Chronic metabolic acidosis (CMA) is associated with an inhibition of fluid reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule. The effects of CMA on paracellular transport across the renal epithelial tight junction (TJ) is unknown. Claudin-2 is a transmembrane TJ-associated protein which confers TJ paracellular permeability to Na(+). We examined the effects of CMA on the expression of TJ transport prote...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in tumor associated endothelial cells (TECs) and its association with chemoresistance during acidic pH stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS Endothelial cells from human oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) were excised by laser capture microdissection (LCM) followed by analysis of UPR markers (Grp...

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of bovine follicular fluid proteins (bFF) and their differently charged groups as maturation media supplements for in vitro embryo development. bFF was obtained by aspiration from large healthy follicles (4-10 mm in diameter) and was precipitated by 30-50% (NH4)2SO4. The precipitated protein was fractionated into basic and acidic fractions...

Extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a damage-associated molecular pattern and contributes to inflammation associated diseases including cancer. Extracellular acidosis is a novel danger signal in the inflammatory sites, where it can modulate inflammation, immunity and tumor growth. Extracellular acidification was shown to inhibit P2X7-mediated channel currents, while it remains unkn...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the mechanism of pravastatin- and rosuvastatin-induced cytotoxicity and the relationship between pravastatin- and rosuvastatin-induced cytotoxicity and medium pH using human prototypic embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma cell line (RD) and rat myoblast cell line (L6) as a model of in vitro skeletal muscle. METHODS Statin-induced reduction of cell viability ...

Objective: The aim of the present study is to formulate and evaluate enteric coated pellets of Rifampicin and Isoniazid with improved Rifampicin stability in invitro conditions. Methodology: Two different capsule formulations of these drugs were prepared. Formulation-I contains immediate release uncoated pellets of Rifampicin and Isoniazid. Formulation-IIcontains immediate release enteric coate...

Layer-separated 3D nitrogen doped graphene (NG) with an accessible interstitial surface and modulated activity characteristics for oxygen reduction in acidic medium could be prepared by wrapping NG sheets on in situ generated carbon nitride (CNx) tetrapods.

A three-dimensional metal selenate of the formula [C2N2H10][La2(SeO4)4(H2O)3].H2O, comprising La2Se4 building units and possessing 12-membered channels, has been prepared in an acidic medium under hydrothermal conditions.

The reduction of sulfite in acidic medium was found to lead to the production of a radical anion that provides a versatile, sensitive and readily accessible diagnostic alternative to current electrochemical detection methodologies.

The cost-effective and environmentally benign separation of thorium from an aqueous acidic medium using spent food/agro-byproducts was studied. processes followed the Langmuir isotherm model kinetics; were entropic endothermic nature.