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Superoxide activates mitochondrial uncoupling proteins. 总被引:64,自引:0,他引:64
Karim S Echtay Damien Roussel Julie St-Pierre Mika B Jekabsons Susana Cadenas Jeff A Stuart James A Harper Stephen J Roebuck Alastair Morrison Susan Pickering John C Clapham Martin D Brand 《Nature》2002,415(6867):96-99
Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) diverts energy from ATP synthesis to thermogenesis in the mitochondria of brown adipose tissue by catalysing a regulated leak of protons across the inner membrane. The functions of its homologues, UCP2 and UCP3, in other tissues are debated. UCP2 and UCP3 are present at much lower abundance than UCP1, and the uncoupling with which they are associated is not significantly thermogenic. Mild uncoupling would, however, decrease the mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species, which are important mediators of oxidative damage. Here we show that superoxide increases mitochondrial proton conductance through effects on UCP1, UCP2 and UCP3. Superoxide-induced uncoupling requires fatty acids and is inhibited by purine nucleotides. It correlates with the tissue expression of UCPs, appears in mitochondria from yeast expressing UCP1, and is absent in skeletal muscle mitochondria from UCP3 knockout mice. Our findings indicate that the interaction of superoxide with UCPs may be a mechanism for decreasing the concentrations of reactive oxygen species inside mitochondria. 相似文献
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Spence speculates that Egypt's pyramid builders found true north by using a plumb line: when the stars Kochab and Mizar were seen on the same vertical, one was facing north. As evidence in support of this hypothesis, she points to the proposed interstar-line precession past the north celestial pole at a rate of 27' per century (cy). We argue that a mathematical error affects this result, which when corrected points more strongly to a different pair of stars. This suggests that the conventional ancient chronology, instead of being compressed, may actually have to be expanded slightly. 相似文献
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J. Rudinger O. V. Kesarev K. Poduška B. T. Pickering R. E. J. Dyball D. R. Ferguson W. R. Ward 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1969,25(7):680-682
Zusammenfassung [4-Prolin, 8-Isoleucin]-Oxytocin und [4-Leucin, 8-Isoleucin]-Oxytocin wurden als mögliche Glieder in der entwicklungsgeschichtlichen Reihe der Neurohypophysenhormone synthetisiert und pharmakologisch geprüft. 相似文献
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Biochemistry: a cadmium enzyme from a marine diatom 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The ocean biota contains a vast reservoir of genomic diversity. Here we present the sequence and preliminary characterization of a protein that is a cadmium-containing carbonic anhydrase from the marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii. The existence of a cadmium enzyme in marine phytoplankton may indicate that there is a unique selection pressure for metalloenzymes in the marine environment, and our discovery provides a long-awaited explanation for the nutrient-like behaviour of cadmium in the oceans. 相似文献
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B T Pickering 《Nature》1965,206(982):400-401
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J Rudinger O V Kesarev K Poduska B T Pickering R E Dyball D R Ferguson W R Ward 《Experientia》1969,25(7):680-682
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Kuris AM Hechinger RF Shaw JC Whitney KL Aguirre-Macedo L Boch CA Dobson AP Dunham EJ Fredensborg BL Huspeni TC Lorda J Mababa L Mancini FT Mora AB Pickering M Talhouk NL Torchin ME Lafferty KD 《Nature》2008,454(7203):515-518
Parasites can have strong impacts but are thought to contribute little biomass to ecosystems. We quantified the biomass of free-living and parasitic species in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California. Here we show that parasites have substantial biomass in these ecosystems. We found that parasite biomass exceeded that of top predators. The biomass of trematodes was particularly high, being comparable to that of the abundant birds, fishes, burrowing shrimps and polychaetes. Trophically transmitted parasites and parasitic castrators subsumed more biomass than did other parasitic functional groups. The extended phenotype biomass controlled by parasitic castrators sometimes exceeded that of their uninfected hosts. The annual production of free-swimming trematode transmission stages was greater than the combined biomass of all quantified parasites and was also greater than bird biomass. This biomass and productivity of parasites implies a profound role for infectious processes in these estuaries. 相似文献
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