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Renal tubular injury contributes to the progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN). This study explored the role and mechanisms of E3-ubiquitin ligase Parkin in the renal tubular injury of DN. We found that Parkin expression gradually decreased and was inversely associated with IL-6, TGF-β1, and GATA4 expression in the kidney during the progression of DN. Parkin over-expression (OE) reduced inflammation, fibrosis, premature senescence of renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs), and improved renal function while Parkin knockout (KO) had opposite effects in DN mice. Parkin-OE decreased GATA4 protein, but not its mRNA transcripts in the kidney of DN mice and high glucose (HG)-treated RTECs. Immunoprecipitation indicated that Parkin directly interacted with GATA4 in DN kidney. Parkin-OE enhanced GATA4 ubiquitination. Furthermore, Parkin-KO upregulated growth arrest-specific gene 1 (GAS1) expression in renal tubular tissues of DN mice and GATA4-OE enhanced the HG-upregulated GAS1 expression in RTECs. Conversely, GAS1-OE mitigated the effect of Parkin-OE on HG-induced P21, IL-6, and TGF-β1 expression in RTECs. These results indicate that Parkin inhibits the progression of DN by promoting GATA4 ubiquitination and downregulating the GATA4/GAS1 signaling to inhibit premature senescence, inflammation, and fibrosis in DN mice. Thus, these findings uncover new mechanisms underlying the action of Parkin during the process of DN.Human serum albumin (HSA) is involved in the transport of metal ions and potential metallodrugs. Depending on the metal, several sites are available, among which N -terminal (NTS) and multi-metal binding site (MBS). Despite the large number of X-ray determinations for albumins, only one structure with Zn2+ is available. In this work, the binding to HSA of VIVO2+ ion was studied by an integrated approach based on spectroscopic and computational methods, which allowed to characterize the systems even in the absence of an X-ray analysis. The behavior depends on the type of albumin, defatted (HSAd) or fatted (HSAf). With HSAd 'primary' and 'secondary' sites were revealed, NTS with (His3, His9, Asp13, Asp255) and MBS with (His67, His247, Asp249, Asn99 or H2O); with increasing the ratio VIVO2/HSAd, 'tertiary' sites, with one His-N and others donors (Asp/Glu-O or carbonyl-O) are populated. With HSAf, fatty acids (FAs) cause a rotation of the subdomains IA and IIA, which results in the formation of a dinuclear ferromagnetic adduct (VIVO)2D(HSAf) with a μ1,1-Asp249 and the binding of His247, Glu100, Glu252 and His67 or Asn99. FAs hinder also the binding of VIVO2+ to the MBS.This study aims at defining objective parameters reflecting the severity of peri-ictal autonomic changes and their relation to post-ictal generalized electroencephalography (EEG) suppression (PGES), with the view that such changes could be detected by wearable seizure detection systems and prove useful to assess the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). To this purpose, we assessed peri-ictal changes in heart rate variability (HRV) and correlated them with seizure duration, intensity of electromyography-based ictal muscle activity, and presence and duration of post-ictal generalized EEG suppression (PGES). We evaluated 75 motor seizures from 40 patients, including 61 generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) and 14 other major motor seizure types. For all major motor seizures, HRV measurements demonstrated a significantly decreased parasympathetic activity and increased sympathetic activity in the post-ictal period. The post-ictal increased sympathetic activity was significantly higher for GTCS as compared with non-GTCS. The degree of peri-ictal decreased parasympathetic activity and increased sympathetic activity was associated with longer PGES (>20 s), longer seizure duration, and greater intensity of ictal muscle activity. Mean post-ictal heart rate (HR) was an independent predictor of PGES duration, seizure duration, and intensity of ictal muscle contraction. Our results indicate that peri-ictal changes in HRV are potential biomarkers of major motor seizure severity.Aim To evaluate the relationship between systemic administration of probiotics and inflammation/resorption processes associated with apical periodontitis (AP) in a rat model. Methodology Twenty-four male Wistar rats were used. AP was induced in the mandibular left/right first molars. The animals were arranged into three groups Control, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and L. acidophilus. Probiotics were orally administered via gavage (109 colony-forming units (CFU) diluted in 5 mL of water) for 30 days during the development of AP. On the 30th day, blood was collected to analyse the calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase concentrations in plasma. Then, the animals were euthanized and the jaws removed for micro-computed tomography and immune-histopathological analysis for receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin (OPG) and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP). After the Shapiro-Wilk test of normality, the Kruskal-Wallis followed by Dunn's test was performed for nonparametric data, and analysis of variance followed by the Tukey test was performed for parametric data (P 0.05). The level of alkaline phosphatase was significantly higher in the groups that consumed probiotics (P less then 0.05). A significantly lower volume of bone resorption was observed in groups that consumed probiotics (P less then 0.05). VX-561 in vivo The inflammatory infiltrates and the immunolabelling for RANKL and TRAP were significantly lower in probiotic groups when compared to the control (P less then 0.05). Also, the OPG was significantly more immunolabelled in the L. acidophilus group than in the L. rhamnosus and control groups (P less then 0.05). Conclusion Probiotic supplementation through gavage (L. rhamnosus and L. acidophilus) had a significant effect on the reduction of inflammation and bone resorption in apical periodontitis development in rats.Introduction The objective of this study was to study associations of a wide range of halogenated biphenyls, dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and diphenylethers with body mass index (BMI) and evaluate changes in their concentration following bariatric surgery. Methods Subcutaneous fat, visceral fat and liver tissue samples were collected from 106 patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for weight loss or patients who were undergoing abdominal surgery for nonbariatric reasons. We measured concentrations of an extensive panel of chlorinated and brominated biphenyls, dioxins, and furans, and brominated diphenylethers in the samples. We conducted linear regression to examine associations with BMI, adjusting for age and gender. Changes in concentration for indicator chemicals were evaluated in samples collected following bariatric surgery in a small subpopulation. Results After adjustments for age and gender and correction for multiple testing, seven ortho-chlorinated biphenyls, one nonortho-chlorinated biphenyl, four PCDD/Fs and one ortho-brominated biphenyl were associated with BMI.