ROLE OF VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT K+ AND CA2+ CHANNELS IN CORONARY ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING: EFFECTS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME

The adaptations to hypoxia are mediated, in part, by the upregulation of genes encoding a variety of proteins, including glycolytic enzymes such as phosphoglycerate kinase and phosphofructokinase, as well as the glucose transporters Glut-1 and Glut-2; and by growth factors, such as vascular endothel[r]

philic Ca2+antagonists. Verapamil con-tains a nitrogen atom bearing a positivecharge at physiological pH and thus rep-resents a cationic amphiphilic molecule.It exerts inhibitory effects not only onarterial smooth muscle, but also on heartmuscle. In the heart, Ca2+inward cur-rents are[r]

2+oscillations.One or some initiator astrocyte(s) release ATP, and this is followed by ATP-dependent Ca2+transients that propagate into adjacentastrocytes.Astrocytic Ca2+oscillations and neuronal activities S. Koizumi288 FEBS Journal 277 (2010) 286–292 ª 2009 The Author Journal compila[r]

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acids on M5 and M4 also contributing to its binding (SiteA). As can be seen, the amino group of 2-APB bound in thissite is predicted to be close to Asn768. This residue is knownto constitute part of the Ca2+-binding site and plays acrucial role in interacting with the Ca2+ions at both[r]

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3]c, respectively, for thetwo cells after they are coupled. Note that the membrane potentials (D) for both cells are same, owing to large electrical coupling. Note thatchanges in [Ins(1,4,5)P3]cfor both cells follow changes in the membrane potential. Adapted from [10].Synchronization by voltage-modu[r]

chick embryo incubated for 3 days (E3) at 38 °C waspositioned in a recording chamber (volume, 0.2 mL) witha ring of nylon wire [39]. The chamber was mounted onthe fixed stage of an upright microscope (BX51WI with awater immersion objective, LUMPlanFL60XW or LUMP-lanFL100XW; Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) and[r]

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2+concentrations. Occasionally, 5 lmcalmodulin was added during the elution of Myo1d-IQ2 toenhance protein solubility. Eluted proteins were dialyzedagainst buffer WP and concentrated using microcon filters(cut-off 10 kDa) if necessary. All recombinant Myo1d pro-teins were cleared by ultracentrifugati[r]

[20,21]. In c ontrast, G CAP-1 c an form dimers irrespective ofthe Ca2+concentration, but only the GCAP-1 monomer isactive, whereas the dimer is not [17].Sites in G CAP-1 a nd GCAP-2 tha t int eract with ROS-GC1 h ave been mapped by testing chimeric GCAPmutants, single point mutations in GCAP[r]

variations (P < 0.05) being seen. One typical luminescencespectrum is presented for each type of experiment. RLU, relativelight units.ABFig. 5. Changes in cytosolic Ca2+concentration upon exposure to tBOOH. (A) Effect of tBOOH on the intensity of the Ca2+-dependent cellluminesce[r]

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region spectra (for Stains-all assay) were recorded at roomtemperature on a Jasco-815 spectropolarimeter with 0.1, 0.5and 1 cm path length cuvettes, respectively. Appropriatebuffer spectra were recorded and subtracted from theprotein spectra.AcknowledgementsWe thank Y. Sharma and Rajeev Raman (CCMB,[r]

In vivo degradation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and heatshock protein 90 (HSP90) by calpain is modulated by theformation of a NOS–HSP90 heterocomplexMonica Averna, Roberto Stifanese, Roberta De Tullio, Franca Salamino, Sandro Pontremoliand Edon MelloniDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES)-B[r]

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ing studies. The N-terminal and C-terminal fragmentswere the domains of each protein that were most simi-lar to FH8. The hydropathy plots are presented inFig. 3, and they show small, but noticeable, differencesbetween FH8 and the other two domains. The N-ter-minal region up to amino acid 31 is simil[r]

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