Arachidonic acid induces ARE/Nrf2-dependent heme oxygenase-1 transcription in rat brain astrocytes

CC Lin, CC Yang, YW Chen, LD Hsiao… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Arachidonic acid (AA) is a major product of phospholipid hydrolysis catalyzed by
phospholipase A 2 during neurodegenerative diseases. AA exerts as a second messenger …

Inhibition of complex III promotes loss of Ca2+ dependence for mitochondrial superoxide formation and permeability transition evoked by peroxynitrite

A Guidarelli, L Cerioni, O Cantoni - Journal of Cell Science, 2007 - journals.biologists.com
In intact U937 cells, peroxynitrite promotes the mitochondrial formation of superoxide via a
Ca2+-dependent mechanism involving inhibition of complex III. Superoxide then readily …

Role of Bcl-2 in the arachidonate-mediated survival signaling preventing mitochondrial permeability transition-dependent U937 cell necrosis induced by peroxynitrite

A Guidarelli, L Cerioni, I Tommasini, M Fiorani… - Free Radical Biology …, 2005 - Elsevier
Antisense technology was successfully employed to selectively reduce the expression of Bcl-
2 in U937 cells, while leaving their redox status intact. These cells displayed enhanced …

Differentiation-associated loss of ryanodine receptors: a strategy adopted by monocytes/macrophages to prevent the DNA single-strand breakage induced by …

A Guidarelli, L Cerioni, M Fiorani… - The Journal of …, 2009 - journals.aai.org
Monocytes/macrophages respond to peroxynitrite with the triggering of events leading to
prevention of an otherwise prompt lethal response. This survival signaling regulated by …

Superoxide dictates the mode of U937 cell ascorbic acid uptake and prevents the enhancing effects of the vitamin to otherwise nontoxic levels of reactive oxygen …

M Fiorani, C Azzolini, L Cerioni, A Guidarelli… - The Journal of nutritional …, 2013 - Elsevier
Exposure of U937 cells to low micromolar levels of ascorbic acid or dehydroascorbic acid,
while resulting in identical ascorbic acid accumulation, is unexpectedly associated with …

Mitochondrial ascorbic acid is responsible for enhanced susceptibility of U937 cells to the toxic effects of peroxynitrite

A Guidarelli, L Cerioni, M Fiorani, C Azzolini… - Biofactors, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Otherwise nontoxic levels of peroxynitrite promote toxicity in U937 cells pre‐exposed to low
micromolar concentrations of l‐ascorbic acid (AA). This event was associated with the …

Arachidonic acid inhibits neuronal nitric oxide synthase elicited by proinflammatory stimuli and promotes astrocyte survival with both exogenous and endogenous …

L Palomba, L Cerioni, O Cantoni - Journal of neuroscience …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Cytosolic phospholipase A2‐inhibited astrocytes respond to the cocktail lipopolysaccharide/
interferon‐γ with an immediate formation of peroxynitrite (ONOO–) and a delayed lethal …

Peroxynitrite-induced mitochondrial translocation of PKCα causes U937 cell survival

L Cerioni, L Palomba, B Brüne, O Cantoni - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2006 - Elsevier
Our previous work has shown that non-toxic concentrations of peroxynitrite nevertheless
commit U937 cells to mitochondrial permeability-transition (MPT)-dependent necrosis that is …

5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid is a key intermediate of the arachidonate-dependent protective signaling in monocytes/macrophages exposed to peroxynitrite

I Tommasini, A Guidarelli, L Palomba… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Endogenous generation of arachidonic acid via selective activation of cytosolic
phospholipase A2 has been implicated in the mechanism of monocytes/macrophage …

A downstream role for protein kinase Cα in the cytosolic phospholipase A2-dependent protective signalling mediated by peroxynitrite in U937 cells

A Guidarelli, L Cerioni, I Tommasini, B Brüne… - Biochemical …, 2005 - Elsevier
Exposure to an otherwise non-toxic concentration of peroxynitrite (ONOO−) promotes toxicity
in U937 cells supplemented with pharmacological inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC). This …