitor, Exerts Cardioprotective Effects In Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion (Mi/R) When Given At Reperfusion, Devon P. Stutzman
Mdivi-1, A Mitochondrial Division Inhibitor, Exerts Cardioprotective Effects In Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion (Mi/R) When Given At Reperfusion, Devon P. Stutzman
PCOM Biomedical Studies Student Scholarship
Acute myocardial infarction (MI) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Accompanying MI is myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury, which results in cardiac contractile dysfunction and additional myocardial cell death. MI/R injury is initiated in part by mitochondrial-derived reactive oxygen species due to mitochondrial membrane potential collapse and uncoupling of the electron transport chain, which may be due to mitochondrial fission in MI/R. Mitochondrial fission is in turn associated with shortening/fragmentation of mitochondria, decreased ATP production, and is thought to promote cardiac contractile dysfunction and post-reperfused cardiomyocyte loss, leading to increased infarct size. Therefore, inhibiting mitochondrial fission may be …
Design, Synthesis, Antiviral Activity, And Pre-Formulation Development Of Poly-Larginine- Fatty Acyl Derivatives Of Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Bhanu P. Pemmaraju, Swapnil Malekar, Hitesh K. Agarwal, Rakesh Tiwari, Donghoon Oh, Gustavo F. Doncel, David R. Worthen, Keykavous Parang
Design, Synthesis, Antiviral Activity, And Pre-Formulation Development Of Poly-Larginine- Fatty Acyl Derivatives Of Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Bhanu P. Pemmaraju, Swapnil Malekar, Hitesh K. Agarwal, Rakesh Tiwari, Donghoon Oh, Gustavo F. Doncel, David R. Worthen, Keykavous Parang
Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research
The objective of this work was to design conjugates of anti-HIV nucleosides conjugated with fatty acids and cell-penetrating poly-L-arginine (polyArg) peptides. Three conjugates of polyArg cell-penetrating peptides with fatty acyl derivatives of alovudine (FLT), lamivudine (3TC), and emtricitabine (FTC) were synthesized. In general, the compounds exhibited anti-HIV activity against X4 and R5 cell-free virus with EC50 values of 1.5–16.6 μM. FLT-CO-(CH2)12-CO-(Arg)7 exhibited EC50 values of 2.9 μM and 3.1 μM against X4 and R5 cell-free virus, respectively. The FLT conjugate was selected for further preformulation studies by determination of solution state degradation and lipid solubility. The compound was found to …
Drug Interactions With Glutaredoxin Orthologues, Kahlilah R. Napper, Thomas C. Leeper, Ram Khattri, Daniel Morris, Caroline Davis
Drug Interactions With Glutaredoxin Orthologues, Kahlilah R. Napper, Thomas C. Leeper, Ram Khattri, Daniel Morris, Caroline Davis
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Glutaredoxin, an enzymatic protein, is an important component of cell viability and function. It catalyzes reactions involved in DNA synthesis and innate immunity [1,4]. Glutaredoxin is also essential in antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacterial species. Pseudomonas aeruginosa in particular is responsible for infecting the lung tissue of its human hosts, resulting in the development of pneumonia and cystic fibrosis [3]. Because glutaredoxin is pertinent in cell proliferation of eukaryotic and bacterial cells alike, medicinal fragments that take advantage of the subtle differences in protein structure of the orthologous proteins can be synthesized and enhanced to bind bacterial glutaredoxins, without inhibiting …
Inhibition Of Mtor Signaling Protects Against Myocardial Reperfusion Injury, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Scott M. Filippone
Inhibition Of Mtor Signaling Protects Against Myocardial Reperfusion Injury, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Scott M. Filippone
Theses and Dissertations
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Currently, the best method of treating cardiac ischemia is early reperfusion which, itself, induces myocardial damage. The mTOR complex is a key regulator of cardioprotection against cell stressors. We hypothesized that reperfusion therapy with Rapamycin, a potent mTOR inhibitor, would reduce infarct size in adult mouse hearts. Rapamycin was administered at the onset of reperfusion following 30 min in situ LAD ligation. After 24 hours of reperfusion, myocardial infarct size and apoptosis were significantly reduced in rapamycin-treated mice compared to control. Rapamycin inhibited pro-apoptotic protein Bax and phosphorylation of …
Interaction Between Atm Kinase And P53 In Determining Glioma Radiosensitivity, Syed F. Ahmad
Interaction Between Atm Kinase And P53 In Determining Glioma Radiosensitivity, Syed F. Ahmad
Theses and Dissertations
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor. Studies have shown that targeting the DNA damage response can sensitize cancer cells to DNA damaging agents. Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is involved in signaling DNA double strand breaks. Our group has previously shown that ATM inhibitors (ATMi) sensitize GBM cells and tumors to ionizing radiation. This effect is greater when the tumor suppressor p53 is mutated.
The goals of this work include validation of a new ATM inhibitor, AZ32, and elucidation of how ATMi and p53 status interact to promote cell death after radiation. We propose that ATMi and …