BACKGROUND Class A macrophage scavenger receptor (SR-A) is a macrophage-restricted multifunctional molecule that optimizes the inflammatory response by modulation of the activity of inflammatory cytokines. This study was conducted with SR-A-deficient (SR-A(-/-)) mice to evaluate the relationship between SR-A and cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS Experimental ...

Scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) is expressed in macrophages, but its role in sterol trafficking in these cells remains controversial. We examined the effect of sterol loading on SR-BI expression in human monocytes/macrophages, mouse peritoneal macrophages, and a cultured mouse macrophage cell line (J774 cells). Sterol loading using either acetylated LDL or 25-hydroxycholesterol result...

Introduction In all types of muscle cells, contraction is initiated by an increase in intracellular Ca. Another similarity among skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle cells is that much of the Ca responsible for contraction is released from the SR. Beyond these common features, however, molecular and subcellular differences among muscle types can frequently explain functional differences. For in...

The physiological role of murine scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) was evaluated by in vivo clearances of human HDL3 and LDL in normal and SR-BI knockout (KO) mice. In normal mice, cholesteryl esters (CEs) were removed faster than proteins, indicating a selective uptake process from both HDL3 and LDL. SR-BI KO mice showed 80% losses of HDL-CE selective uptake and the complete loss of LD...

Introduction Cardiac myocyte contraction is driven by the coordinated release of Ca from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). This release of Ca occurs through the cardiac RyR2. Physiologically, Ca release occurs in response to an influx of Ca through L-type Ca channels, via a mechanism termed CICR. This transient increase in cytosolic Ca activates the RyR2 channel as a result of Ca binding to the ...

We measure nonlocal third-order spatial correlations in nondegenerate ultracold gases of bosonic ($^{84}\mathrm{Sr}$) and spin-polarized fermionic ($^{87}\mathrm{Sr}$) strontium through studies the formation rates for ultralong-range trimer Rydberg molecules. The production rate is observed to be very sensitive effects quantum statistics with a strong enhancement up factor 6 (3!), case $^{84}\m...

Using macrophage scavenger receptor-A knockout (SRKO) mice, we examined the role of macrophage class A scavenger receptors (MRS-A) on the immune response and acquisition of host resistance against repeated infestation with Haemaphysalis longicornis. Except for one batch of nymphs that infested one of the SRKO (SR-/-) mice and showed no appreciable reduction in body weight, all the other groups ...

Class B scavenger receptor type I (SR-BI) is a phosphatidylserine (PS)-recognizing receptor of testicular Sertoli cells responsible for the phagocytosis of spermatogenic cells undergoing apoptosis. Here, we determined signal mediators that compose a signalling pathway for SR-BI-induced phagocytosis. Results of a yeast two-hybrid analysis and a cell-free binding assay indicated that SR-BI binds ...

Introduction Cardiac myocyte contraction is driven by the coordinated release of Ca from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). This release of Ca occurs through the cardiac RyR2. Physiologically, Ca release occurs in response to an influx of Ca through L-type Ca channels, via a mechanism termed CICR. This transient increase in cytosolic Ca activates the RyR2 channel as a result of Ca binding to the ...

Introduction Cardiac myocyte contraction is driven by the coordinated release of Ca from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). This release of Ca occurs through the cardiac RyR2. Physiologically, Ca release occurs in response to an influx of Ca through L-type Ca channels, via a mechanism termed CICR. This transient increase in cytosolic Ca activates the RyR2 channel as a result of Ca binding to the ...