Synthetic enhancer compounds, besides acting on biogenic amine system, influence the glutamate transmission and stress response.

Pharmaceutically available enhancer selegiline/(-)-deprenyl (DEP) in the clinically used dose shows antidepressant effect, but nothing is known about this effect in enhancer dose, and its effect on co-morbid anxiety. Moreover, data about the antidepressant/antianxiety effects of the serotonin-influencing enhancer, (2R)-1-(1-benzofuran-2-yl)-N-propylpentane-2-amine (BPAP) are also missing. The aim of the present paper is to establish the role of enhancer regulation in anxiety and follow the changes in the phosphorylation of glutamate subunits in prefrontal cortex as well as stress-related organ and hormonal changes as possible background mechanism.

Inhibitory Effect of (2R)-1-(1-Benzofuran-2-yl)-N-propylpentan-2-amine on Lung Adenocarcinoma.

BPAP is a potent enhancer substance with catecholaminergic and serotoninergic activity in the brain. It was discovered that it is also effective against certain types of experimental cancers, showing the most promising results in case of lung cancer. That is why we tested its efficacy in two different doses in a newly developed EGFR wild type mouse lung adenocarcinoma xenograft model.

The oncomir face of microRNA-206: A permanent miR-206 transfection study.

MiR-206 is a remarkable miRNA because it functions as a suppressor miRNA in rhabdomyosarcoma while at the same time, as previously showed, it can act as an oncomiRNA in SMARCB1 immunonegative soft tissue sarcomas. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of miR-206 on its several target genes in various human tumorous and normal cell lines. In the current work, we created miR-206-overexpressing cell lines (HT-1080, Caco2, iASC, and SS-iASC) using permanent transfection.

Chemodiversity of Cirsium fruits: Antiproliferative lignans, neolignans and sesquineolignans as chemotaxonomic markers.

While analyzing the fruit composition of nine European Cirsium species representing three sections (i.e., Cephalonoplos, Chamaeleon and Eriolepis), four lignans, three neolignans and three sesquineolignans were determined and used as chemotaxonomic markers.

Diethylnitrosamine induces lung adenocarcinoma in FVB/N mouse.

Background: Diethylnitrosamine is a well known carcinogen that induces cancers of various organs in mice and rats. Using FVB/N mouse strain, here we show that diethylnitrosamine induces primarily lung adenocarcinomas with modest tumor development in the liver, offering a new model to study chemical carcinogenesis in the lung.

Methods: Animals were exposed to a single high dose of diethylnitrosamine, and more than 70% of the mice developed lung cancer.

Endogenous enzyme-hydrolyzed fruit of Cirsium brachycephalum: optimal source of the antiproliferative lignan trachelogenin regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in the SW480 colon adenocarcinoma cell line.

The molecular constituents of Cirsium brachycephalum fruits were identified, quantified and isolated for the first time. The lignan glycoside tracheloside was the main compound, which was transformed quantitatively into its aglycone trachelogenin by endogenous enzymatic treatment of the fruit. Following this transformation by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) hyphenated with UV and mass spectrometry (MS) detections on a quantitative basis, the enzyme-hydrolyzed fruit was found to be the richest raw material containing trachelogenin (17.

Specific hydrolysis and accumulation of antiproliferative lignans in the fruit of Leuzea carthamoides (Willd.) DC.

Dibenzylbutyrolactone-type lignan glycosides (tracheloside and carthamoside), their aglycones (trachelogenin and carthamogenin) and feruloyl-serotonin isomers were determined in the fruits of Leuzea carthamoides by using LC-UV, LC-MS/MS and GC-MS techniques. The composition of the embryo and wall parts of the fruits was analysed before and after their hydrolysis. As a result of these studies, fruit part-specific accumulation of lignan glycosides and feruloyl-serotonins were confirmed, demonstrating that the embryo contains a high amount of lignan glycosides (tracheloside 32.