The ability to adhere onto surfaces is of very high importance for microorganisms, enabling them to stay in a favourable habitat for life. In the case of Bacteria cell surface organelles called fimbriae/pili have been shown to be used for adhesion; corresponding cell surface appendages of Archaea have not yet been defined. The first detailed characterization of archaeal fimbriae, namely those of Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus, allowed us to identify mth60 as the main structural fimbrin gene. Recombinant expression of mth60 in Escherichia coli was used to generate sufficient amounts of Mth60 to induce antibodies in rabbits. The antiserum reacted specifically with the 16 kDa fimbrial glycoprotein and could specifically detach adhering M. thermoautotrophicus cells from various surfaces. In addition we proved that cells adhering to solid surfaces - organic and inorganic ones - express many more fimbriae than cells growing in liquid cultures. The Mth60 fimbriae therefore are used by M. ...

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Affinity-purified antibodies that recognize Thymidylate Synthase (TS), Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD), and Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT) that can be used for Western blot or immunohistochemistry

TY - JOUR. T1 - Crystal structure of human ornithine decarboxylase at 2.1 Å resolution. T2 - Structural insights to antizyme binding. AU - Almrud, Jeffrey J.. AU - Oliveira, Marcos A.. AU - Kern, Andrew D.. AU - Grishin, Nick V.. AU - Phillips, Margaret A.. AU - Hackert, Marvin L.. PY - 2000/1/7. Y1 - 2000/1/7. N2 - The polyamines spermidine and spermine are ubiquitous and required for cell growth and differentiation in eukaryotes. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC, EC 4.1.1.17) performs the first step in polyamine biosynthesis, the decarboxylation of omithine to putrescine. Elevated polyamine levels can lead to down-regulation of ODC activity by enhancing the translation of antizyme mRNA, resulting in subsequent binding of antizyme to ODC monomers which targets ODC for proteolysis by the 26S proteasome. The crystal structure of ornithine decarboxylase from human liver has been determined to 2.1 Å resolution by molecular replacement using truncated mouse ODC (Δ425-461) as the search model and ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Dissociated regulation of cellular progesterone secretion and cytosolic ornithine decarboxylase activity in isolated ovarian cells in vitro. AU - Veldhuis, Johannes D.. AU - Sweinberg, Sharon K.. AU - Klase, Patricia A.. AU - Hammond, James M.. N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 1981/11. Y1 - 1981/11. N2 - We have utilized isolated, highly differentiated porcine granulosa cells maintained under chemically defined conditions in vitro to examine directly the relationship between ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity and progesterone secretion in ovarian cells. The administration of saturating concentrations of LH, prostaglandin E2, L-epinephrine, or 8-bromo-cAMP each elicited, highly significant increases in progesterone production, which correlated closely with corresponding stimulated levels of ODC activity. Highly purified preparations of FSH elicited no enzymatic or steroidogenic response. ODC activity and progesterone production also ...

Sofosbuvir plus Peginterferon/Ribavirin for 12 weeks vs. Sofosbuvir plus Ribavirin for 16 or 24 weeks in genotype 3 HCV infected patients and treatment-experienced cirrhotic patients with genotype 2 HCV: the BOSON ...

Despite the importance of extracellular phosphate, the mechanisms and control of intestinal phosphate transport remain unclear. The present study used in vivo and in vitro methods to compare the extent of Na+- dependent versus Na+-independent phosphate transport along the rat small intestine and colon at different luminal phosphate concentrations. Na+-dependent and Na+-independent phosphate transport and genomic expression of type II (NaPi-II) and type III (PiT) transporters in young (3- week old) and adult (8- and 16-week old) animals fed a control or low phosphate diet have also been quantified. mRNA levels of Na+- dependent phosphate transporters have been analysed in the 5/6 nephrectomy model of chronic renal failure and following treatment with matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE). The acute effects of altered luminal phosphate concentration on intestinal phosphate transport and renal phosphate transporter expression was also assessed. The findings confirm the jejunum to be the ...

APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, VOL. 6, 229-239 (1992) The anti-neoplastic activity of ethylaminecarboxyborane and triphenylphosphinecarboxyborane in L- I 210 lymphoid leukemia cells Iris H Hall,' E Stacy Hall,' L K Chi,* M C Miller 111,' Ken F Bastow,' A Soodt and B F Spielvogelt *Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, NC 27599-7360, USA and tBoron Biologicals Inc., 533 Pylon Drive, PO Box 33489, Raleigh, NC 27636-3489, USA Studies on the mode of action of two boroncontaining anti-neoplastic agents, ethylaminecarboxyborane and triphenylphosphinecarboxyborane, are reported. The major site of inhibition was in the pyrimidine de AOUO synthetic pathway at orotidine monophosphate decarboxylase activity. Additional sites which may facilitate the inhibition of cell growth were IMP dehydrogenase, thymidine kinase, TMP kinase and TDP kinase, m-RNA, r-RNA and t-RNA polymerase activities as well as topoisomerase I1 activity. The reduction ...

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Archaea human intestine prokaryote (Methanobrevibacter smithii). Methanobrevibacter smithii is the main human gut (intestine) archeon (from the Archaea domain) that is a methanotroph (methanogen). It recycles the hydrogen in methane and allows for an increase in energy extraction for nutrients. It plays a role in the digestion of polysaccharides (complex sugars) by consuming the end products of bacterial fermentation. The human gut flora consists of three main groups of hydrogen consuming microbes: methanogens; a polyphyletic group of acetogenic bacteria; and sulphate reducing bacteria. Magnification: x5,335 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres. - Stock Image C032/1307

Mucor circinelloides is a human pathogen, biofuel producer, and model system that belongs to a basal fungal lineage; however, the genetics of this fungus are limited. In contrast to ascomycetes and basidiomycetes, basal fungal lineages have been understudied. This may be caused by a lack of attention given to these fungi, as well as limited tools for genetic analysis. Nonetheless, the importance of these fungi as pathogens and model systems has increased. M. circinelloides is one of a few genetically tractable organisms in the basal fungi, but it is far from a robust genetic system when compared to model fungi in the subkingdom dikarya. One problem is the organism is resistant to drugs utilized to select for dominant markers in other fungal transformation systems. Thus, we developed a blaster recyclable marker system by using the pyrG gene (encoding an orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase, ortholog of URA3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae). A 237-bp fragment downstream of the pyrG gene was tandemly ...

Posted on Sep 18, 2019 in Symptoms , Comments Off on What Does Lithium Orotate Do to the Brain?. My certainty of life is better. Lithium orotate stabilizes the lysosomal membranes and prevents the enzyme reactions that are responsible for the sodium depletion and dehydration effects of other lithium salts. It lithium-orotate and lithium-carbonate behave differently, they are both well absorbed from the intestines but lithium from lithium-orotate seems to be better absorbed into the cells of the body, it has also been shown to be more slowly excreted by the kidneys so it is retained in the body for a longer period of time compared to lithium from lithium-carbonate [insert ref]. Relentless Improvement Lithium Orotate is well priced and it works. The orotate form of lithium is used by doctors to help stabilize and equilibrate mood. Individuals with bipolar disorder and depression must be monitored closely by … Major medical research has not been conducted on lithium orotate since the 1980s due to ...

Polyamine-biosynthesis activity is known to be negatively regulated by intracellular polyamine pools. Accordingly, treatment of cultured L1210 cells with 10 microM-spermine rapidly and significantly lowered ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) activities in a sequential manner. By contrast, treatment for 48 h with 10 microM of the unsaturated spermine analogue 6-spermyne lowered AdoMetDC activity, but not ODC activity. An initial decrease in ODC activity at 2 h was attributed to a transient increase in free intracellular spermidine and spermine brought about through their displacement by the analogue. Thereafter, ODC activity recovered steadily to control values as 6-spermyne pools increased and spermidine and spermine pools decreased owing to analogue suppression of AdoMetDC activity. The apparent ability of 6-spermyne to regulate AdoMetDC, but not ODC, activity suggests an interesting structure-function correlation and demonstrates that the typical ...

Increased polyamine biosynthesis activity and an active polyamine transport system are characteristics of many cancer cell lines and polyamine depletion has been shown to be a viable anticancer strategy. Polyamine levels can be depleted by difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), an inhibitor of the key polyamine biosynthesis enzyme ornithine decarboxylase (ODC). However, malignant cells frequently circumvent DFMO therapy by up-regulating polyamine import. Therefore, there is a need to develop compounds that inhibit polyamine transport. Collectively, DFMO and a polyamine transport inhibitor (PTI) provide the basis for a combination therapy leading to effective intracellular polyamine depletion. We have previously shown that the pattern of uptake of a series of polyamine analogues in a Drosophila model epithelium shares many characteristics with mammalian cells, indicating a high degree of similarity between the mammalian and Drosophila polyamine transport systems. In this report, we focused on the utility of the

Conventional methods for detecting ornithine decarboxylase activity require an extended period of incubation. The tests generally involve the fermentation of glucose, which lowers the pH of the medium to the optimum hydrogen ion concentration for decarboxylase activity. Decarboxylation results in the formation of amines that will raise the pH. Positive reactions are usually obtained after 18 to 24 hours of incubation, but some strains require up to four days incubation. An overlay of mineral oil acts as a barrier to oxygen and prevents alkalinization of the surface of the medium. Fay and Barry modified the conventional decarboxylase medium by removing the glucose and decreasing the pH to 5.5.(7) A small volume of the broth is heavily inoculated and then overlayed with sterile mineral oil. With the Hardy Diagnostics Rapid Ornithine, results can be obtained after only two to five hours of incubation at 35 to 37ºC.. The test can be used to determine ornithine decarboxylase activity in the family ...

Uridine Monophosphate Disodium Salt Nootropic Uridine monophosphate, also known as 5′-uridylic acid, is a nucleotide that is used as a monomer in RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside uridine. UMP consists of the phosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase uracil; hence, it is a ribonucleotide monophosphate. As a substituent or radical its name takes the form

TY - JOUR. T1 - Growth arrest- and polyamine-dependent expression of spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase in human tumor cells. AU - Ignatenko, Natalia. AU - Gerner, Eugene W.. PY - 1996/4. Y1 - 1996/4. N2 - Polyamines are essential for optimal cell growth. The regulation of polyamine biosynthetic, but not catabolic, enzymes has been studied in detail. Because intracellular polyamine contents depend on both synthesis and catabolism, we studied the regulation of spermidine/spermine N1- acetyltransferase (N1SSAT), the first enzyme in polyamine catabolism. Steady-state RNA levels of N1SSAT increased 3-5 fold as human colon tumor- derived HCT116 cells traversed the log phase and entered the plateau phase. Depletion of cellular polyamines, using α-difluoromethylornithine, caused a decrease in the steady-state levels of both the 1.3-kb N1SSAT transcript and its 3.5-kb precursor, without affecting the stability of either RNA. N1SSAT enzyme activity was low in cells with normal polyamine contents ...

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Orotic Acid and/or Orotidine may be elevated secondary to hyperammonemia. Increased excretion of Orotic Acid is seen in Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency as well as Hereditary Orotic Aciduria ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Effect of Uridine on Response of 5-Azacytidine-resistant Human Leukemic Cells to Inhibitors of de Novo Pyrimidine Synthesis. AU - Grant, S.. AU - Bhalla, K.. AU - Gleyzer, M.. PY - 1984/12/1. Y1 - 1984/12/1. N2 - A uridine-cytidine kinase-deficient human promyelocytic leukemic subline (HL-60-5-aza-Cyd) has been isolated which is highly resistant to the antileukemic agent 5-azacytidine. Resistant cells exposed to 10-5 M 5-azacytidine for 2 hr exhibit a marked reduction in both the total intracellular accumulation of 5-azacytidine (11.9 versus 156.0 pmol/106 cells) as well as its incorporation into RNA (3.1 versus 43.4 pmol/μg D-ribose) compared to the parent line. These biochemical changes are associated with nearly a 100-fold decrease in sensitivity to the growth inhibitory effects of 5-azacytidine (concentration of drug associated with a 50% reduction in cell growth, 3.5 x 10-5 versus 5.0 x 10-7 M). 5-Azacytidine-resistant cells exhibit cross-resistance to 3-deazauridine, ...

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Different environmental samples reveal that methanogenic Archaea are part of a multi-species biofilm on corroding metallic structures. Studies on microbial influenced corrosion (MIC) focus mainly on sulphate reducing Bacteria (SRB), leading to the assumption that they are exclusively responsible for metal corrosion. In fact, methanogenic Archaea are known to be involved in metal corrosion as well (e.g. Methanococcus maripaludis DSM 2067). In some cases SRB and methanogenic Archaea have comparable high corrosion rates. However, the underlying mechanisms causing corrosion are still unknown. The goal of this study is to develop suitable methods for analyzing two environmental isolates (M. maripaludis DSM 2067, M. maripaludis KA1) and two human-related isolates (Methanobrevibacter oralis and Methanobrevibacter smithii) for their ability to deteriorate/transform metals, which are relevant for technical and clinical applications. Moreover, the studies will provide essential information on the interaction

TY - JOUR. T1 - Gyrate Atrophy of Choroid and Retina. T2 - Deficient Activity of Ornithine Ketoacid Aminotransferase in Cultured Skin Fibroblasts. AU - Kennaway, Nancy G.. AU - Weleber, Richard G.. AU - Buist, Neil R.M.. PY - 1977/11/24. Y1 - 1977/11/24. N2 - To the Editor: Takki,1 in 1974, described a 10-fold elevation of plasma ornithine levels in patients with a rare autosomal recessive disorder, gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina. She also suggested that the deficient activity was probably ornithine ketoacid aminotransferase. This deficiency has recently been described in fibroblasts in an abstract by Sengers et al.,2 but no quantitative data were reported. Berson, Schmidt and Rabin3 have suggested the possibility of a deficiency of other enzymes, such as ornithine decarboxylase. We have studied two patients with typical gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina. Their plasma ornithine levels were. No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.. AB - To the Editor: Takki,1 ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Effects of the inhibition of aromatic aminoacids decarboxylase on prolactin secretion in humans.. AU - Masturzo, P.. AU - Murialdo, G.. AU - Carolei, A.. AU - Polleri, A.. PY - 1979/2/28. Y1 - 1979/2/28. N2 - Carbidopa, at the dose of 250 mg. and benserazide at the dose of 125 mg, given orally in a single dose to healthy women aged between 23 - 26 years enhance significantly serum prolactin. The effect is not shared by two other inhibitors of AADC, namely alpha-methyl DOPA (500 mg) and fentiazac (400 mg). The effect of benserazide is suppressed by bromocriptine (2.5 mg) and blunted by 1-DOPA (400 mg) given orally simultaneusly.. AB - Carbidopa, at the dose of 250 mg. and benserazide at the dose of 125 mg, given orally in a single dose to healthy women aged between 23 - 26 years enhance significantly serum prolactin. The effect is not shared by two other inhibitors of AADC, namely alpha-methyl DOPA (500 mg) and fentiazac (400 mg). The effect of benserazide is suppressed by ...

human being malaria parasite is endemic in 87 countries putting 2. choices to fight drug-resistant parasites (4). Nevertheless latest reports with the Globe Health Organization claim that level of resistance to artemisinin is certainly developing across the Thai-Cambodian boundary underscoring the necessity to get a continual pipeline of brand-new drug advancement to fight this disease. The malaria parasite depends solely on de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis to provide precursors for DNA and RNA biosynthesis (5 6 On the other GATA2 hand the individual host cells support the enzymatic equipment for both de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis as well as for salvage of preformed pyrimidine bases and nucleosides. Having less a redundant system to obtain pyrimidines in malaria has raised interest in this pathway as a potential source for new therapeutic targets. Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH)4 is a flavin mononucleotide (FMN)-dependent mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of dihydroorotate ...

The other disorders involve defects in the pyrimidine degradative pathway. Deficiency of pyrimidine-5′-nucleotidase causes hemolytic anemia, possibly due to accumulation in erythrocytes of pyrimidine nucleotides, mostly uridine triphosphate (UTP) and cytidine triphosphate (CTP). The disorder is transmitted in an autosomal recessive manner, and there is no specific treatment available. Pyrimidine 5′-nucleotidase superactivity has been described in four unrelated patients with developmental delay and neurologic abnormalities. The patients were treated with uridine with good effect. Deficiency of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase causes an increase in blood and urine levels of uracil and thymine. This deficiency is detected in a variety of clinical situations including pediatric metabolic screens for neurologic and other problems and adverse reactions to 5-fluorouracil, and is also found in asymptomatic relatives of detected patients. The enzyme deficiency is transmitted in an autosomal recessive ...

AbstractChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. With the recent development of direct acting antivirals (DAA), treatment of chronically infected patients has become highly effective although a subset of patients do not respond to therapy. Sofosbuvir is a common component of current de novo or salvage combination therapies. We used pre-treatment whole genome sequencing of HCV from 507 patients infected with HCV subtype 3a and treated with sofosbuvir containing regimens to detect viral polymorphisms associated with response to treatment. We found that three common polymorphisms present in HCV NS2 and NS3 proteins (not direct targets of sofosbuvir) were associated with reduced treatment response. These polymorphisms were enriched in post-treatment HCV sequences of patients unresponsive to treatment; they were also associated with lower reductions in viral load in the first week of therapy. The finding of

Plague, one of the most devastating infectious diseases in human history, is caused by the bacterial species Yersinia pestis. A live attenuated Y. pestis strain (EV76) has been widely used as a plague vaccine in various countries around the world. Here we compared the whole genome sequence of an EV76 strain used in China (EV76-CN) with the genomes of Y. pestis wild isolates to identify genetic variations specific to the EV76 lineage. We identified 6 SNPs and 6 Indels (insertions and deletions) differentiating EV76-CN from its counterparts. Then, we screened these polymorphic sites in 28 other strains of EV76 lineage that were stored in different countries. Based on the profiles of SNPs and Indels, we reconstructed the parsimonious dissemination history of EV76 lineage. This analysis revealed that there have been at least three independent imports of EV76 strains into China. Additionally, we observed that the pyrE gene is a mutation hotspot in EV76 lineages. The fine comparison results based on ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Molecular cloning of human ornithine aminotransferase mRNA. AU - Inana, G.. AU - Totsuka, S.. AU - Redmond, M.. AU - Dougherty, T.. AU - Nagle, J.. AU - Shiono, T.. AU - Ohura, T.. AU - Kominami, E.. AU - Katunuma, N.. N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 1986. Y1 - 1986. N2 - The isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone for the mRNA of human ornithine aminotransferase (OATase; ornithine-oxo-acid aminotransferase; L-ornithine:2-oxo-acid aminotransferase, EC 2.6.1.13), a nonabundant mitochondrial matrix enzyme that is severely deficient in a hereditary chorioretinal degenerative disease (gyrate atrophy), is described. Human liver, retina, and retinoblastoma (Y79) mRNAs were prepared and tested for the OATase mRNA content by in vitro translation, immunoprecipitation, and NaDodSO4/PAGE. The retinoblastoma cells were found to be expressing this enzyme at a relatively high level. The primary translation product of the OATase mRNA is larger ...

Sofosbuvir is a nucleotide analog used in combination with other drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Sofosbuvir is used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, genotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, in combination with pegylated interferon and ribavirin, or with ribavirin alone. It is also used in combination with the viral NS5a inhibitor ledipasvir in an interferon-free combination for the treatment of genotype 1 hepatitis C infection. Sofosbuvir is also used in HCV patients with an HIV coinfection. The treatment is based on a number of clinical trials, for example the ELECTRON trial which showed that a dual interferon-free regimen of sofosbuvir plus ribavirin produced a 24-week post-treatment sustained virological response (SVR24) rate of 100% for previously untreated patients with HCV genotypes 2 or 3 ...

Methane, the major component of natural gas, has been in use in human civilization since ancient times as a source of fuel and light. Methanogens are responsible for synthesis of most of the methane f

Dore GJ, Lawitz E, Hézode C, et al. Daclatasvir combined with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin for 12 or 16 weeks in patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3 infection: COMMAND GT 2/3 study (Abstract 1418). Paper presented at: 48th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver; 2013 April 24-28; Amsterdam, the Netherlands.. Gane EJ, Stedman CA, Hyland RH, et al. Nucleotide polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir plus ribavirin for hepatitis C. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 3;368(1):34-44. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1208953.. Jacobson IM, Gordon SC, Kowdley KV, et al. Sofosbuvir for hepatitis C genotype 2 or 3 in patients without treatment options. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 23. Available from: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1214854. (Accessed 2013 May 3). Lawitz E, Mangia A, Wyles D, et al. Sofosbuvir for previously untreated chronic hepatitis C infection. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 23. Available from: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1214853. (Accessed 2013 May ...

Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) is the fourth enzyme of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway which has been extensively studied in trypanosomatids using a combination of genetic, biochemical and structural studies. DHODH catalyzes the oxidation of L-dihydroorotate to orotate, a redox reaction, the only one to do so in the pathway. DHODH in trypanosomatids has emerged as a crucial enzyme of the pyrimidine pathway, as the null mutants of TcDHODH and knockdown strains of TbDHODH displayed retarded growth phenotypes, confirming the crucial presence of DHODH in the pathway. However, the DHODH null background in T. cruzi could not be rescued by the supplementation of uridine, cytidine and thymidine. The non-reversal of the functional loss of DHODH by the pyrimidine supplemention was attributed to additional fumarate reductase activity of TcDHODH, which maintains the redox balance of the parasite [30]. TcDHODH was presumed to be a fumarate reductase owing to its close resemblance with S. ...

This study consists of 2 parts, Part A and Part B. Part A, the Phase 1 drug interaction/early viral kinetic study, will evaluate the effect of selected antiretroviral therapies on the safety, viral kinetics, and pharmacokinetics of sofosbuvir (GS-7977; PSI-7977) and its metabolites in participants with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection. Part B, the Phase 2 treatment study, will investigate the efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir, pegylated interferon alpha (PEG) and ribavirin (RBV) in participants with HIV/HCV coinfection ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Daclatasvir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. AU - Temesgen, Zelalem. AU - Rizza, Stacey. PY - 2015/5/1. Y1 - 2015/5/1. N2 - Daclatasvir is a nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) replication complex inhibitor that has shown potent in vitro activity against multiple hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes (GT). It is currently in advanced clinical development as a component of combination treatment regimens in a variety of HCV-infected patient populations. In studies conducted thus far, it has been generally well tolerated. It has been approved for the treatment of HCV GTs 1-4 in the European Union. The combination of daclatasvir and asunaprevir (an HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor) has been approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with GT1 HCV infection. Here we review the available literature on daclatasvir, including its information on its discovery, mechanism of action, pharmacology, preclinical and clinical activity, resistance and safety.. AB - Daclatasvir ...

Well-tolerated, ribavirin-free, pangenotypic hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments for transplant recipients remain a high priority. Once-daily glecaprevir/pibrentasvir demonstrates high rates of sustained virologic response at 12 weeks posttreatment (SVR12) across all major HCV genotypes (GTs). This trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir for patients with chronic HCV GT1-6 infection who had received a liver or kidney transplant. MAGELLAN-2 was a phase 3, open-label trial conducted in patients who were ≥3 months posttransplant. Patients without cirrhosis who were HCV treatment-naive (GT1-6) or treatment-experienced (GT1, 2, 4-6; with interferon-based therapy with or without sofosbuvir, or sofosbuvir plus ribavirin) received glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (300/120 mg) once daily for 12 weeks. The primary endpoint compared the percentage of patients receiving glecaprevir/pibrentasvir with SVR12 to a historic SVR12 rate based on the standard of care. Safety of ...

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5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) and its orally administered prodrug, capecitabine, are fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapeutic agents that are widely used for the treatment of colorectal cancer and other solid tumors.. The dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) gene encodes the rate-limiting enzyme for fluoropyrimidine catabolism and eliminates over 80% of administered 5-FU. Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) activity is subject to wide variability, mainly due to genetic variation. This results in a broad range of enzymatic deficiency from partial (3%-5% of population) to complete loss (0.2% of population) of enzyme activity.(2,3) Patients who are deficient in DPYD are at an increased risk for side effects and toxicity when undergoing 5-FU treatment.(4) In addition, pathogenic homozygous or compound heterozygous variants within DPYD are associated with dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency. DPD deficiency shows large phenotypic variability, ranging from no symptoms to a convulsive disorder ...

Efficiency of feed utilisation is a key economically relevant trait to the beef cattle industry worldwide given that feed typically accounts for the greatest single input cost [24]. Improved feed efficiency is not only linked to increased profitability, but also reduces the environmental burden, with efficient animals producing less nutrient excretion [25] and reduced CH4 emissions [5, 6]. As CH4 is a terminal product of methanogen mediated feed fermentation, recent research has focused on characterising the methanogen population in animals selected for divergent feed efficiency. Studies [17, 26, 27] have identified both a diet effect and a correlation between host feed efficiency and rumen microbial composition. Methanobrevibacter spp. and Methanosphaera sp. are consistently identified as dominant methanogenic archaea in the rumen irrespective of geographical location or dietary feeding regime [17, 27-31]. Rumen methanogens were previously characterised by our group [9] in cattle divergent for ...

To verify the assumption of a specific and potent drug action on de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis, isolated dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHO-DH) (EC 1.3.3.1) was exposed to Brequinar Sodium (6-fluoro-2-(2'-fluoro-1,1'-biphenyl-4-yl)-3-methyl-4-quinoline carboxylic acid sodium salt, NSC 368 390) (Brequinar). The membrane-bound DHO-DH was purified to apparent homogeneity (25,000-fold) from rat liver mitochondria in six steps via detergent extraction and subsequent chromatography using the dye ligand Matrex Gel Orange A. Using molecular mechanistic studies (MM2) this ligand was found to mimic closely the stereochemical conformation of Brequinar. SDS-PAGE revealed two protein bands for the purified enzyme with apparent molecular masses of 58 (major) and 68 kDa (minor). In vitro, two modes of action of the DHO-DH are possible: (i) acting as a dehydrogenase in the presence of ubiquinone as proximal electron acceptor and (ii) direct reaction with oxygen as oxidase. A novel assay for the measurement of the

TY - JOUR. T1 - Colonization of rice roots with methanogenic archaea controls photosynthesis-derived methane emission. AU - Pump, Judith. AU - Pratscher, Jennifer. AU - Conrad, Ralf. PY - 2015/7. Y1 - 2015/7. N2 - The methane emitted from rice fields originates to a large part (up to 60%) from plant photosynthesis and is formed on the rice roots by methanogenic archaea. To investigate to which extent root colonization controls methane (CH4) emission, we pulse-labeled rice microcosms with 13CO2 to determine the rates of 13CH4 emission exclusively derived from photosynthates. We also measured emission of total CH4 (12+13CH4), which was largely produced in the soil. The total abundances of archaea and methanogens on the roots and in the soil were analysed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction of the archaeal 16S rRNA gene and the mcrA gene coding for a subunit of the methyl coenzyme M reductase respectively. The composition of archaeal and methanogenic communities was determined with terminal ...

The anaerobic formation and oxidation of methane involve unique enzymatic mechanisms and cofactors, all of which are believed to be specific for C1-compounds. Here we show that an anaerobic thermophilic enrichment culture composed of dense consortia of archaea and bacteria apparently uses partly similar pathways to oxidize the C4 hydrocarbon butane. The archaea, proposed genus 'Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum', show the characteristic autofluorescence of methanogens, and contain highly expressed genes encoding enzymes similar to methyl-coenzyme M reductase. We detect butyl-coenzyme M, indicating archaeal butane activation analogous to the first step in anaerobic methane oxidation. In addition, Ca . Syntrophoarchaeum expresses the genes encoding β-oxidation enzymes, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase and reversible C1 methanogenesis enzymes. This allows for the complete oxidation of butane. Reducing equivalents are seemingly channelled to HotSeep-1, a thermophilic sulfate-reducing partner bacterium ...

The approval of Sovaldi is supported by a Phase 3 study conducted in China, presented earlier this year at the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) meeting. SVR12 (HCV RNA undetectable 12 weeks after completing therapy) rates for Chinese HCV patients with genotype 1, 2, 3 or 6 ranged from 92-100 percent. The study evaluated Sovaldi in combination with ribavirin (RBV) or pegylated interferon+ribavirin (PegIFN+RBV) across a range of difficult-to-cure patient populations, including treatment-experienced patients and those with compensated cirrhosis. In this study, the safety profiles of the regimens were consistent with the known side effects of pegylated interferon and/or ribavirin. The most common adverse events were hematological abnormalities and pyrexia. Professor Lai Wei, the principal investigator of Sovaldi's Phase 3 study and former Chairman of the Chinese Society of Hepatology of the Chinese Medical Association said, "The approval of sofosbuvir in China provides ...

Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center 1Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center, Tbilisi, Georgia; 2Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia; 3Hepatology Clinic Hepa, Tbilisi, Georgia; 4NeoLab, Tbilisi, Georgia; 5Mrcheveli, Tbilisi, Georgia; 6CDC Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia; 7Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA; 8National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia; 9Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia; 10 Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany; 11 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; 12Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Recovery of YAC-end sequences through complementation of an Escherichia coli pyrF mutation. AU - Wright, David A.. AU - Park, Sei Kyoung. AU - Wu, Dongying. AU - Phillips, Gregory J.. AU - Rodermel, Steven R.. AU - Voytas, Daniel F.. PY - 1997/7/1. Y1 - 1997/7/1. N2 - We have developed a genetic means to recover sequences from YAC-ends near the yeast selectable marker URA3. This strategy is based on the ability of URA3 to complement mutations in pyrF, an Escherichia coli gene required for pyrimidine biosynthesis. We have developed an E. coli strain with a non-reverting allele of pyrF that is also suitable for cloning (recA-, hsdR-). We demonstrate the utility of this complementation strategy to obtain right-end clones from three YACs containing Arabidopsis thaliana DNA.. AB - We have developed a genetic means to recover sequences from YAC-ends near the yeast selectable marker URA3. This strategy is based on the ability of URA3 to complement mutations in pyrF, an Escherichia coli ...

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In this system, both the salvage precursors [ 3 H]thymidine and [ 14 C]cytidine were incorporated actively into skin DNA and only [ 14 C]cytidine into skin RNA. Uridine monophosphate, or UMP, is used as the example of the pyrimidine nucleotide. APRT is inhibited by AMP. Split-thickness rabbit skins were minced and incubated in vitro with radioactive precursors selected to measure de nova and salvage pathways for pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis. (2) Salvage process i.e. Salvage pathway (recycle pathway): used to recover bases and nucleosides formed during the degradation of RNA and DNA A salvage pathway is a pathway in which a biological product is produced from intermediates in the degradative pathway of its own or a similar substance. NUCLEOTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS Bio-synthesis of Purines & Pyrimidines e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] www.easybiologyclass.com www.easybiologyclass.com Each category has at least one description. The purine ring is synthesized along with the ...

With the objective of destruction of organic toxic or recalcitrant compounds by a microbial anaerobic mixed population, a new concept has been devised : the Destox concept. It has been applied here to the destruction of a toxic mixture of about 30 polychlorinated aliphatic compounds (PAC-MIX 1), including 51% of hexachloro-1,3-butadiene. The basic step for initiating the degradation is thought to be reductive dechlorination by microbial interspecies hydrogen transfer in a system using at all times a non-toxic co-substrate as major source of carbon and energy. In an upflow laboratory-scale reactor with a fixed-film stationary-bed, fed with a co-substrate, amounts of 48 mg/litre working volume per day of PAC-MIX 1 have been added during intermittent periods of time. This paper presents, over a period of 421 days, the evolution from a situation of complete inhibition of all microbial activity, from fermentative to methanogenic, into a situation of partial acclimatization, the fermentative and ...

I thought it was because it was sex influenced, not sex linked, that men were more likely to have pattern baldness.... a heterozygous male for pattern baldness is affected, whereas a heterozygous female for pattern baldness is not. If that's the case, then you'd have a dihybrid cross with the women homozygous recessive for baldness and heterozygous for colorblindness... the male would be homozygous dominant for baldness and hemizygous recessive for colorblindness. I'm just in my first genetics class so this may be completely wrong.... it's also almost 2am and I'm quite tired... but I tried ...