Protection from Alzheimer's-like disease in the mouse by genetic ablation of inducible nitric oxide synthase.

Brains from subjects who have Alzheimer's disease (AD) express inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). We tested the hypothesis that iNOS contributes to AD pathogenesis. Immunoreactive iNOS was detected in brains of mice with AD-like disease resulting from transgenic expression of mutant human beta-amyloid precursor protein (hAPP) and presenilin-1 (hPS1).

RsaL, a novel repressor of virulence gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

As components of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing system, LasR and PAI-1 globally regulate expression of multiple virulence determinants, as well as the second P. aeruginosa quorum-sensing system. To date, no information exists on negative regulation of the quorum-sensing cascade in P.

Influence of the MexAB-OprM multidrug efflux system on quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa nalB mutants which hyperexpress the MexAB-OprM multidrug efflux system produce reduced levels of several extracellular virulence factors known to be regulated by quorum sensing. Such mutants also produce less acylated homoserine lactone autoinducer PAI-1, consistent with an observed reduction in lasI expression. These data suggest that PAI-1 is a substrate for MexAB-OprM, and its resulting exclusion from cells hyperexpressing MexAB-OprM limits PAI-1-dependent activation of lasI and the virulence genes.

lasA and lasB genes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: analysis of transcription and gene product activity.

The lasA gene was the first of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes involved in proteolysis and elastolysis to be cloned and sequenced. Its function and significance have been studied by genetic approaches (D. S.