Exposure to excessive light induces retinal photoreceptor cell damage, leading to development and progression of various retinal diseases. We tested the effect of geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), an acyclic polyisoprenoid, on light-induced retinal damage in mice. Oral treatment with GGA (1.0 mg/d) for 5 d induced thioredoxin (Trx) and heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72) predominantly in the retinal pigme...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to assess the effects of geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) on ischemia-induced retinal injury. METHODS Adult C57BL/6J mice were given oral treatments of GGA at 200 mg/kg daily for seven days. Ischemic retinal injury was carried out, and the extent of retinal cell death was quantitatively examined after 7 days. Immunohistochemistry for single-stranded DNA, phosphoryl...

In this work, the structural, elastic, electronic, thermodynamic, optical, and thermoelectric properties of cubic phase SnTiO3 employing first-principles calculation are examined. The calculations all parameters via various potentials such as LDA, PBE-GGA, WC-GGA, PBEsol-GGA, mBJ-GGA, nmBJ-GGA, HSE performed. computed band structure yields an indirect bandgap 1.88 eV with approach. optical have...

adsorption of co molecule on the vanadium surface has been studied by using of the dft method with lanl2dz,6-31g* and 6-31g** basis sets by gga approximation of theory. using periodic first principles simulations we investigate the interaction of oxygen molecule with regular v (100) surface. the limitation of this approach is the use of thin metallic slabs with a limited range for their coverag...

We have performed density-functional calculations for III-V nitrides using the pseudopotential plane-wave method where the d states of the Ga and In atoms are included as valence states. Results obtained using both the local-density approximation ~LDA! and the generalized gradient approximation ~GGA! for the exchangecorrelation functional are compared. Bulk properties, including lattice constan...

AIM To study the inhibitory effect of general gambogic acids (GGA) on transplantation tumor SMMC-7721 in experimental animal model and SMMC-7721 cells in vitro. METHODS Anti-tumor activity of GGA in the experimental transplantation tumor SMMC-7721 was evaluated by relative tumor growth ratio. Cell morphology was observed with inverted microscope and electron microscope. Cell proliferation was...

This study explores the degree to which GGA, meta-GGA, hybrid GGA, and hybrid meta-GGA functionals of density functional theory (DFT), when used with the 6-31+G(d) basis set, are able to reproduce the MP2/6-31+G(d) structures and energetics of the species involved in the reactions of halomethyllithium carbenoids with ethylene. While many popular DFT functionals have been parametrized and/or ben...

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are stress-induced chaperones that are involved in neurological disease. Although increasingly implicated in behavioral disorders, the mechanisms of HSP action, and the relevant functional pathways, are still unclear. We examined whether oral administration of geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), a known HSP inducer, produced an antidepressant effect in a social defeat stress...

UDP-galactosyltransferase (UDP-Gal-T) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of mucus glycoprotein which plays an important role in gastric mucosal defensive mechanisms. Analysis of gastric UDP-Gal-T activity should clarify the mechanisms of the action of antiulcer drugs regarding gastric defensive factors. Here, we examined UDP-Gal-T activity in rat gastric mucosa treated with the antiulcer drugs ge...

The spinel cobalt oxide Co3O4 is a magnetic semiconductor containing cobalt ions in Co2+ and Co3+ oxidation states. We have studied the electronic, magnetic, and bonding properties of Co3O4 using density functional theory (DFT) at the Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA), GGA+U, and PBE0 hybrid functional levels. The GGA correctly predicts Co3O4 to be a semiconductor but severely underestim...