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The present article overviews and discusses (i) the health effects and therapeutic management of acute OP poisoning during pregnancy, (ii) epidemiological studies examining associations between environmental OP exposures during gestation and health outcomes of offspring, (iii) preclinical evidence that OP insecticides are developmental neurotoxicants, and (iv) potential mechanisms underlying the developmental neurotoxicity of OP insecticides. Understanding how gestational exposures to different levels of OP insecticides affect pregnancy and childhood development is critical to guiding implementation of preventive measures and direct research aimed at identifying effective therapeutic interventions that can limit the negative impact of these exposures on public health.Kirsten rat sarcoma virus oncogene homolog (KRAS) mutant lung cancer remains a challenge to cure and chemotherapy is the current standard treatment in the clinic. Hence, understanding molecular mechanisms underlying the sensitivity of KRAS mutant lung cancer to chemotherapy could help uncover unique strategies to treat this disease. Here we report a compound library screen and identification of cardiac glycosides as agents that selectively enhance the in vitro and in vivo effects of chemotherapy on KRAS mutant lung cancer. Quantitative mass spectrometry reveals that cardiac glycosides inhibit DNA double strand break (DSB) repair through suppressing the expression of UHRF1, an important DSB repair factor. Inhibition of UHRF1 by cardiac glycosides was mediated by specific suppression of the oncogenic KRAS pathway. Overexpression of UHRF1 rescued DSB repair inhibited by cardiac glycosides and depletion of UHRF1 mitigated cardiac glycoside-enhanced chemotherapeutic drug sensitivity in KRAS mutant lung cancer cells. Our study reveals a targetable dependency on UHRF1-stimulated DSB repair in KRAS mutant lung cancer in response to chemotherapy.Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a malignant cancer with high mortality and poor prognosis. In this study, we found that Linc01232 was significantly upregulated in PC tissues and cells and higher Linc01232 expression was associated with poorer prognosis. Linc01232 overexpression promoted and Linc01232 knockdown inhibited the migration and invasion of PC cells. The results of RNA pull-down, RNA Binding Protein Immunoprecipitation (RIP) assays revealed that Linc01232 physically interacted with Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 (HNRNPA2B1) (680-890 nt fragment with the RNA recognition motif 2 domain) to inhibit its ubiquitin-mediated degradation in PC cells. RNA sequencing was performed to obtain the transcriptional profiles regulated by Linc01232 and we further demonstrated that Linc01232 participated in the alternative splicing of A-Raf by stabilizing HNRNPA2B1 and subsequently regulated the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway. Collected, our study showed that Linc01232/HNRNPA2B1/A-Raf/MAPK axis participated in the progression of PC and provided a potential therapeutic target for PC.Branched chain fatty acids (BCFAs) are a class of fatty acid with promising anticancer activity. The BCFA 13-methyltetradecanoic acid (13-MTD) inhibits tumour growth in vivo without toxicity but efficacy is limited by moderate potency, a property shared by all known BCFAs. The mechanism of action of BCFAs has not been fully elucidated, and in the absence of a clearly defined target optimisation of BCFA potency must rely on structure-activity relationships. Our current understanding of the structural features that promote BCFA anticancer activity is limited by the low structural diversity of reported BCFAs.The aim of this study was to examine the effects of two new structural modifications- unsaturation and branching group size- on BCFA activity. Trichostatin A datasheet Thus, homologous series of saturated and cis-Δ11 unsaturated BCFAs were synthesised bearing methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl branching groups, and were screened in vitro for activity against three human cancer cell lines. Potencies of the new BCFAs were compared to 13-MTD and an unbranched monounstaurated fatty acid (MUFA) bearing a cis-Δ11 double bond. The principal findings to emerge were that the anticancer activity of BCFAs was adversly affected by larger branching groups but significantly improved by incorporation of a cis-Δ11 double bond into the BCFA alkyl chain. This study provides new structure-activity relationship insights that may be used to develop BCFAs with improved potency and therapeutic potential.Ketoconazole (KZ) is a broad-spectrum imidazole antifungal agent, used in opportunistic systemic fungal infection treatment. Gastrointestinal absorption of this drug is variable and depends on the pH of the absorption site. The objective of the investigation was the development and characterization of (KZ) loaded lipid nanoformulations (KZ-LNFs) such as solid lipid nanoparticles (KZ-SLNs) and nanostructured lipid carriers (KZ-NLCs) that could improve oral bioavailability and enhance antifungal activity through oral delivery. KZ-LNFs were prepared using homogenization aided with the sonication method, using dynasan 116 as solid lipid and castor oil as liquid lipid. Prepared KZ-LNFs were evaluated for physicochemical characteristics and optimized. Optimized KZ-LNFs were further evaluated using X-ray diffractometry (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), stability, and freeze-drying. Furthermore, optimized KZ-LNFs were evaluated for in vitro antifungal efficacy againsts considered as alternative delivery vehicles for KZ oral administration in fungal infections treatment.Experiments using heterochronic parabionts, i.e. young and old animals connected surgically and hence developing a shared circulation, have shown that blood-borne factors, transferred from young to old mice and vice versa, play a role in influencing a range of health outcomes associated with advanced age. Previous work has explored the contributory role of plasma-derived factors in mediating such parabiotic effects, including those on aging-associated neural and behavioural impairments. Here, we wanted to identify possible influences that blood-borne cellular factors may have on age-related behavioural phenotypes. Towards this end, we subjected old BALB/c H-2d mice to repetitive non-myeloablative bone marrow transplants (BMT) from young donor animals and assessed effects on behaviour and cognition. We detected expected age-related alterations in our behavioural assays but did not discern any obvious differences between old BMT mice and old control animals. Our study represents the first to look at possible behavioural and cognitive effects of heterochronic, non-myeloablative BMT. Future work should extend this study by including additional behavioural tests in the analysis, addressing whether beneficial effects of BMT may be detectable on other genetic backgrounds and reconciling our findings with those achieved by myeloablative BMT.Erythrocytes are deeply sensitive cells and important health indicators. During inflammatory response RBC, as a part of haematological system, are exposed to circulating inflammatory mediators and related oxidative stress. They present a highly specialized and organized cell membrane that interacts with inflammatory mediators and oxidative agents, leading to a variety of structural changes that promptly signal an abnormal situation. This review is aimed to provide an overview on erythrocyte involvement in physiological and pathological processes related to oxidative stress, such as aging, Down syndrome, neurodegenerative diseases, for instance Alzheimer Disease, erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases. In particular this review will focus on the effects of oxidative stress on structural changes in the cell membrane and also on in the activity of erythrocyte enzymes such as membrane-bound, cytosolic glycohydrolases and RBC-eNOS. This review also underlines the potential clinical application of erythrocyte specific related parameters, which can be important tools not only for the study but also for the monitoring of several oxidative stress related diseases.
Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae), a medicinal plant known in Brazil as "Pinhão Manso", is highly adaptable, being cultivated in different tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Antimicrobial, antioxidant and antiinflammatory activities have been attributed to different parts of the plant. In the central nervous sytem (CNS), neuroinflammation is mediated by glial cells, mainly by astrocytes and microglia, a process that plays an important role in neurodegenerative diseases and other CNS disorders. In this study, we investigated the anti-inflammatory activity of the methanolic extract obtained from the leaves of J. curcas L. (MEJc) in primary cultures of glial cells submited to inflammatory stimulus.

Primary cultures of glial cells obtained from the cerebral cortex of neonate Wistar rats were treated with MEJc (0.1-50,000μgmL
) and its fractions (F
Jc) (0.1μgmL
) with or without lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli (LPS) (1μgmL
). Cell viability was determined with MTT test. Modifications instrates that the MEJc and its fractions modulate inflammatory response of astrocytes and microglia to LPS and may be considered as a potential therapeutic strategy for neuroinflammation-related diseases.
Determine uptake of furan, a potential human carcinogen, in waterpipe tobacco (WPT) smokers in home settings.

We analysed data from a US convenience sample of 50 exclusive WPT smokers, mean age 25.3 years, and 25 non-smokers, mean age 25.5 years. For WPT smokers, data were collected at a home visit by research assistants during which participants smoked one WPT head of one brand for a mean of 33.1 min in their homes. Research assistants provided and prepared a WP for participants by weighing and loading 10 g of WPT in the WP head. At the completion of the smoking session, research assistants measured the remaining WPT. Cotinine and six furan metabolites were quantified in first morning urine samples provided on 2 consecutive days for non-smokers, and on the morning of a WPT smoking session and on the following morning for smokers.

WPT smokers consumed a mean of 2.99 g WPT. In WPT smokers, urinary cotinine levels increased significantly 26.1 times the following morning; however, urinary metabolites of furan did not increase significantly. Compared to non-smokers, 2 furan metabolites, N-acetyl-S-[1-(5-acetylamino-5-carboxylpentyl)-1H-pyrrol-3-yl]-L-cysteine and N-acetyl-S-[1-(5-amino-5-carboxypentyl)-1H-pyrrol-3-yl]-L-cysteine sulfoxide, were significantly higher in WPT smokers in pre and in post WPT smoking levels.

To enable a more rigorous assessment of furan exposure from WPT smoking, future research should determine furan concentrations in WPT smoke, quantify furan metabolites from users of various WPT brands; and extend the investigation to social settings where WPT smoking is habitually practiced.
To enable a more rigorous assessment of furan exposure from WPT smoking, future research should determine furan concentrations in WPT smoke, quantify furan metabolites from users of various WPT brands; and extend the investigation to social settings where WPT smoking is habitually practiced.
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