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Adipocytes as a Link Between Gut Microbiota-Derived Flagellin and Hepatocyte Fat Accumulation
2016
While the role of both elevated levels of circulating bacterial cell wall components and adipose tissue in hepatic fat accumulation has been recognized, it has not been considered that the bacterial components-recognizing adipose tissue receptors contribute to the hepatic fat content. In this study we found that the expression of adipose tissue bacterial flagellin (FLG)-recognizing Toll-like receptor (TLR) 5 associated with liver fat content (r = 0.699, p = 0.003) and insulin sensitivity (r = -0.529, p = 0.016) in humans (n = 23). No such associations were found for lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-recognizing TLR4. To study the underlying molecular mechanisms of these associations, human HepG2 he…
Computational approach to design of aptamers to the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2
2021
The aim of the research. In this work, in silico selection of DNA-aptamers to the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein was performed using molecular modeling methods. Material and methods. A new computational approach to aptamer in silico selection is based on a cycle of simulations, including the stages of molecular modeling, molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulations, and quantum chemical calculations. To verify the obtained calculated results flow cytometry, fluorescence polarization, and small-angle X-ray scattering methods were applied. Results. An initial library consisted of 256 16-mer oligonucleotides was modeled. Based on molecular docking results, th…
Optogenetic Control of Bacterial Expression by Red Light
2022
In optogenetics, as in nature, sensory photoreceptors serve to control cellular processes by light. Bacteriophytochrome (BphP) photoreceptors sense red and far-red light via a biliverdin chromophore and, in response, cycle between the spectroscopically, structurally, and functionally distinct Pr and Pfr states. BphPs commonly belong to two-component systems that control the phosphorylation of cognate response regulators and downstream gene expression through histidine kinase modules. We recently demonstrated that the paradigm BphP from Deinococcus radiodurans exclusively acts as a phosphatase but that its photosensory module can control the histidine kinase activity of homologous receptors.…
Sodium channels enable fast electrical signaling and regulate phagocytosis in the retinal pigment epithelium
2019
Background Voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels have traditionally been considered a trademark of excitable cells. However, recent studies have shown the presence of Nav channels in several non-excitable cells, such as astrocytes and macrophages, demonstrating that the roles of these channels are more diverse than was previously thought. Despite the earlier discoveries, the presence of Nav channel-mediated currents in the cells of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) has been dismissed as a cell culture artifact. We challenge this notion by investigating the presence and possible role of Nav channels in RPE both ex vivo and in vitro. Results Our work demonstrates that several subtypes of Nav cha…
Voimaharjoituksen ja proteiinilisän akuutit testosteroni- ja androgeenireseptorivasteet vanhoilla miehillä.
2010
Salo, Tiina 2007. Voimaharjoituksen ja proteiinilisän akuutit testosteroni- ja androgeenireseptorivasteet vanhoilla miehillä. Liikuntafysiologian kandidaatintutkielma. Liikuntabiologian laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto, 39 s. Testosteroni vaikuttaa kohdesoluihinsa, kuten lihassoluihin, androgeenireseptoreiden (AR) välityksellä (esim. Lee & Chang 2003) saaden aikaan mm. lisääntyneen lihaksen proteiinisynteesin (esim. Ahtiainen 2006, 24). Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää voimaharjoituksen ja proteiinilisän vaikutus seerumin testosteroniin sekä androgeenireseptoreiden ilmentymiseen mRNA- ja proteiinitasolla vanhoilla miehillä. Koehenkilöinä oli 24 57 72-vuotiasta miestä, joista kuus…
Dynamics of the ligand-binding domains of ionotropic glutamate receptors
2010
Filamiini A:n domeenien 16-21 vuorovaikutus dopamiinireseptorin kanssa
2009
Integrin-mediated entry of echovirus 1
2008
Paula Upla selvitti väitöskirjassaan echovirus 1:n solunsisäistä reittiä ja tunnisti solurakenteita ja säätelijöitä, jotka ovat tärkeitä infektiossa. Echovirus 1 (EV1) kuuluu pikornavirusperheeseen, jonka muita tunnettuja edustajia ovat poliovirus sekä karjan suu- ja sorkkatautivirus. EV1 on pieni (25-30 nm), vaipaton RNA-virus. EV1 aiheuttaa useimmiten oireettomia tai vähäoireisia suolisto- ja hengitystieinfektioita, mutta myös vakavampia tiloja, kuten aivokalvontulehdusta.Upla seurasi viruksen tunkeutumista soluun käyttäen elektronimikroskopiaa sekä tehokasta kolmi- ja neliulotteista konfokaalimikroskopiaa. Näin hän pystyi havainnoimaan yhtä aikaa usean eri molekyylin vuorovaikutusta niih…
Small molecule modulators of amine oxidation, nuclear receptor signaling and glucuronidation : 3-phenylcoumarin as a scaffold of interest
2018
The costs of the drug development process are moderated as computer-aided drug design methods are able to expedite the steps required for lead identification. In fact, computational tools are nowadays virtually indispensable from target identification and validation to preclinical tests due to exponential growth of available information regarding both potential targets and small molecules. One such small molecule with growing number of variations is coumarin. Coumarin scaffold and its various derivatives continue to interest researchers for their vast application potential. Since naturally occurring coumarins are known for example for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, thos…