Previous studies have shown that melanoma patients develop an im mune response to cell surface melanoma-associated antigens. The pres ence of this antibody response to cell surface antigens has been correlated with a better clinical outcome when melanoma patients are treated with an allogeneic melanoma cell vaccine (MCV) as an active immunotherapy protocol. It was hypothesized that the inabilit...

The isolated perfused rat mesenteric bed releases endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) in response to acetylcholine (ACh) or histamine. I propose that EDHF released in the mesenteric vascular bed is a cytochrome P450 (CYP)-linked, arachidonate metabolite. In the presence of nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and indomethacin, injections of ACh (0.001 to 10 nmol) or histamine (0...

Activators of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) interact directly with its prosthetic heme group, enhancing the enzyme responsiveness in pathological conditions. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the sGC activator BAY 58-2667 on voiding dysfunction, protein expressions of α1 and β1 sGC subunits and cGMP levels in the bladder tissues after cyclophosphamide (CYP) exposure. Female C57BL/6 m...

BACKGROUND P450 fatty acid decarboxylases represented by the unusual CYP152 peroxygenase family member OleTJE have been receiving great attention recently since these P450 enzymes are able to catalyze the simple and direct production of 1-alkenes for potential applications in biofuels and biomaterials. To gain more mechanistic insights, broader substrate spectra, and improved decarboxylative ac...

1-beta-D-Arabinofuranosyl-E-5-(2-bromovinyl)uracil (BV-araU) reduced the mortality rates of (i) 7-week-old, cyclophosphamide-treated, immunosuppressed mice (CYP mice) intraperitoneally infected with a moderately virulent strain of herpes simplex virus type 1 and (ii) 4-week-old CYP mice infected with a less virulent strain at doses of 20 and 50 mg/kg of body weight twice daily and 5 mg/kg, resp...

Cytochromes P450 (CYP) belong to the most important biotransformation enzymes, therefore, their inhibition may lead to serious pharmacological and toxicological consequences. Albendazole (ABZ) is a benzimidazole anthelmintic widely used in human and veterinary medicine. The effects of ABZ on CYP were investigated on the rat (Rattus norvergicus) and mouflon (Ovis musimon) hepatic microsomes. Bes...

The adverse effect of cypermethrin on the liver and kidney of weanling female rats and the protective effect of ethanolic extract of grape pomace were investigated in the present study. Weanling female rats were given cypermethrin oral at a dose of 25 mg kg(-1) body weight for 28 consecutive days. An additional two Cyp-trated groups received extract at a dose of 100 and 200 mg kg(-1) body weigh...

Previous studies have shown that melanoma patients develop an immune response to cell surface melanoma-associated antigens. The presence of this antibody response to cell surface antigens has been correlated with a better clinical outcome when melanoma patients are treated with an allogeneic melanoma cell vaccine (MCV) as an active immunotherapy protocol. It was hypothesized that the inability ...

Previous studies of propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) pharmacology have shown that this widely used anaesthetic drug is extensively cleared from the body by conjugation of the parent molecule or its quinol metabolite. On the basis of potential influence of propofol on the metabolism of co-administered agents, many investigators have evaluated the effects of propofol on cytochrome P450 (CYP) acti...

Currently used hepatocyte cell systems for in vitro assessment of drug metabolism include hepatoma cell lines and primary human hepatocyte (PHH) cultures. We investigated the suitability of the validated in vivo Basel phenotyping cocktail (caffeine [CYP1A2], efavirenz [CYP2B6], losartan [CYP2C9], omeprazole [CYP2C19], metoprolol [CYP2D6], midazolam [CYP3A4]) in vitro and characterized four hepa...