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Mudò Giuseppa

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Lack of Dystrophin Affects Bronchial Epithelium in mdx Mice

2016

Mild exercise training may positively affect the course of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Training causes mild bronchial epithelial injury in both humans and mice, but no study assessed the effects of exercise in mdx mice, a well known model of DMD. The airway epithelium was examined in mdx (C57BL/10ScSn-Dmdmdx) mice, and in wild type (WT, C57BL/10ScSc) mice either under sedentary conditions (mdx-SD, WT-SD) or during mild exercise training (mdx-EX, WT-EX). At baseline, and after 30 and 45 days of training (5 d/wk for 6 weeks), epithelial morphology and markers of regeneration, apoptosis, and cellular stress were assessed. The number of goblet cells in bronchial epithelium was much lower…

Apoptosis; Chaperonin 60 (HSP60); Dystrophin; Goblet cells; Proliferation; Clinical Biochemistry; Cell Biology; PhysiologyPhysiologyProliferationClinical BiochemistryGene ExpressionApoptosiBronchiCell BiologyEpitheliumMice Inbred C57BLMuscular Dystrophy DuchenneDystrophinMice Inbred mdxAnimalsRegenerationChaperonin 60 (HSP60)Muscle SkeletalGoblet cell
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Antiabsence effects of carbenoxolone in two genetic animal models of absence epilepsy (WAG/Rij rats and lh/lh mice).

2005

Carbenoxolone (CBX), the succinyl ester of glycyrrhetinic acid, is an inhibitor of gap junctional intercellular communication. We have tested its possible effects upon two genetic animal models of epilepsy (WAG/Rij rats and lethargic (lh/lh) mice). Systemic administration of CBX was unable to significantly affect the occurrence of absence seizures in WAG/Rij rats. In particular, intravenous (5-40 mg/kg) or intraperitoneal (i.p.; 10-80 mg/kg) administration of CBX was unable to significantly modify the number and duration of spike-wave discharges (SWDs) in WAG/Rij rats, whereas the bilateral microinjection (0.05, 0.1, 0.5 and 1 microg/0.5 microl) of CBX into nucleus reticularis thalami (NRT)…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyTime FactorsCarbenoxoloneConnexinConnexinsCellular and Molecular Neurosciencechemistry.chemical_compoundEpilepsyMiceMice Neurologic MutantsInternal medicinemedicineAnimalsGlycyrrhizinMicroinjectionGap junctionsPharmacologyDose-Response Relationship DrugGap junctionElectroencephalographyRats Inbred StrainsEpilepsy Carbenoxolone WAG/Rij rat Lethargic mouse Gap junction Connexin Absence seizuresmedicine.diseaseRatsDisease Models AnimalEndocrinologymedicine.anatomical_structurechemistryEpilepsy AbsenceGene Expression RegulationThalamic NucleiSystemic administrationCarbenoxoloneepilepsyAutoradiographyNucleusmedicine.drugGap junctions; Carbenoxolone ; epilepsyNeuropharmacology
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Mild Aerobic Exercise Training Hardly Affects the Diaphragm of mdx Mice

2016

In the mdx mice model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), mild endurance exercise training positively affected limb skeletal muscles, whereas few and controversial data exist on the effects of training on the diaphragm. The diaphragm was examined in mdx (C57BL/10ScSn-Dmdmdx) and wild-type (WT, C57BL/10ScSc) mice under sedentary conditions (mdx-SD, WT-SD) and during mild exercise training (mdx-EX, WT-EX). At baseline, and after 30 and 45 days (training: 5 d/wk for 6 weeks), diaphragm muscle morphology and Cx39 protein were assessed. In addition, tissue levels of the chaperonins Hsp60 and Hsp70 and the p65 subunit of nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) were measured in diaphragm, gastrocnemius, and q…

MaleDuchenne muscular dystrophychaperoninTime FactorsDiaphragmSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioSettore BIO/09 - FisiologiaConnexinsMitochondrial ProteinsNecrosisendurance trainingAnimalsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHSP70 Heat-Shock Proteinsstress markersMuscle StrengthNF-kBSettore BIO/16 - Anatomia UmanaTranscription Factor RelAChaperonin 60Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica OrganicaExercise TherapyMuscular Dystrophy DuchenneDisease Models AnimalPhenotypeMice Inbred mdxPhysical Endurance
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