Cintia Kawai
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Miranda E, Araujo-Chaves J, Kawai C, Brito A, Dias I, Arantes J, et al.
Front Chem
. 2020 Feb;
7:930.
PMID: 32039150
Ca-overload contributes to the oxidation of mitochondrial membrane lipids and associated events such as the permeability transition pore (MPTP) opening. Numerous experimental studies about the Ca/cardiolipin (CL) interaction are reported...
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Kawai C, Ferreira J, Baptista M, Nantes I
J Phys Chem B
. 2014 Sep;
118(41):11863-72.
PMID: 25247479
Fluorescence quenching of lipid-bound pyrene was used to assess the binding of cytochrome c (cyt c) to liposomes that mimic the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) POPC/DOPE/TOCL, with the conditions that...
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Kawai C, Araujo-Chaves J, Magrini T, Sanches C, Pinto S, Martinho H, et al.
Photochem Photobiol
. 2013 Dec;
90(3):596-608.
PMID: 24351019
The photodynamic effects of the cationic TMPyP (meso-tetrakis [N-methyl-4-pyridyl]porphyrin) and the anionic TPPS4 (meso-tetrakis[4-sulfonatophenyl]porphyrin) against PC/CL phosphatidylcholine/cardiolipin (85/15%) membranes were probed to address the influence of phorphyrin binding on lipid...
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Kawai C, Pessoto F, V Graves C, Carmona-Ribeiro A, Nantes I
J Bioenerg Biomembr
. 2013 Apr;
45(4):421-30.
PMID: 23564075
The present study investigated the effects of ΔΨ and ΔpH (pH gradient) on the interaction of cytochrome c with a mitochondrial mimetic membrane composed of phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and...
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Araujo-Chaves J, Yokomizo C, Kawai C, Mugnol K, Prieto T, Nascimento O, et al.
J Bioenerg Biomembr
. 2011 Oct;
43(6):663-71.
PMID: 21986957
Aerobic organisms are afforded with an antioxidant enzymatic apparatus that more recently has been recognized to include cytochrome c, as it is able to prevent hydrogen peroxide generation by returning...
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Nantes I, Kawai C, Pessoto F, Mugnol K
Methods Mol Biol
. 2009 Dec;
606:147-65.
PMID: 20013396
Important findings regarding the structure and function of respiratory cytochromes have been made from the study of these hemeproteins associated to liposomes. These studies contributed to the comprehension of the...
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Kawai C, Pessoto F, Rodrigues T, Mugnol K, Tortora V, Castro L, et al.
Biochemistry
. 2009 Aug;
48(35):8335-42.
PMID: 19650668
Cytochrome c exhibits two positively charged sites: site A containing lysine residues with high pKa values and site L containing ionizable groups with pKaobs values around 7.0. This protein feature...
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Rodrigues T, de Franca L, Kawai C, de Faria P, Mugnol K, Braga F, et al.
J Biol Chem
. 2007 Jun;
282(35):25577-87.
PMID: 17567586
Cytochrome c-mediated apoptosis in cells submitted to photodynamic therapy raises the question about the ability of photodynamically oxidized cytochrome c (cytc405) to trigger apoptosis as well as the effect of...
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Kawai C, Prado F, Nunes G, Di Mascio P, Carmona-Ribeiro A, Nantes I
J Biol Chem
. 2005 Jul;
280(41):34709-17.
PMID: 16012169
The interaction of cytochrome c (cyt c) with mitochondrial mimetic vesicles of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine, and heart cardiolipin (PCPECL) was investigated over the 7.4-6.2 pH range by means of turbidimetry and...