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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2004-11-30
    Description: In vitro studies suggest a role for c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) in proatherogenic cellular processes. We show that atherosclerosis-prone ApoE-/- mice simultaneously lacking JNK2 (ApoE-/- JNK2-/- mice), but not ApoE-/- JNK1-/- mice, developed less atherosclerosis than do ApoE-/- mice. Pharmacological inhibition of JNK activity efficiently reduced plaque formation. Macrophages lacking JNK2 displayed suppressed foam cell formation caused by defective uptake and degradation of modified lipoproteins and showed increased amounts of the modified lipoprotein-binding and -internalizing scavenger receptor A (SR-A), whose phosphorylation was markedly decreased. Macrophage-restricted deletion of JNK2 was sufficient to decrease atherogenesis. Thus, JNK2-dependent phosphorylation of SR-A promotes uptake of lipids in macrophages, thereby regulating foam cell formation, a critical step in atherogenesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ricci, Romeo -- Sumara, Grzegorz -- Sumara, Izabela -- Rozenberg, Izabela -- Kurrer, Michael -- Akhmedov, Alexander -- Hersberger, Martin -- Eriksson, Urs -- Eberli, Franz R -- Becher, Burkhard -- Boren, Jan -- Chen, Mian -- Cybulsky, Myron I -- Moore, Kathryn J -- Freeman, Mason W -- Wagner, Erwin F -- Matter, Christian M -- Luscher, Thomas F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Nov 26;306(5701):1558-61.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Physiology, and Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. romeo.ricci@cell.biol.ethz.ca〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15567863" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, CD36/metabolism ; Aorta/chemistry/pathology ; Apolipoproteins E/genetics ; Arteriosclerosis/*metabolism/pathology ; Bone Marrow Transplantation ; Cells, Cultured ; Cholesterol/metabolism ; Cholesterol, Dietary/administration & dosage ; Diet, Atherogenic ; Endothelial Cells/physiology ; Foam Cells/*metabolism ; Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism ; Macrophages/*metabolism ; Macrophages, Peritoneal/physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Knockout ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8/metabolism ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9/genetics/*metabolism ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology ; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/physiology ; Phosphorylation ; Receptors, Immunologic/genetics/*metabolism ; Receptors, Scavenger ; Scavenger Receptors, Class A ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2010-03-17
    Description: The vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) are major angiogenic regulators and are involved in several aspects of endothelial cell physiology. However, the detailed role of VEGF-B in blood vessel function has remained unclear. Here we show that VEGF-B has an unexpected role in endothelial targeting of lipids to peripheral tissues. Dietary lipids present in circulation have to be transported through the vascular endothelium to be metabolized by tissue cells, a mechanism that is poorly understood. Bioinformatic analysis showed that Vegfb was tightly co-expressed with nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes across a large variety of physiological conditions in mice, pointing to a role for VEGF-B in metabolism. VEGF-B specifically controlled endothelial uptake of fatty acids via transcriptional regulation of vascular fatty acid transport proteins. As a consequence, Vegfb(-/-) mice showed less uptake and accumulation of lipids in muscle, heart and brown adipose tissue, and instead shunted lipids to white adipose tissue. This regulation was mediated by VEGF receptor 1 and neuropilin 1 expressed by the endothelium. The co-expression of VEGF-B and mitochondrial proteins introduces a novel regulatory mechanism, whereby endothelial lipid uptake and mitochondrial lipid use are tightly coordinated. The involvement of VEGF-B in lipid uptake may open up the possibility for novel strategies to modulate pathological lipid accumulation in diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hagberg, Carolina E -- Falkevall, Annelie -- Wang, Xun -- Larsson, Erik -- Huusko, Jenni -- Nilsson, Ingrid -- van Meeteren, Laurens A -- Samen, Erik -- Lu, Li -- Vanwildemeersch, Maarten -- Klar, Joakim -- Genove, Guillem -- Pietras, Kristian -- Stone-Elander, Sharon -- Claesson-Welsh, Lena -- Yla-Herttuala, Seppo -- Lindahl, Per -- Eriksson, Ulf -- England -- Nature. 2010 Apr 8;464(7290):917-21. doi: 10.1038/nature08945. Epub 2010 Mar 14.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Tissue Biology Group, Division of Matrix Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20228789" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adipose Tissue, Brown/metabolism ; Adipose Tissue, White/metabolism ; Animals ; Biological Transport ; Cell Line ; Cell Nucleus/genetics ; Cells, Cultured ; Endothelium/cytology/*metabolism ; Fatty Acid Transport Proteins/genetics ; Fatty Acids/*metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mitochondria/genetics/metabolism ; Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Muscles/metabolism ; Myocardium/metabolism ; Neuropilin-1/genetics/metabolism ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; Organ Specificity ; Signal Transduction ; Transcription, Genetic ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1/metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2012-10-02
    Description: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing, with severe socioeconomic impacts. Excess lipid deposition in peripheral tissues impairs insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake, and has been proposed to contribute to the pathology of type 2 diabetes. However, few treatment options exist that directly target ectopic lipid accumulation. Recently it was found that vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGF-B) controls endothelial uptake and transport of fatty acids in heart and skeletal muscle. Here we show that decreased VEGF-B signalling in rodent models of type 2 diabetes restores insulin sensitivity and improves glucose tolerance. Genetic deletion of Vegfb in diabetic db/db mice prevented ectopic lipid deposition, increased muscle glucose uptake and maintained normoglycaemia. Pharmacological inhibition of VEGF-B signalling by antibody administration to db/db mice enhanced glucose tolerance, preserved pancreatic islet architecture, improved beta-cell function and ameliorated dyslipidaemia, key elements of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. The potential use of VEGF-B neutralization in type 2 diabetes was further elucidated in rats fed a high-fat diet, in which it normalized insulin sensitivity and increased glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and heart. Our results demonstrate that the vascular endothelium can function as an efficient barrier to excess muscle lipid uptake even under conditions of severe obesity and type 2 diabetes, and that this barrier can be maintained by inhibition of VEGF-B signalling. We propose VEGF-B antagonism as a novel pharmacological approach for type 2 diabetes, targeting the lipid-transport properties of the endothelium to improve muscle insulin sensitivity and glucose disposal.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hagberg, Carolina E -- Mehlem, Annika -- Falkevall, Annelie -- Muhl, Lars -- Fam, Barbara C -- Ortsater, Henrik -- Scotney, Pierre -- Nyqvist, Daniel -- Samen, Erik -- Lu, Li -- Stone-Elander, Sharon -- Proietto, Joseph -- Andrikopoulos, Sofianos -- Sjoholm, Ake -- Nash, Andrew -- Eriksson, Ulf -- England -- Nature. 2012 Oct 18;490(7420):426-30. doi: 10.1038/nature11464. Epub 2012 Sep 26.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Tissue Biology Group, Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23023133" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*drug therapy/*metabolism ; Diet, High-Fat ; Disease Models, Animal ; Dyslipidemias/drug therapy/metabolism ; Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism ; Female ; Glucose/metabolism ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; *Insulin Resistance ; Islets of Langerhans/anatomy & histology/cytology/pathology ; Lipid Metabolism ; Male ; Metabolic Syndrome X/drug therapy/metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; *Molecular Targeted Therapy ; Muscles/metabolism ; Obesity/metabolism/pathology ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Signal Transduction/drug effects/immunology ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B/*antagonists & ; inhibitors/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2019
    Description: 〈p〉The ability to convert between molecular spin states is of utmost importance in materials chemistry. Förster-type energy transfer is based on dipole-dipole interactions and can therefore theoretically be used to convert between molecular spin states. Here, a molecular dyad that is capable of transferring energy from an excited triplet state to an excited singlet state is presented. The rate of conversion between these states was shown to be 36 times faster than the rate of emission from the isolated triplet state. This dyad provides the first solid proof that Förster-type triplet-to-singlet energy transfer is possible, revealing a method to increase the rate of light extraction from excited triplet states.〈/p〉
    Electronic ISSN: 2375-2548
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
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  • 5
    ISSN: 0006-291X
    Keywords: [abr] FGR-s (13 K); Fibroblast Growth Regulator - soluble form ; [abr] H-FABP; FattyAcid Binding Protein ; [abr] MDGI; Mammary Derived Growth Inhibitor ; [abr] MP2; Myelin P2 protein ; [abr] PBS; Phosphate-buffered saline (8 g NaCl, 1.15 g Na"2HPO"4, 0.2 g
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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  • 6
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    Electronic Resource
    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 130 (1985), S. 431-439 
    ISSN: 0006-291X
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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    ISSN: 0006-291X
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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  • 8
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Bioenergetics 504 (1978), S. 248-254 
    ISSN: 0005-2728
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Physics
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  • 9
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    Electronic Resource
    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Bioenergetics 462 (1977), S. 187-195 
    ISSN: 0005-2728
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Physics
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  • 10
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Bioenergetics 547 (1979), S. 429-437 
    ISSN: 0005-2728
    Keywords: (Rhodospirillum rubrum) ; Acetylene reduction ; Hydrogen production ; Nitrogenase
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Physics
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