We have identified previously a xenobiotic-responsive element, which we termed the beta-naphthoflavone-responsive element, between nucleotide -722 and -682 in the 5'-flanking region of the rat glutathione S-transferase Ya subunit gene (Rushmore, T.H., King, R.G., Paulson, K.E., and Pickett, C.B. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87, 3826-3830). The beta-naphthoflavone-responsive element is r...

The blend of waste cooking oil and rapeseed was studied as an alternative to mineral in transformers. Waste after filtering, neutralizing drying mixed with refined oil. ratio between determined based on the pour point. Physico-chemical parameters mixtures were measured according ASTM D6871, mixture examined both new aged conditions. For ageing, heated at 120 oC for 164 h air flow 5.5 L/h. In ad...

Glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL) plays an important role in regulating glutathione homeostasis. In mammals, it comprises a catalytic (GCLC) and modifier (GCLM) subunit. The existence of a modifier subunit in invertebrates has not been described to date. We now demonstrate that GCL from Drosophila melanogaster has a functional modifier subunit (DmGCLM). A putative DmGCLM was obtained as an expres...

In the present study we have investigated cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca(2+) signals in isolated mouse pancreatic acinar cells double-loaded with the fluorescent probes fluo-3 and rhod-2. Stimulation of pancreatic acinar cells with 500 nm acetylcholine caused release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores and produced cytosolic Ca(2+) signals in form of Ca(2+) waves propagating from the luminal to...