@article{LohseKlotzSchwabe1986,
  author    = {Lohse, Martin J. and Klotz, Karl-Norbert and Schwabe, Ulrich},
  title     = {Effectes of temperature and membrane phase transitions on ligand binding to a2-receptors of human platelets},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86023},
  year      = {1986},
  abstract  = {The binding of agonists and antagonists to a2-adrenergic receptors of human platelets was studied. The receptors showed homogeneaus affinities for antagonists but two affinity states for the agonist (-)-epinephrine, which were modulated by guanine nucleotides. Van't Hoffplots of antagonist binding had a break point at about 18° and considerable diversity between 18° and 0°. Agonist binding to both affinity states showed a similar break point; agonist binding to the high affinity state was characterized by a large entropy component compared to the low affinity state. This entropy component was reduced at higher concentrations of sodium, indicating that it may be due to Iiberation of sodium ions. Measurements of the fluorescence of 1-anilin-8-naphthalenesulfonate showed thermotropic phase transitions of theplatelet membranes at about 17°. The transition temperature was decreased to about 12° by addition of 1 0 mM octanoic acid. Octanoic acidalso shifted the break points of the van't Hoffplot of antagonist and low affinity agonist binding from 18° to 12°. High affinity agonist binding, however, remained unchanged. It is concluded that agonist-specific thennodynamic characteristics of ligand binding to a2-receptors of human platelets can only be investigated by regarding differences between high and low affinity agonist binding. These differences include an entropy increase upon Iigand binding, which is in part due to enhanced liberation of sodium ions, and a loss of sensitivity to fluidity changes in the outer layer of the plasma membrane.},
  subject      = {Molekularpharmakologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GonzalezCaleroCuberoKlotz1991,
  author    = {Gonzalez-Calero, G. and Cubero, A. and Klotz, Karl-Norbert},
  title     = {Characterization and photoaffinity labeling of A1 adenosine receptors in coated visicles form bovine brain},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86004},
  year      = {1991},
  abstract  = {The antagonist (3 II ) DPCPX exhi bitcd a Kd of 0. 4 nM at coalcd vcsicles from bovine brain. Agonist compelition for ( 3 11) DPCPX bind in~ revcaled two affini ty slales for gonists. The pholoaffinity probe I25 I -AHPIA specifically labelled a band with a molecular weight of 35 Kd.},
  subject      = {Pharmakologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Lutz1991,
  author    = {Lutz, Werner K.},
  title     = {Dose-response relationships in chemical carcinogenesis: from DNA adducts to tumor incidence},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-71625},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {1991},
  abstract  = {Mechanistic possibilitles responsible for nonlinear shapes of the dose-response relationship in chemical carcinogenesis are discussed. (i) Induction and saturation of enzymatic activation and detoxification processes and of DNA repair affect the relationship between dose and steady-state DNA adduct Ievel; (ii) The fixation of DNA adducts in the form of mutations is accelerated by stimulation of the cell division, for Jnstance due to regenerative hyperplasia at cytotoxic dose Ievels; (iii) The rate of tumor formation results from a superposition of the rates of the individual steps. It can become exponential with dose if more than one step is accelerated by the DNA damage exerted by the genotoxic carcinogen. The strongly sigmoidal shapes often observed for dose-tumor incidence relationships in animal bioassays supports this analysis. A power of four for the dose in the su~linear part of the curve is the maximum observed (formaldehyde). In contrast to animal experiments, epidemiological data ln humans rarely show a slgnificant deviation from linearity. The discrepancy might be explained by the fact that a I arge nu mber of genes contribute to the overall sensitivity of an individual and to the respective heterogeneity within the human population. Mechanistic nonlinearities are flattened out in the presence of genetic and life-style factors which affect the sensitivity for the development of cancer. For a risk assessment, linear extrapolation from the high-dose lncidence to the spontaneaus rate can therefore be approprlate in a heterogeneous population even if the mechanism of action would result in a nonlinear shape of the dose-response curve in a homogeneaus population.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ShephardLutz1989,
  author    = {Shephard, S. E. and Lutz, Werner K.},
  title     = {Nitrosation of dietary precursors},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-70311},
  year      = {1989},
  abstract  = {The diet contains a large number of constituents which can be nitrosated in the gastrointestinal tract (especially in the stomach) to potentially carcinogenic nitroso compounds (NOC). The nitrosation of food mixtures has been investigated with a number of assays, such as chemical analysis or detection of alkylating potential, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. Relatively good information is available on the formation of stable nitrosamines using high nitrite concentrations. Little is known, however, about the formation of chemically unstable NOC at low nitrite concentration and their genotoxicity in target cells. A comparison of the precursor classes, alkylamines, aromatic amines, amino acids, amides and peptides, ureas and guanidines, reveals a vast range, both with respect to daily intake (105-fold) and nitrosation rate (104-fold both for 1st and 2nd order nitrite dependence). A total span of 108 results for the relative yield of NOC in the stomach. The endogenous NOC burden from dietary ureas and aromatic amines may represent as large a hazard as the intake of preformed NOC. Recent evidence also indicates that heterocyclic amines and phenols must be considered and that the half-life of nitrosated a-amino acids can be much longer than that of nitrosated primary alkylamines. In these classes, more information should be collected on dietary concentrations, on the nitrosation under realistic conditions and on the genotoxicity in stomach lining cells. Within a chemical precursor class, a wide range is seen with respect to alkylating potency. It cannot, therefore, be excluded that individual precursors within the top ranking classes might become more important than single preformed NOC. Not considered in the above analysis but probably just as important for a risk evaluation in a population is the knowledge of the nitrosation conditions and target cell susceptibility in individuals.},
  subject      = {Ern{\"a}hrung},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{LutzCantoreggiVelic1993,
  author    = {Lutz, Werner K. and Cantoreggi, S. and Velic, I.},
  title     = {DNA binding and stimulation of cell division in the carcinogenicity of styrene 7,8-oxide},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-71597},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {[7-3H)Styrene 7,8-oxide was administered by oral gavage to male CD rats at a dose of 1.3 mg/kg. After 4 h, the forestomach was excised, DNA was isolated, purified to constant specific radioactivity and degraded nzymatically to the 3 '-nucleotides. Highperformance liquid chromatography fractions with the normal nucleotides contained most of the radiolabel, but a minute level of adduct label was also detccted. Using the units of the covalent binding index (micromoles adduct per mole DNA nucleotide)/(millimole chemical administered per kilogram body weight), a DNA binding potency of 1.0 was derived. A comparison of the covalent binding indices and carcinogenic potencies of other genotoxic forestarnach carcinogens showed that the tumorigenic activity of styrene oxide is unlikely to be purely genotoxic. Therefore, styrene oxide was compared with 3-tbutylhydroxyanisole (BHA) with respect to stimulation of cell proliferation in the forestomach. Male Fischer 344 rats were treated for four weeks at three dose levels of styrene oxide (0, 137, 275 and 550 mg/kg, three times per week by oral gavage) and BHA (0, 0.5, 1 and 2\% in the diet); the highest doses had been reported to result in 84\% and 22\% carcinomas in the forestomach, respectively. Cell proliferation was assessed by incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine into DNA and immunohistochemical analysis. An increase in the lablling indexwas found in a11 treated animals. In the prefundic region of the forestomach, the labeHing index increased significantly, from 42\% (controls) to 54\% with styrene oxide and from 41 to 55\% with BHA. Rats treated with BHA also had severe hyperplastic lesions in the prefundic region, i.e., at the location of BHA-induced forestomach carcinomas. The number of cells per millimetre of section length was increased up to 19 fold. Hyperplastic lesions were not seen with styrene oxide, despite the higher tumour incidence reported with this compound. We conclude that the carcinogenicity of styrene oxide to the forestomach most probably involves a mechanism in which marginal genotoxicity is combined with promotion by increased cell proliferation.},
  subject      = {Styrol},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AdamiDragstedEnigetal.1993,
  author    = {Adami, Hans-Olov and Dragsted, Lars and Enig, Bent and Hansen, Jens and Haraldsd{\´o}ttir, J{\´o}hanna and Hill, Michael J. and Holm, Lars Erik and Knudsen, Ib and Larsen, Jens-Jorgen and Lutz, Werner K. and Osler, Merete and Overvad, Kim and Sabroe, Svend and Sanner, Tore and Strube, Michael and Sorensen, Thorkild I. A. and Thorling, Eivind B.},
  title     = {Report from the working group on diet and cancer.},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-71601},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {No abstract available.},
  subject      = {Krebs <Medizin>},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LohseKlotzSchwabe1986,
  author    = {Lohse, Martin J. and Klotz, Karl-Norbert and Schwabe, Ulrich},
  title     = {Agonist photoaffinity labeling of A1 adenosine receptors: Persistent activation reveals spare receptors},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-87966},
  year      = {1986},
  abstract  = {No abstract available.},
  subject      = {Pharmazie},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{LohseKlotzSchwabe1985,
  author    = {Lohse, Martin J. and Klotz, Karl-Norbert and Schwabe, Ulrich},
  title     = {Effects of barbiturates on A1 adenosine receptors of rat brain},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-70100},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {1985},
  abstract  = {Barbiturates inhibit binding of radioligands to A 1(Ri) adenosine receptors of rat brain membranes. This inhibition is dose-dependent and stereospecific and occurs in the range of pharmacologically active concentrations. The displacement of radiolabelled A1antagonists by barbiturates is not modified by GTP, indicating that barbiturates might act as antagonists at this receptor. This action of barbiturates does not seem to be related to the binding of barbiturates to plasma membranes, as the latter process has different characteristics. Barbiturates also inhibit the binding of radioligands to solubilized A1receptors, and saturation and kinetic experiments suggest that this is due to a competitive antagonism. These results indicate that barbiturates interact with the recognition site of the A1adenosine receptor.},
  subject      = {Barbiturat},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchuppAliBeegametal.2013,
  author    = {Schupp, Nicole and Ali, Badreldin H. and Beegam, Sumyia and Al-Husseni, Isehaq and Al-Shukaili, Ahmed and Nemmar, Abderrahim and Schierling, Simone and Queisser, Nina},
  title     = {Effect of gum arabic on oxidative stress and inflammation in adenine-induced chronic renal failure in rats},
  series = {PLoS One},
  journal   = {PLoS One},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pone.0055242},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-95787},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Inflammation and oxidative stress are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease in humans, and in chronic renal failure (CRF) in rats. The aim of this work was to study the role of inflammation and oxidative stress in adenine-induced CRF and the effect thereon of the purported nephroprotective agent gum arabic (GA). Rats were divided into four groups and treated for 4 weeks as follows: control, adenine in feed (0.75\%, w/w), GA in drinking water (15\%, w/v) and adenine+GA, as before. Urine, blood and kidneys were collected from the rats at the end of the treatment for analysis of conventional renal function tests (plasma creatinine and urea concentration). In addition, the concentrations of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-a and the oxidative stress markers glutathione and superoxide dismutase, renal apoptosis, superoxide formation and DNA double strand break frequency, detected by immunohistochemistry for c-H2AX, were measured. Adenine significantly increased the concentrations of urea and creatinine in plasma, significantly decreased the creatinine clearance and induced significant increases in the concentration of the measured inflammatory mediators. Further, it caused oxidative stress and DNA damage. Treatment with GA significantly ameliorated these actions. The mechanism of the reported salutary effect of GA in adenine-induced CRF is associated with mitigation of the adenine-induced inflammation and generation of free radicals.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Pollinger2012,
  author    = {Pollinger, Thomas},
  title     = {Spatiotemporale Organisation der Interaktion von Gq Protein-Untereinheiten und der Phospholipase Cβ3},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-71884},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Die G-Protein vermittelte Aktivierung der Phospholipase Cβ (PLCβ) stellt einen prim{\"a}ren Mechanismus dar, um eine Vielzahl von physiologischen Ereignissen zu regulieren, z.B. die Kontraktion glatter Muskelzellen, Sekretion oder die Modulation der synaptischen Transmission. Sowohl Gαq- als auch Gβγ-Untereinheiten sind daf{\"u}r bekannt mit PLCβ Enzymen zu interagieren und diese zu aktivieren. {\"U}ber die Dynamik dieser Interaktion und den relative Beitrag der G-Protein Untereinheiten ist jedoch nur wenig bekannt. Unter Verwendung Fluoreszenz Resonanz Energie Transfer (FRET)- basierter Methoden in lebenden Zellen, wurde die Kinetik der Rezeptor-induzierten Interaktion zwischen Gβγ und Gαq Untereinheiten, die Interaktion von sowohl der Gαq als auch der Gβγ-Untereinheit mit der PLCβ3 und die Interaktion des regulator of G-Protein signaling 2 (RGS2) mit Gαq-Untereinheiten untersucht. Um die Untersuchung der Protein-Protein-Interaktion auf die Zellmembran zu beschr{\"a}nken, wurde die Total-Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) Mikroskopie angewandt. Zeitlich hoch aufl{\"o}sendes, ratiometrisches FRET-Imaging offenbarte eine deutlich schnellere Dissoziation von Gαq und PLCβ3 nach Entzug purinerger Agonisten verglichen mit der Deaktivierung von Gq Proteinen in der Abwesenheit der PLCβ3. Dieser offensichtliche Unterschied in der Kinetik kann durch die GTPase-aktivierende Eigenschaft der PLCβ3 in lebenden Zellen erkl{\"a}rt werden. Weiterhin zeigte es sich, dass PLCβ3 die Gq Protein Kinetik in einem {\"a}hnlich Ausmaß beeinflusst wie RGS2, welches in vitro deutlich effizienter darin ist, die intrinsische GTPase Aktivit{\"a}t der Gαq-Untereinheit zu beschleunigen. Als Antwort auf die Rezeptorstimulation wurde sowohl eine Interaktion von Gαq-Untereinheiten als auch von Gq-abstammende Gβγ-Untereinheiten mit der PLCβ3 beobachtet. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus zeigte sich auch eine Agonist-abh{\"a}ngige Interaktion von Gαq und RGS2. In Abwesenheit einer Rezeptorstimulation konnte kein spezifisches FRET-Signal zwischen Gq Proteinen und der PLCβ3 oder RGS2 detektiert werden. Zusammengefasst erm{\"o}glichte das ratiometrische FRET-Imaging in der TIRF Mikroskopie neue Einsichten in die Dynamik und Interaktionsmuster des Gq-Signalwegs.},
  subject      = {TIRF},
  language  = {de}
}