cysteine/necrosis

Female Swiss ICR mice were injected ip with 100 or 300 mg 2-bromoethylamine hydrobromide (BEA)/kg body weight. Male Swiss ICR mice were subjected to water deprivation, or treated with 5% dextrose in water, dimethylsulphoxide, piperonyl butoxide, SKF-525A, sodium phenobarbital, beta-naphthoflavone,

OBJECTIVE Cultured synovial fibroblast-like cells from 3 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 3 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) were evaluated for their potential to secrete cysteine proteinases spontaneously and after stimulation by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) or interleukin-1

Redox-based modulation plays a role in transcriptional control of gene expression. In the present study, we investigated the possible role of reactive oxygen species in the induction of interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA and in increases in NF kappa B binding activity by tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha

S-(1,2-Dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine (DCVC), a model nephrotoxicant in mice, causes acute tubular necrosis and death at high doses. Our earlier studies revealed that renal tissue repair was critical for survival in mice with DCVC nephrotoxicity. The objective of this study was to investigate if

Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) converting enzyme (TACE) is a membrane-anchored, multiple-domain zinc metalloproteinase responsible for the release of the potent pro-inflammatory cytokine, TNF-alpha. The extracellular part of the active enzyme is composed of a catalytic domain and several

The pathological mechanisms that cause central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction in most neurological diseases are not well established. Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) is known to interact with cells of the CNS and its intracerebral inoculation to susceptible mice strains causes

Two soluble tumour-necrosis-factor-alpha(TNF)-binding proteins are derived from the extracellular domains of the p55 and p75 TNF receptors. They are considered to play a pivotal regulatory role in TNF-mediated inflammatory processes, including diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, by competing with

Tumor necrosis factor binding protein is a soluble molecule derived from the extracellular domain of the 55 kDa human tumor necrosis factor receptor, which can block the biological function of tumor necrosis factor by binding to the growth factor. This cysteine-rich molecule is subdivided into four

Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) (1 ml/kg/ip) induces a very intense necrotic effect on rat liver at 24 hr after administration. Cysteine (950 mg/kg/po) given 6 h after CCl4 exerted a very weak preventive effect on CCl4-induced necrosis, while tryptophan (300 mg/kg/po) did not. When both aminoacids are

Biologically active tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) protein is known to form a homotrimer in solution. Unexpectedly, the recombinant active human TRAIL protein purified from bacteria produced two bands (a Mr 21,000 monomer derived from the disruption of the trimer in

N-Acetyl cysteine (NAC) treatment 30 min before or 6 or 10 h after carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) administration significantly prevented the liver necrosis produced by the hepatotoxin at 24 h. NAC pretreatment was able to partially decrease the covalent binding of CCl4 reactive metabolites at 1 and 3 h

LIGHT is a membrane-bound protein that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily ligands. In this study, we established an effective strategy for producing a bioactive soluble form of LIGHT (sLIGHT), an extracellular region (Ile⁸⁴-Val²⁴⁰) of human LIGHT. Because sLIGHT was expressed as

Cell death is a common feature observed in neurodegenerative disorders, and is often associated with calpain activation and overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This study investigated the use of calpain inhibitors and antioxidants in combination to protect cells against necrosis.

The insulin receptor (INSR) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are representatives of two structurally related subfamilies of tyrosine kinase receptors. Using the Wisconsin GCG sequence analysis programs, we have demonstrated that the cysteine-rich regions of INSR and EGFR conform to the