Profilin2a-phosphorylation as a regulatory mechanism for actin dynamics.

Profilin is a major regulator of actin dynamics in multiple specific processes localized in different cellular compartments. This specificity is not only meditated by its binding to actin but also its interaction with phospholipids such as phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PIP ) at the membrane and a plethora of proteins containing poly-L-proline (PLP) stretches. These interactions are fine-tuned by posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation.

Nephroprotective Effect Exogenous Antioxidant Enzymes during Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Damage of Renal Tissue.

Nephroprotective effect of exogenous chimeric antioxidant enzyme with combined superoxide dismutase and peroxide activities (PSH protein) was studied on the model of ischemia/reperfusion damage of the renal tissue. It was shown that post-ischemic (25- and 45-min ischemia) intravenous administration of PSH protein significantly normalized the levels of creatinine and urea. Histological studies showed that as distinct from ischemic kidney, the structure of renal corpuscles and tubules remained unchanged, the number of atrophied glomeruli and glomeruli with exudates and protein inclusions decreased in the capsular teeth after postischemic intravenous administration of PSH protein.

The structure and evolution of Penelope in the virilis species group of Drosophila: an ancient lineage of retroelements.

The Penelope element is the key element responsible for mobilization of other transposable elements in the course of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila virilis. Penelope has an unusually complex, highly variable organization in all studied species of the virlis group. Thc BRIDGE1 element from the fish Fugu rubripes is homologous to Penelope, and database searches detected additional homologous sequences among Expressed Sequence Tags from the flatworm Schistosoma mansonii and the nematode Ancylostoma caninum.

Mobile elements and chromosomal evolution in the virilis group of Drosophila.

Species of the virilis group of Drosophila differ by multiple inversions and chromosome fusions that probably accompanied, or led to, speciation. Drosophila virilis has the primitive karyotype for the group, and natural populations are exceptional in having no chromosomal polymorphisms. We report that the genomic locations of Penelope and Ulysses transposons are nonrandomly distributed in 12 strains of D.

Influence of microwaves on different types of receptors and the role of peroxidation of lipids on receptor-protein shedding.

The effects of a continuous wave or pulse-modulated, 900 MHz microwave field were studied by in vitro assays of rat chemoreceptors. The pulsed field was modulated as rectangular waves at rates of 1, 6, 16, 32, 75, or 100 pps. The pulse-period to pulse-duration ratio was 5 in all cases, and specific absorption rates (SARs) ranged from 0.