Normal Human Fibroblasts Produce Membrane-Bound and Soluble Isoforms of FGFR-1

2000 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie L. Root ◽  
Gary D. Shipley
Keyword(s):  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Membrane Bound

scholarly journals Precursor-Boosted Production of Metabolites in Nasturtium officinale Microshoots Grown in Plantform Bioreactors, and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Biomass Extracts

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (15) ◽  
pp. 4660
Author(s):  
Marta Klimek-Szczykutowicz ◽  
Michał Dziurka ◽  
Ivica Blažević ◽  
Azra Đulović ◽  
Małgorzata Miazga-Karska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photosynthetic Pigments ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Precursor Feeding ◽  
Nasturtium Officinale ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Inhibition Zones ◽  
Ferulic Acids ◽  
Antioxidant And Antimicrobial Activities

The study demonstrated the effects of precursor feeding on the production of glucosinolates (GSLs), flavonoids, polyphenols, saccharides, and photosynthetic pigments in Nasturtium officinale microshoot cultures grown in Plantform bioreactors. It also evaluated the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of extracts. L-phenylalanine (Phe) and L-tryptophan (Trp) as precursors were tested at 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, and 3.0 mM. They were added at the beginning (day 0) or on day 10 of the culture. Microshoots were harvested after 20 days. Microshoots treated with 3.0 mM Phe (day 0) had the highest total GSL content (269.20 mg/100 g DW). The qualitative and quantitative profiles of the GSLs (UHPLC-DAD-MS/MS) were influenced by precursor feeding. Phe at 3.0 mM stimulated the best production of 4-methoxyglucobrassicin (149.99 mg/100 g DW) and gluconasturtiin (36.17 mg/100 g DW). Total flavonoids increased to a maximum of 1364.38 mg/100 g DW with 3.0 mM Phe (day 0), and polyphenols to a maximum of 1062.76 mg/100 g DW with 3.0 mM Trp (day 0). The precursors also increased the amounts of p-coumaric and ferulic acids, and rutoside, and generally increased the production of active photosynthetic pigments. Antioxidant potential increased the most with 0.1 mM Phe (day 0) (CUPRAC, FRAP), and with 0.5 mM Trp (day 10) (DPPH). The extracts of microshoots treated with 3.0 mM Phe (day 0) showed the most promising bacteriostatic activity against microaerobic Gram-positive acne strains (MIC 250–500 µg/mL, 20–21 mm inhibition zones). No extract was cytotoxic to normal human fibroblasts over the tested concentration range (up to 250 μg/mL).

scholarly journals Generation of nonviral integration-free human iPS cell line KISCOi001-A from normal human fibroblasts, under defined xeno-free and feeder-free conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 102193
Author(s):  
Jose Inzunza ◽  
Jonathan Arias-Fuenzalida ◽  
Juan Segura-Aguilar ◽  
Ivan Nalvarte ◽  
Mukesh Varshney
Keyword(s):  
Cell Line ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Ips Cell ◽  
Normal Human

scholarly journals Scaffold Hopping of α-Rubromycin Enables Direct Access to FDA-Approved Cromoglicic Acid as a SARS-CoV-2 MPro Inhibitor

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 541
Author(s):  
Hani A. Alhadrami ◽  
Ahmed M. Sayed ◽  
Heba Al-Khatabi ◽  
Nabil A. Alhakamy ◽  
Mostafa E. Rateb
Keyword(s):  
Binding Free Energy ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Energy Calculation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Novel Scaffold

The COVID-19 pandemic is still active around the globe despite the newly introduced vaccines. Hence, finding effective medications or repurposing available ones could offer great help during this serious situation. During our anti-COVID-19 investigation of microbial natural products (MNPs), we came across α-rubromycin, an antibiotic derived from Streptomyces collinus ATCC19743, which was able to suppress the catalytic activity (IC50 = 5.4 µM and Ki = 3.22 µM) of one of the viral key enzymes (i.e., MPro). However, it showed high cytotoxicity toward normal human fibroblasts (CC50 = 16.7 µM). To reduce the cytotoxicity of this microbial metabolite, we utilized a number of in silico tools (ensemble docking, molecular dynamics simulation, binding free energy calculation) to propose a novel scaffold having the main pharmacophoric features to inhibit MPro with better drug-like properties and reduced/minimal toxicity. Nevertheless, reaching this novel scaffold synthetically is a time-consuming process, particularly at this critical time. Instead, this scaffold was used as a template to explore similar molecules among the FDA-approved medications that share its main pharmacophoric features with the aid of pharmacophore-based virtual screening software. As a result, cromoglicic acid (aka cromolyn) was found to be the best hit, which, upon in vitro MPro testing, was 4.5 times more potent (IC50 = 1.1 µM and Ki = 0.68 µM) than α-rubromycin, with minimal cytotoxicity toward normal human fibroblasts (CC50 > 100 µM). This report highlights the potential of MNPs in providing unprecedented scaffolds with a wide range of therapeutic efficacy. It also revealed the importance of cheminformatics tools in speeding up the drug discovery process, which is extremely important in such a critical situation.

scholarly journals Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Protects the Proliferative Capacity of Confluent Normal Human Fibroblasts

2005 ◽  
Vol 280 (18) ◽  
pp. 18033-18041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehab H. Sarsour ◽  
Manjula Agarwal ◽  
Tej K. Pandita ◽  
Larry W. Oberley ◽  
Prabhat C. Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Manganese Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Proliferative Capacity ◽  
Manganese Superoxide ◽  
Normal Human

Cardiolipin induces premature senescence in normal human fibroblasts

2004 ◽  
Vol 323 (3) ◽  
pp. 739-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Palaniyappan Arivazhagan ◽  
Emi Mizutani ◽  
Michihiko Fujii ◽  
Dai Ayusawa
Keyword(s):  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Premature Senescence ◽  
Normal Human

scholarly journals A branching process model for the analysis of abortive colony size distributions in carbon ion-irradiated normal human fibroblasts

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sakashita ◽  
N. Hamada ◽  
I. Kawaguchi ◽  
T. Hara ◽  
Y. Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colony Size ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Branching Process ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Carbon Ion ◽  
Normal Human
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