2013
Hypertonic stress and cell death. Focus on “Multiple cell death pathways are independently activated by lethal hypertonicity in renal epithelial cells”
Moeckel GW. Hypertonic stress and cell death. Focus on “Multiple cell death pathways are independently activated by lethal hypertonicity in renal epithelial cells”. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2013, 305: c1009-c1010. PMID: 24005043, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00263.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Adaptation of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to extreme osmotic stress
Lamitina ST, Morrison R, Moeckel GW, Strange K. Adaptation of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to extreme osmotic stress. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2003, 286: c785-c791. PMID: 14644776, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00381.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtreme osmotic stressOsmotic stressCell osmoregulationHypertonic stressFunctional genomic analysisNematode Caenorhabditis elegansOrganic osmolyte glycerolPowerful model systemNumerous experimental advantagesCellular osmotic homeostasisCaenorhabditis elegansC. elegansCellular lifeNematode CaenorhabditisOsmolyte glycerolGenomic analysisOsmotic homeostasisGenetic basisOsmotic adaptationTranscriptional expressionOsmotic balanceMolecular understandingAccumulation of glycerolGlycerol accumulationNaCl agarCOX2 Activity Promotes Organic Osmolyte Accumulation and Adaptation of Renal Medullary Interstitial Cells to Hypertonic Stress*
Moeckel GW, Zhang L, Fogo AB, Hao CM, Pozzi A, Breyer MD. COX2 Activity Promotes Organic Osmolyte Accumulation and Adaptation of Renal Medullary Interstitial Cells to Hypertonic Stress*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2003, 278: 19352-19357. PMID: 12637551, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302209200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PhysiologicalAldehyde ReductaseAnimalsApoptosisBetaineCaspase 3CaspasesCell SurvivalCells, CulturedCyclooxygenase 2Cyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsCyclooxygenase InhibitorsDehydrationDNA FragmentationGene ExpressionHeat-Shock ProteinsHypertonic SolutionsIn Situ Nick-End LabelingInositolIsoenzymesKidney MedullaMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesRNA, MessengerSorbitolSymportersTritiumConceptsMedullary interstitial cellsRenal medullary interstitial cellsInterstitial cellsCOX2 activityCOX2 inhibitionReductase mRNA expressionCOX2-specific inhibitorsRenal cell survivalCell survivalAnalgesic nephropathyCOX2 inhibitorsRenal medullaMRNA expressionPmol/Sorbitol accumulationInner medullaOrganic osmolyte accumulationKidney inner medullaMedullaCell deathBetaine concentrationsHypertonic stressPresent studySurvivalInhibitors