The effect of pretreatment of geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), an inducer of heat shock protein (HSP) 70, on responses in sleep and core body temperature (Tcore) against sleep deprivation (SD) was examined in rats. After 3 days of GGA or vehicle injection, a 6-h period of SD was performed. During the recovery period, both rapid-eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep were increased in both GGA-...

Doxorubicin is a widely used chemotherapy for solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, but its use is limited due to cardiotoxicity. Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), an antiulcer agent used in Japan for 30 years, has no significant adverse effects, and unexpectedly reduces ovarian cancer progression in mice. Because GGA reduces oxidative stress in brain and heart, we hypothesized that GGA would p...

Many electronic properties of solids can now be described ab initio, thanks to the advent of powerful computers and the development of ingenious methods, such as density-functional theory (DFT) with local density (LDA) or generalized gradient (GGA) approximations, LDA+HubbardU (LDA+U), quantum chemical methods, dynamic mean-field theory, quantum Monte-Carlo simulations, and exact diagonalizatio...

Purpose: BackgroundIschemia reperfusion(IR) increases lactate.No one has examined if cardiac-specific coronary sinus lactate(CSL)can be reduced with prior cytoprotective heat shock protein 70(hsp70i) induction. We previous demonstrated improved IR in vivo inducted hsp70i.Geranylgeranylacetone(GGA), an hsp70i inducer, never been administered IV preischemically. Interventions to decrease CSL may ...

The heat of reaction between beta-trypsin and Kunitz soybean inhibitor (STI) hasbeen measured at 5 degrees and 25 degrees from pH 4 to 8.5. Corresponding measuremenportion of tRNA-Gly2-GGA/G molecules isolated from E. coli cells. The missense suppressor mutation, glyTsuA36(HA), results in a C yields U base substitution at the 3' end of the anticodon of tRNA-Gly2-GGA/G(nucleotide position 38)....

We use density functional theory calculations with Hubbard corrections (DFT+U) to investigate electronic aspects of the interaction between ceria surfaces and gold atoms. Our results show that Au adatoms at the (111) surface of ceria can adopt Au(0), Au(+) or Au(-) electronic configurations depending on the adsorption site. The strongest adsorption sites are on top of the surface oxygen and in ...

Marek's disease is a lymphoproliferative neoplastic disease of the chicken, which poses a serious threat to poultry health. Marek's disease virus (MDV)-induced T-cell lymphoma is also an excellent biomedical model for neoplasia research. Recently, miRNAs have been demonstrated to play crucial roles in mediating neoplastic transformation. To investigate host miRNA expression profiles in the tumo...

GGA (geranylgeranoic acid) is a natural polyprenoic acid, derivatives of which has been shown to prevent second primary hepatoma. GGA induces mitochondria-mediated PCD (programmed cell death), which may be relevant to cancer prevention. To gain further insights into GGA-induced PCD, autophagy processes were examined in human hepatoma-derived HuH-7 cells. Treatment of HuH-7/GFP (green fluorescen...

Radiation-induced intestinal toxicity is common among cancer patients after radiotherapy. Endothelial cell dysfunction is believed to be a critical contributor to radiation tissue injury in the intestine. Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) has been used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis. However, the protective capacity of GGA against radiation-induced intestinal injury has not been addressed. Ther...