Vol. 57 No. 4/2010 Contents

Vol. 57 No. 4/2010
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Contents
Papers presented at the 16th European Bioenegetics Conference,
Warsaw, 17–22 July, 2010
Review
Liver mitochondria and insulin resistance
Guillaume Vial, Hervé Dubouchaud and Xavier M. Leverve........................................................... 389
Regular papers
Impact of diabetes-associated lipoproteins on oxygen consumption
and mitochondrial enzymes in porcine aortic endothelial cells
Xueping Xie, Subir Roy Chowdhury, Ganesh Sangle and Garry X. Shen................................... 393
“MitoTea”: Geranium robertianum L. decoctions decrease
blood glucose levels and improve liver mitochondrial oxidative
phosphorylation in diabetic Goto–Kakizaki rats
Fernanda M. Ferreira, Francisco Peixoto, Elsa Nunes, Cristina Sena, Raquel Seiça
and Maria Sancha Santos.............................................................................................................................. 399
Fluorescent in situ hybridization of mitochondrial DNA and RNA
Lukáš Alán, Jaroslav Zelenka, Jan Ježek, Andrea Dlasková and Petr Ježek.............................. 403
Tissue variation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation
efficiency in cold-acclimated ducklings
Karine Salin, Loïc Teulier, Benjamin Rey, Jean-Louis Rouanet, Yann Voituron,
Claude Duchamp and Damien Roussel................................................................................................... 409
A comparative study of the inhibitory effects of purine nucleotides
and carboxyatractylate on the uncoupling protein-3 and adenine
nucleotide translocase
Natalia P. Komelina and Zarif G. Amerkhanov...................................................................................... 413
Metabolic control analysis of integrated energy metabolism
in permeabilized cardiomyocytes — experimental study
Kersti Tepp, Natalja Timohhina, Vladimir Chekulayev, Igor Shevchuk,
Tuuli Kaambre and Valdur Saks.................................................................................................................. 421
The mitochondrial complex II and ATP-sensitive potassium
channel interaction: quantitation of the channel in heart
mitochondria
Andrew P. Wojtovich, Keith W. Nehrke and Paul S. Brookes.......................................................... 431
Mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibitors modulate the
metal-induced inner mitochondrial membrane permeabilization
Elena A. Belyaeva.............................................................................................................................................. 435
Review
The ancestry and cumulative evolution of immune reactions
Jolanta M. Dzik................................................................................................................................................... 443
Homocysteine and vitamin therapy in stroke prevention
and treatment: a review
Bogdan N. Manolescu, Eliza Oprea, Ileana C. Farcasanu, Mihai Berteanu
and Cornelia Cercasov.................................................................................................................................... 467
Reversion of argE3 to Arg+ in Escherichia coli AB1157 —
an informative bacterial system for mutation detection
Anna Sikora and Elżbieta Grzesiuk............................................................................................................ 479
Expression and polymorphism of defensins in farm animals
Emilia Bagnicka, Nina Strzałkowska, Artur Jóźwik, Józef Krzyżewski,
Jarosław Horbańczuk and Lech Zwierzchowski................................................................................... 487
Regular papers
Methotrexate binding causes structural and functional changes
in lung cystatin
Mohd Shahnawaz Khan, Medha Priyadarshini, Sadia Sumbul and Bilqees Bano.................. 499
Comparative proteomic analysis of Bombyx mori hemolymph
and fat body after calorie restriction
Huiqing Chen, Yijia Li, Keping Chen, Qin Yao, Guohui Li and Lin Wang.................................. 505
Raised plasma insulin level and homeostasis model
assessment (HOMA) score in cerebral malaria: evidence
for insulin resistance and marker of virulence
Elrashid M. Eltahir, Gehad ElGhazali, Thoraya M. E. A-Elgadir, Ishraga E. A-Elbasit,
Mustafa I. Elbashir and Hayder A. Giha................................................................................................... 513
Identification of novel putative regulators of the major apoptotic
nuclease DNA Fragmentation Factor
Jakub Hanus, Magdalena Kalinowska-Herok and Piotr Widlak...................................................... 521
Characterization of epitope specificity of Proteus penneri 7
lipopolysaccharide core region
Agata Palusiak and Zygmunt Sidorczyk.................................................................................................. 529
Expression, purification and functional characterization
of recombinant human acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP)
from erythroid cells
Katarzyna Augoff, Adam Kolondra, Anna Chorzalska, Agnieszka Lach,
Krzysztof Grabowski and Aleksander F. Sikorski.................................................................................. 533
Effect of tunicamycin on the biogenesis of hepatitis C
virus glycoproteins
Natalia Reszka, Ewelina Krol, Arvind H. Patel and Boguslaw Szewczyk..................................... 541
Atorvastatin improves tubular status in non-diabetic patients
with chronic kidney disease — placebo controlled, randomized,
cross-over study
Marcin Renke, Leszek Tylicki, Przemysław Rutkowski, Alexander Neuwelt,
Wojciech Larczyński, Marcin Ziętkiewicz, Ewa Aleksandrowicz,
Wiesława Łysiak-Szydłowska and Bolesław Rutkowski...................................................................... 547
Core structure of flavonoids precursor as an antihyperglycemic
and antihyperlipidemic agent: an in vivo study in rats
Mahmoud Najafian, Azadeh Ebrahim-Habibi, Parichehreh Yaghmaei, Kazem Parivar
and Bagher Larijani.......................................................................................................................................... 553
Serum metallothionein in newly diagnosed patients with
childhood solid tumours
Sona Krizkova, Michal Masarik, Petr Majzlik, Jiri Kukacka, Jarmila Kruseova,
Vojtech Adam, Richard Prusa, Tomas Eckschlager, Marie Stiborova and Rene Kizek.......... 561
Comparison of the utility of five commercial kits for extraction
of DNA from Aspergillus fumigatus spores
Urszula Nawrot, Katarzyna Wlodarczyk, Magdalena Wrobel, Anita Wasik
and Tadeusz Dobosz....................................................................................................................................... 567
Normal levels of serum pancreatic enzymes in patients
with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2
Jaroslaw Walkowiak, Irena Jankowska, Aleksandra Lisowska, Maciej Biczysko,
Aldona Wierzbicka and Joanna Pawłowska........................................................................................... 573
Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase deficiency in mice leads to
organ-specific increase in oxidatively damaged DNA and
NF-кB1 protein activity
Agnieszka Siomek, Kamil Brzoska, Barbara Sochanowicz, Daniel Gackowski,
Rafal Rozalski, Marek Foksinski, Ewelina Zarakowska, Anna Szpila, Jolanta Guz,
Teresa Bartlomiejczyk, Bartlomiej Kalinowski, Marcin Kruszewski and Ryszard Olinski....... 577
Adult-type hypolactasia and lactose malabsorption in Poland
Edyta Mądry, Aleksandra Lisowska, Jarosław Kwiecień, Ryszard Marciniak,
Anna Korzon-Burakowska, Sławomira Drzymała-Czyż, Ewa Mojs
and Jarosław Walkowiak................................................................................................................................ 585
Functional characteristic of PC12 cells with reduced microsomal
glutathione transferase 1
Monika Sobczak, Tomasz Boczek, Bozena Ferenc, Joanna Taha, Anna Kozaczuk,
Magdalena Wiktorska, Izabela Sacewicz-Hofman, Jolanta Niewiarowska
and Ludmila Zylinska...................................................................................................................................... 589
Regulation of subcellular localization of muscle FBPase
in cardiomyocytes. The decisive role of calcium ions
Michal Majkowski, Dorota Wypych, Pawel Pomorski and Andrzej Dzugaj............................... 597
Index of Authors
Adam V
A-Elbasit IE
A-Elgadir TME
Alán L
Aleksandrowicz E
Amerkhanov ZG
Augoff K
Bagnicka E
Bano B
Bartlomiejczyk T
Belyaeva EA
Berteanu M
Biczysko M
Boczek T
Brookes PS
Brzoska K
Cercasov C
Chekulayev V
Chen H
Chen K
Chorzalska A
Chowdhury SR
Dlasková A
Dobosz T
Drzymała-Czyż S
Dubouchaud H
Duchamp C
Dzik JM
Dzugaj A
Ebrahim-Habibi A
Eckschlager T
Elbashir MI
ElGhazali G
Eltahir EM
Farcasanu IC
Ferenc B
Ferreira FM
Foksinski M
Gackowski D
Giha HA
Grabowski K
Grzesiuk E
Guz J
Hanus J
Horbańczuk J
Jankowska I
Ježek J
Ježek P
Jóźwik A
Kaambre T
561
513
513
403
547
413
533
487
499
577
435
467
573
589
431
577
467
421
505
505
533
393
403
567
585
389
409
443
597
553
561
513
513
513
467
589
399
577
577
513
533
479
577
521
487
573
403
403
487
421
Kalinowska-Herok M
Kalinowski B
Khan MS
Kizek R
Kolondra A
Komelina NP
Korzon-Burakowska A
Kozaczuk A
Krizkova S
Krol E
Kruseova J
Kruszewski M
Krzyżewski J
Kukacka J
Kwiecień J
Lach A
Larczyński W
Larijani B
Leverve XM
Li G
Li Y
Lisowska A
Lisowska A
Łysiak-Szydłowska W
Mądry E
Majkowski M
Majzlik P
Manolescu BN
Marciniak R
Masarik M
Mojs E
Najafian M
Nawrot U
Nehrke KW
Neuwelt A
Niewiarowska J
Nunes E
Olinski R
Oprea E
Palusiak A
Parivar K
Patel AH
Pawłowska J
Peixoto F
Pomorski P
Priyadarshini M
Prusa R
Renke M
Reszka N
Rey B
521
577
499
561
533
413
585
589
561
541
561
577
487
561
585
533
547
553
389
505
505
573
585
547
585
597
561
467
585
561
585
553
567
431
547
589
399
577
467
529
553
541
573
399
597
499
561
547
541
409
Rouanet J-L
Roussel D
Rozalski R
Rutkowski B
Rutkowski P
Sacewicz-Hofman I
Saks V
Salin K
Sancha Santos M
Sangle G
Seiça R
Sena C
Shen GX
Shevchuk I
Sidorczyk Z
Sikora A
Sikorski AF
Siomek A
Sobczak M
Sochanowicz B
Stiborova M
Strzałkowska N
Sumbul S
Szewczyk B
Szpila A
Taha J
Tepp K
Teulier L
Timohhina N
Tylicki L
Vial G
Voituron Y
Walkowiak J
Wang L
Wasik A
Widlak P
Wierzbicka A
Wiktorska M
Wlodarczyk K
Wojtovich AP
Wrobel M
Wypych D
Xie X
Yaghmaei P
Yao Q
Zarakowska E
Zelenka J
Ziętkiewicz M
Zwierzchowski
Zylinska L
409
409
577
547
547
589
421
409
399
393
399
399
393
421
529
479
533
577
589
577
561
487
499
541
577
589
421
409
421
547
389
409
573, 585
505
567
521
573
589
567
431
567
597
393
553
505
577
403
547
487
589