Barrera-Avalos, Carlos Mena, Javier López, Ximena Cappelli, Claudio Neira, Tanya Imarai, Mónica Fernández, Ricardo Robles-Planells, Claudia Rojo, Leonel E Milla, Luis A
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Immunotherapy
Aim: Whole dead tumor cells can be used as antigen source and the induction of protective immune response could be enhanced by damage-associated molecular patterns. Materials & methods: We generated whole dead tumor cells called B16-immunogenic cell bodies (ICBs) from B16 melanoma cells by nutrient starvation and evaluated the in vivo antitumor eff...
Mohan, Uma Priya Kunjiappan, Selvaraj Tirupathi Pichiah, P. B. Arunachalam, Sankarganesh
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3 Biotech
Adriamycin is a widely used drug for the treatment of various types of cancers, but its clinical application is limited because of irreversible dilated cardiomyopathy. The incidence of cardiomyopathy is a consequence of disrupted energy production, which could be related to the defects in glycogen, lipid and mucopolysaccharide metabolism. We explor...
Khan, Haroon Choi, Jin Ho Ullah, Asad Kim, Young Ho Kim, Gyu Man
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Micromachines
In this article, we describe an enzyme-based, membraneless, microfluidic biofuel cell for the continuous determination of glucose using electrochemical power generation as a transducing signal. Enzymes were immobilized on multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) electrodes placed parallel to the co-laminar flow in a Y-shaped microchannel. The microchan...
Matusica, Dusan Canlas, Jastrow Martin, Alyce M Wei, Yingkai Erickson, Andelain Marri, Shashikanth Brierley, Stuart Best, Oliver Giles Barry, Christine M Michael, Michael Z
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Molecular pain
The embryonic rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron-derived 50B11 cell line is a promising sensory neuron model expressing markers characteristic of NGF and GDNF-dependent C-fibre nociceptors. Whether these cells have the capacity to develop into distinct nociceptive subtypes based on NGF- or GDNF-dependence has not been investigated. Here we show ...
Tian, Zhou Qian, Feng
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Molecular pharmaceutics
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is amphiphilic in nature and has the characteristics of a hydrotrope because of the charged triphosphate moiety and the large aromatic ring located on each end of its structure. Previous studies revealed that ATP can effectively maintain the solubility and prevent liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of some biological...
Vargas-Martínez, Eydie M Gómez-Coronado, Karen S Espinosa-Luna, Rosa Valdez-Morales, Eduardo E Barrios-García, Tonatiuh Barajas-Espinosa, Alma Ochoa-Cortes, Fernando Montaño, Luis M Barajas-López, Carlos Guerrero-Alba, Raquel
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European journal of pharmacology
This study sought to examine the co-expression of the following purinergic receptor subunits: P2X1, P2X1del, P2X4, and P2X7 and characterize the P2X response in human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs). Single-cell RT-PCR shows the presence of P2X1, P2X1del, P2X4, and P2X7 mRNA in 40%, 5%, 20%, and 90% of human MDMs, respectively. Of the studied h...
Leite, Ana Luísa Junqueira Oliveira, Daniela Silva de Mota, Ludmilla Walter Reis Carvalho, Luana Cristina Faria Zimmermann, Fernanda Francine Paiva, Nívia Carolina Nogueira de Vieira, Paula Melo de Abreu de Lana, Marta Afonso, Luís Carlos Crocco Talvani, André
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Cytokine
Distinct populations of Trypanosoma cruzi interact with mammalian cardiac muscle cells causing different inflammation patterns and low heart functionality. During T. cruzi infection, the extracellular ATP is hydrolyzed to tri- and/or diphosphate nucleotides, based on the infectivity, virulence, and regulation of the inflammatory response. T. cruzi ...
Yamamoto, Shinya Yamamoto, Masamichi Nakamura, Jin Mii, Akiko Yamamoto, Shigenori Takahashi, Masahiro Kaneko, Keiichi Uchino, Eiichiro Sato, Yuki Fukuma, Shingo
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Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN
Depletion of ATP in renal tubular cells plays the central role in the pathogenesis of kidney diseases. Nevertheless, inability to visualize spatiotemporal in vivo ATP distribution and dynamics has hindered further analysis. A novel mouse line systemically expressing an ATP biosensor (an ATP synthase subunit and two fluorophores) revealed spatiotemp...
Baldissera, Matheus D Souza, Carine F Barroso, Danilo C Pereira, Rogério Santos Alessio, Keiti O Bizzi, Cézar Baldisserotto, Bernardo Val, Adalberto L
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Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP
The toxic effects of copper (Cu) are linked to dysfunction of metabolism and depletion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Nevertheless, the effects related to phosphoryl transfer network, a network of enzymes to precise coupling of the ATP-production and ATP-consuming process for maintenance of bioenergetic, remain unknown. Therefore, the aim of this...
Brown, Alistair S Calcott, Mark J Collins, Vincent M Owen, Jeremy G Ackerley, David F
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Biotechnology letters
To develop a colorimetric assay for ATP based on the blue-pigment synthesising non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) BpsA, and to demonstrate its utility in defining the substrate specificity of other NRPS enzymes. BpsA is able to convert two molecules of L-glutamine into the readily-detected blue pigment indigoidine, consuming two molecules of A...