Chlorpheniramine (CPAM) is a chiral antihistaminic drug commercialized as a racemic mixture. The intestinal investigated in rat using in vitro experiment. Experiments showed that the absorption is not stereoselective. Moreover, the in vitro metabolism of CPAM are not modified by modulator of P-glycoprotein and cytochromes P450
Chlorpheniramine ; Glycoproteins ; Metabolism ; Mice ; Animal Experimentation

Glycoproteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Herpesviridae ; genetics ; metabolism ; Viral Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism

To explore the effects of miR-101-3p on IL-1β-induced chondrocyte injury and its underlying mechanisms.
 Methods: Chondrocytes were divided into 4 groups: a control group (NC group), a IL-1β group, a negative control group (IL-1β+miR-NC group), and a miR-101-3p group (IL-1β+miR-101-3p group), which were treated with IL-1β after transfecting with miR-101-3p mimic or negative mimic. The expressions of miR-101-3p-5p and stanniocalcin 1 (STC1) at different concentrations of IL-1β (1, 5, 10 ng/mL)-induced chondrocytes were detected by Western blotting and real-time PCR. MTT assay was used to detect cell proliferation rate, while caspases assay kits and flow cytometry were used to measure the cell caspase and apoptosis level. Western blotting assay was used to detect the expression levels of pro-inflammatory and ECM-related protein, such as matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) and collagen Type II. In addition, 3'-untranslated regions (UTR) of wild-type STC1 (STC1-3'-UTR-WT) or 3'-UTR of mutant STC1 (STC1-3'-UTR-MUT) were co-transfected with miR-101-3p mimic or miR-NC, respectively, while luciferase reporter assay was used to examine the regulative role of miR-101-3p in STC1. In order to detect whether STC1 was involved in the effect of miR-101-3p on chondrocytes, miR-NC (miR-NC group), miR-101-3p (miR-101-3p group), anti-NC (anti-NC group) and anti-miR-101-3p (anti-miR-101-3p group) were respectively transfected into the cells, and the expression of STC1 protein was detected by Western blotting. Subsequently, the cells were randomly divided into a miR-101-3P group (IL-1β+miR-101-3p group), an over-expression control group (IL-1β+miR-101-3p+ad-GFP group), and an over-expression STC1 group (IL-1β+miR-101-3p+ad-STC1 group) to investigate whether STC1 was involved in the role of miR-101-3p in chondrocyte. Similarly, MTT assay was used to detect cell proliferation rate, caspases assay kits and flow cytometry were used to measure the cell caspase and apoptosis level. Western blotting assay was used to detect the expression levels of pro-inflammatory and ECM-related protein MMP9 and collagen Type II.
 Results: Compared with the 0 ng/mL IL-1β, the expression of miR-101-3p was decreased in chondrocyte at different concentration of IL-1β (1, 5, 10 ng/mL) (all P<0.05), while the level of STC1 was increased (P<0.05). Compared with the NC group, the chondrocyte proliferation rate was down-regulated (P<0.05), while the apoptosis rate, the levels of caspases, IL-6 and TNF-α were increased in the IL-1β group (P<0.05). Moreover, the MMP9 levels were increased obviously, and the protein levels of collagen Type II were decreased in the IL-1β group compared with the NC group (both P<0.05). Compared with the IL-1β+miR-NC group, the proliferation rate was increased (P<0.05), whereas the apoptosis rates, the caspase-3/9 levels, the IL-6 and TNF-α levels were increased in the IL-1β+miR-101-3p group (all P<0.05). Then MMP9 levels were decreased obviously (P<0.05), and the protein levels of collagen Type II were increased in IL-1β+miR-101-3p group compared with the IL-1β+miR-NC group (both P<0.05). In addition, the double luciferase assay showed that the STC1 levels could be inhibited in the miR-101-3p group compared with the miR-NC group (P<0.05). STC1 levels were decreased in the miR-101-3p group compared with the miR-NC group (P<0.05), and the STC1 levels were increased in the anti-miR-101-3p group compared with those in the anti-NC group (P<0.05). The results of miR-101-3p+ad-STC1 group showed that compared with the miR-101-3p+ad-GFP group, the STC1 could reverse the effects of miR-101-3p on IL-1β-induced proliferation, apoptosis, inflammatory responses and ECM protein of chondrocytes.
 Conclusion: The regulation of miR-101-3p/STC1 signal pathway may have a role in reducing the IL-1β-induced chondrocyte injury.
Cell Proliferation ; Chondrocytes ; Glycoproteins ; metabolism ; Interleukin-1beta ; metabolism ; MicroRNAs

OBJECTIVE: To construct a eukaryotic expression vector of human tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2 (TFPI-2) and to investigate the effect of TFPI-2 gene on the growth of acute monocytic leukemia cell line (SHI-1). METHODS: The cDNA of TFPI-2 was obtained by genetic chemical synthesis, the TFPI-2 gene and the linear vector fragment were ligated and inserted into the multiple cloning site of PEGFP-N1 vector, and the eukaryotic expression vector PEGFP-N1-TFPI-2 was transfected SHI-1 cells, then the obtained SHI-1 cells was observed by fluorescence microscopy; MTT assay was used to detect the effect of TFPI-2 gene on the relative growth rate of SHI-1 cells at the different time-point; RT-PCR was used to detect TFPI-2 mRNA expression levels in the cells of each group before and after TFPI-2 transfection; TFPI-2 protein expression was detected by Western blot. The cells which successfully transfected with PEGFP-N1-TFPI-2 vector were named as SHI-1-TFPI-2 (experimental group), and the cells transfected with the empty vector pEGFP-N1 and the untransfected cells were named as SHI-1-V and SHI-1-P and used as the control group. RESULTS: The human TFPI-2 gene eukaryotic expression vector PEGFP-N1-TFPI-2 was successfully constructed, then the transfected into SHI-1 cells, observed by fluorescence microscopy 24 hours later, as a result, the PEGFP-N1-TFPI-2 was successfully transferred into SHI-1 cells, and the number of fluorescent cells increased after 48 h and 72 h. RT-PCR showed that the gray scale ratio of TFPI-2 gene to β- actin in the experimental group was higher than that in the control group. The gray scale ratio was 0.51±0.04 in SHI-1-V group, 0.52±0.03 in SHI-1-P group, 0.87±0.08 in SHI-1-TFPI-2 group, and the difference between SHI-1-TFPI-2 and SHI-1-V, SHI-1-P group was statistically significant (P＜0.05). CONCLUSION The expression of TFPI-2 gene in PEGFP-N1-TFPI-2 can inhibit the growth of SHI-1 cells, which provides a research direction for gene therapy of leukemia in the future.
Eukaryota ; Genetic Vectors ; Glycoproteins ; metabolism ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; Humans ; Transfection

Rafts, cholesterol- and sphingolipid-rich membrane microdomains, have been shown to play an important role in immune cell activation. More recently rafts were implicated in the signal transduction by members of the TNF receptor (TNFR) family. In this study, we provide evidences that the raft microdomain has a crucial role in RANK (receptor activator of NF-kappaB) signaling. We found that the majority of the ectopically expressed RANK and substantial portion of endogenous TRAF2 and TRAF6 were detected in the low-density raft fractions. In addition, TRAF6 association with rafts was increased by RANKL stimulation. The disruption of rafts blocked the TRAF6 translocation by RANK ligand and impeded the interaction between RANK and TRAF6. Our observations demonstrate that proper RANK signaling requires the function of raft membrane microdomains.
Carrier Proteins/metabolism ; Glycoproteins/*metabolism ; Human ; Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism ; Membrane Microdomains/*metabolism ; Protein Transport/physiology ; Proteins/*metabolism ; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/*metabolism

The aim of this study was to clone the chicken zp1 gene encoding zona pellucida 1 (Zp1) and investigate its tissues expression profile and its effect on osteoblast mineralization. The expression level of zp1 was quantified in various tissues of laying hens and in the tibia of the pre- and post-sexual maturity by RT-qPCR. Zp1 overexpressed vector was transfected into chicken calvarial osteoblasts which were induced differentiation for 8 days, and the extracellular mineral and the expression of mineralization-related genes were detected. The full-length chicken zp1 gene is 3 045 bp, encoding 958 amino acids residuals, and has two N-glycosylation sites. The highest expression level of the zp1 gene was found in the liver, followed by the tibia and yolk membrane, while no expression was detected in the heart and eggshell gland. Compared with the pre-sexual maturity hens, the concentration of estrogen (E2) in plasma, the content of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) and the expression level of the zp1 gene in the tibia with post-sexual maturity were higher. The extracellular matrix and the level of osteoblast mineralization-related genes showed a significantly upregulated expression in chicken calvarial osteoblasts with Zp1 overexpressed and addition of estrogen. The expression of the zp1 gene is tissue-specific and positively regulated osteoblast mineralization under the action of estrogen, laying the foundation for elucidating the functional properties of Zp1 in chicken bones during the egg production period.
Female ; Animals ; Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins ; Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism* ; Chickens/genetics* ; Egg Proteins/metabolism* ; Receptors, Cell Surface ; Estrogens

OBJECTIVETo examine the expression patterns of short palate, lung and nasal epithelium clone 1 (SPLUNC1) gene in human tissues.

METHODSIn situ hybridization was used to detect the expression of SPLUNC1 gene in 37 different human tissues.

RESULTSWe found that SPLUNC1 gene was not expressed in squamous epithelial cells of the palate, epidermis, esophagus, or the esophagus-cardia junction, metaplastic squamous cells in the nasopharynx, trachea, or uterus cervix, or tumor cells of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma or lung squamous cell carcinoma. SPLUNC1 gene was not expressed in the single layer columnar epithelia cells in the stomach, gallbladder, jejunum, colon, endometrium, or uterus cervix. SPLUNC1 expression was detected mainly in pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells in the nasopharynx, trachea and bronchi, and was gradually down-regulated from the upper to lower end of the respiratory tract, but was not detected in the lung tissues. SPLUNC1 expression was detected not only in the duct and serous gland cells in the parotid and submandibular glands, but also in cells of submucosal serous glands in the nasopharynx and lung, but not in the cells of the mucosal glands. The parietal cells of the gastric submucosa and epithelial cells of the lobula and ducts of the mammary glands expressed SPLUNC1. The adenocarcinoma cells in the lung, stomach, colon, mammary gland, uterus endometrium and cervix showed strong expressions of SPLUNC1 gene.

CONCLUSIONSPLUNC1 expression is highly cell-specific in association with the cell functions.

Epithelial Cells ; metabolism ; Gene Expression ; Glycoproteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Humans ; Organ Specificity ; Phosphoproteins ; genetics ; metabolism

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of injury time, postmortem interval (PMI) and postmortem storage temperature on mRNA expression of glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein B (Gpnmb), and to establish a linear regression model between Gpnmb mRNA expression and injury time, to provide aimed at providing potential indexes for injury time estimation. METHODS: Test group SD rats were anesthetized and subjected to blunt contusion and randomly divided into 0 h, 4 h, 8 h, 12 h, 16 h, 20 h and 24 h groups after injury, with 18 rats in each group. After cervical dislocation, 6 rats in each group were collected and stored at 0 ℃, 16 ℃ and 26 ℃, respectively. The muscle tissue samples of quadriceps femoris injury were collected at 0 h, 12 h and 24 h postmortem at the same temperature. The grouping method and treatment method of the rats in the validation group were the same as above. The expression of Gpnmb mRNA in rat skeletal muscle was detected by RT-qPCR. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the correlation between Gpnmb mRNA expression and injury time, PMI, and postmortem storage temperature. SPSS 25.0 software was used to construct a linear regression model, and the validation group data was used for the back-substitution test. RESULTS: The expression of Gpnmb mRNA continued to increase with the prolongation of injury time, and the expression level was highly correlated with injury time (P<0.05), but had little correlation with PMI and postmortem storage temperature (P>0.05). The linear regression equation between injury time (y) and Gpnmb mRNA relative expression (x) was y=0.611 x+4.489. The back-substitution test proved that the prediction of the model was accurate. CONCLUSIONS The expression of Gpnmb mRNA is almost not affected by the PMI and postmortem storage temperature, but is mainly related to the time of injury. Therefore, a linear regression model can be established to infer the time of injury.
Animals ; Rats ; Glycoproteins ; Linear Models ; Melanoma ; Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics* ; Postmortem Changes ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; RNA, Messenger/metabolism* ; Time Factors

P-selectin, one of the membrane proteins, expresses on platelet and endothelia and interacts with P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) on leukocyte membrane. This interaction mediates leukocytes rolling on endothelial membrane and then induces leukocyte recruitment to the site of infection or tissue injury. In the present study, we constructed the recombinant wild type human P-selectin, its calcium-binding sites mutants and recombinant PSGL-1-globulin (PSGL-1-Rg). They expressed in Sf9 cells by using the baculovirus expression system and were purified by TalonTM metal or Protein A affinity chromatography. The results showed that the recombinant PSGL-1-Rg interacted with recombinant wild type P-selectin and two P-selectin mutants with 2 calcium-binding sites mutation respectively, but could not bind to the P-selectin mutant with all 4 calcium-binding sites mutation. Therefore, we verified the importance of P-selectin calcium-binding sites for its interaction with PSGL-1.
Binding Sites ; Calcium ; metabolism ; Humans ; Leukocytes ; metabolism ; Membrane Glycoproteins ; metabolism ; Mutation ; P-Selectin ; metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of the secretory proteins of the ventral prostate on the glycoproteins in the oviductal fluid of golden hamsters.

METHODSMale golden hamsters were divided into four groups: sham operation (SH), total removal of accessory sex glands (TX), and retainment of the ventral prostate only (VP). Oviductal fluid was collected from female hamsters at 0.5, 2, 4 and 6 h after mating with the males of different operated groups with or without ventral prostate. Glycoproteins were probed with a panel of lectins and their changes in the oviductal fluid were analyzed by Western blot.

RESULTSThe 47 000, 52 000, 81 000 and 128 000 WGA-binding proteins were observed in the oviductal fluid of the 6 h TX group, the 32 000, 35 500, 47 000 and 52 000 WGA-binding glycoproteins noted in the 6 h VP group, the 47 000, 68 000, 95 000 and 128 000 pisum sativum agglutinin (PSA)-binding glycoproteins shown in the 6 h TX and VP groups, two extra 32 000 and 37 500 bands detected in the 6 h VP group, the 47 000 and 52 000 dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA)-binding glycoproteins present in the 6 h VP but absent in the 6 h TX group.

CONCLUSIONVentral prostate secretory proteins affect acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactosamine/galactose and mannose in the oviductal fluid collected 6 hours after mating. And these glycoproteins may play an important role in the development of embryos.

Animals ; Copulation ; physiology ; Cricetinae ; Fallopian Tubes ; metabolism ; Female ; Glycoproteins ; metabolism ; Male ; Mesocricetus ; Prostatic Secretory Proteins ; physiology