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  • Antrocamphin A, an anti-inflammatory principal from the fruiting body of Taiwanofungus camphoratus , and its mechanisms. 20128588

    The fungus Taiwanofungus camphoratus is commonly used for medicinal purposes in Taiwan. It is used as a detoxicant for food poisoning and considered to be a precious folk medicine for hepatoprotection and anti-inflammation. In this study, a lipopolysaccaride (LPS)-challenged ICR mouse acute inflammation model and a LPS-induced macrophage model were used to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of T. camphoratus. Ethanol extract of T. camphoratus significantly inhibited expression of iNOS and COX-2 in the liver of LPS-challenged acute inflammatory mice. The ethyl acetate fraction and its isolated compound, antrocamphin A, significantly suppressed nitrite/nitrate concentration in LPS-challenged RAW 264.7 cells. Antrocamphin A showed potent anti-inflammatory activity by suppressing pro-inflammatory molecule release via the down-regulation of iNOS and COX-2 expression through the NF-kappaB pathway. This study, therefore, first demonstrates the bioactive compound of T. camphoratus and illustrates the mechanism by which it confers its anti-inflammatory activity.
    Document Type:
    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    07-001

  • Immunoelectron microscopic observation of chicken glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1-containing cells in tissues derived from thin section, paraffin block and conventional met ... 24257328

    The purpose of the present study was to investigate the possibility of immunoelectron microscopic observation of endocrine cells in paraffin-embedded tissues. The procedure, which involves reprocessing from sliced tissues and immunohistochemical staining by colloidal-gold immunolabeling of paraffin sections from paraffin blocks, was able to reveal the fine characteristics of secretory granules containing glucagon-like peptide-1. Morphometric analyses of the secretory granules showed no significant differences between the reprocessing procedure and a conventional post-embedding procedure, which was performed as a control. The reprocessing procedure has some advantages besides providing information on secretory granules containing the amino acid peptide. For example, the same cell can be observed under both a light microscope and the electron microscope. In addition, the high-electron densities of silver-enhanced gold particles are easily recognized, and the boundary between the profile of the granules and the immunogold labeling is clearly shown at the electron microscopic level. Furthermore, the procedure, which is inexpensive and does not require special devices, can effectively use precious samples that are already paraffin-embedded and unable to be obtained twice, such as the case for endangered animals and rare pathological tissues. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first to report the advantages of the reprocessing method for sliced paraffin sections of gut endocrine cells.
    Document Type:
    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    AP132B
    Product Catalog Name:
    Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG Antibody, biotin-SP conjugate

  • Hope for restoration of dead valuable bulls through cloning using donor somatic cells isolated from cryopreserved semen. 24614586

    Somatic cells were isolated from cryopreserved semen of 4 buffalo bulls, 3 of which had died over 10 years earlier, and were established in culture. The cells expressed cytokeratin-18, keratin and vimentin indicating that they were of epithelial origin. The cells were used as nuclear donors for hand-made cloning for producing buffalo embryos. The blastocyst rate and quality, as indicated by apoptotic index, were comparable among embryos produced using cells obtained from fresh or frozen-thawed semen or those obtained from conventional cell sources such as skin. Examination of the epigenetic status revealed that the global level of H3K27me3 but not that of H3K9/14ac and H4K5ac differed significantly (Pless than 0.05) among cloned embryos from different bulls. The relative mRNA abundance of HDAC1, DNMT1, P53 and CASPASE 3 but not that of DNMT3a differed in cells and in cloned embryos. Following transfer of 24 cloned embryos produced from fresh semen-derived cells to 12 recipients, one calf weighing 55 kg, which is now 6 months of age and is normal, was born through normal parturition. Following transfer of 20 embryos produced from frozen-thawed semen-derived cells to 10 recipients, 2 became pregnant, one of which aborted in the first trimester; the calf born was severely underweight (17 kg), and died 12 h after birth. The ability of cells derived from fresh and frozen-thawed semen to produce live offspring confirms the ability of these cells to be reprogrammed. Our findings pave the way for restoration of highly precious progeny-tested bulls, which has immense economic importance, and can also be used for restoration of endangered species.
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    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    MAB1611
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-Keratin Epithelial Antibody, clone AE3

  • Characterization of a novel embryonic stem cell line from an ICSI-derived blastocyst in the African green monkey. 19955206

    Several cell types from the African green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops), such as red blood cells, primary culture cells from kidney, and the Vero cell line, are valuable sources for biomedical research and testing. Embryonic stem (ES) cells that are established from blastocysts have pluripotency to differentiate into these and other types of cells. We examined an in vitro culture system of zygotes produced by ICSI in African green monkeys and attempted to establish ES cells. Culturing with and without a mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cell monolayer resulted in the development of ICSI-derived zygotes to the blastocyst stage, while culturing with a buffalo rat liver cell monolayer yielded no development (3/14, 21.4% and 6/31, 19.4% vs 0/23, 0% respectively; P0.05). One of the nine blastocysts, which had been one of the zygotes co-cultured with MEF cells, formed flat colonies consisting of cells with large nuclei, similar to other primate ES cell lines. The African green monkey ES (AgMES) cells expressed pluripotency markers, formed teratomas consisting of three embryonic germ layer tissues, and had a normal chromosome number. Furthermore, expression of the germ cell markers CD9 and DPPA3 (STELLA) was detected in the embryoid bodies, suggesting that AgMES cells might have the potential ability to differentiate into germ cells. The results suggested that MEF cells greatly affected the quality of the inner cell mass of the blastocysts. In addition, AgMES cells would be a precious resource for biomedical research such as other primate ES cell lines.
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    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    Multiple
    Product Catalog Name:
    Multiple

  • Pre-conditioning induces the precocious differentiation of neonatal astrocytes to enhance their neuroprotective properties. 21722095

    Hypoxic preconditioning reprogrammes the brain's response to subsequent H/I (hypoxia-ischaemia) injury by enhancing neuroprotective mechanisms. Given that astrocytes normally support neuronal survival and function, the purpose of the present study was to test the hypothesis that a hypoxic preconditioning stimulus would activate an adaptive astrocytic response. We analysed several functional parameters 24 h after exposing rat pups to 3 h of systemic hypoxia (8% O2). Hypoxia increased neocortical astrocyte maturation as evidenced by the loss of GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein)-positive cells with radial morphologies and the acquisition of multipolar GFAP-positive cells. Interestingly, many of these astrocytes had nuclear S100B. Accompanying their differentiation, there was increased expression of GFAP, GS (glutamine synthetase), EAAT-1 (excitatory amino acid transporter-1; also known as GLAST), MCT-1 (monocarboxylate transporter-1) and ceruloplasmin. A subsequent H/I insult did not result in any further astrocyte activation. Some responses were cell autonomous, as levels of GS and MCT-1 increased subsequent to hypoxia in cultured forebrain astrocytes. In contrast, the expression of GFAP, GLAST and ceruloplasmin remained unaltered. Additional experiments utilized astrocytes exposed to exogenous dbcAMP (dibutyryl-cAMP), which mimicked several aspects of the preconditioning response, to determine whether activated astrocytes could protect neurons from subsequent excitotoxic injury. dbcAMP treatment increased GS and glutamate transporter expression and function, and as hypothesized, protected neurons from glutamate excitotoxicity. Taken altogether, these results indicate that a preconditioning stimulus causes the precocious differentiation of astrocytes and increases the acquisition of multiple astrocytic functions that will contribute to the neuroprotection conferred by a sublethal preconditioning stress.
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    Reference
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    Multiple
    Product Catalog Name:
    Multiple

  • Preconditioning-mimetics bradykinin and DADLE activate PI3-kinase through divergent pathways. 17292392

    We previously reported that pharmacological preconditioning of rabbit hearts with acetylcholine involves activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) through transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Transactivation is thought to be initiated by cleavage of membrane-bound pro-heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) by a membrane metalloproteinase thus releasing HB-EGF which binds to the EGFR. This pathway leads to redox signaling with the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by mitochondria. We tested whether preconditioning's physiological triggers, bradykinin and opioid, also signal through the EGFR. Both bradykinin and the synthetic delta-opioid agonist DADLE increased ROS production in isolated cardiomyocytes by approximately 50%. DADLE's effect was abrogated by either metalloproteinase inhibitor III (MPI) or the diphtheria toxin mutant CRM-197 which blocks heparin-binding EGF shedding indicating that DADLE signals through EGFR transactivation. MPI also blocked DADLE's infarct-sparing effect in whole hearts. Additionally, blocking Src kinase (a component of the EGFR's signaling complex) with PP2 or PI3-K with wortmannin blocked DADLE's effect on cardiomyocyte ROS production and PP2 blocked DADLE's salvage of ischemic myocardium. Finally, DADLE increased phosphorylation of Akt and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases (ERK) 1/2 in left ventricular myocardium, and this increase was blocked by the EGFR antagonist AG1478. On the other hand, neither MPI nor CRM-197 prevented bradykinin from increasing ROS production, and MPI did not affect bradykinin's infarct-sparing effect in intact hearts. Conversely, both PP2 and wortmannin blocked bradykinin's effect on ROS generation and also aborted bradykinin's cardioprotective effect in intact hearts. While bradykinin also increased phosphorylation of Akt and ERK in myocardium, that increase was not affected by AG1478. Hence bradykinin, unlike acetylcholine or opioid, does not transactivate EGFR, although all 3 agonists do signal through Src and PI3-K.
    Document Type:
    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    05-481
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-phospho-MAP Kinase1/2 Antibody

  • Exercise preconditioning protects against spinal cord injury in rats by upregulating neuronal and astroglial heat shock protein 72. 25334068

    The heat shock protein 72 (HSP 72) is a universal marker of stress protein whose expression can be induced by physical exercise. Here we report that, in a localized model of spinal cord injury (SCI), exercised rats (given pre-SCI exercise) had significantly higher levels of neuronal and astroglial HSP 72, a lower functional deficit, fewer spinal cord contusions, and fewer apoptotic cells than did non-exercised rats. pSUPER plasmid expressing HSP 72 small interfering RNA (SiRNA-HSP 72) was injected into the injured spinal cords. In addition to reducing neuronal and astroglial HSP 72, the (SiRNA-HSP 72) significantly attenuated the beneficial effects of exercise preconditioning in reducing functional deficits as well as spinal cord contusion and apoptosis. Because exercise preconditioning induces increased neuronal and astroglial levels of HSP 72 in the gray matter of normal spinal cord tissue, exercise preconditioning promoted functional recovery in rats after SCI by upregulating neuronal and astroglial HSP 72 in the gray matter of the injured spinal cord. We reveal an important function of neuronal and astroglial HSP 72 in protecting neuronal and astroglial apoptosis in the injured spinal cord. We conclude that HSP 72-mediated exercise preconditioning is a promising strategy for facilitating functional recovery from SCI.
    Document Type:
    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    MAB377
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-NeuN Antibody, clone A60

  • Conditional ablation of the neural cell adhesion molecule reduces precision of spatial learning, long-term potentiation, and depression in the CA1 subfield of mouse hippo ... 14973228

    NCAM, a neural cell adhesion molecule of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is involved in neuronal migration and differentiation, axon outgrowth and fasciculation, and synaptic plasticity. To dissociate the functional roles of NCAM in the adult brain from developmental abnormalities, we generated a mutant in which the NCAM gene is inactivated by cre-recombinase under the control of the calcium-calmodulin-dependent kinase II promoter, resulting in reduction of NCAM expression predominantly in the hippocampus. This mutant (NCAMff+) did not show the overt morphological and behavioral abnormalities previously observed in constitutive NCAM-deficient (NCAM-/-) mice. However, similar to the NCAM-/- mouse, a reduction in long-term potentiation (LTP) in the CA1 region of the hippocampus was revealed. Long-term depression was also abolished in NCAMff+ mice. The deficit in LTP could be rescued by elevation of extracellular Ca2+ concentrations from 1.5 or 2.0 to 2.5 mm, suggesting an involvement of NCAM in regulation of Ca2+-dependent signaling during LTP. Contrary to the NCAM-/- mouse, LTP in the CA3 region was normal, consistent with normal mossy fiber lamination in NCAMff+ as opposed to abnormal lamination in NCAM-/- mice. NCAMff+ mutants did not show general deficits in short- and long-term memory in global landmark navigation in the water maze but were delayed in the acquisition of precise spatial orientation, a deficit that could be overcome by training. Thus, mice conditionally deficient in hippocampal NCAM expression in the adult share certain abnormalities characteristic of NCAM-/- mice, highlighting the role of NCAM in the regulation of synaptic plasticity in the CA1 region.
    Document Type:
    Reference
    Product Catalog Number:
    AB5032
    Product Catalog Name:
    Anti-Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Antibody