Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:2.7.11.13 (protein kinase C)
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Endogenous H(2)S is synthesized mainly by cystathionine gamma-lyase in the heart. The present study investigated the role of H(2)S in cardioprotection induced by ischemic preconditioning. We have examined the effect of endogenous H(2)S and exogenous application of NaHS (H(2)S donor) on cardiac rhythm in the isolated rat heart subjected to low-flow ischemia insults as well as cell viability and function in isolated myocytes exposed to simulated ischemia solution. Preconditioning with NaHS (SP) or ischemia (IP) for three cycles (3 min each cycle separated by 5 min of recovery) significantly decreased the duration and severity of ischemia/reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in the isolated heart while increasing cell viability and the amplitude of electrically induced calcium transients after ischemia/reperfusion in cardiac myocytes. Both IP and SP also significantly attenuated the decreased H(2)S production during ischemia. Moreover, decreasing endogenous H(2)S production significantly attenuated the protective effect of IP in both the isolated heart and isolated cardiac myocytes. Blockade of protein kinase C with chelerythrine or bisindolylmaleimide I as well as ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel with glibenclamide (a nonselective K(ATP) blocker) and HMR-1098 (1-[[5-[2-(5-Chloro-o-anisamido)ethyl]-2-methoxyphenyl]sulfonyl]-3-methylthiourea) (a sarcolemmal K(ATP) channel blocker) reversed the cardioprotection induced by SP or IP. However, blockade of mitochondrial K(ATP) channels with 5-hydroxydecanoic acid had no effect on the cardioprotection of SP, suggesting that, unlike the mechanism involved in IP, mitochondrial K(ATP) channels most probably do not play a major role in the cardioprotection of SP. Our findings suggest that endogenous H(2)S contributes to cardioprotection induced by IP, which effect may involve protein kinase C and sarcolemmal K(ATP) channels.
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PMID:Role of hydrogen sulfide in the cardioprotection caused by ischemic preconditioning in the rat heart and cardiac myocytes. 1620 73

Hydrogen sulphide (H2S), which is produced endogenously from L-cysteine in mammalian tissues, has been suggested to function as a neuromodulator in the brain. However, the role of H2S in microglial cells is unclear. In this study, the effect of exogenous and endogenous H2S on intracellular calcium homeostasis was investigated in primary cultured microglial cells. Sodium hydrosulphide (NaHS), a H2S donor, caused a concentration-dependent (0.1-0.5 mM) increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). This effect was significantly attenuated in the presence of a calcium-free extracellular solution, Gd3+ (100 microM), a nonselective Ca2+ channel blocker, or thapsigargin (2 microM), an inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ -ATPase. These observations suggest that the increase in [Ca2+]i in response to H2S involves both calcium influx across the plasma membrane and calcium release from intracellular stores. The H2S-induced calcium elevation is partly attenuated by H-89, a selective cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) inhibitor, but not by U73122, a phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor, and chelerythrine, a selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, suggesting the involvement of cAMP/PKA, but not PLC/PKC/phosphoinositol-3,4,5-inositol (IP3) pathway. Using RT-PCR, only cystathionine gamma-lyase (CSE), a H2S producing enzyme, was detected in primary cultures of microglia. Lowering endogenous H2S level with, D,L-propargylglycine and beta-cyano-L-alanine, two CSE inhibitors, significantly decreased [Ca2+]i, suggesting that endogenous H2S may have a positive tonic influence on [Ca2+]i homeostasis. These findings support the possibility that H2S may serve as a neuromodulator to facilitate signaling between neurons and microglial cells.
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PMID:Hydrogen sulphide regulates calcium homeostasis in microglial cells. 1671 84

In a previous study, we elucidated the apoptotic mechanism mediated via Fas/FasL-dependent pathway in mitomycin C-treated cervical carcinoma cells. In this study, 2-D and MALDI-TOF analyses were performed in order to search mitomycin C-induced modulators in cervical carcinoma cells. Some protein spots down- or up-regulated by mitomycin C were separately selected from the 2-D gels. Twenty protein spots were identified from the 2-D gels. Among the 20 spots, 11 spots were down-regulated, whereas 9 spots were up-regulated in SiHa/pRSV-luc cells by mitomycin C. Three spots have not been identified in the database. Ku70-binding protein (KUB3), MHC class I antigen, MHC class I chain-related protein A or multi-PDZ domain protein 1, MAGUK P55 subfamily member 3 or lamda/iota protein kinase C-interacting protein, and GL014 or Sad1/unc-84 protein-like 1 were suppressed by mitomycin C treatment. Heat shock 60 kDa protein 1 (chaperonin), similar to heat shock protein 90 kDa protein alpha or nine in centrosomal protein isoform C, NADP-dependent malic enzyme, mitochondrial precursor, GRB10 adaptor protein, glycogenin-interacting protein 1, cystathionine gamma-lyase, G2/mitotic-specific cyclin B2 or heat shock 90 kDa protein 1 alpha, peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase B, and PARP-2 (fragment) were induced by mitomycin C. KUB3, Brca1, and E6 gene expressions were down-regulated by mitomycin C in HPV-positive cervical cancer cells, SiHa/pRSV-luc and SiHa. In these studies, we suggest that MMC down-regulated the expression levels of the upstream molecules of DNA-double strand break repair system, non-homologous end joining or homologous recombination, resulting in the suppression of cervical cancer cell growth.
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PMID:Mitomycin C modulates DNA-double strand break repair genes in cervical carcinoma cells. 2035 60