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  • Exercise during pregnancy mitigates Alzheimer-like pathology in mouse offspring. 21948247

    Physical activity protects brain function in healthy individuals and those with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Evidence for beneficial effects of parental exercise on the health status of their progeny is sparse and limited to nondiseased individuals. Here, we questioned whether maternal running interferes with offspring's AD-like pathology and sought to decipher the underlying mechanisms in TgCRND8 mice. Maternal stimulation was provided by voluntary wheel running vs. standard housing during pregnancy. Following 5 mo of standard housing of transgenic and wild-type offspring, their brains were examined for AD-related pathology and/or plasticity changes. Running during pregnancy reduced β-amyloid (Aβ) plaque burden (-35%, P=0.017) and amyloidogenic APP processing in transgenic offspring and further improved the neurovascular function by orchestrating different Aβ transporters and increasing angiogenesis (+29%, P=0.022). This effect was accompanied by diminished inflammation, as indicated by reduced microgliosis (-20%, P=0.002) and down-regulation of other proinflammatory mediators, and resulted in less oxidative stress, as nitrotyrosine levels declined (-28%, P=0.029). Moreover, plasticity changes (in terms of up-regulation of reelin, synaptophysin, and ARC) were found not only in transgenic but also in wild-type offspring. We conclude that exercise during pregnancy provides long-lasting protection from neurodegeneration and improves brain plasticity in the otherwise unstimulated progeny.
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  • N-acetylcysteine prevents loss of dopaminergic neurons in the EAAC1-/- mouse. 21446024

    Dopaminergic neuronal death in Parkinson's disease (PD) is accompanied by oxidative stress and preceded by glutathione depletion. The development of disease-modifying therapies for PD has been hindered by a paucity of animal models that mimic these features and demonstrate an age-related progression. The EAAC1(-/-) mouse may be useful in this regard, because EAAC1(-/-) mouse neurons have impaired neuronal cysteine uptake, resulting in reduced neuronal glutathione content and chronic oxidative stress. Here we aimed to (1) characterize the age-related changes in nigral dopaminergic neurons in the EAAC1(-/-) mouse, and (2) use the EAAC1(-/-) mouse to evaluate N-acetylcysteine, a membrane-permeable cysteine pro-drug, as a potential disease-modifying intervention for PD.Wild-type mice, EAAC1(-/-) mice, and EAAC1(-/-) mice chronically treated with N-acetylcysteine were evaluated at serial time points for evidence of oxidative stress, dopaminergic cell death, and motor abnormalities.EAAC1(-/-) mice showed age-dependent loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta, with more than 40% of these neurons lost by age 12 months. This neuronal loss was accompanied by increased nitrotyrosine formation, nitrosylated α-synuclein, and microglial activation. These changes were substantially reduced in mice that received N-acetylcysteine.These findings suggest that the EAAC1(-/-) mouse may be a useful model of the chronic neuronal oxidative stress that occurs in PD. The salutary effects of N-acetylcysteine in this mouse model provide an impetus for clinical evaluation of glutathione repletion in PD.
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  • Anti-Nitrotyrosine -2512507

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    Certificate of Analysis
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    2512507
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    AB5411
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-Nitrotyrosine Antibody
  • Activated CD47 promotes pulmonary arterial hypertension through targeting caveolin-1. 22215724

    Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive lung disease characterized by pulmonary vasoconstriction and vascular remodelling, leading to increased pulmonary vascular resistance and right heart failure. Loss of nitric oxide (NO) signalling and increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-derived oxidative stress are central to the pathogenesis of PAH, yet the mechanisms involved remain incompletely determined. In this study, we investigated the role activated CD47 plays in promoting PAH.We report high-level expression of thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) and CD47 in the lungs of human subjects with PAH and increased expression of TSP1 and activated CD47 in experimental models of PAH, a finding matched in hypoxic human and murine pulmonary endothelial cells. In pulmonary endothelial cells CD47 constitutively associates with caveolin-1 (Cav-1). Conversely, in hypoxic animals and cell cultures activation of CD47 by TSP1 disrupts this constitutive interaction, promoting eNOS-dependent superoxide production, oxidative stress, and PAH. Hypoxic TSP1 null mice developed less right ventricular pressure and hypertrophy and markedly less arteriole muscularization compared with wild-type animals. Further, therapeutic blockade of CD47 activation in hypoxic pulmonary artery endothelial cells upregulated Cav-1, increased Cav-1CD47 co-association, decreased eNOS-derived superoxide, and protected animals from developing PAH.Activated CD47 is upregulated in experimental and human PAH and promotes disease by limiting Cav-1 inhibition of dysregulated eNOS.
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    Reference
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    AB5411
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-Nitrotyrosine Antibody
  • Nuclear factor {kappa}B inactivation in the rat liver ameliorates short term total warm ischaemia/reperfusion injury. 15888794

    In hepatic ischaemia/reperfusion injury, activated liver macrophages (Kupffer cells) are dominantly regulated by a transcription factor, nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB), with respect to expression of inflammatory cytokines, acute phase response proteins, and cell adhesion molecules.We assessed whether inactivation of NFkappaB in the liver could attenuate total hepatic warm ischaemia/reperfusion injury.We studied rats with hepatic overexpression of inhibitor kappaBalpha super-repressor (IkappaBalpha SR) caused by a transgene introduced using an adenoviral vector. Hepatic ischaemia/reperfusion injury was induced under warm conditions by total occlusion of hepatoduodenal ligament structures for 20 minutes, followed by reperfusion. Controls included uninfected and control virus (AdLacZ) infected rats.IkappaBalpha SR was overexpressed in Kupffer cells as well as in hepatocytes, blocking nuclear translocation of NFkappaB (p65) into the nucleus after reperfusion. Gene transfection with IkappaBalpha SR, but not with LacZ, markedly attenuated ischaemia/reperfusion injury, suppressing inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitrotyrosine expression in the liver. Moreover, no remarkable hepatocyte apoptosis was detected under IkappaBalpha SR overexpression.Adenoviral transfer of the IkappaBalpha SR gene in the liver ameliorates short term warm ischaemia/reperfusion injury, possibly through attenuation of hepatic macrophage activation.
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    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    AB5411
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-Nitrotyrosine Antibody
  • Anti-Nitrotyrosine - LV1810476

    Document Type:
    Certificate of Analysis
    Lot Number:
    LV1810476
    Product Catalog Number:
    AB5411
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-Nitrotyrosine Antibody
  • Anti-Nitrotyrosine - 3833715

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    Certificate of Analysis
    Lot Number:
    3833715
    Product Catalog Number:
    AB5411
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-Nitrotyrosine Antibody
  • Human serum albumin-thioredoxin fusion protein with long blood retention property is effective in suppressing lung injury. 21620911

    Thioredoxin (Trx) is a redox-active protein with anti-inflammatory effects but with a short half life of 1 h. Genetic fusion of Trx to human serum albumin (HSA) extended its half life without causing significant loss of its biological activities. HSA-Trx caused a decrease in the number of cells in brochoalveolar lavage fluid, the wet/dry ratio and the inflammation at the respiratory tract of the ovalbumin (OVA) induced lung injury model mouse. Three intraperitoneal doses of Trx alone produced the same extent of suppression of those three detrimental effects of OVA as one intravenous dose of HSA-Trx. Inhibition experiments confirmed that reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) involved in the progression of the injury. HSA-Trx inhibited the production of ROS as confirmed in the EPR experiment, but lung tissue staining suggested that induced nitrogen oxide synthase (iNOS) was not suppressed by the fusion protein. Instead, the production of nitrotyrosine, 8-nitro-cGMP, and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine downstream to the iNOS has been inhibited. This suggested that HSA-Trx produced lung protection effect via different mechanisms from Trx alone. HSA-Trx retains the biological properties of Trx thus has great potential in treating oxidative stress related diseases.
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    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    AB5411
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-Nitrotyrosine Antibody