Saraca indica is an important medicinal plant and the compounds present in this are very much helpful preventing various diseases. Therefore, aim of study was to investigate antioxidant activity vitro investigation S. extract on lead-induced toxicity HepG2 HEK293 cell lines. The assay performed by two methods such as 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-s...

BACKGROUND With a traditional medical use for treatment of various ailments, herbal preparations of Echinacea are now popularly used to improve immune responses. One likely mode of action is that alkamides from Echinacea bind to cannabinoid type 2 (CB2) receptors and induce a transient increase in intracellular Ca2+. Here, we show that unidentified compounds from Echinacea purpurea induce cytos...

ON THE INNER FRONT COVER: Septin‐caged Shigella flexneri in infected HEK293 cells. Bacteria and actin are labelled red, SEPT7 green, DNA blue. Credit: Gizem Ozbaykal‐Guler Serge Mostowy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine image

Odorant receptors of zebrafish and C elegans were functionally expressed in vertebrate kidney cells (HEK293) using the eucaryotic expression vector pSMyc. Receptor-encoding cDNA cloned into this vector was expressed as a fusion protein with the N-terminal membrane import sequence of the guinea-pig serotonin receptor followed by a myc tag. Immunocytochemical evidence indicates that this strategy...

The mechanical features of individual animal cells have been regarded as indicators of cell type and state. Previously, we investigated the surface mechanics of cancer and normal stromal cells in adherent and suspended states using atomic force microscopy. Cancer cells possessed specific mechanical and actin cytoskeleton features that were distinct from normal stromal cells in adherent and susp...

The dopamine transporter (DAT), a membrane protein specifically expressed by dopaminergic neurons and mediating the action of psychostimulants and dopaminergic neurotoxins, is regulated by Zn(2+) which directly interacts with the protein. Herein, we report a host-cell-specific direction of the Zn(2+) effect on wild type DAT. Whereas low mumolar Zn(2+) decreased dopamine uptake by DAT expressing...

Aim: To construct an HEK293 cell line stably expressing human dopamine D1 receptor (D1R). Methods: cDNA was amplified by RT-PCR using total RNA from human embryo brain tissue as the template. The PCR products were subcloned into the plasmid pcDNA3 and cloned into the plasmid pcDNA3.1. The cloned D1R cDNA was sequenced and stably expressed in HEK293 cells. Expression of D1R in HEK293 cells was m...