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This study was conducted to explore the involvement of DNA damage in the suppression of contact hypersensitivity (CHS) by UV irradiation. The opossum, Monodelphis domestica, was used because cells of these marsupials have an enzyme that is activated by visible light (photoreactivating enzyme) and repairs ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced pyrimidine dimers in DNA. A single dose of 1,500 J/m2 of UVB (280-320 nm) radiation, representing 2 minimal erythema doses, was administered to the dorsal skin of opossums. This treatment prevented the opossums from developing a CHS response to dinitrofluorobenze (DNFB) applied either at the site of irradiation or an unirradiated site. In addition, this dose of UVR decreased the number of ATPase+ epidermal Langerhans cells in the dorsal epidermis to approximately 3% of that in unirradiated skin at the time of DNFB application. Treatment of the animals with wavelengths that activate the repair enzyme (320-500 nm, photoreactivating light, PRL) for 120 min immediately after UV irradiation inhibited the UVR-induced suppression of CHS almost completely. Exposure to PRL before UVR did not prevent UVR-induced suppression of CHS. PRL treatment after UV irradiation also prevented the decrease in the number of ATPase+ Langerhans cells. Measurements of lesions in DNA indicated that PRL treatment removed around 85% of the UVR-induced pyrimidine dimers. These data provide direct evidence that DNA, and most likely, the pyrimidine dimer, is the primary molecular target for the UVB-induced suppression of contact hypersensitivity to haptens applied to irradiated or unexposed skin.
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PMID:Identification of the molecular target for the suppression of contact hypersensitivity by ultraviolet radiation. 252 40

Promoter regions of milk protein genes are frequently used to produce pharmaceutically and medically important proteins in the mammary gland of transgenic animals and also can be used for the construction of an inducible eukaryotic expression vector. The aim of the present study was to clone, sequence and characterize the regulatory elements in ovine alphaS1-CSNGP. For the first time we have cloned and sequenced region extending from - 2136 to +49 bp containing 5'-flanking region and exon I. Computational analysis of the sequence showed presence of core promoter elements viz., TATA box, CAAT box and initiator sequence. Mammary gland specific sequences included MGF/STAT 5, MPBF, Yu Lee 2, 4 and 5, Oka box C and hormone responsive elements (HRE) viz., GRE, PRE, PRL, IRE and also Polyoma enhancer 3 sequences. Computational analysis data is validated by following the reporter gene expression studies in rat breast cell line. Six reporter gene constructs under the control of full length, proximal, distal, minimal and proximal-distal fused promoter segments were constructed to assess the effect of presence or absence of few selected regulatory elements on expression ability of the promoter. Based on qualitative evaluation of fluorescence, the pGFP-F/VspI showed highest fluorescence followed by pGFP-P, pGFP-F/SpeI, pGFPminimal and pGFP-D.
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PMID:Cloning and characterization of ovine alphaS1-casein gene promoter: a transfection study in rat mammary gland cell line. 1736 12

Microbial cultures produce complex and potentially interesting mixtures of biosynthetic intermediates and derivatives of metabolites. These mixtures' reliable identification is important and so too is the development of techniques for their analysis. Here, a simple and highly selective method of detecting the biosynthetic congeners involved in the pentangular polyphenol pradimicin (PR) pathway from Actinomadura hibisca fermentation was developed. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) cleanup using an OASIS HLB cartridge was a simple and reliable tool for the extraction of PRs from a fermentation broth. The separation of each natural PR analog--eluted with a gradient system of aqueous acetonitrile through a reversed-phase C(18) column containing ammonium acetate and acetic acid as additives--allowed their simultaneous profiling. The combined use of SPE cleanup and chromatographic separation, coupled with electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) detection was demonstrated to be sufficiently accurate and reliable to analyze the natural PR analogs produced from A. hibisca. Ten natural PRs were identified: four alanine-containing (PRA, PRC, PRL, and PRB), two glycine-substituted (PRD and PRE), and four serine-substituted (PRFA-1, PRFA-2, PRFL, and PRFB). This report demonstrates the first use of both SPE cleanup and HPLC-ESI-MS/MS to profile a wide range of structurally closely related PRs in a bacterial fermentation broth.
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PMID:Characterization and identification of pradimicin analogs from Actinomadura hibisca using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. 2137 31

This study utilised the two injection protocol of sensitisation (TIPS) and the conditioned place preference test to validate and extend previous findings on the effects of amphetamine on positive reinforcement-related 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalisation (USV) in rats. We also examined changes in the expression of c-Fos and the NMDA receptor 2B (GluN2B) subunit, markers of neuronal activity and plasticity, in brain regions of rats in response to TIPS. We used low anxiety-responsive (LR) and high anxiety-responsive (HR) rats, which are known to exhibit different fear-conditioned response strengths, different susceptibilities to amphetamine in the TIPS procedure and different amphetamine-dependent 50 kHz USV responses. The LR rats, compared to the HR rats, not only vocalised much more intensely but also spent significantly more time in the amphetamine-paired compartment. After the second dose of amphetamine, the LR rats exhibited more c-Fos and GluN2B activation in layers II and III of the M1/M2 motor cortex area and prefrontal cortex (PRE, PRL, IL) and also presented with more GluN2B activation in the basal amygdala. These data reveal that HR and LR rats exhibit different levels of reactivity in the cortical-limbic pathway, which controls reward-related motivational processes. These findings contribute to the general hypothesis that heterogeneity in emotional processes is one of the causes of sensitisation to amphetamine and drug addiction.
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PMID:Low-anxiety rats are more sensitive to amphetamine in comparison to high-anxiety rats. 2770 43