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Query: EC:3.2.1.31 (beta-glucuronidase)
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The antiinflammatory properties of triterpenoids and steroids from both Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma tsugae were studied. Twelve compounds, including ergosta-7,22-dien-3beta-ol (1), ergosta-7,22-dien-3beta-yl palmitate (2), ergosta-7,22-dien-3-one (3), ergosta-7,22-dien-2beta,3alpha,9alpha-triol (4), 5alpha,8alpha-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-3beta-ol (5), ganoderal A (6), ganoderal B (7), ganoderic aldehyde A (8), tsugaric acid A (9), 3-oxo-5alpha-lanosta-8,24-dien-21-oic acid (10), 3alpha-acetoxy-5alpha-lanosta-8,24-dien-21-oic acid ester beta-d-glucoside (11), and tsugaric acid B (12), were assessed in vitro by determining their inhibitory effects on the chemical mediators released from mast cells, neutrophils, and macrophages. Compound 10 showed a significant inhibitory effect on the release of beta-glucuronidase from rat neutrophils stimulated with formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP)/cytochalasin B (CB) whereas compound 9 significantly inhibited superoxide anion formation in fMLP/CB-stimulated rat neutrophils. Compound 10 also exhibited a potent inhibitory effect on NO production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-stimulated N9 microglial cells. Moreover, compound 9 was also able to protect human keratinocytes against damage induced by ultraviolet B (UV B) light, which indicated 9 could protect keratinocytes from photodamage.
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PMID:Antiinflammatory triterpenoids and steroids from Ganoderma lucidum and G. tsugae. 1765 89

We have investigated the effect of alpha-amanitin treatment of mouse blastocysts on their further development. Twenty-four-hour treatments with alpha-amanitin at 1 microg/ml do not interfere with embryo survival or gross morphological development over the next few days although the rate of synthesis of polyA-containing RNA is dramatically reduced during exposure to the antimetabolite. Effects upon rates of protein synthesis are not observed initially, but incorporation of (35S)methionine into acid-insoluble material is ultimately inhibited by approximately 50% in all the treated samples. Developmental markers do not all respond in the same way to the alpha-amanitin treatments used. Whereas levels of beta-glucuronidase and plasminogen activator are virtually unaffected by the antimetabolite, alpha-amanitin treatment interferes with delta5,3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in trophoblast cells and formation of a bilayered inner cell mass. The effects upon the latter markers differ quantitatively with the various exposure periods to alpha-amanitin. On the basis of these observations, we propose that mRNAs for at least some developmental markers in mouse blastocysts are synthesized long before they are translated.
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PMID:Effects of alpha-amanitin on programming of mouse blastocyst development. 2073 71


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