Aldosterone is traditionally viewed as a hormone regulating electrolyte and blood pressure homeostasis. Recent studies suggest that Aldo can cause microvascular damage, oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction. However, its exact cellular mechanisms remain obscure. This study was undertaken to examine the effect of Aldo on superoxide production in human umbilical artery endothelial cel...

Die nachhaltige Abscheidung und Umwandlung von Kohlendioxid (CO2) ist ein Schlüssel für das Erreichen einer kreislauforientierten Kohlenstoffwirtschaft. Bioelektrokatalyse verspricht, dieses Ziel zu erreichen. funktionale Integration CO2-fixierenden Enzymen in Materialien zur Elektrodenfunktionalisierung die Elektrosynthese stereochemisch komplexer Moleküle muss jedoch erst noch demonstriert we...

Nicotinamide cofactor-dependent oxidoreductases have become a valuable tool for the synthesis of high value chiral compounds. The feasibility biocatalytic processes involving these enzymes stands and falls with efficiency regeneration cofactors. In this study, we describe novel NADPH method based on natural thioredoxin electron delivery system. Thioredoxin 1 (Trx1) reductase (TR) from Thermus t...

Protoplasts purified from pea (Pisum sativum L.) leaves were lysed and fractionated to assess the subcellular distribution of NADPH-dependent hydroxypyruvate reductase (NADPH-HPR) activity. Rate-zonal centrifugation and sucrose-gradient experiments demonstrated that most (about 70%) of the NADPH-HPR activity was located in the supernatant or cytosol fraction. Detectable, but relatively minor ac...

NADPH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced form) plays pivotal roles in antioxidation and reductive biosynthesis. However, the effect of NADPH treatment on cell survival is unknown. In this study, we determined the effect of NADPH treatment on the survival of glioma cells. Treatment of C6 glioma cells with as low as 1 μM NADPH for 24 hrs induced a significant decrease in the su...

Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is the principal source of reducing power in numerous processes of physiological importance. We examined the influence of oxidative stress on the relative amounts of NADPH in human red blood cells (RBCs). To determine the homeostasis of the NADPH existing in the reduced form following oxidation, we developed an improved method for meas...

chronic granulomatous disease (cgd), a rare inherited primary immunodeficiency disorder,  is  caused  by  mutation  in  any  one  of  the  genes  encoding  components   of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (nadph)-oxidase enzyme. ncf2 gene (encoding p67-phox component) is one of them and its mutation is less common to cause cgd (around 5-6%). here, we assessed mutation analysis of ncf...

NADPH oxidases transport electrons from cytosolic NADPH through biological membranes to generate reactive oxygen species. NADPH oxidase 4, broadly expressed in humans, is an interesting pharmacological target, since its activity is deregulated in several diseases, including pulmonary fibrosis, diabetic nephropathy, and cardiac hypertrophy. Whereas several candidate NADPH oxidase 4 inhibitors we...