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Activation of Endothelial Pro-resolving Anti-Inflammatory Pathways by Circulating Microvesicles from Non-muscular Myosin Light Chain Kinase-Deficient Mice.

Frontiers in pharmacology

Gaceb A, Vergori L, Martinez MC, Andriantsitohaina R.
PMID: 27708581
Front Pharmacol. 2016 Sep 21;7:322. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00322. eCollection 2016.

Microvesicles, small membrane vesicles released from cells, have beneficial and/or deleterious effects in sepsis. We previously reported that non-muscle myosin light chain kinase (nmMLCK) deletion protects mice against endotoxic shock by reducing inflammation. Here, we have evaluated the consequences...

A nonmuscle myosin light chain kinase-dependent gene signature in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is linked to human asthma severity and exacerbation status.

Pulmonary circulation

Zhou T, Wang T, Garcia JG.
PMID: 26064459
Pulm Circ. 2015 Jun;5(2):335-8. doi: 10.1086/680357.

Asthma is increasingly recognized as a heterogeneous disease influenced by complex genetic and environmental contributions. Myosin light chain kinase (MLCK; gene symbol, MYLK), especially the nonmuscle isoform nmMLCK, is a cytoskeleton protein known to be related to human asthma...

2D DIGE Does Not Reveal all: A Scotopic Report Suggests Differential Expression of a Single "Calponin Family Member" Protein for Tetany of Sphincters!.

Frontiers in medicine

Chaudhury A.
PMID: 26151053
Front Med (Lausanne). 2015 Jun 18;2:42. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2015.00042. eCollection 2015.

Using 2D differential gel electrophoresis (DIGE) and mass spectrometry (MS), a recent report by Rattan and Ali (2015) compared proteome expression between tonically contracted sphincteric smooth muscles of the internal anal sphincter (IAS), in comparison to the adjacent rectum...

Attenuated platelet aggregation in patients with septic shock is independent from the activity state of myosin light chain phosphorylation or a reduction in Rho kinase-dependent inhibition of myosin light chain phosphatase.

Intensive care medicine experimental

Reddi BA, Iannella SM, O'Connor SN, Deane AM, Willoughby SR, Wilson DP.
PMID: 26215804
Intensive Care Med Exp. 2015 Dec;3(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s40635-014-0037-7. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

BACKGROUND: Impaired coagulation contributes to the morbidity and mortality associated with septic shock. Whether abnormal platelet contraction adds to the bleeding tendency is unknown. Platelets contract when Ca(2+)-dependent myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) phosphorylates Ser19 of myosin light chain...

Inhibitory effect of potassium alum on smooth muscle contraction of rabbit and its mechanism.

Chinese journal of integrative medicine

Tang ZY, Lin Y, Yang XL, Wei W, Tang ZY.
PMID: 25012630
Chin J Integr Med. 2014 Jul 10; doi: 10.1007/s11655-014-1330-5. Epub 2014 Jul 10.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of potassium alum (Alunite) on smooth muscle contraction and phosphorylation of myosin light chain by myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) and to try to find out the clue of its mechanism.METHODS: An isolated rabbit...

Comparison of the NAD Kinase and Myosin Light Chain Kinase Activator Properties of Vertebrate, Higher Plant, and Algal Calmodulins.

Plant physiology

Roberts DM, Burgess WH, Watterson DM.
PMID: 16663706
Plant Physiol. 1984 Jul;75(3):796-8. doi: 10.1104/pp.75.3.796.

In the preceding paper (Lukas, Iverson, Schleicher, Watterson 1984 Plant Physiol 75: 788-795), we reported that the amino acid sequence of spinach calmodulin has at least 13 amino acid sequence differences from vertebrate calmodulin. In the present study, we...

Screening cDNA Libraries Using Partial Probes to Isolate Full-Length cDNAs from Vascular Cells.

Methods in molecular medicine

Csortos C, Lazar V, Garcia JG.
PMID: 21341016
Methods Mol Med. 1999;30:59-72. doi: 10.1385/1-59259-247-3:59.

The purpose of screening cDNA libraries is to isolate a particular cDNA clone encoding a mRNA and by implication, a protein, of interest. The screening is based on identification of the desired clone among a large number of recombinant...

Molecular structure of a proteolytic fragment of TLP20.

Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography

Holden HM, Wesenberg G, Raynes DA, Hartshorne DJ, Guerriero V, Rayment I.
PMID: 15299576
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 1996 Nov 01;52:1153-60. doi: 10.1107/S0907444996008128.

Myosin light-chain kinase is responsible for the phosphorylation of myosin in smooth muscle cells. In some tissue types, the C-terminal portion of this large enzyme is expressed as an independent protein and has been given the name telokin. Recently,...

INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLES OF NON-MUSCLE MYOSIN IIA IN HUMAN KERATINOCYTE MIGRATION.

Cellular and molecular bioengineering

Sarkar S, Egelhoff T, Baskaran H.
PMID: 20548965
Cell Mol Bioeng. 2009 Nov 21;2(4):486-494. doi: 10.1007/s12195-009-0094-2.

Epidermal cell migration is a key factor in wound healing responses, regulated by the F-actin-myosin II systems. Previous reports have established the importance of non-muscle myosin II (NMII) in regulating cell migration. However, the role of NMII in primary...

Calcium-dependent signaling in Dupuytren's disease.

Hand (New York, N.Y.)

Hadeed JG, Bond JE, Selim MA, Bergeron A, Levin LS, Levinson H.
PMID: 22654698
Hand (N Y). 2011 Jun;6(2):159-64. doi: 10.1007/s11552-010-9314-4. Epub 2010 Dec 15.

BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that Dupuytren's disease is caused by fibroblast and myofibroblast contractility. Cell contractility in smooth muscle cells is caused by calcium-dependent and calcium-independent signaling mechanisms. In the calcium-dependent pathway, calcium/calmodulin activates myosin light chain kinase (MLCK)....

Berberine Depresses Contraction of Smooth Muscle via Inhibiting Myosin Light-chain Kinase.

Pharmacognosy magazine

Xu Z, Zhang M, Dou D, Tao X, Kang T.
PMID: 28839371
Pharmacogn Mag. 2017 Jul-Sep;13(51):454-458. doi: 10.4103/pm.pm_205_16. Epub 2017 Jul 19.

BACKGROUND: Berberine is a natural isoquinoline alkaloid possessing various pharmacological effects, particularly apparent in the treatment of diarrhea, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Smooth muscle myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) plays a crucial role in the smooth muscle relaxation-contraction...

Regulation of Myosin Light-Chain Phosphatase Activity to Generate Airway Smooth Muscle Hypercontractility.

Frontiers in physiology

Álvarez-Santos MD, Álvarez-González M, Estrada-Soto S, Bazán-Perkins B.
PMID: 32676037
Front Physiol. 2020 Jun 26;11:701. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00701. eCollection 2020.

Smooth muscle is a central structure involved in the regulation of airway tone. In addition, it plays an important role in the development of some pathologies generated by alterations in contraction, such as hypercontractility and the airway hyperresponsiveness observed...

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