Cell Model for Quantum Fluids. I

1964 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 975-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Henderson ◽  
Robert D. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Cell Model ◽  
Quantum Fluids

Cell Model for Quantum Fluids. II. Thermodynamic Properties of Liquid H2

1964 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 2705-2708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Reed ◽  
Douglas Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Thermodynamic Properties ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
Quantum Fluids

Cell model for quantum fluids. III. Compressional waves in liquid hydrogen

1965 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1309
Author(s):  
R Chen ◽  
D Henderson ◽  
RD Reed
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Thermodynamic Properties ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
Liquid Hydrogen ◽  
Quantum Fluids ◽  
Velocity Of Sound ◽  
Compressional Waves ◽  
Quantum Parameter

The velocity of sound is calculated for each of the isotopic forms of liquid hydrogen using the quantum cell model. The velocity of sound increases as the pressure increases and decreases as the temperature increases. Also the reduced velocity of sound decreases as the value of the quantum parameter, Λ*, increases. In addition, the thermodynamic properties of liquid hydrogen compressed by a shock wave are calculated.

Endogenous hydrogen sulfide sulfhydrates IKKβ at cysteine 179 to control pulmonary artery endothelial cell inflammation

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (20) ◽  
pp. 2045-2059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da Zhang ◽  
Xiuli Wang ◽  
Siyao Chen ◽  
Selena Chen ◽  
Wen Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Sulfide ◽  
Endothelial Cell ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
Site Directed Mutagenesis ◽  
Critical Event ◽  
Hypertensive Rats ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cell

Abstract Background: Pulmonary artery endothelial cell (PAEC) inflammation is a critical event in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, the pathogenesis of PAEC inflammation remains unclear. Methods: Purified recombinant human inhibitor of κB kinase subunit β (IKKβ) protein, human PAECs and monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats were employed in the study. Site-directed mutagenesis, gene knockdown or overexpression were conducted to manipulate the expression or activity of a target protein. Results: We showed that hydrogen sulfide (H2S) inhibited IKKβ activation in the cell model of human PAEC inflammation induced by monocrotaline pyrrole-stimulation or knockdown of cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE), an H2S generating enzyme. Mechanistically, H2S was proved to inhibit IKKβ activity directly via sulfhydrating IKKβ at cysteinyl residue 179 (C179) in purified recombinant IKKβ protein in vitro, whereas thiol reductant dithiothreitol (DTT) reversed H2S-induced IKKβ inactivation. Furthermore, to demonstrate the significance of IKKβ sulfhydration by H2S in the development of PAEC inflammation, we mutated C179 to serine (C179S) in IKKβ. In purified IKKβ protein, C179S mutation of IKKβ abolished H2S-induced IKKβ sulfhydration and the subsequent IKKβ inactivation. In human PAECs, C179S mutation of IKKβ blocked H2S-inhibited IKKβ activation and PAEC inflammatory response. In pulmonary hypertensive rats, C179S mutation of IKKβ abolished the inhibitory effect of H2S on IKKβ activation and pulmonary vascular inflammation and remodeling. Conclusion: Collectively, our in vivo and in vitro findings demonstrated, for the first time, that endogenous H2S directly inactivated IKKβ via sulfhydrating IKKβ at Cys179 to inhibit nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway activation and thereby control PAEC inflammation in PAH.

Search for Compounds Suppressing Intestinal α-Glucosidase Expression in Caco-2 Cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Kota Noda ◽  
Eisuke Kato ◽  
Jun Kawabata
Keyword(s):  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Intestinal Tract ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
Epigallocatechin Gallate ◽  
Calluna Vulgaris ◽  
Active Principle ◽  
Intestinal Epithelial ◽  
Mrna Expression Level ◽  
Epicatechin Gallate ◽  
Control Post

Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose level.Reducing carbohydrate absorption from the intestinal tract is an effective strategy to control post-meal blood glucose level. Inhibition of intestinal α-glucosidase, involved in digestion of carbohydrates, is known as an approach to accomplish this. On the other hand, reduction of α-glucosidase amount is expected to work in the similar manner. However, none of the previousstudy pursues this approach. A convenient assay was developed to evaluate α-glucosidase amount employing Caco-2 cells, the intestinal epithelial cell model reported to express α-glucosidase. Sixty plants were screened and two candidate plants, Calluna vulgaris and Perilla frutescens var. crispa were found to reduce α-glucosidase expression. C. vulgaris extract was subjected to activity guided isolation. Proanthocyanidin was identified as the active principle which was analyzed by thiol decomposition to reveal the components as a mixture ofcatechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, and A type procyanidin dimer. The proanthocyanidin suppressed about 30% of α-glucosidase amount evaluated through convenient assay, and suppressed bulk of mRNA expression level of sucrase-isomaltase (SI) at 0.125 mg/mL. Several flavan-3-ol monomers were also tested, and epicatechin gallate and epigallocatechin gallate were found to suppress α-glucosidase amount significantly.

INVERSE UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION OF A CELL MODEL USING A GAUSSIAN PROCESS METAMODEL

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-349
Author(s):  
Kevin de Vries ◽  
Anna Nikishova ◽  
Benjamin Czaja ◽  
Gábor Závodszky ◽  
Alfons G. Hoekstra
Keyword(s):  
Gaussian Process ◽  
Uncertainty Quantification ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
A Cell

Improved micro-impedance spectroscopy to determine cell barrier properties

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mehadi Hasan Sohag ◽  
Olivier Nicoud ◽  
Racha Amine ◽  
Abir Khalil-Mgharbel ◽  
Jean-Pierre Alcaraz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impedance Spectroscopy ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Lipid Bilayers ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Cell Monolayer ◽  
Microfluidic Channel ◽  
Small Surface ◽  
Resistance Pathway

AbstractThe goal of this study was to determine whether the Tethapod system, which was designed to determine the impedance properties of lipid bilayers, could be used for cell culture in order to utilise micro-impedance spectroscopy to examine further biological applications. To that purpose we have used normal epithelial cells from kidney (RPTEC) and a kidney cancer cell model (786-O). We demonstrate that the Tethapod system is compatible with the culture of 10,000 cells seeded to grow on a small area gold measurement electrode for several days without affecting the cell viability. Furthermore, the range of frequencies for EIS measurements were tuned to examine easily the characteristics of the cell monolayer. We demonstrate significant differences in the paracellular resistance pathway between normal and cancer kidney epithelial cells. Thus, we conclude that this device has advantages for the study of cultured cells that include (i) the configuration of measurement and reference electrodes across a microfluidic channel, and (ii) the small surface area of 6 parallel measurement electrodes (2.1 mm2) integrated in a microfluidic system. These characteristics might improve micro-impedance spectroscopy measurement techniques to provide a simple tool for further studies in the field of the patho-physiology of biological barriers.

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