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Mechanisms of endothelial cell activation by endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol

2020

Abstract Background Endothelial dysfunction promotes atherogenesis, vascular inflammation, and thrombus formation. Reendothelialization after angioplasty is required in order to restore vascular function and to prevent stent thrombosis. The endocannabinoid (eCB) 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) is a known modulator of inflammation. Earlier studies have demonstrated the relevance of this endocannabinoid in human pathophysiology during coronary artery disease and in murine experimental atherogenesis. However, evidence on the impact of 2-AG on endothelial cell function remains scarce. Methods Endothelial repair was studied in two treatment groups of wildtype mice following electrical denudation o…

Tumoricidal Activity of Endothelial Cells

2001

The mechanism of NO- and H(2)O(2)-induced tumor cytotoxicity was examined during B16 melanoma (B16M) adhesion to the hepatic sinusoidal endothelium (HSE) in vitro. We used endothelial nitric-oxide synthetase gene disruption and N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester-induced inhibition of nitric-oxide synthetase activity to study the effect of HSE-derived NO on B16M cell viability. Extracellular H(2)O(2) was removed by exogenous catalase. H(2)O(2) was not cytotoxic in the absence of NO. However, NO-induced tumor cytotoxicity was increased by H(2)O(2) due to the formation of potent oxidants, likely ( small middle dot)OH and (-)OONO radicals, via a trace metal-dependent process. B16M cells culture…

BLOOD PARASITES AND MALE FITNESS IN THE PIED FLYCATCHER

1993

In vertebrates the effect of parasites on host ecology has almost been ignored. Recently the view that well-adapted parasites do not harm their hosts has been challenged and there is growing evidence that parasites do have a present-day effect on a great variety of host fitness components. The pied flycatcher is a small migratory passcrine bird. Any decrease in condition caused by disease should affect its ability to cope with physical demands of migration. Here we examine whether blood parasites have any effect on male arrival time. Males infected with Trypanosoma arrived on average 2 days later than males with no Trypanosoma infection. Infected males also had shorted tails and tended to h…

Isotope Fractionation of Selenium During Fungal Biomethylation by Alternaria alternata

2011

The natural abundance of stable Se isotopes may reflect sources and formation conditions of methylated Se. We aimed at (1) quantifying the degree of methylation of selenate [Se(VI)] and (hydro)selenite [Se(IV)] by the fungus Alternaria alternata at pH 4 and 7 and (2) determining the effects of these different Se sources and pH values on 82Se/76Se ratios (δ82/76Se) in methylselenides. Alternaria alternata was incubated with Se(VI) and Se(IV) in closed microcosms for 11-15 days and additionally with Se(IV) for 3-5 days at 30 °C. We determined Se concentrations and δ82/76Se values in source Se(VI) and Se(IV), media, fungi, and trapped methylselenides. In Se(VI) incubations, methylselenide vola…

Selektivit�tsstudien: OH-, NH- und SH-gruppenspezifische Reagentien - ihre Anwendung in der organischen Analytik und als Schutzgruppen in der Synthese

1992

Selectivity: OH-, NH- and SH-Groupspecific Reagents. The Application in Organic Analysis and as Protective Groups Phosphylhalides and -pseudohalides R1R2P(O)X (X = Cl, F, CN, N3, OC6H4NO2(p)) reactdepending on X- with a different selectivity with OHNH- and SH-groups. Vinylsulfones ArSO2CH = CH2 are SH-selective. Silanes R3SiH are OH-selective. By exchange of one ligand bound on P, SO2 or Si by the 5-dimethylamino resp. the 5-methoxynaphthalinogroup reagents are formed, which combine group selectivity with fluorescence. The fluorescence is quenched if a ligand or the leaving group is substituted by a NO2-group. The fluorescence appears again if after the group selective fixation the ligand w…

Context-dependent effects of tail-ornament damage on mating success in black grouse

1994

Synthetic Glycopeptides from the E-Selectin Ligand 1 with Varied Sialyl Lewisx Structure as Cell-Adhesion Inhibitors of E-Selectin.

2007

Hydrophobically Directed Aldol Reactions: Polystyrene-SupportedL-Proline as a Recyclable Catalyst for Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions in the Presen…

2007

The cover picture shows the aldol reaction between ketones and arylaldehydes carried out by using a polystyrene-supported L-proline catalyst. This material furnishes aldol products in high yields and stereoselectivities. Screening of solvents showed that these reactions take place only in the presence of water. This solvent effect, coupled with the high stereoselectivities observed, has been explained by the formation of a hydrophobic core in the inner surface of the resin with the hydrophilic proline moiety in the resin/water interface. Such a microenvironment promotes the aldol reaction and increases the stereoselectivity. Recycling investigations have shown that this material can be reus…

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of 1-Naphthol Derivatives and Activated Phenols with Ethyl Trifluoropyruvate

2015

An organocatalytic enantioselective Friedel–Crafts alkylation of a series of substituted 1- naphthol derivatives and activated phenols with ethyl trifluoropyruvate, catalyzed by a quinine-derived squaramide, is presented. Good yields and high to excellent enantioselectivities of the Friedel– Crafts alkylation products were obtained.

Selection and long-term cultures of high-yielding Digitalis obscura plants: RAPD markers for analysis of genetic stability

1996

Fifteen wild-growing plants of Digitalis obscura collected in three differents regions were characterized according to their capacities to biosynthesize cardenolides and to proliferate in vitro. Great genotype-dependent variabilities were found in both parameters. Selected genotypes were differentiated using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Once an elite genotype with high-yielding properties was isolated and micropropagated during 2 years, identity of the donor plant and the regenerants was confirmed by RAPD analysis.