nicotinamide/hypoxia

Stress responses are cellular processes essential for maintenance of cellular integrity and defense against environmental and intracellular insults. Neurodegenerative conditions are linked with inadequate stress responses. Several stress-responsive genes encoding neuroprotective proteins have been

OBJECTIVE Nicotinamide plays a protective role in hypoxia-induced cardiomyocyte dysfunction. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate these and the effect of nicotinamide pretreatment on hypoxic

The ability of nicotinamide and carbogen breathing to improve the radiation response of a C3H mammary carcinoma by reducing both acute and chronic hypoxia was investigated. Using a tumour growth delay assay the response of 200 mm3 foot tumours to local irradiation was found to be increased by either

The content of nicotinamide coenzymes (NAD, NAD-H, NADP, NADP-H) was studied in the brain, heart and liver tissue of the newborn rats kept in hypoxic gaseous medium with a 4% oxygen content for 2 1/2 hours. There was a marked reduction of NAD content, an accumulation of NAD-H and a more than

OBJECTIVE Hypoxia reduces tumour radiosensitivity and hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) plays an important role in this process. The aim of the study was to assess the prognostic impact of HIF-1 alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in patients with nasopharyngeal

Hypoxia/re-oxygenation (H/R) injury is an important cause of heart failure and results in a critical metabolism dysfunction. In this paper, the cytoprotective effect of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) precursor nicotinamide was evaluated using an in vitro model of cardiac H/R injury.

Early detection of tissue hypoxia in the intensive care unit is essential for effective treatment. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) has been suggested to be the most sensitive indicator of tissue oxygenation at the mitochondrial level. However, no experimental evidence comparing the

BACKGROUND Nicotinamide can affect differentiation and proliferation of leukemia cells. This research aimed to explore the regulatory effect of nicotinamide on glycolysis metabolism of leukemia cells and to clarify the associated mechanisms. MATERIAL AND METHODS HL-60 cells were treated with

Previous studies have demonstrated that nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) promoted inflammation and permeability of vascular endothelial cells following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). In addition, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling was activated and contributed to these

Nicotinamide (vitamin B(3)) reduces the infarct volume following focal cerebral ischemia in rats; however, its mechanism of action has not been reported. After cerebral ischemia and/or reperfusion, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species may be generated by inflammatory cells

Hemic hypoxia was produced in 7,30-day and 3--5-month old (adult) rats through introduction of sodium nitrite (100 mg/kg) with subsequent determination of the nicotinamide co-enzymes content in the myocardium. The effect of combined and separate application of the cardiac glycoside isolanide and

Transient plugging of microcapillaries by leucocytes is a possible reason for the occurrence of acute hypoxia in tumours. We compared the abilities of nicotinamide at 1000 micrograms ml-1 and 150 micrograms ml-1 and pentoxifylline at 300 micrograms ml-1 to increase the filterability of normal and

There is increasing evidence that modulation of tumor hypoxia may improve therapy outcome. However, most preclinical data are derived from subcutaneous rather than orthotopic tumor models. We investigated the effect of the hypoxia-modulating agents nicotinamide and carbogen on tumor hypoxia, tumor

BACKGROUND Ventilator-induced lung injury is a form of acute lung injury that develops in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation and has a high degree of mortality. Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase is an enzyme that is highly upregulated in ventilator-induced lung injury and

Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase's (Nampt) association with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is unclear. The study was aimed at unraveling Nampt's clinical and diagnostic relevance. The serum concentration (Luminex-xMAP® technology) was measured in 113 patients with Crohn's disease (CD), 127