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ROS and DRP1 interactions accelerate the mitochondrial injury induced by polystyrene nanoplastics in human liver HepG2 cells
Chem Biol Interact. 2023 Apr 19:110502. doi: 10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110502. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMicroplastics have become a serious environmental pollutant and subsequently have harmful effects on human health. Thus, the impacts of microplastics on human cells need to be explored. In the present study, the cytotoxic effects at the subcellular-organelle levels to polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs, diameter 21.5 ± 2.7 nm) were investigated in the human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cell line. The cell viability exposed to PS-NPs at the concentrations of 6.25, 12.5, 25 and 50 μg/mL for 24 h diminished in a concentra...
Source: Chemico-Biological Interactions - April 21, 2023 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Yunjing Li Menghao Guo Shuyan Niu Mengting Shang Xiaoru Chang Zuoyi Sun Rui Zhang Xin Shen Yuying Xue Source Type: research

Diabetes aggravates myocardial ischaemia reperfusion injury via activating Nox2-related programmed cell death in an AMPK-dependent manner.
This study was designed to expose the crosstalk between oxidative stress and AMPK, a vital molecule that controls biological energy metabolism, in myocardial ischaemia reperfusion injury (I/RI) in diabetic rats. Diabetes was stimulated in rats using streptozotocin injection. Rats were separated on random into control, control + I/R, Diabetes, Diabetes + I/R, Diabetes + I/R + N-acetylcysteine and Diabetes + I/R + Vas2870 groups. Myocardial infarct size was determined, and the predominant Nox family isoforms were analysed. In vitro, the H9C2 cells were administered excess glucose and exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenat...
Source: J Cell Mol Med - April 28, 2020 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Wang C, Zhu L, Yuan W, Sun L, Xia Z, Zhang Z, Yao W Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: research

Chalcone flavokawain A attenuates TGF- β1-induced fibrotic pathology via inhibition of ROS/Smad3 signaling pathways and induction of Nrf2/ARE-mediated antioxidant genes in vascular smooth muscle cells.
In this study, flavokawain A (FKA, 2-30 μM), a naturally occurring chalcone in kava extracts, was evaluated for its anti-fibrotic and antioxidant properties in TGF-β1-stimulated vascular smooth muscle (A7r5) cells, as well as its underlying molecular mechanism of action. Immunofluorescence data showed down-regulated F-actin expression with FKA treatment in TGF-β1-stimulated A7r5 cells. Western blotting demonstrated that FKA treatment suppressed the expression of α-SMA and fibronectin proteins under TGF-β1 stimulation. Findings from wound-healing and invasion experiments showed that FKA inhibits TGF-β1-mediated migra...
Source: J Cell Mol Med - December 13, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Hseu YC, Yang TY, Li ML, Rajendran P, Mathew DC, Tsai CH, Lin RW, Lee CC, Yang HL Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: research

Expression of GRIM-19 in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion and possible pathogenesis
AbstractSTUDY QUESTIONIs aberrant expression of gene associated with retinoid-interferon-induced mortality-19 (GRIM-19) associated with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA)?SUMMARY ANSWERGRIM-19 deficiency may regulate regulatory T cell/T helper 17 cell (Treg/Th17) balance partly through reactive oxygen species (ROS) –mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling axis in URSA.WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADYImmunological disorders may cause impaired maternal immune tolerance to the fetus and result in fetal rejection. The differentiation of Treg and Th17 cells is controlled by phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mTOR...
Source: Molecular Human Reproduction - May 11, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Cysteine transporter SLC3A1 promotes breast cancer tumorigenesis
Cysteine is an essential amino acid for infants, aged people as well as patients with metabolic disorders. Although the thiol group of cysteine side chain is active in oxidative reactions, the role of cysteine in cancer remains largely unknown. Here, we report that the expression level of the solute carrier family 3, member 1 (SLC3A1), the cysteine carrier, tightly correlated with clinical stages and patients' survival. Elevated SLC3A1 expression accelerated the cysteine uptake and the accumulation of reductive glutathione (GSH), leading to reduced reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS increased the stability and activity of ...
Source: Theranostics - September 12, 2017 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Yang Jiang, Yuan Cao, Yongbin Wang, Wei Li, Xinyi Liu, Yixuan Lv, Xiaoling Li, Jun Mi Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research

Helicobacter pylori induces Snail expression through ROS‐mediated activation of Erk and inactivation of GSK‐3β in human gastric cancer cells
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been known to be implicated in human gastric carcinogenesis. Snail, the zinc‐finger transcription factor known as a key inducer of changes in the cell shape and morphogenetic movement, is aberrantly overexpressed and correlates with lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer. In the present study, we investigated whether H. pylori could induce Snail activation to provoke these changes. Using a cell scatter assay, we noticed that human gastric cancer AGS cells infected with H. pylori underwent morphological changes as well as disruption of cell–cell interaction, which was then ...
Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - January 26, 2016 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Hoang‐Kieu‐Chi Ngo, Hee Geum Lee, Juan‐Yu Piao, Xiancai Zhong, Ha‐Na Lee, Hyeong‐Jun Han, Wonki Kim, Do‐Hee Kim, Young‐Nam Cha, Hye‐Kyung Na, Young‐Joon Surh Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Helicobacter pylori induces Snail expression through ROS ‐mediated activation of Erk and inactivation of GSK‐3β in human gastric cancer cells
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been known to be implicated in human gastric carcinogenesis. Snail, the zinc‐finger transcription factor known as a key inducer of changes in the cell shape and morphogenetic movement, is aberrantly overexpressed and correlates with lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer. In the present study, we investigated whether H. pylori could induce Snail activation to provoke these changes. Using a cell scatter assay, we noticed that human gastric cancer AGS cells infected with H. pylori underwent morphological changes as well as disruption of cell–cell interaction, which was then ...
Source: Molecular Carcinogenesis - January 24, 2016 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Hoang ‐Kieu‐Chi Ngo, Hee Geum Lee, Juan‐Yu Piao, Xiancai Zhong, Ha‐Na Lee, Hyeong‐Jun Han, Wonki Kim, Do‐Hee Kim, Young‐Nam Cha, Hye‐Kyung Na, Young‐Joon Surh Tags: Research Article Source Type: research