We previously reported that the promoter proximal portion of the mouse renin enhancer contains a binding site for NF-Y (Ea) that overlaps with a positive regulatory element (Eb). In the context of the renin enhancer, NF-Y acts to oppose enhancer activity. We tested the hypothesis that NF-Y acts as a negative regulator by physically blocking the binding of transcription factors to element-b (Eb)...

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of cytosolic calcium for renin gene expression in juxtaglomerular cells. For this purpose, we used the immortalized juxtaglomerular mouse cell line As4.1. To increase cytosolic calcium concentration, we treated the cells with thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic acid, inhibitors of the endoplasmatic reticulum Ca- ATPase. Thapsigargin and cyclopiazonic...

stabilities and quantum molecular descriptors of cyclophoshphamide (an anticancer drug)-functionalized (8,0) zigzag and (4,4) armchair carbon nanotubes (cnts) complexes in water were studied using density functional theory (dft) calculations. two attachments namely the sidewall- and tip-attachments are considered for the model constructions. calculations of the total electronic energy (et) and ...

Tissue angiotensin generation depends on the uptake of circulating (kidney-derived) renin and/or its precursor prorenin [together denoted as (pro)renin]. Since tissue renin levels are usually somewhat higher than expected based upon the amount of (renin-containing) blood in tissue, an active uptake mechanism has been proposed. Several candidates have been evaluated in the past three decades, in...

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is critical for the control of blood pressure and salt balance in mammals. Renin is an aspartyl protease synthesized as prorenin, a proenzyme that contains an additional 43–amino acid N-terminal fragment. The physiological maturation of prorenin into active renin takes place exclusively in the juxtaglomerular cells of the kidney (1). Renin has high substrate s...

To identify genes that are differentially expressed in the developing testis we used representational difference analysis of complementary DNA from gonads of mouse embryos at 13.5 days postcoitum (dpc). Three genes were identified. One of them was a novel gene termed tescalcin that encoded a putative EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein. The open reading frame consisted of 642 nucleotides encoding a ...

the purpose of this work is to develop robust and interpretable quantitative structure”activity relationship (qsar) models for assessing the aquatic toxicity of phenols using a combined set of descriptors encompassing the logp and recently developed variables (monconn-z variables). the used dataset consists of 250 chemicals with toxicity data to the ciliate tetrahymena pyriformis. for each com...