Yoo BK, Yanda MK, No YR, Yun CC. Human intestinal epithelial cell line SK-CO15 is a new model system to study Na /H exchanger 3. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 303: G180–G188, 2012. First published May 2, 2012; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00069.2012.—The Caco-2 cell line represents absorptive polarized intestinal epithelial cells that express multiple forms of Na /H exchanger (NHE) in their plas...

Small conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ (SK) and intermediate conductance Ca(2+)-activated K⁺ (IK) channels are thought to be involved in detrusor smooth muscle (DSM) excitability and contractility. Using naphtho[1,2-d]thiazol-2-ylamine (SKA-31), a novel and highly specific SK/IK channel activator, we investigated whether pharmacological activation of SK/IK channels reduced guinea pig DSM excitabil...

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is central during the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis, in which the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) also has an established role. TGF-β is also known to be the strongest inducer of PAI-1. To investigate the link between PAI-1 and TGF-β in fibrotic processes, we evaluated the effect of SK-216, a PAI-1-specific inhibitor, in TGF-β-dependent epithe...

As we have reported recently, the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH is able to take up and store m-iodobenzylguanidine (mIBG). This is in contrast to several other neuroblastoma cell lines, among which are SK-N-LO cells. Both cell lines were used in cell killing experiments with unlabeled and radioactive-labeled mIBG. Using 1-200 microCi m-[131I]IBG (1 h incubation time), only SK-N-SH cells...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the antifungal activity of Shikonin (SK) against Candida albicans (C. albicans) and to clarify the underlying mechanism. The results showed that the NO donors S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) and L-arginine could enhance the antifungal activity of SK, whereas the NO production inhibitor Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester ...

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), the bioactive product of sphingosine kinase (SK) activation, is a survival factor for endothelial cells. The mechanism of SK-mediated survival was investigated in endothelial cells with moderately raised intracellular SK activity. Overexpression of SK mediated survival primarily through the activation of the phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase (PI-3K)/protein kinase B ...

Berberine, an alkaloid, has anti-tumor properties in some cancer cells, but action mechanisms are not clear yet. We here investigated the anticancer activity of berberine and possible mechanisms in human neuroblastoma SK-N-SH and SK-N-MC cells. The p53-expressing cells, SK-N-SH (IC50=37 microM) were more susceptible to berberine than the p53-deficient cells, SK-N-MC (IC50 > or =100 microM) with...

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), the bioactive product of sphingosine kinase (SK) activation, is a survival factor for endothelial cells. The mechanism of SK-mediated survival was investigated in endothelial cells with moderately raised intracellular SK activity. Overexpression of SK mediated survival primarily through the activation of the phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase (PI-3K)/protein kinase B ...

AIM The study aim is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of thrombolytic treatment in acute MI comparing with anticoagulants therapy and between each other thrombolytic (SK, r-Pa). MATERIAL AND METHODS We used a prospective registry of all patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction in intensive care units in Tirana. The average drugs cost was calculated for the hospitalization period in...